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A Man Could Stand Up, 3 - (Parade's End) by Ford M Ford (Paperback)

A Man Could Stand Up, 3 - (Parade's End) by  Ford M Ford (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The third volume of Parade's End-one of the outstanding works about World War I and British society before, during, and after that cataclysm-this novel focuses on Valentine Wannop in London and Christopher Tietjens away at war, with the narrative concluding on Armistice Day. Making a dramatic comment on prewar life and morality, this is a perceptive exploration of time, history, and sexuality. This first-ever critical edition is fully annotated and includes a new introduction by a leading expert on Ford Madox Ford.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>It is a model edition, definitive and indispensable: copiously annotated, with a full textual apparatus, bibliography of further reading and the first publication of the original ending. --Kate McLoughlin, contributor, <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>, on <i>Parade's End</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>Ford Madox Ford</b></b> was an influential editor, essayist, critic, poet, and novelist. The author of more than 80 books, including <i>The Fifth Queen</i>, <i>The Good Soldier</i>, <i>It Was the Nightingale</i>, <i> </i>and <i>Provence</i>, he not only collaborated with Joseph Conrad, but also befriended many of the best writers of his time: Henry James, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, and Thomas Hardy. Ford also founded the <i>English Review</i>--discovering D. H. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, and Ezra Pound--and the <i>transatlantic review</i> in Paris, taking on Ernest Hemingway as a copy editor and publishing the works of James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. <b>Sara Haslam </b>is a lecturer in English at Open University and a founding member and chair of the Ford Madox Ford Society.

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