Women in the Old Testament Twenty Psychological Portraits

Lofts, Norah (Norah Ethel Robinson)

Verlag: The MacMillan Company, New York, NY, 1949

Beschreibung

This book is in Very Good condition and has a Fair only dust jacket. The book is in generally clean and bright. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. A previous owner has his ink stamped name on the top and bottom edges of the text block. The dust jacket is basically in pieces. The spine of the book is mostly missing, and both the front and rear flap joints have long tears. Ther are chips, tears, edge wear, and basic wear and tear. "Lofts chose to release her murder-mystery novels under the pen name Peter Curtis because she did not want the readers of her historic fiction to pick up a murder-mystery novel and expect classic Lofts historical fiction. However, the murders still show characteristic Lofts elements. Most of her historical novels fall into two general categories: biographical novels about queens, among them Anne Boleyn, Isabella I of Castile, and Catherine of Aragon; and novels set in East Anglia centered around the fictitious town of Baildon (patterned largely on Bury St. Edmunds). Her creation of this fictitious area of England is reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's creation of "Wessex"; and her use of recurring characters such that the protagonist of one novel appears as a secondary character in others is even more reminiscent of William Faulkner's work set in "Yoknapatawpha County," Mississippi. Lofts' work set in East Anglia in the 1930s and 1940s shows great concern with the very poor in society and their inability to change their conditions. Her approach suggests an interest in the social reform that became a feature of British post-war society" (from Wikipedia).

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A49435

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Women in the Old Testament Twenty Psychological Portraits
• Verlag: The MacMillan Company, New York, NY
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1949
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair