The University of Minnesota Press
The Tangled Fire of William Faulkner
By WILLIAM VAN O'CONNOR.
"Mr. O'Connor's study, perceptive and
comprehensive, adds magnitude to an already impressive literary position.
It
provides insight for both general and specialized readers."
-Saturday Review.
$4.00
Epicurus and His Philosophy
By NORMAN W. DeWITT.
In this volume, the first comprehensive book
in English about Epicurus, known facts about the life of the ancient
philosopher are related to the development of his doctrine. The result is a
fascinating account that challenges traditional theories and interpretations
of Epicurean philosophy.
$6.00
Renunciation as a Tragic Focus
A STUDY OF FIVE PLAYS
By EUGENE H. FALK.
Through an analysis of five plays from classical
Greek and French literature the author shows that the act of renunciation,
culminating in self-sacrifice and martyrdom, may be truly tragic.
$3.00
Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire:
A GUIDE FOR LISTENERS
By DONALD
N.
FERGUSON.
A music-lover's handbook that provides
information and comments on the origin, the expressive character, and
the structure of the most important classical symphonies, overtures, and
concertos and selected works of modern composers.
$7.50
Benito Perez Galdos
and the Creative Process
By WALTER T. PATTISON.
Many critics think Benito Perez Gald6s,
the late nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, ranks second only to Cervantes
in the world of Spanish letters. In spite of his stature, however, Gald6s
has been the subject of relatively few scholarly studies. Professor Pattison
helps to fill the
~ap,
with a penetrating analysis of two of Gald6s' novels,
Gloria
and
Mwnanela.
$3.50
COMING
The Manuscript Poems of A. E. Housman
Edited by TOM BURNS HABER.
Published for the first time in this
volume are some 800 new lines of poetry recovered from the Housman
notebooks in the Library of Congress. Variants and fragments that show
the poet's revisions of his own work will be of special interest to students
and critics concerned with the creative process.
$4.50
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