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OVID AND THE CANTERBURY TALES
By
Richard
L.
Hoffman
Chaucer studied, imitated, and relied on no other author so much as
Ovid. This new and excellently received work is the first thorough analysis
of the nature and extent of the Ovid ian influence on The Canterbury
Tales.
217 pages
Illustrated
$6.00
WALLACE STEVENS
AN ANATOMY OF FIGURATION
By
Eugene Paul Nassar
"The first close and detailed reading of Stevens' sometimes bizarre and
always elusive figures and images. His method is systematic, contextual
scrutinizing of the interrelations of image, figure, diction, and tone; the
result is the most informative book on Stevens' poems."-Poetry (London).
229 pages
$5.00
THREE VOYAGERS IN SEARCH OF EUROPE
By
Alan Holder
A study of Henry James, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot. "An intelligent,
enlightening and well-documented book, which illuminates an important
phase of twentieth-century cultural debate."- Times Literary Supplement.
FIELDING'S ART OF FICTION
By
Maurice Johnson
396 pages
$6.00
Eleven essays on "Shamela," "Joseph Andrews," ''Tom Jones," and
"Amelia." "A thoughtful, stimulating approach to the art of the novel,
and to Fielding in particular."-Library Journal. "Well-informed, based on
a close study of the texts, and written in an easy and unpedantic
style."-Times Literary Supplement.
182 pages
$5.00
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