The Soldier's Art

#8 A Dance to the Music of Time

Anthony Powell

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Arrow Books Ltd
15 May 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: A Dance to the Music of Time

The eighth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, 'A Dance to the Music of Time'

'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN

'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.

In this eighth volume, Nick Jenkins has been posted to Divisional Headquarters as the assistant to his old friend, the rapidly rising Major Widmerpool. Having to work alongside the rather obnoxious Captain Biggs, Nick is pleased when his old school pal Charles Stringham becomes the latest recruit to the armed forces. However, the cruelties of war are not far behind. As the Blitz intensifies, tragedy and despair befall Nick and his friends.

By: Anthony Powell
Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9780099472476
ISBN 10: 0099472473
Series: A Dance to the Music of Time
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 May 2005
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Achievement and inclusion: ways of understanding Chapter 3 Researching achievement: researching inclusion Chapter 4 National Data Sets: what do they tell us about achievement and inclusion? Chapter 5 Ways of understanding: achievement + inclusion = participation Chapter 6 Achievement and inclusion in Amadeus School Chapter 7 Achievement and inclusion in Kingsley Primary School Chapter 8 Achievement and inclusion in Chester Community School Chapter 9 Achievement and inclusion in the Harbour School Chapter 10 Researching in, on and with schools Chapter 11 Conclusions: what do we know about achievement and inclusion?

Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence 'A Dance to the Music of Time'. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000.

Reviews for The Soldier's Art (#8 A Dance to the Music of Time)

I think it is now becoming clear that A Dance to the Music of Time is going to become the greatest modern novel since Ulysses. <br>--Clive James <br> I would rather read Mr Powell than any English novelist now writing. <br>--Kingsley Amis