The power of delight
Subtitle: a lifetime in literature : essays, 1962-2002
By: John Bayley ; selected by Leo Carey.
Contributors: Carey, Leo.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 677
Subjects: Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.; Literature, Modern -- Book reviews.
Genres: Book reviews.
Description: "John Bayley swept to international fame with the publication of his memoirs about his late wife, the novelist Iris Murdoch, and the subsequent film of them, but for decades he has been known to readers the world over as perhaps the shrewdest and subtlest literary critic now writing. The Power of Delight gathers together for the first time the cream of a lifetime's work."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.