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Letters of Arnold Bennett
VOLUME 1I: 1889-1975
Edited by
J AMES HEPBURN. This second of four projected volumes contains
letters from Bennett to his literary and artistic friends, including H. G. Wells,
Ford Madox Ford, Andre Gide, and George Sturt - the recipient of the largest
and most enlightening correspondence. The period covered extends from Ben–
nett's arrival in London to his acclamation for
The Old Wives Tale, Clayhanger,
and
Milestones.
Bennett's energy and wit are demonstrated in these 328 letters,
270 of which are published for the first time.
$11.75
The Author's Empty Purse
AND THE RISE OF THE LITERARY AGENT
By
JAMES HEPBURN. Thc calamity of authorship from Elizabethan times on–
ward, and the limited and late success of literary agency in relieving that calamity,
are Mr. Hepburn's subject. The focus is on the rise of literary agency itself, with
sketches of the first agents, and accounts of the quarrelling among publishers,
agents, and the Society of Authors that persisted until 1940. The book concludes
with a report on the situation of the author today.
$3.50
Milton
A BIOGRAPHY
By
WILLIAM RILEY PARKER,
l1!diana University.
Much has been learned
about J ohn Milton, his family, and his friends since Mason's monumental
Life
( 1859-80 ), and this is the first attempt in eighty-five years to tell the complete
story of the poet's life and work. The new biography reflects the recent scholar–
ship, including the author's own research, and changed attitudes toward Milton
and his poetry. The separate volume of documentation is exhaustive, and a com–
plex index is augmented by a finding-list.
In two volumes, $35 .00
Paradise Lost and
The Genesis Tradition
By
J.
M. EVANS,
Stanford University.
This study first traces the development
of the rich and complex tradition, out of which
Paradise Lost
emerged, from its
source in the Book of Genesis. It then proceeds through the early Jewish and
Christian writings on the Fall and the subsequent Latin and Old English poems
on the subject, to the literary treatment in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
In the last section of the book this wealth of traditional material is applied to a
close critical reading of
Paradise L ost,
emphasizing not only Mil ton's indebted–
ness to that tradition, but also his profound originality.
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