This critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel provides detailed plot summaries of the authors' works and draws on references to Homer, Shakespeare, Flaubert, Zola and Henty in order to illustrate the themes. George Steiner has also written "Language and Silence", "The Death of Tragedy", "After Babel", "In Bluebeard's Castle" and "Real Presences - Is There Anything in What We Say?".
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This critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel provides detailed plot summaries of the authors' works and draws on references to Homer, Shakespeare, Flaubert, Zola and Henty in order to illustrate the themes. George Steiner has also written "Language and Silence", "The Death of Tragedy", "After Babel", "In Bluebeard's Castle" and "Real Presences - Is There Anything in What We Say?".
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Red cloth stamped in gilt along the spine. The corners are bumped, and a smudge to the half-title page. The price-clipped dust jacket has slight rubbing, and a faint stain to the rear panel. Bibliography, index. The author's first book, a critical analysis of the two great masters of the Russian novel.; 355 pages.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. A bit of foxing on the endpapers, near fine in a price-clipped very good or better dustwrapper. The author's first book, an essay on poetic and philosophical criticism. This copy is from the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife, the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, Inscribed to them by literary critic E. D. Hirsch and his wife Polly.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in a slightly spine-faded, still fine dustwrapper. The author's first book, an essay on poetic and philosophical criticism. Ashley Montagu's copy with his ownership signature, and additionally Inscribed by Steiner: "For Ashley Montagu, George Steiner (April 2, 1960)." A splendid association between two distinguished polymaths.
