- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS; New edition edition (Feb 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1564780805
- ISBN-13: 978-1564780805
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,394,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
The expatriate Barnes's 1936 novel was a breakthrough both as a work of modernist fiction and for its frank treatment of lesbianism. Although it no doubt raised an eyebrow or two, the original version had actually been toned down by T.S. Eliot. This edition restores much of the deleted material and includes facsimiles of early drafts as well as a scholarly introduction and notes. The best version of Nightwood ever to see print.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Admired by Joyce, Nightwood is as important to the history of the 20th century novel as Finnegans Wakeand more readable." -- Miranda Seymour, New York Times Book Review 11-26-95
"Djuna Barnes remains a reminder of the Road Not Yet Takeninternational, devious, perverse, verbally abundant, psychologically subtle." -- Edmund White, Voice Literary Supplement 11-95
"I read Nightwood back in the 1930s and was very taken with it. I consider it one of the great books of the twentieth century." -- William Burroughs
"Nightwood . . . is one of the top ten novels written this century and is undoubtedly . . . one of the greatest gay novels ever written. It is a magnificent, passionate, lyrical work which probes deep beneath the surface skin of life where so many novels are content to stay. . . . The editor, Cheryl J. Plumb, is to be congratulated . . . It is a work which goes on resonating after every reading." -- Gay Times 3-96
"The 72 discarded pages, full of Barnes' wonderful poetic prose, alone makes this edition worth purchasing. We need as much of Djuna Barnes' writing available as possible." -- Harvey Pekar, Chicago Tribune 11-26-95
"[Nightwood possesses] the great achievement of a style, the beauty of phrasing, the brilliance of wit and characterisation, and a duality of horror and doom very nearly related to that of Elizabethan tragedy." -- T. S. Eliot
"Djuna Barnes remains a reminder of the Road Not Yet Takeninternational, devious, perverse, verbally abundant, psychologically subtle." -- Edmund White, Voice Literary Supplement 11-95
"I read Nightwood back in the 1930s and was very taken with it. I consider it one of the great books of the twentieth century." -- William Burroughs
"Nightwood . . . is one of the top ten novels written this century and is undoubtedly . . . one of the greatest gay novels ever written. It is a magnificent, passionate, lyrical work which probes deep beneath the surface skin of life where so many novels are content to stay. . . . The editor, Cheryl J. Plumb, is to be congratulated . . . It is a work which goes on resonating after every reading." -- Gay Times 3-96
"The 72 discarded pages, full of Barnes' wonderful poetic prose, alone makes this edition worth purchasing. We need as much of Djuna Barnes' writing available as possible." -- Harvey Pekar, Chicago Tribune 11-26-95
"[Nightwood possesses] the great achievement of a style, the beauty of phrasing, the brilliance of wit and characterisation, and a duality of horror and doom very nearly related to that of Elizabethan tragedy." -- T. S. Eliot
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A first and great incite into a mystery concerning manuscrip,
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This review is from: Nightwood (Hardcover)
It was thought for many years that there was another manuscript, or that there were more pieces to this book than the slim version which became a prose masterpiece included in the canon of American Lit 1900 to 1940. Because of the editing and work by Eliot etal, and because of Barne's reclusiveness, wse didn't know much about this manuscript. Thus Cheryl Plumb's work helps us understand more about the process of this book, it's starts and stops, it's magic and mystery. A must for Djuna Barnes fans
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A first and great incite into a mystery concerning manuscrip,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nightwood (Hardcover)
It was thought for many years that there was another manuscript, or that there were more pieces to this book than the slim version which became a prose masterpiece included in the canon of American Lit 1900 to 1940. Because of the editing and work by Eliot etal, and because of Barne's reclusiveness, wse didn't know much about this manuscript. Thus Cheryl Plumb's work helps us understand more about the process of this book, it's starts and stops, it's magic and mystery. A must for Djuna Barnes fans
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A Definitely Minor Writer,
By Judith C. Kinney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nightwood (Hardcover)
In this edition, the novel itself takes up only 143 pages. The rest is apparatus, excerpts of discarded text, and a lot of other editorial mumbo-jumbo. However, there is one big thing missing from this edition, and that is T. S. Eliot's preface. I have read only the first chapter, but I don't think I'm going to appreciate the remaining chapters either.I managed to plow my way through this truly awful book, but I couldn't make myself read more than a chapter a day. It was just pointless. There was no story, none of the characters were even remotely interesting, nor did they have anything memorable to say. There are certain books I have just not been able to appreciate: IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, A TRAVELER (Calvino), THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES (Musil), all of Rabelais. It's probably a missing gene, one I'm glad I haven't got. |
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