Bibliography and Textual Criticism
By
FREDSON
BOWERS,
University of Virginia.
The constructive
use to which textual critics may put bibliographical analysis has profound–
ly influenced scholarship since the last war. Drawing on his own ex–
perience as critic and as bibliographer, Professor Bowers discusses the
evidence on which textual bibliography operates, the logical forms of its
reasoning, the techniques it uses, and the results it can achieve. 4
text
figures.
$5.60
Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson
Edited by
JOHN CARROLL,
University of Toronto.
This volume, the
first edition of Samuel Richardson's correspondence since 1804, prints
128 of his letters in whole or in part. Professor Carroll's introduction
gives a detailed account of the history of the letters and of the circle
of friends to whom Richardson wrote. The material, fully annotated,
presents Richardson's extensive commentaries on his own work and on
the literature of his day.
$6.10
The
Crisis of the Aristocracy 1558-1641
By
LAWRENCE STONE,
Princeton University.
Based on the private
papers of aristocratic families, this book provides a new interpretation of
the long-term social changes leading up to the English Rev,olution of the
mid-seventeenth century. Professor Stone argues that the fundamental
shift
during the period covered was not the rise (or fall) of the gentry,
or the rise of a capitalist bourgeoisie, but rather the relative decline
in
the military power, financial resources, territorial possessions, self-con–
fidence, prestige, and authority of the aristocracy.
21
text figures. $16.80
The Memoirs of R. V. Iv:anov-Razumnik
Translated and annotated by
P. S. SQUIRE,
Cambridge University.
Ivanov-Razumnik (1878-1946) was an important literary figure in the
early part of this century and a follower of the Populist trend of thought
led by Mikhailovsky. His memoirs of prison life under both the Tsarist
and Soviet regimes are published here for the first time in English.
To be
published in May.
$5.60
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