Abstract
First comparative edition of three early novels by twentieth-century English Modernist novelist Ronald Firbank, in the Penguin Classics series. Includes textual variations between UK 1915 and US 1925 editions of Vainglory, variant texts of Inclinations (1916/28) and extensive editorial apparatus, including a lengthy contextual Introduction, Chronology and several Appendices, such as E M Forster's period essay on Firbank. Acclaimed by Alan Hollinghurst, Edmund White and David Leavitt. Cover image by Andy Warhol.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780141196336 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 May 2012 |
Keywords
- Ronald Firbank
- Vainglory
- Inclinations
- Caprice
- Canning
- Warhol
- Forster
- Woolf
- Waugh
- Stein
- Hemingway
- modernism
- fiction
- camp
- gay
- lesbian
- classic
- Hollinghurst