Description: Daniel Ferrer's stimulating introduction to genetic criticism, translated into English by Rachel Bowlby.
Brief description: Daniel Ferrer is Professeur Emeritus (and former director) at the Institut des Textes Modernes et Manuscrits, Paris. He is one of the leading proponents of genetic criticism and the author of Virginia Woolf and the Madness of Language (1990) and Genetic Joyce (2023).
Review Quotes: This absorbing book, by one of the world's leading exponents of genetic criticism, will dispel any idea that the study of writers' and artists' draft material is a dry and dusty topic. If you are going to read one book on genetic criticism, this virtuoso survey of its challenges and rewards should be it.--Derek Attridge, University of York