[A number of freebies this week.]
- Mrs. J. B. Webb, Benaiah: A Tale of the Captivity (Frederick Warne and Co., n.d.). Religious historical novel about the Jews in Babylon.
- Christopher John Farley, Kingston by Starlight (Three Rivers Press, 2005). Historical novel about pirate Anne Bonny.
- Michel Faber, The Courage Consort (Harcourt, 2004). Three novellas.
- E. L. Doctorow, The March (Random House, 2005). Historical novel about Sherman's March.
- T. C. Boyle, The Inner Circle (Viking, 2004). Novel about Kinsey and his Institute.
- J. Hillis Miller, Charles Dickens: The World of His Novels (Harvard, 1965). Miller in phenomenological mode.
- Archibald C. Coolidge, Jr., Charles Dickens as Serial Novelist (Iowa State University Press, 1967). Examines how serial publication affected the novels' plot structure, character development, etc.
- Hester Ritchie, ed., The Letters of Anne Thackeray Ritchie; With Forty-Two Additional Letters from Her Father, William Makepeace Thackeray (John Murray, 1924). Edited by Thackeray Ritchie's daughter.
- Jenny Wormald, ed., Scotland: A History (Oxford, 2005). Survey of, er, Scottish history.
- Peter Hanns Reill and Ellen Judy Wilson, eds., Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, rev. ed. (Facts on File, 2004). Reference work.
- Walter Farquhar Hook (and others), nine pamphlets and sermons on various issues (1841-57). Hook was an important early associate of the Tractarians; more information at Leodis.
- R. N. Swanson, ed., The Church Retrospective (Boydell Press, 1997). Essays on commemorations, ecclesiastical histories, historical thinking, etc.
- W. R. Ward, The Protestant Evangelical Awakening (1992; Cambridge, 1996). Important comparative study.
Hullo. I've found your blog through LibraryThing (we share several books).
I've enjoyed Miller's work on _Bleak House_. Do you know John Carey's _The Violent Effigy_?
Posted by: Asaf Bartov | October 21, 2005 at 07:21 PM
Well, for the first time you've listed 3 books I've read. I look forward to reading what you think of the Doctorow. I was very impressed.
Posted by: Bob | October 21, 2005 at 10:14 PM