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The Complete Novels and Selected Writings of Amy Levy, 1861-89
Amy Levy
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paperback. New introduces the world of Amy Levy, a talented Anglo-Jewish writer who committed suicide in 1889 aged 28. During her brief career she published essays, short stories, three novels and three collections of poetry, but none of them is in print today. A selection of her work is included here. Num Pages: 576 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 874.
Amy Levy was a talented Anglo-Jewish writer who committed suicide in 1889 at the age of 28. During her brief career she published essays, short stories, three novels and three collections of poetry, but none of them is in print today. To correct this situation and set the stage for a generous selection of her work, Melvyn New introduces Amy Levy as an unmarried Victorian woman and an urban intellectual, disillusioned by the mores of her culture, yet unable to abandon her identification with the English Jews who embodied so much of what she scorned. He reconstructs her world in ... Read more
Amy Levy was a talented Anglo-Jewish writer who committed suicide in 1889 at the age of 28. During her brief career she published essays, short stories, three novels and three collections of poetry, but none of them is in print today. To correct this situation and set the stage for a generous selection of her work, Melvyn New introduces Amy Levy as an unmarried Victorian woman and an urban intellectual, disillusioned by the mores of her culture, yet unable to abandon her identification with the English Jews who embodied so much of what she scorned. He reconstructs her world in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813012001
SKU
V9780813012001
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