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THE GAMBLER BY FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
and POLINA SUSLOVA'S DIARY
Translated
by
Victor Terras and edited
by
Edward Wasiolek
Faced with the threat of financial ruin, Dostoevsky wrote
T he
Gannbler
in less than a month. In this edition Victor Terras's new
translation is suppl emented by Edward Wasiolek's Introduction and
several key works that illuminate
The Gambler
and the peIiod
of Dostoevsky's life on which it is based. 1972
xl,
966
pages Cloth
$7.95
SWINBURNE
An Experiment in Criticism
Jerome J. McGann
In a study, structured as a series of dialogues among a group of
Swinburne's contemporary men and women of letters, McGann makes
a persuasive case for renewed recognition of Swinburne as one of the
nineteenth century's finest English poets. 1972
xii, S22 pages
Cloth $12.00
THE LIFE OF THE NOVEL
David Goldknopf
Examines how the novel changes day-by-day experience into art.
David Goldknopf supports his critical theory with analyses of
Moll
Flande,'s, Tom Jones, Hard Times,
the novels of Conrad, Hardy, the
Brontes, and D. H. Lawrence. 1972
x,
218
pages Cloth $7.95
THAT WILD FELLOW JOHN NEAL
And the American Literary Revolution
Benjamin Lease
Benjamin Lease has unearthed a wealth of new information that
establishes Neal's importance as a key transitional figure in the
American literary r evolution and his influence on Poe and Whitman.
1972 240 pages illus. Cloth $7.95
MARCEL PROUST AND THE CREATIVE
ENCOUNTER
George Stambolian
Applying Proust's own method of criticism to
A la R echerche du
temps perdu,
George Stambolian examines how the hero, Marcel,
becomes an artist who shares Proust's own conception of al·t and the
creative process. 1972
xii,
252
pages Cloth $12.00
FEMINISM AND ART
A Study of Virginia Woolf
Hebert Marder
"The true strength of this book lies ... in his sensitive, thorough
treatment of Woolf's feminism, the context in which her feminism
developed, and the imlllications this theme has for her art."-Studies
tn
the Novel Cloth edttton
(1968),
$6.50.
1972
x, 190 pages Paper
$1 .95
FOUR FARCES BY GEORGE FEYDEAU
Translated and with an Introd uction
by
Norman
R.
Shapiro
"The translation . . . is truly creative.... The choice of plays is
good, and they represent the major stages in Feydeau's career. The
40-page introduction is informative, interesting, and well written.
Highly recommended."-Choice
Cloth edition (1970), $12.00. 1972
/iv,
046
pages Pap." $2.95
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