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The text is accompanied by both explanatory annotations and textual
notes. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes thirty letters or letter
excerpts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning that
trace Aurora Leigh s inception, evolution, and publication. Seven
contemporary documents on the "woman question," prostitution,
socialism, and poetic theory place the text historically.
"Criticism" collects twenty-five assessments of Aurora Leigh from
the period 1899 1993. A wide range of opinion is provided by George
Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Ellen Moers, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar,
Angela Leighton, Deirdre David, Dorothy Mermin, and Margaret
Reynolds, among others. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are
also included."
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Adam Bede (Paperback)
George Eliot; Edited by Margaret Reynolds
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Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but
unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur
Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by Arthur's seductive charm
and they begin to meet in secret. The relationship is to have
tragic consequences that reach far beyond the couple themselves,
touching not just Adam Bede, but many others, not least, pious
Methodist Preacher Dinah Morris. A tale of seduction, betrayal,
love and deception, the plot of Adam Bede has the quality of an
English folk song. Within the setting of Hayslope, a small, rural
community, Eliot brilliantly creates a sense of earthy reality,
making the landscape itself as vital a presence in the novel as
that of her characters themselves.
'Exquisite... a deeply insightful memoir which charts our
fundamental longings for place and identity, and ultimately our
yearnings for love.' Helena Kennedy 'Extremely moving...an
unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing
babyhood and biology.' Guardian How to find an outlet for a love
that demands expression? Single, in her mid-forties and having
experienced a sudden early menopause, the realisation comes to
Peggy quietly, and clearly, she decides to adopt a child. But the
preparation is arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are
questions about past lives, about capability and expectations.
Asking big questions about identity and belonging, as well as about
what makes a mother - and a home - this is a beautiful meditation
on how the legacies of childhood might be overcome by a mother's
determination to love. 'A remarkable book...wise and arresting'
Sarah Winman
'A remarkable book...wise and arresting' Sarah Winman 'Exquisite...
a deeply insightful memoir which charts our fundamental longings
for place and identity, and ultimately our yearnings for love.'
Helena Kennedy Single, in her mid-forties and having experienced a
sudden early menopause, a realisation comes to Peggy quietly, and
clearly: she decides to adopt a child. But the preparation is
arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are questions about past
lives, about capability and expectations. Asking big questions
about identity and belonging, as well as about what makes a mother
- and a home - this is a beautiful meditation on how the legacies
of childhood might be overcome by a mother's determination to love.
'Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a
mother, enabled by removing babyhood and biology.' Guardian
"This collection shows that women have seen themselves as
aggressive and receptive lovers, as well as philosophically sexual
and loving partners, since the beginning of recorded
history."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Here is the first collection of female erotic writing through the
ages, and the first to reveal the form's amazing scope--as
multifaceted as the sexuality of women themselves. EROTICA reveals
the history of women's erotic writing and reexamines the literary
expression of female sexuality. Included in this unique anthology
are: Kathy Acker, Jane Austen, Anne Boleyn, Kate Copin, H.D.,
Radclyffe Hall, Edna O'Brien, Vita Sackville-West, Stevie Smith,
Marina Tsvetayeva, Virginia Woolf, and many others.
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