OXFORD BOOKS
OF EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST
THE ART OF JAMES JOYCE
Method and Design
in
ULYSSES and FINNEGANS WAKE
By A. WALTON LITZ. This chronological account of the genesis and
growth of these two books, based on a close study of Joyce's complex
methods of composition, makes use of much manuscript evidence that
has only recently become available.
It
gives a unified picture of Joyce's
artistic development from 1914-1939-an essential handbook for the
understanding of the Irish genius.
$5.00
FORM AND FABLE IN AMERICAN FICTION
By DANIEL G. HOFFMAN. This book by the well-known poet and
critic shows how folklore, myth, and ritual were used by Hawthorne,
Melville, Mark Twain, and a number of others. Mr. Hoffman demon–
strates how these folk-based materials are essential to the imaginative
worlds constructed by oW" authors, and how themes and characters from
popular culture form a continuing tradition.
$7.00
THE ART OF GEORGE ELIOT
By W. J . HARVEY. George Eliot has too often been regarded as a
"natural genius, deficient in art." Mr. Harvey here redresses the bal–
ance and restores her to her rightful place as a highly self-conscious
writer, depicting the interplay of characters and the more subtle effects
of time with consummate artistry.
$4.50
THE EMERGING SOUTH
By THOMAS D . CLARK. A study of the social and economic revolu–
tion which has occurred
in
the South since 1920, by one of the region's
foremost historians. "No one who wishes to understand the South as
it
really is today can afford to miss this book."-JONATHAN DANIELS. $6.00
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