Invitation To The Dance

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Invitation To The Dance

Literary reference works Literary companions, book reviews and guides Fiction companions

Author: Hilary Spurling

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Language: English

Published by: Cornerstone Digital

Published on: 1st March 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 410 Kb

ISBN: 9781446428894


Introduction

A unique reference book for all fans of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel, A Dance to the Music of Time, which has become a literary landmark of twentieth-century writing.

Contents

More than a simple glossary, Invitation to the Dance contains extensive Character, Book, Painting and Place indices, creating a magnificent database of Powell's imagination and England's cultural landscape.

Features

This is a masterpiece of extreme ingenuity detailing over four hundred characters and one million words of Powell's lively fifty-year dance of fiction and fact.

Analysis

Hilary Spurling's exhaustive analysis of the novel's characters supplies a master-key for the reader of Anthony Powell.

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