Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Lanchester, John

Description

1. viii, 260 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. An incisive collection of essays by the editor of the London Review of Books includes deeply considered pieces that explore topics ranging from a 19th-century encyclopedia and novel reviewing to parenthood and gender dynamics that limit women. --

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections

Alternative title

1. Works.

Subject

1. English essays
2. English essays > 20th century
3. 1900-2099
4. English essays > 21st century
5. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
6. Essays

Genre/Form

1. Essays.

Contents

1. Introduction / by John Lanchester -- I was dilapidated -- Civis Britannicus fuit -- Next to godliness -- The language of novel reviewing -- Narcissism and its discontents -- Death and the maiden -- Divorce me -- Patty and cin -- Hagiography -- Vita longa -- Sisters' keepers -- Fortress freud -- Lady Rothermere's fan -- Quarrelling -- Promises -- Nonchalance -- Attraction duty -- My distant relative -- Brussels -- What if you hadn't been home -- Peter Campbell -- Flirting is nice -- What a mother.

Call number

1. JFD 20-525

Author

1. Wilmers, Mary-Kay, author.

Title

1. Human relations and other difficulties / Mary-Kay Wilmers.

Publisher

1. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Edition

1. First American edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. 1900-2099

Added author

1. Lanchester, John, writer of introduction.

LCCN

1. 2019012401

ISBN

1. 9780374173494 (hardcover)
2. 0374173494

Research call number

1. JFD 20-525