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Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th
century – whether as a romantic source of literary and political
inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this
new book, Ira Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the
work of some of the key figures in British literature across the
century, including Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Jane Harrison,
Virginia Woolf, and H.G. Wells. Framed by the story of two romantic
encounters, between Walter Benjamin and the actress Asja Lacis in
Moscow in 1926 and between Isaiah Berlin and Anna Akhmatova in
1945, Love and Russian Literature casts a vivid new light on the
ways in which responses to Russia shaped the history of British
modernism.
Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for
nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in
print for the first time. Iolani is a sensational romance--a tale
of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush
backdrop of Tahiti. The book's complicated history is worthy of a
writer famous for intricate plots hinging on long-kept secrets.
Collins wrote the book as a young man in the early 1840s, twenty
years before The Moonstone and The Woman in White made his name
among Victorian novelists. He failed to find a publisher for the
work, shelved the manuscript for years, and eventually gave it to
an acquaintance. It disappeared into the hands of private
collectors and remained there--acquiring mythical status as a lost
novel--from the turn of the century until its sudden appearance on
the rare book market in New York in 1991. This first edition
appears with the permission of the new owners, who keep the mystery
alive by remaining anonymous. The novel is set in Tahiti prior to
European contact. It tells the story of the diabolical high priest,
Iolani , and the heroic young woman, Idua, who bears his child.
Determined to defy the Tahitian custom of killing firstborn
children, Idua and her friend Aimata flee with the baby and take
refuge among Iolani's enemies. The vengeful priest pursues them,
setting into motion a plot that features civil war, sorcery,
sacrificial rites, wild madmen, treachery, and love. Collins
explores themes that he would return to again and again in his
career: oppression by sinister, patriarchal figures; the bravery of
forceful, unorthodox women; the psychology of the criminal mind;
the hypocrisy of moralists; and Victorian ideas of the exotic. As
Ira Nadel shows in his introduction, the novel casts new light on
Collins's development as a writer and on the creation of his later
masterpieces. A sample page from the manuscript appears as the
frontispiece to this edition. The publication of Iolani is a major
literary event: a century and half late, Wilkie Collins makes his
literary debut. Originally published in 1999. The Princeton Legacy
Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make
available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
Written 150 years ago, never published, and presumed lost for
nearly a century, Wilkie Collins's earliest novel now appears in
print for the first time. IolA ni is a sensational romance--a tale
of terror and suspense, bravery and betrayal, set against the lush
backdrop of Tahiti. The book's complicated history is worthy of a
writer famous for intricate plots hinging on long-kept secrets.
Collins wrote the book as a young man in the early 1840s, twenty
years before "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White" made his name
among Victorian novelists. He failed to find a publisher for the
work, shelved the manuscript for years, and eventually gave it to
an acquaintance. It disappeared into the hands of private
collectors and remained there--acquiring mythical status as a lost
novel--from the turn of the century until its sudden appearance on
the rare book market in New York in 1991. This first edition
appears with the permission of the new owners, who keep the mystery
alive by remaining anonymous.
The novel is set in Tahiti prior to European contact. It tells
the story of the diabolical high priest, IolA ni, and the heroic
young woman, Idua, who bears his child. Determined to defy the
Tahitian custom of killing firstborn children, Idua and her friend
AimA ta flee with the baby and take refuge among IolA ni's enemies.
The vengeful priest pursues them, setting into motion a plot that
features civil war, sorcery, sacrificial rites, wild madmen,
treachery, and love. Collins explores themes that he would return
to again and again in his career: oppression by sinister,
patriarchal figures; the bravery of forceful, unorthodox women; the
psychology of the criminal mind; the hypocrisy of moralists; and
Victorian ideas of the exotic. As Ira Nadel shows in his
introduction, the novel casts new light on Collins's development as
a writer and on the creation of his later masterpieces. A sample
page from the manuscript appears as the frontispiece to this
edition. The publication of IolA ni is a major literary event: a
century and half late, Wilkie Collins makes his literary debut.
Originally published in 1999.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905."
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The Dead Secret (Paperback)
Wilkie Collins; Edited by Ira B. Nadel
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"Oh, my God! to think of that kind-hearted, lovely young woman, who
brings happiness with her wherever she goes, bringing terror to me!
Terror when her pitying eyes look at me; terror when her kind voice
speaks to me; terror when her tender hand touches mind!" Porthgenna
Tower on the remote western Cornish coast. Moments before her
death, Mrs Treverton dictates a secret to her maid, never to be
passed to her husband as she had instructed. Fifteen years later,
when Mrs Treverton's daughter, Rosamond, returns to Porthgenna with
her blind husband, Leonard, she is intrigued by the strange and
seemingly disturbed Mrs Jazeph's warning not to enter the Myrtle
Room in the ruined north wing. Strong-minded and ingenious,
Rosamond's determined detective work uncovers shocking and
unsettling truths beyond all expectation. A mystery of unrelenting
suspense and psychologically penetrating characters, The Dead
Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her
illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of
romance and Gothic drama. Wilkie Collins's fifth novel, The Dead
Secret anticipates the themes of his next novel, The Woman in White
in its treatment of mental illness, disguise and deception, and the
dispossession of lost identity. Yet a series of comic figures
offsets the tension, from the dyspeptic Mr Phippen to the
perpetually smiling governess, Miss Sturch. Displaying the talent
and energy which made Collins the most popular novelist of the
1860s, The Dead Secret represents a crucial phase in Collins's rise
as a mystery writer, and was his first full-length novel written
specifically for serialization. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
Redefining the Modern spans nearly a century and a half in a series
of essays that capture the crucial shifts and transformations
marking the change from the Victorian to the Modern period. At the
center of the collection is the understanding that literature
responds to, as well as initiates, social, intellectual, and
sometimes political change. It also recognizes that historical
categories, like genres, need to be realigned. The diverse material
ranges from Jane Austen's laughter to female detectives and black
fiction. It coheres, however, through its focus on the interaction
of language and society and the way language and culture maintain a
persistent and dynamic exchange. Rather than deny links between one
period and another, this collection argues for continuity and
development, emphasizing revision and renewal rather than rejection
and refusal. No longer do critics accept fierce divides or
unbridgeable paths between the work of the Victorians and moderns.
Recent approaches to the period, reflecting gender, cultural
studies, and new historicism, provide fresh means of assessment.
Central to this reconception is the recognition that if the
Victorians invented us, we, in turn, have invented the Victorians.
How we have done so is precisely the focus of this collection.
Long at the center of the modernist project, from editing Eliot's
The Waste Land to publishing Joyce, Pound has also been a
provocateur and instigator of new movements, while initiating a new
poetics. This is the first volume to summarize and analyze the
multiple contexts of Pound's work, underlining the magnitude of his
contribution and drawing on new archival, textual and theoretical
studies. Pound's political and economic ideas also receive
attention. With its concentration on the contexts of history,
sociology, aesthetics and politics, the volume will provide a
portrait of Pound's unusually international reach: an
American-born, modern poet absorbing the cultures of England,
France, Italy and China. These essays situate Pound in the social
and material realities of his time and will be invaluable for
students and scholars of Pound and modernism.
Long at the centre of the modernist project, from editing Eliot's
The Waste Land to publishing Joyce, Pound has also been a
provocateur and instigator of new movements, while initiating a new
poetics. This is the first volume to summarize and analyze the
multiple contexts of Pound's work, underlining the magnitude of his
contribution and drawing on new archival, textual and theoretical
studies. Pound's political and economic ideas also receive
attention. With its concentration on the contexts of history,
sociology, aesthetics and politics, the volume will provide a
portrait of Pound's unusually international reach: an
American-born, modern poet absorbing the cultures of England,
France, Italy and China. These essays situate Pound in the social
and material realities of his time and will be invaluable for
students and scholars of Pound and modernism.
Ezra Pound is one of the most visible and influential poets of the
twentieth century. He is also one of the most complex, his poetry
containing historical and mythical allusions, experiments of form
and style and often controversial political views. Yet Pound's life
and work continue to fascinate. This Introduction, first published
in 2005, is designed to help students reading Pound for the first
time. Pound scholar Ira B. Nadel provides a guide to the rich webs
of allusion and stylistic borrowings and innovations in Pound's
writing. He offers a clear overview of Pound's life, works,
contexts and reception history and his multidimensional career as a
poet, translator, critic, editor, anthologist and impresario, a
career that placed him at the heart of literary modernism. This
invaluable and accessible introduction explains the huge
contribution Pound made to the development of modernism in the
early twentieth century.
Ezra Pound is one of the most visible and influential poets of the
twentieth century. He is also one of the most complex, his poetry
containing historical and mythical allusions, experiments of form
and style and often controversial political views. Yet Pound's life
and work continue to fascinate. This Introduction, first published
in 2005, is designed to help students reading Pound for the first
time. Pound scholar Ira B. Nadel provides a guide to the rich webs
of allusion and stylistic borrowings and innovations in Pound's
writing. He offers a clear overview of Pound's life, works,
contexts and reception history and his multidimensional career as a
poet, translator, critic, editor, anthologist and impresario, a
career that placed him at the heart of literary modernism. This
invaluable and accessible introduction explains the huge
contribution Pound made to the development of modernism in the
early twentieth century.
This Companion contains fifteen chapters by leading international scholars, who together reflect diverse but complementary approaches to the study of Ezra Pound's poetry and prose. They consider the poetics, foreign influences, economics, politics and publication history of Pound's entire corpus, and also situate Pound's work in the context of Modernism, illustrating his influence on contemporaries such as T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. Taken together, the chapters offer a sustained examination of one of the most versatile, influential and certainly controversial poets of the modern period.
Known for his maxim "make it new," Ezra Pound played a principal
role in shaping the modernist movement as a poet, translator, and
literary critic. Yet readers grapple with his poetry's complex
structures and layered allusions and his known fascism,
anti-Semitism, and misogyny. This volume offers strategies for
guiding students toward the rewards of Pound's works while
embracing the challenges they pose.The first section, "Materials,"
catalogs the print and digital editions of Pound's works, evaluates
numerous secondary sources, and provides a history of Pound's
critical contexts. The essays in the second section, "Approaches,"
address Pound's aesthetics, persona, beliefs about economics,
fascination with Asian culture, classical source materials,
contributions to literary movements, and poetic techniques.
Known for his maxim "make it new," Ezra Pound played a principal
role in shaping the modernist movement as a poet, translator, and
literary critic. Yet readers grapple with his poetry's complex
structures and layered allusions and his known fascism,
anti-Semitism, and misogyny. This volume offers strategies for
guiding students toward the rewards of Pound's works while
embracing the challenges they pose. The first section, "Materials,"
catalogs the print and digital editions of Pound's works, evaluates
numerous secondary sources, and provides a history of Pound's
critical contexts. The essays in the second section, "Approaches,"
address Pound's aesthetics, persona, beliefs about economics,
fascination with Asian culture, classical source materials,
contributions to literary movements, and poetic techniques.
This Companion contains fifteen chapters by leading international scholars, who together reflect diverse but complementary approaches to the study of Ezra Pound's poetry and prose. They consider the poetics, foreign influences, economics, politics and publication history of Pound's entire corpus, and also situate Pound's work in the context of Modernism, illustrating his influence on contemporaries such as T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. Taken together, the chapters offer a sustained examination of one of the most versatile, influential and certainly controversial poets of the modern period.
Includes thirty entries exploring the work of such Victorian
novelists as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Charles Kingsley.
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