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The core of this book is a group of essays on some of the central figures of English literature, including Tennyson, Shaw, Forster and Eliot.
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The uses of error / Frank Kermode
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ISBN 10: 0006862322
ISBN 13: 9780006862321
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 432 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Augustine -- Joachim of Fiore -- Deciphering the big book -- The Lattimore version -- Sacred space: Christian verse -- Beethoven at home -- Fighting Freud -- Freud is better in German -- Work and play -- Sic transit Marshall McLuhan -- Philippe Ariès' bumper book of death -- Paul de Man's abyss -- Talking about doing: the deconstructionists and the new historicists -- Frances Yates and imperial secrets -- Roy Strong: policy and pageantry -- Protestant poetry -- How do you spell Shakespeare? -- Shakespeare for the eighties -- Grandeur and filth: the Victorian cities -- Tennyson's nerves -- Victorian vocations: Frederic Harrison and Leslie Stephen -- Squalor: on George Gissing -- A little of this honey: Oscar Wilde -- Georgian eyes are smiling: Shaw and Conrad in their letters -- Wells's ladder -- Forster and Maurice -- Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia -- The Feast of St Thomas -- Poetry à la mode -- On William Gerhardie -- The essential Orwell -- Half-way up the hill: the young John Betjeman -- Connolly's world -- Oldham to Blackheath: Roy Fuller -- Remembering the movement -- Obsessed with obsession: Julian Barnes -- Losers: Anita Brookner -- The horse of the Baskervilles: Umberto Eco -- The faces of Man -- The men from Man -- My formation -- A stroll around the block -- On being an enemy of humanity -- The uses of error. Subjects; Literature History and criticism. Literature. English essays 20th century Collections. Criticism. Deconstruction. Literature Critical studies. English literature. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 434618
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The uses of error / Frank Kermode
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London : Collins/Fontana, 1991
ISBN 10: 0006862322
ISBN 13: 9780006862321
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 432 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Augustine -- Joachim of Fiore -- Deciphering the big book -- The Lattimore version -- Sacred space: Christian verse -- Beethoven at home -- Fighting Freud -- Freud is better in German -- Work and play -- Sic transit Marshall McLuhan -- Philippe Ariès' bumper book of death -- Paul de Man's abyss -- Talking about doing: the deconstructionists and the new historicists -- Frances Yates and imperial secrets -- Roy Strong: policy and pageantry -- Protestant poetry -- How do you spell Shakespeare? -- Shakespeare for the eighties -- Grandeur and filth: the Victorian cities -- Tennyson's nerves -- Victorian vocations: Frederic Harrison and Leslie Stephen -- Squalor: on George Gissing -- A little of this honey: Oscar Wilde -- Georgian eyes are smiling: Shaw and Conrad in their letters -- Wells's ladder -- Forster and Maurice -- Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia -- The Feast of St Thomas -- Poetry à la mode -- On William Gerhardie -- The essential Orwell -- Half-way up the hill: the young John Betjeman -- Connolly's world -- Oldham to Blackheath: Roy Fuller -- Remembering the movement -- Obsessed with obsession: Julian Barnes -- Losers: Anita Brookner -- The horse of the Baskervilles: Umberto Eco -- The faces of Man -- The men from Man -- My formation -- A stroll around the block -- On being an enemy of humanity -- The uses of error. Subjects; Literature History and criticism. Literature. English essays 20th century Collections. Criticism. Deconstruction. Literature Critical studies. English literature. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 434618