A Reconstruction
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Köp båda 2 för 1414 kr?[a] fresh and highly illuminating discernment of Collins....[a] very attractive and relliable assessment of the role of books, in the life and work of an eminent Victorian writer....[l]ikely to remain a standard work on its subject, and also a basis for further research in the future. It must, therefore, be recommended unreservedly for purchase by academic establishments of any standing.?-Reference Reviews ?In the wake of renewed interest in Collins, this work reconstructs the Victorian author's library, with the goals of understanding "Collins as a reader through an analysis of the books he owned and his response to them" and presenting details of 19th-century source material....an important addition to Collins scholarship. Recommended for libraries with large literature collections or that support study of Victorian literature.?-Choice "Ya fresh and highly illuminating discernment of Collins....Ya very attractive and relliable assessment of the role of books, in the life and work of an eminent Victorian writer....Ylikely to remain a standard work on its subject, and also a basis for further research in the future. It must, therefore, be recommended unreservedly for purchase by academic establishments of any standing."-Reference Reviews "[a] fresh and highly illuminating discernment of Collins....[a] very attractive and relliable assessment of the role of books, in the life and work of an eminent Victorian writer....[l]ikely to remain a standard work on its subject, and also a basis for further research in the future. It must, therefore, be recommended unreservedly for purchase by academic establishments of any standing."-Reference Reviews "In the wake of renewed interest in Collins, this work reconstructs the Victorian author's library, with the goals of understanding "Collins as a reader through an analysis of the books he owned and his response to them" and presenting details of 19th-century source material....an important addition to Collins scholarship. Recommended for libraries with large literature collections or that support study of Victorian literature."-Choice
WILLIAM BAKER is Professor, Department of English, and Professor, University Libraries, at Northern Illinois University. His previous books include Recent Work in Critical Theory, 1989-1995: An Annotated Bibliography (1996), Twentieth-Century Bibliography and Textual Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography (2000), and A Companion to the Victorian Novel (2002), all available from Greenwood Press. He also coedited The Letters of Wilkie Collins (1999), and has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for 2002-2003 to edit another three volumes of Wilkie Collins's letters.
Preface Introduction Wilkie Collins and His Books The 1890 Dispersion of Wilkie Collins's Library The Composition of Wilkie Collins's Library Conclusion Reconstruction of Wilkie Collins's Library Appendix Index