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"Lost Books" And Publishing History: Two Annotated Lists Of Imprints For The Fiction Titles Listed In The Circulating Library Catalogs Of Thomas Lowndes (1766) And M. Heavisides (1790), Of Which No Known Copies Survive, Edward Jacobs, Antonia Forster
"Lost Books" And Publishing History: Two Annotated Lists Of Imprints For The Fiction Titles Listed In The Circulating Library Catalogs Of Thomas Lowndes (1766) And M. Heavisides (1790), Of Which No Known Copies Survive, Edward Jacobs, Antonia Forster
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Almost immediately upon the British Library's publication of The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue on CD-ROM (hereafter ESTC), there emerged criticism and controversy respecting the design and execution of that monumental bibliography, and of its access software. However, amidst these discussions and those surrounding the on line version, little notice has been taken of the historical inaccuracies inevitably entailed by the fact that ESTC and other union-catalog-type bibliographies only include books of which copies have survived. Certainly, for most scholars it makes sense to give bibliographical priority to cataloging books of which we still have copies, since those are the …
A Previously Unremarked Circulating Library: John Roson And The Role Of Circulating-Library Proprietors As Publishers In Eighteenth-Century Britain, Edward Jacobs
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The entry in The Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue on CD ROM2 for The History of Miss Dorinda Catsby and Miss Emilia Faulkner (London: printed and sold by S. Bladon, 1772) notes that it contains between volumes one and two an advertisement for the catalog of John Roson's circulating library. However, Roson's library is not included in the lists of known English circulating libraries compiled by Hilda Hamlyn and by Paul Kaufman, and evidently no actual copy of a Roson catalog has survived. Still, merely the advertisement for this catalog tells us much about Roson's library business, and the discovery that …
"Proving A Thing Even While You Contradict It": Fictions, Beliefs, And Legitimation In The Memoirs Of Barry Lyndon, Esq., Robert P. Fletcher
"Proving A Thing Even While You Contradict It": Fictions, Beliefs, And Legitimation In The Memoirs Of Barry Lyndon, Esq., Robert P. Fletcher
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Postmortem Diagnoses Of Virginia Woolf's 'Madness': The Precarious Quest For Truth, Nancy Topping Bazin
Postmortem Diagnoses Of Virginia Woolf's 'Madness': The Precarious Quest For Truth, Nancy Topping Bazin
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The reputation of British writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is now well established. Her brilliance as a writer is seldom contested, and her place in the literary canon is assured. Whether interested in literary traditions, textual studies, applied feminism, or postmodern theory, most scholars and critics admire what she had to say and how she said it. The variety, volume, and quality of her writings are impressive; her skill as a writer is seen not only in her eight novels but also in her essays, diaries, letters, short stories, biographies and nonfictional works A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas …
Sidney's Astrophil And Stella, Sonnet 108, Jeffrey P. Cain
Sidney's Astrophil And Stella, Sonnet 108, Jeffrey P. Cain
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Contends that although sonnet 108 is now considered to represent Sir Philip Sidney's final statement on the relationship of the two lovers, it remains largely ignored in most critical treatments of `Astrophil and Stella.' Need for a thorough understanding of its unique alchemical and emblematic imagery; Strong evocation of esoteric Renaissance science of alchemy; Sidney's reference to the `wretch'; Horizontal axis along which Stella's thoughts pass to Astrophil.
Love, Labor, And Sloth In Chaucer’S Troilus And Criseyde, Gregory M. Sadlek
Love, Labor, And Sloth In Chaucer’S Troilus And Criseyde, Gregory M. Sadlek
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The 'Vanity Fair' Of Nineteenth-Century England: Commerce, Women, And The East In The Ladies’ Bazaar, Gary Dyer
The 'Vanity Fair' Of Nineteenth-Century England: Commerce, Women, And The East In The Ladies’ Bazaar, Gary Dyer
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The Dandy And The Fogy: Thackeray And The Aesthetics/Ethics Of The Literary Pragmatist, Robert P. Fletcher
The Dandy And The Fogy: Thackeray And The Aesthetics/Ethics Of The Literary Pragmatist, Robert P. Fletcher
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Laughter, Game, And Ambiguous Comedy In The South English Legendary, Gregory M. Sadlek
Laughter, Game, And Ambiguous Comedy In The South English Legendary, Gregory M. Sadlek
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Virginia Woolf's Keen Sensitivity To War: It's Roots And It's Impact On Her Novels, Nancy Topping Bazin, Jane Hamovit Lauter
Virginia Woolf's Keen Sensitivity To War: It's Roots And It's Impact On Her Novels, Nancy Topping Bazin, Jane Hamovit Lauter
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(First paragraph) War InspIred Horror In Virginia Woolf. Her antipathy toward those who cause wars is evident in her two essays, A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas. The impact of war on her fiction expands from a portrayal of individuals as victims of war to a vision of war that encompasses the possible annihilation of civilization. Between the Acts, Woolf's final novel, is obviously an artistic response to the threat posed by World War II. However, a close examination of her works reveals, to a surprising degree, her early and persistent preoccupation with the consequences of war, …
"'Flight' And 'Pursuit': Fugitive Identity In Bleak House,", Cynthia N. Malone
"'Flight' And 'Pursuit': Fugitive Identity In Bleak House,", Cynthia N. Malone
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Carnival And Loitering In The Waggoner, Gary Dyer
Carnival And Loitering In The Waggoner, Gary Dyer
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Unwitnessed By Answering Deeds: 'The Destiny Of Nations' And Coleridge's Sibylline Leaves, Gary Dyer
Unwitnessed By Answering Deeds: 'The Destiny Of Nations' And Coleridge's Sibylline Leaves, Gary Dyer
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The Literary Transactions Of Europe: An Unrecorded Continuation Of The St. James’S Magazine, Barbara L. Fitzpatrick
The Literary Transactions Of Europe: An Unrecorded Continuation Of The St. James’S Magazine, Barbara L. Fitzpatrick
English Faculty Publications
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The Spherical Vision, Nancy Topping Bazin
The Spherical Vision, Nancy Topping Bazin
English Faculty Publications
Virginia Woolf's experiences as a manic-depressive influenced her vision of reality and, in tum, her aesthetics. Manic-depression is a "cyclic" illness-cyclic in the sense that the manic-depressive moves alternately between two extreme psychological states. Hence, he experiences reality in terms of two opposite perspectives. Psychotic depression involves what Jung describes as the experience of the "shadow." That is, looking into the unconscious, the individual sees his own reflection. He takes a risk in looking, for as Jung says, "The mirror does not flatter, it faithfully shows whatever looks into it; namely, the face we never show to the world because …
Reading Authorial Narration: The Example Of The Mill On The Floss, Carl D. Malmgren
Reading Authorial Narration: The Example Of The Mill On The Floss, Carl D. Malmgren
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The Evolution Of Doris Lessing's Art From A Mystical Moment To Space Fiction, Nancy Topping Bazin
The Evolution Of Doris Lessing's Art From A Mystical Moment To Space Fiction, Nancy Topping Bazin
English Faculty Publications
After publishing ten major novels, Doris Lessing has begun writing what she calls '·space fiction'· for her new series entitled Canopus in Argos: Archives. In a review of the first two novels published in this series, namely, Shikasta ( 1979) and the Marriages Between Zones Three. Four, and Five (1980)1. Jean Pickering stresses that many of Doris Lessing's most avid readers were initially attracted to her because of her insights about the female experience and because of her allegiance to nineteenth-century realism." Pickering suggests that Lessing's growing interest in space fiction and Sufism (Islamic mysticism) has …
The South English Legendary As Rose Window, Gregory M. Sadlek
The South English Legendary As Rose Window, Gregory M. Sadlek
English Faculty Publications
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Now Goe Seeke Thy Peace In Warre’: Jonson’S Stoic Consolatio, Gregory M. Sadlek
Now Goe Seeke Thy Peace In Warre’: Jonson’S Stoic Consolatio, Gregory M. Sadlek
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To Wait Or To Act? Troilus, Ii, 954, Gregory M. Sadlek
To Wait Or To Act? Troilus, Ii, 954, Gregory M. Sadlek
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British Reviews Of Shikasta, Nancy Topping Bazin
British Reviews Of Shikasta, Nancy Topping Bazin
English Faculty Publications
[First Paragraph] British reviewers had mixed reactions to Shikasta, the first novel in Doris Lessing's new series, "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Favorable and critical comments balanced one another, often within the same review. Furthermore, reactions tended to be extreme: either it was a magnificent novel (Times 11/15/79) or reading it was "a shameful waste of precious and irreplaceable time." (Sun Telegraph 11/18/79); or it was simultaneously great and boring. In general, British reviews of Shikasta were more perceptive than those of the second novel in Lessing's new series, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five. Because …
British Reviews Of Marriages, Nancy Topping Bazin
British Reviews Of Marriages, Nancy Topping Bazin
English Faculty Publications
(First paragraph) British reviews of Doris Lessing's second novel in her "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, were more favorable than those of the first novel, Shikasta. However, compared with comments about Shikasta, both negative and positive remarks about Marriages were less perceptive and more often blatantly inaccurate, perhaps because a novel dealing with male-fem ale relationships draws forth in reviewers and other readers the multitude of misconceptions and prejudices that abound on this topic. Moreover, although reviewers obviously enjoyed reading Marriages more than they did Shikasta, their praise …
Hermione Lee's The Novels Of Virginia Woolf [Book Review], Nancy Topping Bazin
Hermione Lee's The Novels Of Virginia Woolf [Book Review], Nancy Topping Bazin
English Faculty Publications
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