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Red & Blackby Stendhal
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Based again on Robert M. Adams"s highly regarded translation of Stendhal"s 1831 novel of ambition, love, and betrayal, this Second Norton Critical Edition of The Red and the Blackis the most comprehensive and up-to-date edition available.An extensively revised 'Backgrounds and Contexts' section provides geographical and political insights into mid-nineteenth century France and places the novel in the context of contemporary authors and works. A map of 1830s France, political and literary chronologies, an account of the trial of Antoine Berthet, and related writings by Stendhal, Paul Valry, and Jules Janin are included.'Criticism' collects nine essays, seven of which are new to this edition, by Erich Auerbach, Ren Girard, Victor Brombert, Shoshana Felman, Peter Brooks, Sandy Petrey, Alison Finch, Lisa G. Algazi, and Susanna Lee. Synopsis:An extensively revised 'Backgrounds and Contexts' section provides geographical and political insights into mid-nineteenth century France and places the novel in the context of contemporary authors and works. A map of 1830s France, political and literary chronologies, an account of the trial of Antoine Berthet, and related writings by Stendhal, Paul Valry, and Jules Janin are included. 'Criticism' collects nine essays, seven of which are new to this edition, by Erich Auerbach, Ren Girard, Victor Brombert, Shoshana Felman, Peter Brooks, Sandy Petrey, Alison Finch, Lisa G. Algazi, and Susanna Lee. About the AuthorSusanna Lee"s thoughtful revision of the footnotes for the Second Edition, expanding detailed references to historical figures and nineteenth-century French locales, will greatly assist students in understanding this complicated novel. She is Associate Professor of French at Georgetown University. She is the author of A World Abandoned by God: Narrative and Secularism, and has written numerous articles on nineteenth-century narrative literature, the history of ideas, and American crime fiction.Robert M. Adams"s translation has been one of the best-selling translations for classroom use for many years. He was Professor of English Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles. He was the author of many books, among them Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics, Strains of Discord, and The Land and Literature of England. He was a contributing editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, and translated and/or edited six Norton Critical Editions, including The Prince, Candide, and Utopia. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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