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Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C.S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although he is best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts. Already well-known as a scholar in the...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2019-01-17
Format(s) : PDF
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Die ersten beiden Beiträge, die Briefe Therese von Bacherachts aus Java sowie Alexander von Humboldts Bezug zu Afrika im Kontext des 19. Jahrhunderts untersuchen, zeigen, dass der afrikanische Kontinent vielleicht mehr als jeder andere bis heute stellvertretend für...
Editeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2018-12-21
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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'A delightful insight into an eclectic life'The Daily Telegraph'Very funny and astute . . . a loathly feast for royal-watchers' Hilary Mantel, New Statesman Books of the Year 2018'A complete delight, conjuring up, with a few sharp strokes of the pen, a mad, exotic...
Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2018-09-20
Format(s) : ePub
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An authoritative review of literary biography covering the seventeenth century to the twentieth century A Companion to Literary Biography offers a comprehensive account of literary biography spanning the history of the genre across three centuries. The editor – an...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2018-09-18
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Elizabeth Jennings was one of the most popular, prolific, and widely anthologized lyric poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This first biography, based on extensive archival research and interviews with Jennings's contemporaries, integrates her life and...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-09-04
Format(s) : PDF
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C. S. Lewis, long renowned for his children's books as well as his Christian apologetics, has been the subject of wide interest since he first stepped-up to the BBC's microphone during the Second World War. Until now, however, the reasons why this medievalist began...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-07-18
Format(s) : ePub
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Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. Making Oscar Wilde reveals...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-07-05
Format(s) : PDF
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The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.'Vita and Harold have become part of our literature' OBSERVERThe marriage of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson was one of the most...
Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2018-06-28
Format(s) : ePub
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Elizabeth Jennings was one of the most popular, prolific, and widely anthologized lyric poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This first biography, based on extensive archival research and interviews with Jennings's contemporaries, integrates her life and...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-06-12
Format(s) : ePub
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The evocative, illuminating autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists.Lena Kennedy was sixty-four before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted, and it was among the shackdwelling community of the woods that she began to realise her growing need to express...
Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2018-05-31
Format(s) : ePub
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C. S. Lewis, long renowned for his children's books as well as his Christian apologetics, has been the subject of wide interest since he first stepped-up to the BBC's microphone during the Second World War. Until now, however, the reasons why this medievalist began...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-05-31
Format(s) : PDF
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Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. Making Oscar Wilde reveals...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2018-05-17
Format(s) : ePub
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Who was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend The publication of Go Set a Watchman in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a small-town racist. How are...
Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2018-05-08
Format(s) : ePub
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An essential collection of literary criticism by one of Spain's most acclaimed authorsJavier Cercas is one of the most enjoyable and innovative novelists at work today. Well known among English-language readers as the author of Soldiers of Salamis (winner of the...
Editeur : Maclehose Press
Parution : 2018-05-03
Format(s) : ePub
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A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'This is such a great idea for a book, and Michelle Dean carries it off, showing us the complexities of her fascinating, extraordinary subjects, in print and out in the world. Dean writes with vigor, depth, knowledge and absorption, and as...
Editeur : Fleet
Parution : 2018-04-23
Format(s) : ePub
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'JOYOUS . . . READERS WILL LOVE THIS FASCINATING BOOK' CATHY RENTZENBRINK'A GODSEND WITH THE PRESENT SEASON APPROACHING' IRISH INDEPENDENT'THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A BOOK-OBSESSED FRIEND' STYLIST, 50 UNMISSABLE BOOKS FOR AUTUMN 2017'EXCELLENT . . . SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE...
Editeur : Riverrun
Parution : 2017-10-05
Format(s) : ePub
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“If you loved Wilder’s books, or if you garden with a child who loves her books, you will enjoy the read.” —San Francisco Chronicle In this revealing exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s deep connection with the natural world, Marta...
Editeur : Timber Press
Parution : 2017-09-20
Format(s) : ePub
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Originally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translators, and audiences from so many cultures, from the mountains of Iran to the islands of Japan, find Chaucer so inspiring? In part this is down to the...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-08-18
Format(s) : ePub
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Originally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translators, and audiences from so many cultures, from the mountains of Iran to the islands of Japan, find Chaucer so inspiring? In part this is down to the...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-08-18
Format(s) : PDF
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I personaggi di Antonio Tabucchi devono spesso confrontarsi con una dimensione "postuma", agendo in una temporalità sghemba abitata da vivi e da morti. Postumi sono anche i libri e le traduzioni usciti dopo la scomparsa dell’autore, come la raccolta di saggi Di tutto...
Editeur : P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution : 2017-06-30
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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