Shari benstock editor (14 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Bloomington, IN, U.S.A: Indiana University Press, 1987. Soft Cover. Good. Owner's name inside cover. Edge wear, minor creases, bent cover corners. Some underlining/notes. . ISBN: 0253204143. Book.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Octavo. In edgeworn with clear tape repairs. Sunned spine. Grey cloth covered board with green lettering. Previous owner's name inked front free end page. Tightly bound. [280 page].

Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Paperback; light shelf wear to exterior, with light fade spots to page edge s; like new with clean text, firm binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 319 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4" Jacket in mylar sleeve.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 242 pps.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDCheck marks margin few pages, creasing to cover, else good. *.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. This book is "Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1888 - 1920". The book was Edited by Sarah Bird Wright, and has a Preface by Shari Benstock. Published inn 1995 by St. Martin's Press, this is the Second Edition. From the dust-jacket write-up : |> Edith Wharton's seven works of travel have been called "brilliantly written and permanently interesting". For the first time, excerpts from each of these works have been made available to the general reader in a single volume. The collection spans a period of three decades: from the time of leisurely travel by chartered steam yacht, diligence, railway, and motor car during the 'belle époque, through the horror and pathos of the French landscape during World War I, to the Morocco of 1917 - a country previously forbidden to most women and foreigners. |> Scornful of guidebooks, Wharton focused instead on the "parentheses of travel" - the undiscovered by-ways of Europe, Morocco, and the Mediterranean. Among the sites she describes are the towns of Tirano, Brescia, Poitiers and Chauvigny; the gardens of Villa Caparola and the Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati; Hippone and Goletta. Her account of Mount Athos in Greece (written in the recently discovered diary of her 1888 Mediterranean cruise), may be the first ever by an American. An intrepid reporter, she also depicts the front lines of Lorraine and the Vosges during World War I. |> She describes art, architecture, sculpture and landscape with the eye of a knowledgeable connoisseur and the sensitivity of an observant and imaginative novelist. Open to all experiences, she is a voracious intellectual wanderer who often interprets the sights she sees in the light of the expensive historic, literary, and classical reading begun in her youth.<| I see from a photograph in the book, that novelist, and her friend, Henry James, accompanied her and her husband on a few jaunts. Quite the company she kept. The reading of this book can only confirm the high place she has amongst intellectual writers. TITLE : Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1888 - 1920 AUTHOR : Edith Wharton (Edith Newbold Wharton, née Jones; 1862 - 1937) EDITOR : Sarah Bird Wright PREFACE : Shari Benstock IMPRINT : Saint Martin's Press PLACE : New York EDITION : Second Printing STATUS : Hardcover Format Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 5 1/2" x 8 1/8", light gray, paper-covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering on spine; contains a Preface, an Introduction, a Glossary of Foreign Words, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index; contains 21 pictures (half-tone photographs and line illustrations); [xxiv] + 216 pages; pictorial dust-jacket has a color reproduction of a Venetian Canal by artist John Singer Sargent on front panel - rear panel presents reviews of the book. CONDITION -- NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive , with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- Boards and spine are clean and presentable; gilt lettering is broight; slight weathering to top text-block edge, else edges clean and unmarked. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- Clean and unmarked. No signatures. DUST-JACKET -- A touch of wear to top edge (tiny tears and a bit of nicking and shallow, near-negligible crimping; panels have a few small blind indents - else clean and bright. Original 1995 price still on front flap. Half-tone Photographs & Line drawings (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Ohio State University Press hardcover in dust jacket, 1989, 1st edition, unused and carefully stored, No remainder marks/tears or other defects; Fine/Fine (like New). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking. NOTE: If the seller doesn't state the edition, you are very likely to receive a paperback, a low quality book club edition or a shop-worn remainder marked reprint copy a.k.a "New" to the zombie sellers (caveat emptor).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.242 with index. Explores the aesthetic and political issues inherent in feminist critical theory and practice, taking as its subject a variety of literary texts written by women in the 19th and 20th c. Examining women's writing from multiple viewpoints, the authors in this volume suggest the difference of women's literature within a patriarchal culture. clean tight copy with slight edgewear.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. X, 302 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. First Printing, Hardcover Issue. Fine. The Personal Copy Of One Of The Authors, Martha Banta, Although Not Marked As Such. Ucla Professor Martha Banta Was "An Iconoclastic And Prolific Scholar Of American Literature And Culture, Professor Banta Published Eight Books On A Wide Range Of Subjects, Four Of Them Since Her Retirement From Teaching In 1998. At The Time Of Her Death, She Had Completed A Ninth Manuscript About Plato'S Influence In Literary History And Had Been Working On A Tenth, About The American Love Of "Little Wars." Banta Was Throughout Her Career A Scholar Of Henry James, The Subject Of Her First Book, Henry James And The Occult, And Wrote The Introduction To One Volume Of His Complete Letters, A Continuing Project At The University Of Nebraska Press. For Penguin And Oxford World Classics, Banta Edited And Introduced Works By James, Edith Wharton, And Thorstein Veblen. She Was Also Associate Editor Of The Columbia Literary History Of The United States And Editor And Contributor To The Harper American Literature Anthology.".…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 498 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Very good+ hardcover with dust jacket, from a private home collection. Interior appears free of markings, pages bright and crisp. Exterior and DJ look great. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. DJ protected in Mylar wraps. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.