Imagining Characters: Six Conversations about Women Writers: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eli OT, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and T Contributor(s): Byatt, A. S. (Author), Swift, Rebecca (Author), Sodre, Ignes (With) |
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ISBN: 0679777539 ISBN-13: 9780679777533 Publisher: Vintage
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1997 Annotation: In this innovative and wide-ranging book, Byatt and the psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre bring their different sensibilities to bear on six novels they have read and loved: Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park, Bronte's "Villette, George Elliot's "Daniel Deronda, Willa Cather's "The Professor's House, Iris Murdoch's "An Unofficial Rose, and Toni Morrison's "Beloved. The results are nothing less than an education in the ways literature grips its readers and, at times, transforms their lives. Imagining Characters is indispensable, a work of criticism that returns us to the books it discusses with renewed respect and wonder. Click for more in this series: Vintage International |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Psychology | Creative Ability |
Dewey: 823.009 |
LCCN: 97006671 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.24" W x 8.01" L (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/04/1997 pg. 56 New York Times 09/14/1997 pg. 27 Kirkus Reviews 07/15/1997 pg. 1078 Booklist 09/15/1997 pg. 197 Library Journal 10/01/1997 pg. 81 |
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Publisher Description: In this innovative and wide-ranging book, Byatt and the psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre bring their different sensibilities to bear on six novels they have read and loved: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Bronte's Villette, George Elliot's Daniel Deronda, Willa Cather's The Professor's House, Iris Murdoch's An Unofficial Rose, and Toni Morrison's Beloved. The results are nothing less than an education in the ways literature grips its readers and, at times, transforms their lives. Imagining Characters is indispensable, a work of criticism that returns us to the books it discusses with renewed respect and wonder. |
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