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FORSTER, PENNY & SUTTON, IMOGEN (EDITORS). Daughters Of De Beauvoir.
The Women's Press, London: 1989. 0704350440 / 9780704350441 First Edition (Unstated). h Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition.
In this lively volume, based on a highly-acclaimed film made by Penny Forster and Imogen Sutton for the BBC series 'Bookmark', eleven women discuss the influence that de Beauvoir's life and work has had on them, on their generation and on younger women today. The contributors are Helene de Beauvoir, Sylvie le Bon de Beauvoir, Eva Figes, Joyce Goodfellow, Kate Millett, Ann Oakley, Angie Pegg, Marge Piercy, Jenny Turner, Margaret Walters, and Marta Zabaleta Hinrichsen.
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FRANCE, ANATOLE; MAY, J. LEWIS (FOREWORD & NOTES). Prefaces, Introductions And Other Uncollected Papers.
Kennikat Press, Port Washington / London: 1970. 0804609195 / 9780804609197 Reprint Edition. h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition.
Contains: An Essay on French Poetry From The Earliest Times To The End Of The Eighteenth Century, Preface to "A Dutchmen in Paris" by W. G. C. Byvanck, Introduction to "L'Annee Litteraire' by Paul Ginisty, Introduction to "Nais au Miroir" by Nicolas Segur, Introduction to "Finland: A Threatened Nationality" by Rene Puaux, Preface to "Les Heures Latines" by Simone de Caillavet, Essay on "Mentis" by Leon Hely, Essay on Stendhal, Preface to "Jeunes Madames" by Brada, Essay on Victor Hugo, Essay on Ernest Renan, Letter to the Editor of L'Humanite, The Fiery Furnace, Address on the Centenary of Ernest Renan, Address on the Centenary of Paul Louis Courier, Preface to "Sir Roger de Coverley" by Sir James George Frazer, Preface to "Les Plaisirs et Les Jours" by Marcel Proust, and The Oaristys. Translated into English from the French by J. Lewis May.
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FRYE, NORTHROP (EDITED BY). Romanticism Reconsidered.
Columbia University Press, New York: 1968. Fourth Printing. s Softcover. Good condition.
"This volume of four essays provides an eminently profitable introduction to English Romanticism. The essays are not peripheral but central to the subject, offering original and often brilliantly stimulating insights." -Hudson Review.
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FRYE, NORTHROP. Anatomy Of Criticism: Four Essays.
Atheneum, New York: 1966. College Edition. s Softcover. Fair condition with yellowing of cover and some underlining.
"An attempt to give 'a synoptic view of the scope, theory, principles, and techniques of literary criticism' ..." - Modern Language Review. Includes an Index.
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GALLUCCI, MARGARET A. & ROSSI, PAOLO L. (EDITORS). Benvenuto Cellini: Sculptor, Goldsmith, Writer.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 2004. 0521816610 / 9780521816618 First Edition (Unstated). h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Offers new perspectives on the artist and his place in Renaissance art, literature, and culture, as well as well as his legacy in European publishing history and modern American pop culture. The essays in this volume approach the multifaceted career of Cellini from a variety of perspectives, cutting across disciplinary boundaries, as did the artist himself. Inlcudes an Index.
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GARDNER, HELEN. In Defence Of The Imagination.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge: 1982. 0674445406 / 9780674445406 s Softcover. Good condition.
"Her pages shine with learning, with her own pleasure in literature and her own perceptions: there is nothing negative or merely destructive in her criticisms." -Observer Review. Includes an Index.
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GARRETT, GEORGE P. The Sorrows Of Fat City: A Selection Of Literary Essays And Reviews.
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia: 1992. 0872497895 / 9780872497894 First Edition (Unstated). s Softcover. Very good condition.
The Sorrows of Fat City is a representative sampling of critical literary essays written by George Garrett and published between 1957 and 1990. One of America's most accomplished and highly acclaimed writers, poet and novelist Garrett has been writing book reviews and critical essays since the outset of his career. In this volume, he treats several subjects including the Elizabethans, writers who have influenced him, the work of William Faulkner, Southern literature, and contemporary writers. George Garrett is the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has served as writer in residence, professor of English, and lecturer at numerous universitites and colleges throughout his career. A prolific writer, Garrett has published several novels, collections of short stories and poetry, plays, a biography, and a critical study. Included among his previous publications are Entered from the Sun, Death of the Fox, Poison Pen, Understanding Mary Lee Settle, and An Evening Performance. Includes an Index. "George Garrett is one of those rare birds, a true American man of letters. Who are the others? We once had Edmund Wilson. He's gone. Now it's just Garrett and John Updike. . . . With Garrett alive and writing, our time may not be as worrisome as we think." - Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio
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GARRETT, GEORGE P. The Sorrows Of Fat City: A Selection Of Literary Essays And Reviews.
University of South Carolina Press, Columbia: 1992. 0872497895 / 9780872497894 s Softcover. Brand new book.
The Sorrows of Fat City is a representative sampling of critical literary essays written by George Garrett and published between 1957 and 1990. One of America's most accomplished and highly acclaimed writers, poet and novelist Garrett has been writing book reviews and critical essays since the outset of his career. In this volume, he treats several subjects including the Elizabethans, writers who have influenced him, the work of William Faulkner, Southern literature, and contemporary writers. George Garrett is the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has served as writer in residence, professor of English, and lecturer at numerous universitites and colleges throughout his career. A prolific writer, Garrett has published several novels, collections of short stories and poetry, plays, a biography, and a critical study. Included among his previous publications are Entered from the Sun, Death of the Fox, Poison Pen, Understanding Mary Lee Settle, and An Evening Performance. Includes an Index. "George Garrett is one of those rare birds, a true American man of letters. Who are the others? We once had Edmund Wilson. He's gone. Now it's just Garrett and John Updike. . . . With Garrett alive and writing, our time may not be as worrisome as we think." - Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio
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GEISMAR, MAXWELL. American Moderns: From Rebellion To Conformity.
Hill and Wang, New York: 1958. Third Printing. h Hardcover, no dustjacket. Library discard. Reading copy.
Brings together many of the essays amd reviews of one of America's most stimulating critics. Considers such writers as Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Wolfe, James Gould Cozzens, John Steinbeck, J. P. Marquand, Norman Mailer, John Hersey, Nelson Algren, J. D. Salinger, Saul Bellow, Herman Wouk, James Jones, William Styron, John Howard Griffin.
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GIBBS, A. M. The Art And Mind Of Shaw: Essays In Criticism.
St. Martin's Press, New York: 1983. 0312049927 / 9780312049928 h Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
Presents an exploration of Shaw's dramatic art, which takes into account his masterly use of all of the various "languages" of the theatre in the creation of meaning. Eighteen of his plays are studied in depth, and some consideration is given, where appropriate, to other dramatic and non-dramatic writings of Shaw. Includes an Index.
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GILBERT, DORATHEY LYOYD; POPE, RUSSELL. Pmla, Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America, Vol. Liii, No. 3, September 1938: Men's Literary Circles In Paris 1610-1660.
Modern Language Association of America, New York: March,1938. Vol. 53, September 1938, No. 3. s Softcover. Good condition.
Literary Journal.
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