Marcel Proust
The Fictions of Ufe and of Art
By Leo Bersani, Wellesley College. Focusing on certain psychological as–
pects of
Remembrance of Tht"ngs Past,
this stimulating new analysis shows
how the narrator's (Proust's) fantasies about the self and the world are
related to the qualities of the novel as a work of art. "This is the freshest
approach to Proust we have had in several years."-WILBUR M. FRO–
HOCK. "Mr. Bersani's book is one of the most readable studies of Proust
to have appeared in the last few years. His readers will find
in
it a great
wealth of insights into the creative process whereby Proust transformed
his own experience into the singular novel that has captivated so many
readers."-GERMAINE BREE
$6.50
The Partial Critics
By Lee T. Lemon, University of Nebraska. The author studies the various
kinds of literary criticism currently practiced, especially as applied to
poetry, with emphasis upon the practical implications of each system. His
concern throughout is to show that the criticism of poetry need not be a
hodge-podge of warring disciplines. Professor Lemon believes the various
critics' approaches can be reconciled. "A highly intelligent assessment of
all modern schools of criticism, with a strong and persuasive point of view
of its own."-RICHARD ELLMANN
$5.75
Collected Poems
Second Edition
By Edwin Muir. In reviewing the first edition of
Collected Poems
Kathleen Raine in the
New Statesman
wrote: "To read [the poems]
through ... is to realize how complete an expression Edwin Muir gave to
his unique vision. Here is no early promise cut short, but a full and deep
exploration of a handful of themes that inhabited the poet's imagination,
first and last.
It
is a vision that begins in dream and ends in responsi–
bility. . . . Edwin Muir achieves what is at once intensely personal and
powerfully mythological, concrete and symbolic, poignant yet universal. ...
Muir soars into those sublime heights that we must call major poetry."
In this second edition a hitherto uncollected poem, "The Two Sisters," has
been added, and several amendments and typographical changes have been
made in the previously published poems.
$6.00
Germany: Yesterday and Tomorrow
By Peter H. Merkl, University of California, Santa Barbara. "A beauti–
fully written, thoughtful book, seeking the complex truth rather than easy
answers. ... The most searching book so far on the subject of German
guilt."-PETER VIERECK,
Mount Holyoke College.
"Must reading for aU who
wish to understand what has gone on in Germany since the close of WorId
War II.... Truly a remarkable and valuable book."-EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER
$7.50
Oxford
University Press
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