Afterlife and Other Essays

by Fitzgerald, Penelope; Dooley, Terence; Kirby, Mandy; Carduff, Christopher; Lee, Hermione

• ISBN13: 9781582431987
• ISBN10: 1582431981
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

From one of the best-loved contemporary novelists, previously uncollected essays on books, writers, places, and the author's own life and works.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Editor's Note	xix
Master-Spirits
JANE AUSTEN	3	(5)
Emma's Fancy
WILLIAM BLAKE	8	(4)
The Unfading Vision
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE	12	(4)
Talking Through the Darkness
SARAH ORNE JEWETT	16	(4)
The News from Dunnet Landing
GEORGE ELIOT	20	(9)
The Will to Good Not Herself
MRS. OLIPHANT	29	(25)
The Heart and Soul of Carlingford
The Mystery of Mrs. Oliphant
THE VICTORIANS	54	(21)
Called Against His Will
The Need for Open Spaces
In the Golden Afternoon
Old Foss and Friend
The Sound of Tennyson
The June-blue Heaven
Twice-Born
WILLIAM MORRIS	75	(16)
His Daily Bread
Something Sweet to Come
"Whatever Is Unhappy Is Immoral"
ARTS AND CRAFTS	91	(9)
Lasting Impressions
Designs and Devices
The Gospel of Joyous Work
RHYME AND METER	100	(34)
Obstacles
The Poetry Bookshop
Miss Lotti's Story
A Questioning Child
The Consolations of Housman
M.R. JAMES	134	(7)
Monty and His Ghosts
THE WORLD OF PUNCH	141	(12)
Thin, Fat, and Crazy
Evoe's Choice
Kipper's Line
YEATS AND HIS CIRCLE	153	(13)
A Bird Tied to a String
Too Long a Sacrifice
Lily and Lolly
Monsieur Moore of Mayo
NEW WOMEN AND NEWER	166	(31)
Dear Sphinx
Out of the Stream
Keeping Warm
The Real Johnny Hall
An All Right Girl
Passion, Scholarship, and Influence
BLOOMSBURY	197	(12)
A Way into Life
Breathing Together
Living Doll and Lilac Fairy
MODERNS AND ANTI-MODERNS	209	(27)
The Great Encourager
A Student of Obliteration
Dame Cissie
Raging Martyr
The Near and the Far
Betrayed by His Century
The Only Member of His Club
THE FORTIES AND AFTER	236	(39)
What's Happening in the Engine Room
A Kind of Magician
The Man from Narnia
"Not at All Whimsical"
An Unforgettable Voice
Joy and Fear
"Really, One Should Burn Everything"
Precious Moments Gone
Writers and Witnesses 1980-2000
WRITERS	275	(25)
A Secret Richness
A Character in One of God's Dreams
The Great Importance of Small Things
Fried Nappy
To Remember Is to Forgive
Luck Dispensers
Watchers and Waiters
What Daisy Knew
WITNESSES	300	(11)
Grandmother's Footsteps
A Fortunate Man
Places
THE GRANGE	311	(8)
THE MOORS	319	(6)
CANALETTO'S VENICE	325	(6)
THE HOLY LAND	331	(6)
Life and Letters
CURRICULUM VITAE	337	(11)
SCENES OF CHILDHOOD	348	(10)
Thinking of Balcombe
Well Walk
Schooldays
ASPECTS OF FICTION	358	(10)
Following the Plot
Hearing Them Speak
WHY I WRITE	368	(1)
HOW I WRITE: DAISY'S INTERVIEW	369	(10)
Coda
LAST WORDS	379	(6)
Index	385