Under a Glass Bell

Under a Glass Bell

Under a Glass Bell is one of Nin's finest collections of stories. First published in 1944, it attracted the attention of Edmond Wilson, who reviewed the collection in The New Yorker. It was in these stories that Nin's artistic and emotional vision took shape. This edition includes a highly informative and insightful foreword by Gunther Stuhlmann that places the collection in its historical context as well as illuminates the sequence of events and persons recorded in the diary that served as its inspiration.

Although Under a Glass Bell is now considered one of AnaÃ¯s Ninâ€™s finest collections of stories, it was initially deemed unpublishable. Refusing to give up on her vision, in 1944 Nin founded her own press and brought out the first edition, illustrated with striking black-and-white engravings by her husband, Hugh Guiler. Shortly thereafter, it caught the attention of literary critic Edmund Wilson, who reviewed the collection in the New Yorker. The first printing sold out in three weeks.

This new Swallow Press edition includes an introduction by noted modernist scholar Elizabeth Podnieks, as well as editor Gunther Stuhlmannâ€™s erudite but controversial foreword to the 1995 edition. Together, they place the collection in its historical context and sort out the individuals and events recorded in the diary that served as its inspiration. The new Swallow Press edition also restores the thirteen stories to the order Nin specified for the first commercial edition in 1948.

Country	USA
Author	Anaïs Nin
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Nin, Anais/ Podnieks, Elizabeth (INT)
EAN	9780804011471
Edition	1
ISBN	0804011478
Label	Swallow Press
Manufacturer	Swallow Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	104
PublicationDate	2014-01-09
Publisher	Swallow Press
Studio	Swallow Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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