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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
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR006573066
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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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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
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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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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
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The Uses of Error
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HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0006862322
ISBN 13: 9780006862321
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004828148
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