Product Description: This is the first edition of In Ballast to the White Sea, the autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry, known to most only through the highly romanticized story of its loss in a fire. In fact, the typescript itself has probably been read by at most a dozen people since Lowry scholars learned that it was deposited at the New York Public Library...read more

Product Description: An annotated scholarly edition including versions of the Malcolm Lowry novella that at different times was titled “The Last Address”, “Swinging the Maelstrom” and “Lunar Caustic.”

Product Description: This book develops a theory of international stability which it tests, with positive results, on two of the important institutions of contemporary world politics - the United Nations Security Council and the International Monetary Fund...read more

Product Description: While James Joyce was a central figure of high modernism, Malcom Lowry spoke for the next generation of modernist writers and, despite his denials, was almost certainly influenced by Joyce. Wherever the truth lies, there are correspondences and differences to be explored between Joyce and Lowry that are far more interesting than the question of direct influence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Although Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) published only two novels--Ultramarine and Under the Volcano--in his lifetime, numerous other works, most of which have since been edited for publication, were in various stages of composition at his death...read more

Describes the background of Ulysses, discusses its themes and use of language, and looks at its critical reception

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Product Description: Provides a framework for better appreciating this work. Shows that the riddles serve as a metaphor to life. Descriptions of the book's structure, language, and themes can teach us a great deal about Joyce's understanding of the nature of art and the role of the artist.