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An omnivorous selection of critical essays gathering observations on Post-Reformation theology's interpretation of the Bible; the Modernism of Dante and Wordsworth; French literature and criticism, particularly Proust, Blanchot, Beckett, Barthes, Derrida, Robbe-Grillet. Included is the full text of four Northcliffe Lectures given at Univ. College, London, in 1981, which focus on Sterne, Shakespeare, and the last writings of Kafka. Contains many passages of untranslated French. No subject index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.