Nightwood
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780679640240
Hardcover|9780679640240
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Admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Graham Greene, and Dylan Thomas, Djuna Barnes was the most influential and prolific female writer in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. The Modern Library is proud to include--for the first time--her most critically acclaimed novel,Nightwood, which was praised by The Washington Post Book World as "a masterpiece of modernism." Dorothy Allison, author of the National Book Award-nominated novelBastard Out of Carolina, has written an Introduction especially for this edition, in which she defendsNightwoodas a lesbian classic. First published in the United States in 1937,Nightwoodis a novel of bold imagining and passionate, lyrical prose. Described by the author as the soliloquy of "a soul talking to itself in the heart of the night," the novel creates a dreamlike world in which time ceases to exist and in which human beings transform into animals. At Nightwood's center are the love affairs of Robin Vote--a character based on Barnes's lover, Thelma Wood. Robin marries Felix Volkbein, an eccentric aristocrat, whom she meets in Paris, and whom she abandons years later for the American Nora Flood. But Nora cannot contain Robin, either, and Robin in turn deserts her for the larcenous Jenny Petherbridge. Rich in irony and symbolism, Nightwood brilliantly depicts the all-consuming power of erotic obsession in language that twists and turns, drawing the reader into a labyrinth of meaning and revelation. This edition also includes T. S. Eliot's Introduction to the 1937 American edition. Elizabeth Hardwick wrote, "Djuna Barnes is a writer of wild and original gifts. . . .To her name there is always to be attached the splendor ofNightwood, a lasting achievement of her great gifts and eccentricities---her passionate prose and, in this case, a genuineness of human passions."
| ISBN-13 | 9780679640240 |
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| ISBN-10 | 067964024X |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.75 x 0.75 x 7.25 In |
| List Price | $18.95 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 208 pages |
| Publisher | Modern Library |
| Published On | 2000-06-20 |
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