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  The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief (Paperback) By (author) James Wood

  

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  Short Description for The Broken EstateThe first collection of essays from America's most revered literary critic--incisive, accessible, and passionately written.
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  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • Published: 25 May 2010
  • Format: Paperback 276 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Essays | Literary Studies: General
  • ISBN 13: 9780312429560 ISBN 10: 0312429568
  • Sales rank: 242,079

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• Published when he was thirty-three, "The Broken Estate" is the first book of essays by the man who would become one of America's most esteemed literary critics. Ranging in subject from Jane Austen to John Updike, this collection introduced American readers to a new kind of humanist criticism. Wood is committed to judging literature through its connection with the soul, its appeal to our appetites and identities, and he examines his subjects rigorously, without ever losing sight of the mysterious human impulse that has made these works valuable to generations of readers.