Pitt, Valerie
Overview
Works: | 11 works in 95 publications in 5 languages and 1,593 library holdings |
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Genres: | Dictionaries Juvenile works Literature Encyclopedias Criticism, interpretation, etc |
Roles: | Author, Editor, htt, Publisher |
Classifications: | PR5588, 821.8 |
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Most widely held works by
Valerie Pitt
Tennyson laureate by
Valerie Pitt(
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34 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tennyson's position as the official Victorian Bard and his popularity with his contemporaries did his posthumous reputation no good. The Laurel Crown identifies him with the myth of 'Victoriamism'. Besides, he was a romantic poet, introverted and solitary by temperament, and moodily musical in his poetic talent: his place as the Laureate must, a later generation decided, have been a bought place, bought at the price of his poetic integrity. Miss Pitt suggests that this is a picture out of focus. Tennyson was a successful Laureate precisely because he was a Romantic poet, sensitive to the terror of change and formlessness which law behind the facade of Victorian respectability. The Laureate passion for social, even for domestic order, and the sense of a moral and prophetic mission were not, in Tennyson, a denial of the mystical intuitiveness of his youth. On the contrary, they represent the attempt, though not always the successful attempt, to communicate to his own generation the sense of order in chaos which was the fruit of his own experience in the death of Arthur Hallam. Tennyson discovered the shape of emotional experience through experience, and this brooding over his own intuitions, the brooding of them into shape, is the secret of his method as a poet
34 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tennyson's position as the official Victorian Bard and his popularity with his contemporaries did his posthumous reputation no good. The Laurel Crown identifies him with the myth of 'Victoriamism'. Besides, he was a romantic poet, introverted and solitary by temperament, and moodily musical in his poetic talent: his place as the Laureate must, a later generation decided, have been a bought place, bought at the price of his poetic integrity. Miss Pitt suggests that this is a picture out of focus. Tennyson was a successful Laureate precisely because he was a Romantic poet, sensitive to the terror of change and formlessness which law behind the facade of Victorian respectability. The Laureate passion for social, even for domestic order, and the sense of a moral and prophetic mission were not, in Tennyson, a denial of the mystical intuitiveness of his youth. On the contrary, they represent the attempt, though not always the successful attempt, to communicate to his own generation the sense of order in chaos which was the fruit of his own experience in the death of Arthur Hallam. Tennyson discovered the shape of emotional experience through experience, and this brooding over his own intuitions, the brooding of them into shape, is the secret of his method as a poet
The penguin dictionary of physics by
Valerie Pitt(
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34 editions published between 1975 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1975 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The new Penguin dictionary of electronics by
Carol Young(
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14 editions published between 1979 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1979 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Planet Earth by
Christopher Maynard(
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1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses the history, structure, and atmosphere of earth and, briefly, its plant and animal life
1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses the history, structure, and atmosphere of earth and, briefly, its plant and animal life
The Hamlyn junior science encyclopedia(
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2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Articles introduce some of the basic principles, notable individuals, and important inventions and applications of the earth and physical sciences
2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Articles introduce some of the basic principles, notable individuals, and important inventions and applications of the earth and physical sciences
Physics by
Alan Isaacs(
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4 editions published between 1972 and 1982 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1972 and 1982 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Church and the social revolution by
Valerie Pitt(
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1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fysik by
Alan Isaacs(
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2 editions published in 1973 in Multiple languages and Undetermined and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1973 in Multiple languages and Undetermined and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La fisica by
Alan Isaacs(
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1 edition published in 1973 in Italian and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1973 in Italian and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fysikk [Av] ... og Valerie Pitt. Illustr. av Whitecroft Designs. Overs.: Oddvar Søråsen, Tore Jønvik og Roar Einarborg by
Alan Isaacs(
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1 edition published in 1973 in Norwegian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1973 in Norwegian and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
The Penguin Dictionary of Physics ; editor: Valerie H. Pitt(
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
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- Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron 1809-1892
- Isaacs, Alan 1925- Author Editor
- Dempsey, Michael W.
- Maynard, Christopher Author
- Young, Carol Author of introduction Author
- Sheehan, Angela
- Young, John Consultant
- Daintith, John Editor
- Penguin Publisher
- Cassel, Tom Other
Alternative Names
Pitt, Valerie
Pitt Valerie H.
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