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LITERARY CRITICISM - THEORY - BIOGRAPHY


Drew, Bettina - ALGREN, NELSON: A Life On The Wild Side(Bloomsbury, London , 1990)
pp.416 Pages
First biography of Chicago-born writer who Hemingway predicted would `rank among our best American novelists`. Algren lived a life of extremes: from a Texas jail to a love affair with Simone de Beauvoir in Sartre`s Paris. Won National Book Award for `The Man with the Golden Arm`.
Hardcover in d/w.Prep for Library use (and thus with stamps etc) but never distributed!
Price: $11.00

Sallis, James (ed.) - ASH OF STARS : The Writing of Samuel R. Delany*New Item*(University Press of Mississippi , 1996)
pp. xviii, 224 Pages
Noted as a science-fiction writer who advanced the genre, Samuel R. Delany is one of a handful who in the 60`s and early 70`s pushed it to its limits and helped shape it into what it is today. Gay, Black, SF
Softcover. Very Fine (unused).
Price: $ 9.90

Harris, Wendell V. (ed.) - BEYOND POSTSTRUCTURALISM : The Speculations of Theory and the Experience of Reading(Pennsylvania State University Press , 1996)
pp. xiii, 445 Pages
Critiques the excesses of poststructuralist theory and suggests ways in which the study of literature can be improved. Contributors: Bergonzi, Holloway, Nuttall, Tallis, Searle, Levin, Scoles, Battersby, Bromwich, Kraft, Fischer, Altieri, Clausen, Greene, Lefevere, Schwarz, Nemoianu, Nussbaum. (VIEW IMAGE)
Very Fine (unused) softcover
Price: $ 9.90

Edel, Leon - BLOOMSBURY: A HOUSE OF LIONS(BC / Hogarth London , 1979)
pp.288 Pages
`In Bloomsbury`, Leon Edel once told himself lightheartedly, `there are nine characters in search of an author`: Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, et al.
Fine cloth brds in protected Fine d/w
Price: $16.50

Kerouac, Jack - BOOK OF DREAMS(City of Lights , 1970, 5th print)
pp.184 Pages
`The poetic raw material of the Kerouac saga, the substrata of his novels and a commentary upon them`. Characters from `On the Road` etc reconsidered in context of author`s dreams. 14x20cms
Paper covers. Sound and firm, but annotations and bookshop sticker.
Price: $17.60

Esslin, Martin - BRECHT: A CHOICE OF EVILS(Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1959, 1st ed)
pp. 305 Pages
HARDCOVER COPY A Critical Study of the Man, his Work and his Opinions.
Very Good ++. Cloth brds, minor marks
Price: $13.20

Bishop, A. G. - CARY, JOYCE : SELECTED ESSAYS(Michael Joseph, London , 1976)
2pp. 63 Pages
Essays on his own novels and Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Dickens, Trollope, Surtees. (View image)
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $11.00

Grobel, Lawrence - CONVERSATIONS WITH CAPOTE(Hutchinson , 1985)
pp. 244 Pages
Illustrated conversations with author of `In Cold Blood` just prior to his death in 1984. (View image)
Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w
Price: $11.00

Silverman, Kenneth - EDGAR A. POE : Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London , 1992)
pp. 564 Pages
The first comprehensive Poe biography in half a century. 16 p of illustrations, 16.5x24cms
Very Fine cloth brds in Very Fine d/w
Price: $15.40

Rus, Kievan; Translated by William R Veder - EDIFICATORY PROSE OF KIEVAN RUS`, THE(Ukranian Research Institute of Harvard University , 1994)
pp. lvi, 202 Pages
Consists of two of the oldest texts of Kievan Rus`:the Iszornik of 1076` and Grigorij the Philosopher`s `Homilies on all the Days of the Week`. UKRANIAN literature
MINT hardcover in d/w
Price: $16.50

Meyers, Jeffrey - FROST, ROBERT: A Biography(Constable, London , 1996)
pp. xvi, 424 Pages
Biography of Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), the most popular, famous and influential American poet since Longfellow and Whitman. Extensive refs, appends, bibliog notes.
Hardcover. Very Fine cloth brds in Very Fine d/w. Crisp unmarked copy.
Price: $15.40

Booth, Alison - GREATNESS ENGENDERED : George Eliot and Virginia Woolf(Cornell University Press , 1992)
pp.xvi, 311 Pages
Provides a challenging model of feminist historical criticism.
Softcover. Fine (unused)
Price: $ 8.80

Hawkins, Desmond (ed.) - HARDY AT HOME : The People and Places of his Wessex(Barrie & Jenkins , 1989 1st edition)
pp. 255 Pages

Very Fine review copy cloth brds (hardcover) in d/w
Price: $11.00

Eliot, T. S. (ed) - INTRODUCING JAMES JOYCE( , 1948)
pp. 146 Pages
A selection of Joyce`s prose with an introduction by T.S. Eliot. From `Dubliners`, `Portrait`, `Ulysses` and `Finnegan`s Wake`. 12.5x19cms
Pristine red cloth in d/w and protect. cover. VG/Fine
Price: $13.20

Brome, Vincent - J B PRIESTLEY(Hamish Hamilton, London , 1988, 1st ed)
pp. 512 Pages
Illustrations. Massive study of the author of `Angel Pavement` and `An Inspector Calls`, `The Good Companions`. Chronicles his WW2 rivalry with Churchill and involvement with CND, Unesco and PLR. (View image)
Very Fine cloth brds in price-clipped d/w
Price: $16.50

Toomer, J.; Rusch, Frederik L.(ed) - JEAN TOOMER READER, A : Selected Unpublished Writings(Oxford University Press , 1993)
pp. xxii,290 Pages
Toomer was one of the USA`s most significant 1920`s intellectuals, who published `Cane` in 1923 - a harsh eloquent vision of black American hardship and suffering.
Softcover edition. Fine (unread)
Price: $11.00

Ruderman, Judith - JOSEPH HELLER(Continuum, New York , 1991, 1st ed)
pp. 216 Pages
Biography of author of Catch 22. (View image attached)
Fine brds in Fine d/w
Price: $11.00

Moi, Toril (ed.) - KRISTEVA READER, THE(Blackwell , 1990 pb repr)
pp.327 Pages
Comprehensive introduction to the work of Julia Kristeva, brilliant original theorist in areas of linguistics, psychoanalysis and literary and political theory.15x23cms
Fine. Pict. paper covers
Price: $19.80

Gordon, Andrew and Bernhard Klein (eds.) - LITERATURE, MAPPING AND THE POLITICS OF SPACE IN EARLY MODERN BRITAIN(University of Cambridge , 2001)
pp.xii, 276 Pages
Mapping has become a key term in current critical discourse, describing a particular cognitive mode of gaining control over the world, of synthesising cultural and geographical information and of successfully navigating both physiocal and mental space. In this timely collection, an international team of Renaissance scholars analyses the material practice behind this semiotic concept.
Hardcover cloth in dustwrapper. Very Fine/Very Fine
Price: $16.50

Royle, Trevor - MAINSTREAM COMPANION TO SCOTTISH LITERATURE, THE(Mainstream Publishing , 1993 reprint)
pp.x, 334 Pages
The most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland`s literature.
Trade paperback edition. Very Good+
Price: $16.50