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A Man Could Stand Up

✍ Scribed by Ford, Ford Madox


Book ID
107835447
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Year
1963
Tongue
English
Weight
137 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ Synopsis


The third volume of Parades Endone of the outstanding works about World War I and British society before, during, and after that cataclysmthis novel focuses on Valentine Wannop in London and Christopher Tietjens away at war, with the narrative concluding on Armistice Day. Making a dramatic comment on prewar life and morality, this is a perceptive exploration of time, history, and sexuality. This first-ever critical edition is fully annotated and includes a new introduction by a leading expert on Ford Madox Ford.

About the Author

Ford Madox Ford was an influential editor, essayist, critic, poet, and novelist. The author of more than 80 books, including The Fifth Queen, The Good Soldier, It Was the Nightingale,and Provence, he not only collaborated with Joseph Conrad, but also befriended many of the best writers of his time: Henry James, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, and Thomas Hardy. Ford also founded the English Reviewdiscovering D. H. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, and Ezra Poundand the transatlantic review in Paris, taking on Ernest Hemingway as a copy editor and publishing the works of James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Sara Haslam is a lecturer in English at Open University and a founding member and chair of the Ford Madox Ford Society.


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