H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
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"Scholars and students alike will turn to Caroline Zilboorg's edition of H.D.'s Bid Me to Live for an introduction that provides heretofore unavailabl
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e insights and annotations that elucidate the book's countless literary and biblical allusions. A useful, thorough, and eloquent study."-Michel W. Pharand, author of Bernard Shaw and the French "Zilboorg's introduction and notes are excellent, thorough, and accurate-the work of an unparalleled expert in the field. This edition makes a major contribution to H.D. and modernist studies."-Jane Augustine, editor of H.D.'s The Mystery In the riveting and intense Bid Me to Live, H.D. documents her traumatic experiences during WWI on which she blamed a number of personal tragedies, including a stillborn child, the end of her marriage, and her pained relationship with D. H. Lawrence. This critical edition returns the novel to print for the first time in a generation. Editor Caroline Zilboorg offers invaluable background information and perspectives that facilitate a rich and rewarding reading of a complex novel. Including an introduction that recounts the autobiographical narrative on which the book is based, a biographical key to all the major characters, explanations of textual references, and photographs of all the central figures in the text, this is a powerful resource for understanding and appreciating one of the Imagist author's most accessible novels.
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