364 pages. 8vo, green cloth-backed teal boards with gilt lettering at spine, d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

A Critic's Notebook

Publisher

Harcourt Brace & Co, New York

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0151199493

ISBN 13

9780151199495

Binding

hardcover

Edition

First.

Condition

fine

Dust Jacket Condition

fine

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Synopsis

This collection of accessible, idiosyncratic essays explores such enduring literary concepts as character, style, tone, and genre. All have their origin in Howe's passion, moral striving, and abiding faith in the common reader. Edited and with an Introduction by Nicholas Howe.

Synopsis

A collection of essays on fiction explore the concepts of character, style, tone, and genre, commenting on such literary giants as, Fielding, Sterne, Dickens, George Eliot, Tolstoy, and Kipling.

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