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Imagining Characters
Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
by A. S. Byatt ; Ignes Sodre
ISBN: 0679777539
ISBN-13: 9780679777533
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Novelist A. S. Byatt and psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre discuss some of their favorite books and authors, including Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK, George Eliot's DANIEL DERONDA, and Iris Murdoch's AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE.
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"Two discriminating readers invite us to listen in on seven conversations about six important novels by women....Both Sodre and Byatt are shrewd readers, as well as voluble conversationalists."
-- Kirkus
"The book is a series of dialogues, a form that easily lends itself to rambling; and Swift's editing has left the English novelist Byatt and the Brazilian psychoanalyst Sodré with indistinguishable voices, rendering their arguments even harder to follow." -- Emily Barton
-- New York Times Book Review
"[B]y turns engaging and maddening....[T]he book's fundamental weakness [is] the decision to set aside current literary theory to bring general readers into the conversation." -- Tracy Seeley
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Pages: 268
Publisher's Notes
In this innovative and wide-ranging book, Byatt and the psychoanalyst Ignes Sodre bring their different sensibilities to bear on six novels they have read and loved: Jane Austens Mansfield Park, Brontes Villette, George Elliots Daniel Deronda, Willa Cathers The Professors House, Iris Murdochs An Unofficial Rose, and Toni Morrison's Beloved. The results are nothing less than an education in the ways literature grips its readers and, at times, transforms their lives. Imagining Characters is indispensable, a work of criticism that returns us to the books it discusses with renewed respect and wonder.
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.;Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997 Trade Paperback. Fine. ( more information) Offered by Patrico Books (United States)
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997. Has slight crease across front cover.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by The Book Rack (United States)
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997 Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Books Unlimited Online NJ (United States)
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Imagining Characters : Six Conversations about Women Writers
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes; Swift, Rebecca (editor)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 1997. Light pencil underlining & marginallia in last 2 chapters.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Carroll's Corner Books (United States)
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Imagining Characters : Six Conversations About Women Writeres ( Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison )
Byatt, A. S. and Sodre, Ignes
New York: Vintage / Random House, 1995 Fourth ( 4th ) printing trade paperback, Vintage, 1995. As New. Smooth spine and covers, unmarked. . Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by P Downing Books (United States)
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997. Very nice copy. . Quality Paperback. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Montreal Books (Canada)
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997 Trade Paperback. Good. ( more information) Offered by Book Castle (United States)
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Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison
Byatt, A. S.; Sodre, Ignes
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1997 USED - Standard. Book has only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; text is clean and unmarked. covers have light edgewear.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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