Rictor Norton (128 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Condition: Periodical in good condition. Tight binding. The text block is in very good condition, with no tears or dog-ears, and only a few pages with marginal marks. The cover is in good condition but for browning along spine and a small tear at bottom of spine. XX Contents: SAGE REYNOLDS, Frontispiece; LOUIE CREW & RlCTOR NORTON, Guest Editors, THE homophobic Imagination, An Editorial; RlCTOR NORTON An Interview 'With Eric Bentley; JACOB STOCKINGER Toward a Gay Criticism; DOLORES NOLL A Gay Feminist in Academia; RON SCHREIBER Giving a Gay Course; ARNIE KANTROWITZ Homosexuals and literature; ANON. Some Notes of a Homosexual Teaching Assistant in his First Semester of Ph.D. Work; Poems by PETER ROBINS, ERIC BENTLEY, DANIEL CURZON, DAN L.FEE, ROBERT LYNN PENNY, & PAUL MARIAH; A Garland of Gay Proverbs, gathered by Harlequin Paramount; ROGER AUSTEN But for fate and ban: Homosexual Villains and Victims in the Military; DAVID JAGO School and Theater: Polarities of Homosexual Writing in England; JAMES R. GILES Religious Alienation and "Homosexual Consciousness in City of Night and Go Tell It on the Mountain; JON L. CLAYBORNE Modern Black Drama and the Gay Image; JULIA P. STANLEY When We Say "Out of the Closets!"; ALLEN GINSBERG Gay Sunshine Interview; Checklist of Resources.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is the biography of the Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), author of "The Mysteries of Udolpho", the world's first "best seller". The text clarifies Radcliffe's emergence from a Dissenting Unitarian, rather than a conventional Anglican, background. This places Radcliffe within the circle of other women writers nurtured in radical Dissenting backgrounds (such as Wollstonecraft, Hays, Inchbauld and Barbauld). Radcliffe's childhood and family background are documented and the rumours of her madness and reclusiveness investigated leading to an evaluation of the resons for her probable mental breakdown. The text constitutes a "cultural history" of a writing woman, demonstrating her place within radical culture, literary tradition and aesthetic discourse, and examining her role in the rise of the professional woman writer. Her novels are analyzed mainly in the context of her biography and sources.…

Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used. First Edition. First Edition in Very Good Condition. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Overall a very good first edition.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Gothic Readings: The First Wave, 1764-1840 is an anthology of Gothic literature, set within the context of contemporary criticism and readers' responses. It includes selections from the major practitioners - indcluding Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Robert Maturin and Edgar Allan Poe - and many of their followers, as well as contemporary reviews, private letters and diaries, chapbooks, and anecdotes about dramatic performaces and the design of theatre sets. The volume provides representative samples of the major genres: historical Gothic, the Radcliffe school of terror, the Lewis school of horror, tragic melodrama, comic parody, supernatural poetry and ballads, book reviews and literary criticism and anti-Gothic polemic. Also covered are the major Gothic issues such as the aesthetics of the sublime, religionn and the supernatural and the influence of ancient Romance, 'hobgoblin machinery' (including vampires, spectres, orphans, the Inquisition, banditti, nuns, storms and ruined castles), and social and political themes. A general introduction reviews the major approaches to Gothic literature, and short introductions place individual selections in context. All the texts are based on first editions. The collection is suitable as a textbook for courses on the Gothic novel or on Romantic literature and will appeal to all Gothic enthusiasts. Rictor Norton is the author of Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Gothic Readings: The First Wave, 1764-1840 is an anthology of Gothic literature, set within the context of contemporary criticism and readers' responses. It includes selections from the major practitioners - indcluding Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Godwin, Mary Shelley, Charles Robert Maturin and Edgar Allan Poe - and many of their followers, as well as contemporary reviews, private letters and diaries, chapbooks, and anecdotes about dramatic performaces and the design of theatre sets. The volume provides representative samples of the major genres: historical Gothic, the Radcliffe school of terror, the Lewis school of horror, tragic melodrama, comic parody, supernatural poetry and ballads, book reviews and literary criticism and anti-Gothic polemic. Also covered are the major Gothic issues such as the aesthetics of the sublime, religionn and the supernatural and the influence of ancient Romance, 'hobgoblin machinery' (including vampires, spectres, orphans, the Inquisition, banditti, nuns, storms and ruined castles), and social and political themes. A general introduction reviews the major approaches to Gothic literature, and short introductions place individual selections in context. All the texts are based on first editions. The collection is suitable as a textbook for courses on the Gothic novel or on Romantic literature and will appeal to all Gothic enthusiasts. Rictor Norton is the author of Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe. …

Paperback. 441p., introduction, bibliography, five essays, indexes, as new reset 1982 second edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. This is the completely reset second edition from 1982 republished by ReQueered Tales. The core content remains the same as the out of print 1982 edition but the LA publisher has also released a separate supplement.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. Date on title page. No additional dates, editions or printings indicated. Fine, if not new hardback. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. ix, 242p., foxing to edges of cloth boards else good first edition in green cloth boards. 2921 entries.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Magazine. First Edition. 64p. including covers, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos of nude young men, artwork and ads, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps with scrapes on covers. Cover story on Assemblyperson Willie Brown, Jr. getting the Unnatural Sex Bill passed decriminalizing sodomy. S.I.R. was an extremely important homophile organization in the 1960s-70s and "Vector" was the main gay magazine for the Bay Area during those years. The magazine began life as a newsletter in 1964, merely several folded and or stapled sheets with news and calendars. The late Sixties found the magazine concentrating more on local and national news of interest to gay men. The final years saw the magazine turn more to a standard gay men's magazine with photos of young men from around the Bay Area.…

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. xiv, 308pp, with a section of monochrome plate illustrations. Laminated, illustrated stiff card covers. 8vo. A little gentle edge wear to card covers, with a previous owner's name neatly inked on the first leaf, else volume is neat. clean, bright and tight. A substantial biography of Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), the Gothic novelist who wrote The Mysteries of Udolpho, the world's first best-seller. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780304338924.…

Condition: Used. pp. 388.

Magazine. First Edition. 64p. including covers, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos of nude young men, artwork and ads, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on Assemblyperson Willie Brown, Jr. getting the Unnatural Sex Bill passed decriminalizing sodomy. Rictor Norton on Lesbians and Gay Men. Wooing part 3 of 5 by Curzon. S.I.R. was an extremely important homophile organization in the 1960s-70s and "Vector" was the main gay magazine for the Bay Area during those years. The magazine began life as a newsletter in 1964, merely several folded and or stapled sheets with news and calendars. The late Sixties found the magazine concentrating more on local and national news of interest to gay men.The final years saw the magazine turn more to a standard gay men's magazine with photos of young men from around the Bay Area.…

Condition: Used. pp. 388 49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches/marks. Some pages have underlining in pencil but still in very good readable condition.

Condition: Used. pp. 388.

Condition: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is the biography of the Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), author of The Mysteries of Udolpho, the world's first best seller. The text clarifies Radcliffe's emergence from a Dissenting Unitarian, rather than a conventional Anglican, background. This places Radcliffe within the circle of other women writers nurtured in radical Dissenting backgrounds (such as Wollstonecraft, Hays, Inchbauld and Barbauld). Radcliffe's childhood and family background are documented and the rumours of her madness and reclusiveness investigated leading to an evaluation of the resons for her probable mental breakdown. The text constitutes a cultural history of a writing woman, demonstrating her place.…

Softcover. Condition: Very good. Very good condition. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd EDITION. Second Edition, First Printing. Published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1982. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. No dust jacket.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Softcover. First Paperback Edition. Octavo, 307 pages; VG; white spine with black, red, and orange lettering; minor shelfwear, pages clean; shelved Lit Crit/Literary Bio. 1362392. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.