Malcolm Lowry: The Man and His Work - Softcover
With compassion and honesty, George Woodcock presents Malcolm Lowry: the man and his works. The portrait that emerges depicts a series of complex and destructive relationships that lead to an existential exploration of alienation, exile, and identity and to what many critics regard as some of the finest writing to come out of the twentieth century.
This compelling collection of essays provides considerable insight into the challenges Lowry set for himselfâ as an artist and as a man. The first section of the book, “The Works,” considers all of Lowry’s fiction and the evolution of his style as he struggled to find the form appropriate to a new approach to reality. The influences that shaped his world and gave form to his work are considered in the second section, “The Man and the Sources.” From Lowry’s love of jazz and the cinema, to the books he read, Woodcock follows Lowry’s life: a life marked by violent alcoholism, two unstable marriages, and stints in jails and mental institutions as he drifted to and from London, Paris, New York, and Mexico. Contributors include: Robert B. Heilman, Anthony R. Kilgallin, George Woodcock, Geoffrey Durrant, David Benham, Matthew Corrigan, Conrad Aiken, Hilda Thomas, Downif Kirk, W.H. New, Perle Epstein, William McConnell, and Maurice J. Carey.
George Woodcock (1912–1995)â award-winning poet, author, and essayist and widely known as a literary journalist and historianâ published more than ninety titles on history, biography, philosophy, poetry, and literary criticism.
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- PublisherUBC Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0774800062
- ISBN 13 9780774800068
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages174
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MALCOLM LOWRY: The Man and His Work
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good +. Third printing, 1973. 8vo. Glossy illustrated wrappers. 174 pages, with Bibliography. Foxing to covers, not affecting text. Name on Front FEP. No marks to text. A title in the Canadian Literature Series. Seller Inventory # 2216
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Malcolm Lowry: The Man and His Work (Canadian Literature Series, 3)
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, 3rd printing (1973). Some rubbing and wear to both panels, light color fading and some light wear to page edges. Twenty articles contributed by various authors, covering The Works (Part I) and The Man and the Sources (Part II) of Malcolm Lowry. Contains notes on contributors and index. Good introduction to his works. Box JM. Seller Inventory # 000933
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 174 pages. Presents the man, his works and the sources in himself and his world from which he constructed what many critics regard as the finest writing ot come out of Canada. Library markings. Yellowed clear tape to covers and spine. Still a worthy working copy. Seller Inventory # 86904651
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