Name: From Self to Shelf
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From Self to Shelf

The Artist Under Construction

Edited By: Sally Bayley, William May

£34.99

From Self to Shelf is a rich exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, from the Romantic poets to leading contemporaries. This absorbing volume is as engaging and thought-provoking as the masterpieces it illuminates.

"From Self to Shelf is a marvellously rich and various exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, ranging from the great self-inventions of…

“From Self to Shelf is a marvellously rich and various exploration of the interplay between biographical and aesthetic selves, ranging from the great self-inventions of the Romantic poets, through the complexities of revelation and impersonality that characterise twentieth century art, and down to the knowing dramas of reticence and display that distinguish the work of so many leading contemporaries. It includes essays in literary criticism, chapters in the history of painting and of music, biographical accounts, and studies in popular culture, as well as reflections by eminent practitioners. The editors have assembled an outstanding group of contributors, with names both new and familiar, to produce a volume at once absorbing and surprising, warmly alive to the human stories it tells while remaining theoretically up-to-date, and creating a book that is altogether as engaging and thought-provoking as the masterpieces it illuminates.”

Seamus Perry.
Fellow and Tutor in English, Balliol College, Oxford.

Sally Bayley teaches Victorian, Modern, and American literature at Jesus College, Oxford. She has
published essays on the poet Sylvia Plath and her book, co-edited with Kathleen Connors, Eye Rhymes:
Sylvia Plath and the Art of the Visual will be published by Oxford Univerity Press in October 2007.

William May is a lecturer at Bath Spa University. He specialises in British twentieth-century literature, and
has published articles on Stevie Smith and Simon Armitage. He is currently working on a book-length study
of Stevie Smith.

Patricia Allmer, Andrew Blades, Lynda Bundtzen, Sarah Churchwell, Monika Class, Alexandra Harris, Clive James, Geoff Klock, Kate McLoughlin, Tom Moody, Ben Morgan, Michael Rodriguez, Frances Spalding, William May