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New books from
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AMERICAN LITERATURE
A
W orld View
By Willis Wager
European and Oriental influences on American literature from before Columbus
to the present day are traced in this new one·volume history of American letters.
Written in a personal, informal style, the book discusses at some length every
writer of importance.
THE COTHAM LIBRARY.
$2.45
in paperback; $8.00 in cloth.
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER AND THE ETERNAL PAST
By Irving Buchen
This is the first full.length examination of Singer's work, and it includes bio·
graphical data never before published. The story of his development, from a
very Orthodox boyhood in Europe to present.day acclaim, is as fascinating
as his fiction, and this new book presents both the man and his art.
THE COTHAM LIBRARY.
52.25
in paperback;
$6.95
in cloth.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
A
Critical Study
By A. O.
J.
Cockshut
In this interesting reassessment, a noted critic illuminates Trollope's writing
by tracing the development of his personality, and shows that the critically
acclaimed Barchester novels are by no means his best or most important books
- they were followed by such masterpieces as
The Eustace Diamonds
and
Mr. Scarborough's Family.
THE COTHAM LIBRARY.
$2.25
in paperback; $6.95
in cloth.
DOSTOEVSKY: CHILD AND MAN IN HIS WORKS
By William Woodin Rowe
This new approach to interpretation examines Dostoevsky's use of children–
both real and symbolic- as suffering victims and awakening adults, as descrip.
tive tools and mental images. Despite the voluminous literature on the Russian
master, no one before has treated this very important aspect which provides
a major insight into a great writer.
$8.50
THE IDENTITY OF OEDIPUS THE KING
Five Essays
on the " Oed ipus
Tyrannus"
By Alister Came ron
In providing this fresh reading of a celebrated classic, Alister Cameron con–
fronts Sophocles' tragedy as a work of art. He rejects interpretations purely
Freudian, historical, or anthropological, and helps the reader approach the
play directly as a work of enduring and compelling power- the supremely
conscious achievement of a great artist. $6.95
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