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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
OUR PRICE: $15.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1997
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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.

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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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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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