Life and Work of Barbara Pym. Edited : Dale Salwak. Critical Essays by Numerous Authors. 1987 First Edition Published by the University of Iowa Press. OP
Dale Salwak (Editor) / Contributors : Philip Larkin, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Hazzard, A. L. Rowse, et al
Language: English
Published by University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 1987
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Here is "The Life and Work of Barbara Pym", edited by Dale Salwak. This is the stated First Edition, published in 1987 by the University of Iowa Press. The contributions were by numerous writers, a number of which are critically acclaimed authors in their own right. Excerpted from the Preface : " The rising tide of interest in Barbara Pym since 1977, when both Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil identified her as one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, invites a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of her life and work. this collection responds to that invitation by bringing together in one volume essays specially written for the occasion (with only a few exceptions) by nineteen distinguished men and women. " CONTENTS: PART I - THE LIFE 1. Excellent Women -- Shirley Hazzard 2. The Quest for a Career -- Constance Malloy 3. The Novelist in the Field : 1946-74 -- Hazel Holt 4. Fellow Writers in a Cotswold Village -- Gilbert Phelphs PART II - THE WORK 5. Barbara Pym's Novelistic Genius -- Joyce Carol Oats 6. The World of Barbara Pym -- Penelope Lively 7. Where, Exactly, is the Pym World? -- John Bayley 8. How Pleasant to Know Miss Pym -- Robert Smith 9. Miss Pym and Miss Austen -- A. L. Rowse 10. Love and Marriage in the Novels -- Mary Strauss-Noll 11. Barbara Pym and the War of the Sexes -- John Halperin 12. The Novelist as Anthropologist -- Muriel Schulz 13. Literary Allusions in the Novels -- Lotus Snow 14. The Narrative Sense of Barbara Pym -- Robert J. Graham 15. The Pym Papers -- Janice Rossen PART III - IN RETROSPECT 16. The Rejection of Barbara Pym -- Philip Larkin 17. A Success Story -- Robert Liddell 18. The Importance of Connecting -- Francis H. Bachelder 19. Years of Neglect -- Gail Godwin TITLE : The Life and Work of Barbara Pym EDITOR : Dale Salwak CONTRIBUTORS (Alphabetically) : Francis H. Bachelder, John Bayley, Gail Godwin, Robert J. Graham, John Halperin, Shirley Hazzard, Hazel Holt, Philip Larkin, Robert Liddell, Penelope Lively, Constance Malloy, Joyce Carol Oates, Gilbert Phelps, Janice Rossin, A. L. Rowse, Muriel Schulz, Robert Smith, Lotus Snow, Mary Strauss-Noll IMPRINT : University of Iowa Press PLACE : Iowa City DATE : (1987) EDITION : First Edition (So Stated) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade hardcover, approximately 5 3/8" x 8 1/2", blue, paper-covered boards with silver gilt lettering on spine; contains a Preface, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index; [xvi] + 210 pages; photo-pictorial dust-jacket. This is a previously owned book. CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : NEAR FINE -- Book is clean and unmarked with but mild signs of use, the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR - Gilt is bright; spine extremities are rubbed and a bit compressed; board color is strong; board edges are rubbed with slight and somewhat uneven loss of color. A small wrinkle to the rear board at the top joint seems to be a slight impact effect.; fore-edge corner tips are crisp. Text-block edges display near-negligible weathering, else clean with no marking. BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - Slight discoloration to end-papers (looks like a bit of toning and slight foxing), else the interior is clean and free of marking. No signatures. DUST-JACKET - Slight wrinkle at top of back panel joint fold, else near negligible wear - call it near fine.…
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- Title
- Life and Work of Barbara Pym. Edited : Dale Salwak. Critical Essays by Numerous Authors. 1987 First Edition Published by the University of Iowa Press. OP
- Author
- Dale Salwak (Editor) / Contributors : Philip Larkin, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Hazzard, A. L. Rowse, et al
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press, Iowa City
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions
- 73 inches width by 10 inches height by 0 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Anthologies, British Authors, Godwin > Gail Godwin, Hazzard > Shirley Hazzard, Literary Criticism & Biography, Lively > Penelope Liveley, Oates > Joyce Carol Oates, Pym > Barbara Pym, Rowse > A. L. Rowse, Women Authors
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