The Good Soldier

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: Reprint

Description: 253 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Good Soldier is Ford Madox Fords masterpiece, a riveting story and one of the most compelling examples of early Modernism: a virtuoso performance of how to use an "unreliable narrator." Wealthy American John Dowell tells what he calls "the saddest story," about a secret affair between his wife and another man that is finally revealed in a crescendo of death and madness. Fords novel reflects contemporary interests in psychology, sexuality, and the New Woman, and it treats Henry Jamess "transatlantic theme" with an existential horror comparable to Joseph Conrads. Its portrayal of the destruction of a civilized elite anticipates the cataclysm of the First World War, which erupted while Ford was finishing the book. This new edition features an Introduction by Max Saunders, one of the leading Ford scholars, who explores the novel as a key work of Modernism, shedding light on the nature of literary Impressionism and its relationship with the psychological realism of the characters. An appendix includes Fords crucial essay "On Impressionism," written contemporaneously with the novel, which offers insight into Fords artistry. This edition also has extensive notes, a chronology of the novels main events, and an up-to-date bibliography.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

ISBN: 9780199585946