NEW FROM YALE
Literary Criticism
ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY
by Dorothea Krook
Recognizing the ebsence of eny settled criterie of tregedy in modern criticisll'l,
end indeed the widespreed skepticism es to the possibility of esteblishing such
criterie, this enelysis serves both to derify the mejor criticel issues end to supply
the besis for e more directed, coordineted, end cooperetive study of the form.
"A deer, simple. often eloquent stetement of the neture of tregedy, judiciously
combining theory end prectice in en unobtrusive end ostensibly convincing
menner."-Morris Weitz.
$6.75
HEINRICH HEINE. THE ELUSIVE POET
by Jeffrey
L
Sammons
Emphesizing Heine's ettempt to convert elements of his own personelity, feel–
ings, end experience into literery fiction, this comprehensive study provides the
stendpoint for e full reeveluetion of his prose end verse end en understending
of his peculierly unsettled opinions end behevior. Above ell, it yields e uniquely
coherent treetment of Heine's entire literery cereer, settling e number of the
difficulties thet heve characterized his reception for some 150 years.
$20.00
IMITATION AND ILLUSION
DN
THE
FRENCH M.EMOIR.NOVEL. 1700·1750
THE ART OF MAKE BELIEVE
by Philip R. Stewart
Since at the beginning of the eighteenth century the French novel had not yet
become esteblished es a serious literery genre, most fictional works masquereded
es historicel writings, perticulerly es memoirs. Mr. Stewert exemines the body
of techniques essentiel to this cemouflege, especielly the use of en "editor"
to
provide objective views of first-person nerretives. He enelyzes the use of recog–
nizllble events end personelities, showing how these techniques led to the esteb–
lishment of the "realist" novel which was to be expanded end perfected by the
greet writers of the nineteenth century.
$10.00
THE
RA,MBLER
THE YALE EDITION OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
Volumes III, IV, and V
edited by W.
J.
Bate and Albrecht 8. Strauss
"My other works," Semuel Johnson is reputed to heve said, "ere wine and
woter; but my Rombler is pure wine." This edition furnishes en occurote, core–
fully onnotated text of the 208 numbers of the Rambler, periodical essays which
eppeered twice e week between Merch 20, 1750 end March 14, 1752. The many
thousends of verient reedings in these, the most heevily revised of Johnson's
writings, provide e rere and fescineting glimpse of Johnson et the tesk of
polishing his style. Here, then, for the first time meticulously edited, is the
quintessentiel Semuel Johnson. Volumes I-VIII elso eveilable.
3 volumes
the set $35.00
Yale University Press
New Haven and London
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