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The Complete Novels and Selected Writings of Amy Levy, 1861-1889

The Complete Novels and Selected Writings of Amy Levy, 1861-1889

Amy Levy

Amy Levy was a talented Anglo-Jewish writer who committed suicide at the age of 28 in 1889.
Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

Amy Levy

A Sketch Amy Levy Susan David Bernstein. Esther represents an updated, converted version of Levy's Xantippe. As a liminal, caustic presence, Esther provides the reader with acute commentary on Judith's intellectual, social, and emotional ...
Amy Levy: her life and letters

Amy Levy: her life and letters

Linda Hunt Beckman

After a century of critical neglect, poet and writer Amy Levy is gaining recognition as a literary figure of stature.
The Woman Who Dared: A Biography of Amy Levy

The Woman Who Dared: A Biography of Amy Levy

Christine Pullen

Described by Oscar Wilde as a girl of genius, like him Amy Levy set out to challenge the status quo and ended up by destroying her life.
The Romance of a Shop

The Romance of a Shop

Amy Levy

In this novel, Amy Levy examines both the opportunities and dangers of urban experience for women in the late nineteenth century who pursue independent work rather than follow the established paths of domestic service.
The Romance of a Shop

The Romance of a Shop

Amy Levy

In this novel, Amy Levy examines both the opportunities and dangers of urban experience for women in the late nineteenth century who pursue independent work rather than follow the established paths of domestic service.
Amy Levy: her life and letters

Amy Levy: her life and letters

Linda Hunt Beckman

Unwilling to cut herself off from her Jewish background, she had the additional burden of attempting to bridge the gap between communities.In Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters Linda Hunt Beckman examines Levy's writings and other cultural ...
Decadent Romanticism: 1780-1914

Decadent Romanticism: 1780-1914

Kostas Boyiopoulos

Levy's most recent biographer, Christine Pullen, challenges these conclusions, arguing that Karl Pearson was a central figure in Levy's intellectual and emotional life; see The Woman Who Dared: A Biography of Amy Levy (Kingston upon ...
Jewish Feeling: Difference and Affect in Nineteenth-Century ...

Jewish Feeling: Difference and Affect in Nineteenth-Century ...

Richa Dwor

Linda Hunt Beckman, 'Leaving “The Tribal Duckpond”: Amy Levy, Jewish SelfHatred, and Jewish Identity', Victorian Literature and Culture 27.1 (1999): 185 –202 (p. 186). Bryan Cheyette, 'From Apology to Revolt: Benjamin Farjeon, Amy Levy ...
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...

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(J. F. St.) LEVY, AMY (1861-1889), English poetess and novelist, second daughter of Lewis Levy, was born at ... She committed suicide on the 10th of September 1889. LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844- ), French geologist, was born in Paris ...
Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity

Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity

A. Vadillo

Christine Pullen's speculation that Levy substituted 'Prince' for 'Grant' [Allen] is therefore correct. See Christine Pullen, Amy Levy, 204. Levy began writing ballades in 1888, most of which were compiled in her last volume of verse, A London ...
Victorians Institute Journal

Victorians Institute Journal

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... shoddy Pride and Prejudice, with all four sisters searching for an appropriate mate” (Walking the Victorian Streets 202). For further discussion of Levy's narrative techniques, see Linda Hunt Beckman's Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters, 15556.
Shoemaker by Levy - The Man Who Made an Impact

Shoemaker by Levy - The Man Who Made an Impact

David H. Levy

No one is better suited to tell the story of Gene and Carolyn than David Levy, in this remarkable book.
A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse

A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse

Amy Levy

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
MINOR POET & OTHER VERSE

MINOR POET & OTHER VERSE

Amy 1861-1889 Levy

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
MINOR POET & OTHER VERSE

MINOR POET & OTHER VERSE

Amy 1861-1889 Levy

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Andrea Levy: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

Andrea Levy: Contemporary Critical Perspectives

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This book is the first of its kind to be devoted to Levy's work. Combining historical, theoretical and textual perspectives, the volume hosts a wide range of current critical approaches to Levy's fiction.
LONDON PLANE-TREE & OTHER VERS

LONDON PLANE-TREE & OTHER VERS

Amy 1861-1889 Levy

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The American music handbook

The American music handbook

Christopher Pavlakis

Nathalie, 245 Levinson, Herbert, 196 Levy, Frank, 110, 138 Levy, F. Roy, 670 Levy, Jesse, 409 Levy, Marvin David, 231 Levy, Michael E., 250 Levy, Ralph C, 675 Lewando, Ralph, 697 Lewenthal. Raymond. 264, 378, 409 Lewis, Brenda, 393 Lewis, Daniel, 8, 365 Lewis, Eugene S., 709 Lewis, Gerald, 103, 138 Lewis, Henry, 110, 132, 288, 389, 391, 416 Lewis, John, 638 Lewis, John M., 193 Lewis, Edward C, Jr., 538 Lewis, Judd, 545 Lewis, L. Rhodes, 552 Lewis, Lucy, 12 Lewis, ...
A London Plane Tree and Other Verse

A London Plane Tree and Other Verse

Amy Levy

Here, Where Your Garden Fenced About And Still Is, Here, Where The Unmoved Summer Air Is Sweet With Mixed Delight Of Lavender And Lilies, Dreaming I Linger In The Noontide Heat.
Swallowing Geography

Swallowing Geography

Deborah Levy

Swallowing Geography is a stunning early novel by the Man Booker-shortlisted Deborah Levy. Embedded in this beautifully written novel is Deborah Levy's gift for blending fairytale with biting satire.
T. S. Eliot: homage from India: A commemoration volume of 55 ...

T. S. Eliot: homage from India: A commemoration volume of 55 ...

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WILLIAM TURNER LEVY ^ William turner levy is Associate Professor of English and chaplain W to Episcopal students at City ... New York. f Eusebio L. Rodrigues Beyond the Frontier [ A Review ] 212 William turner levy : A Letter to the Editor.
Amy Levy: Critical Essays

Amy Levy: Critical Essays

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This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students offering both a comprehensive literature review of scholarship-to-date and a range of new critical perspectives.
David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

David Levy's Guide to Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations

David H. Levy

In this simple guide, David Levy inspires readers to experience the wonder of eclipses and other transient astronomical events for themselves.
Laws of Maryland Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly

Laws of Maryland Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly

Maryland

27, An act for the relief of Douglass Green, of Frederick 1841. County. - Levy of $40 Be it enacted by the General .1ssembly of JMaryland, authorised That the levy court of Frederick county are hereby authorised and required to levy annually, ...
Laws of the State of Maryland

Laws of the State of Maryland

Maryland

27, An act for the relief of Douglass Green, of Frederick 184J- County. Levy of $40 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, authorised That the levy court of Frederick county are hereby authorised and required to levy annually, ...
Amy's Slippers

Amy's Slippers

Mary Chapman

Amy's Slippers. Amy's mum is fed up with dirty footprints on the carpet, but Amy says that she can't find her slippers.

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