| The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life Contributor(s): Mendelson, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307275221 ISBN-13: 9780307275226 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: "She felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . ." --"Virginia Woolf, "To The Lighthouse An illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--"Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, "and" Between the Acts"--portray the essential experiences of life. Edward Mendelson--a professor of English at Columbia University--illustrates how each novel is a living portrait of the human condition while expressing its author's complex individuality and intentions and emerging from the author's life and times. He explores "Frankenstein" as a searing representation of child neglect and abandonment and "Mrs. Dalloway" as a portrait of an ideal but almost impossible adult love, and leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us--in the most captivating way--why they matter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship |
| Dewey: 823.809 |
| LCCN: 2007282188 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.28" W x 7.96" (0.47 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: She felt rather inclined just for a moment to stand still after all that chatter, and pick out one particular thing; the thing that mattered . . . --Virginia Woolf, To The Lighthouse
An illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts--portray the essential experiences of life. Edward Mendelson--a professor of English at Columbia University--illustrates how each novel is a living portrait of the human condition while expressing its author's complex individuality and intentions and emerging from the author's life and times. He explores Frankenstein as a searing representation of child neglect and abandonment and Mrs. Dalloway as a portrait of an ideal but almost impossible adult love, and leads us to a fresh and fascinating new understanding of each of the seven novels, reminding us--in the most captivating way--why they matter. |