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), Sodre, Ignes (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679777539 ISBN-13: 9780679777533 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats 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. |
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" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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. |