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Vainglory (with Inclinations and Caprice), by Ronald Firbank

Canning, R., (ed.) (2012) Vainglory (with Inclinations and Caprice), by Ronald Firbank. London: Penguin. 9780141196336.

Item Type: Book
Abstract: First comparative edition of three early novels by twentieth-century English Modernist novelist Ronald Firbank, in the Penguin Classics series. Includes textual variations between UK 1915 and US 1925 editions of Vainglory, variant texts of Inclinations (1916/28) and extensive editorial apparatus, including a lengthy contextual Introduction, Chronology and several Appendices, such as E M Forster's period essay on Firbank. Acclaimed by Alan Hollinghurst, Edmund White and David Leavitt. Cover image by Andy Warhol.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ronald Firbank, Vainglory, Inclinations, Caprice, Canning, Warhol, Forster, Woolf, Waugh, Stein, Hemingway, modernism, fiction, camp, gay, lesbian, classic, Hollinghurst
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR6000 1900-1960
Editors: Canning, Richard
Funders or Sponsors: Leverhulme Trust
Publisher: Penguin
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date: 31 May 2012
Date Type: Publication
Series Name: Penguin classics
Place of Publication: London
Number of Pages: 464
Language: English
ISBN: 9780141196336
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
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URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5065

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