Biography: writers

Ein frischer, unbefangener Blick auf Kindheit, Jugend und Ausbildung eines der größten deutschen Dichter.

Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting).

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The critically acclaimed biography of Shakespeare's most enduring heroine, Rosalind, now in paperback.

Although William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, he traditionally receives little notice in studies of children's literature.

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It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written in 1876 by a non-Jew a Victorian woman and a formidable intellectual, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest of English novelists.

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Here, for the first time, is a riveting collection of Fowles's fugitive and intensely personal writings composed sinced 1963, ranging from essays and literary criticism to commentaries, autobiographical statements, memoirs and musings.

When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of early America.

An enchanting and joyous exploration of life and creativity at the geographical edges of the modern world Who is a provincial?

An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his relevance to contemporary readersMore than two centuries after his birth, Ralph Waldo Emerson remains one of the presiding spirits in American culture.

While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "e;reacquaint himself with the scene"e;.

The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years.

"e;Remembering Wordsworth"e; is a fantastic collection of essays and other assorted writings by various authors discussing the life and work of this seminal poet, not to be missed by lovers of poetry and those with an interest Wordsworth's life both public and private.

The Waste Land is the greatest poem of the age.

Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence.

The definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary historyA major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (18721906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation.

23 Glückwünsche an Uwe Timm.

"e;Threading the subtle seam between what lives and what remains, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause succeeds in conjuring the poetry of Marcel Marceau's performance as both a character on stage and in history.

Die Zeit der ersten Wiederentdeckung Walter Benjamins ist vorüber.

This collection of essays offers crucial and luminous insights into one of the best-known Czech authors, Milan Kundera, including his lesser known works.

Retracing my mother's footsteps in search of women's freedom1974.

An incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wartime destruction and postwar rebirth of ParisIn this fascinating tour of a celebrated city during one of its most trying, significant, and ultimately triumphant eras, Agnes Poirier unspools the stories of the poets, writers, painters, and philosophers whose lives collided to extraordinary effect between 1940 and 1950.

Der große portugiesische Dichter und Denker Fernando Pessoa gibt Einblick in seine schwer zu fassende komplexe Persönlichkeit.

Controversy surrounded Zola during his life-time, and controversy has followed him ever since.

Este libro ofrece una aproximación interdisciplinaria de la vida y obra literaria de la escritora ilustrada María Lorenza de los Ríos, marquesa de Fuerte-Híjar (1761-1821).

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year that Sir Ian McKellen called a shocking tale of heroes and villainsilluminating and upsetting in equal measure.

For women experiencing domestic violence, narrative therapy can be a powerful tool to help them gain self-confidence and a sense of identity, resist violence, and make the transition from abuse to safety.

Die erste Biografie über den Bestsellerautor Johannes Mario SimmelIn dieser Biografie, die anlässlich Simmels 100.

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The Emerson Brothers: A Fraternal Biography in Letters is a narrative and epistolary biography drawn from the unpublished lifelong correspondence exchanged among four brothers: Charles Chauncy, Edward Bliss, Ralph Waldo, and William Emerson.

A beautiful biography, thoroughly researched from family records, this biography looks past the success of her books to see the real women.

The title of this book, Derivative Lives, alludes to the challenge of finding one's way within the contemporary market of virtually limitless information and claims to veracity.

A stunning new memoir from one of Australia's most highly acclaimed writersBeginning with the disastrous events of the night before her fortieth birthday, in Second Half First Drusilla Modjeska looks back on the experiences of the past thirty years that have shaped her writing, her reading and the way she has lived.

Henry Dumas (1934-1968) was a writer who did not live to see most of his fiction and poetry in print.

William Ellery Leonard was an eccentric poet, professor, and critic whose romantic ideals were set against a world whose aesthetics were fast turning away from his own.

The story of a notorious New York eccentric and the journalist who chronicled his life: “A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling” (Ian McEwan).

«Novalis, escribió el filósofo Georg Lukács, es el único poeta auténtico de la escuela romántica.

This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.

A comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

Andre Siegfried (1875-1959) was a leading figure in French academic and cultural life for over five decades.

This is a groundbreaking study of the most important contemporary American novelist, Philip Roth.

SCHRIFTSTELLER IN DER RIEGE VON FRISCH, BACHMANN, BERNHARD, HANDKEAls einer der großen europäischen Autoren der deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsliteratur lebt Paul Nizon heute zurückgezogen in Paris.

Mirages opens at the dawn of World War II, when Anais Nin fled Paris, where she lived for fifteen years with her husband, banker Hugh Guiler, and ends in 1947 when she meets the man who would be ';the One,' the lover who would satisfy her insatiable hunger for connection.

Paul Auster provides the first extended analysis of Auster's essays, poetry, fiction, films and collaborative projects.