Pleasing Myself : From Beowulf to Philip Roth

Kermode, Frank

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Language: English

Published by Allen Lane / The Penguin Press (2001), London, 2001

0713995181 / 9780713995183

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No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [x], 278 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 233 x 154mm. "This collection of essays is a successor to 'The Uses of Error,' published in 1990, and contains a selection of the pieces I wrote in the course of the next decade. Most of them were written for the 'London Review of Books,' but some were 'New York Review' commissions, and one appeared in 'The New Republic.'" - page vii. Essays include: On a New Way of Doing History; Shakespeare at Work; English Gnostics; Bertrand Russell; The Sexuality of Christ; Darwin's Worms; The Sea, the Sea; Sylvia Townsend Warner.

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Title
Pleasing Myself : From Beowulf to Philip Roth
Author
Kermode, Frank
Publisher
Allen Lane / The Penguin Press (2001), London
Publication year
2001
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0713995181
ISBN 13
9780713995183
Edition
First Edition.

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