Nabokov
and the
Novel
Ellen Pifer
"Ellen Pifer's perception of
the moral dimension of
Nabokov's fiction strikes a
welcome revisionist note in
the criticism ofNabokov. Her
book is shrewdly argued, and
informed by mature critical
judgment
.''-Robert Alter
$12.50
The Craft of
Ralph
Ellison
Robert G. O'Meally
Blues, folktales, sermons,
spirituals,jive, and a blend of
the modern idiom ofHeming–
way and Wright mark Ralph
Ellison's style. '!racing the
course ofEllison's
development O'Meally shows
how this distinctively
Ellisonian idiom affects lan–
guage, plot, characterization,
and imagery in
Invisible Man
and the many works that pre–
ceded and followed it.
$12.50
Is
There
a Thxtin
This Class?
The Authority of
Interpretive Communities
Stanley
Fish
"These essays demonstrate
why Fish has become the
center-as both source and
focus - ofso much intellec–
tual energy in contemporary
American critical theory. For
brilliance and forcefulness in
argumentation and for sheer
boldness ofmind and spirit,
he has no match."
-Barbara Herrnstein Smith
University ofPennsylvania
$17.50
Beyond Egotism
The Fiction ofJamesJoyce,
Virginia
Ubolf,
and
D. H.
Lawrence
Robert Kiely
"Kiely is a very good critic,
who uses current critical
ideas with clarity, intelligence,
and grace. Anyone interested
in
the modern novel in gen–
eral, and inJoyce , Lawrence,
and Woolf in particular, will
learn from this book-and
will read
it
with pleasure."
$14.00
-Samuel
Hynes
Harvard University Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
