Dawn Powell was a gifted satirist who moved in the same circles as Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, renowned editor Maxwell Perkins, and other midcentury New York luminaries.
This bibliography of Hemingway's writings and related materials includes, for the first time, all of his books, pamphlets, stories, articles, newspaper contributions, juvenilia, library holdings of his letters and manuscripts, items written about Hemingway between 1918 and 1965, and short excerpts from reviews of each of Hemingway's novels.
Making contact this way with the late Christopher Hitchens a prominent atheist, may appear a contradiction to his life's work, however once you hear his words about how this is possible, you may reconsider, or should I say, please consider.
Henry David Thoreau is generally remembered as the author of Walden and "e;Civil Disobedience,"e; a recluse of the woods and a political protester who once went to jail.
Little journeys to the homes of the great - volume 02 presents intimate biographical essays honoring eminent women whose lives embody literary brilliance social vision and unyielding spirit amid adversity.
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of twentieth-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art.
Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "e;color line"e; into the de facto segregated American publishing industry of the turn of the century.
The Chronicle of Barsetshire presents the life of Anthony Trollope, who, although perhaps best known for his popular novels of Victorian English life, was also a prolific writer of nonfiction and a distinguished civil servant.
The Chronicle of Barsetshire presents the life of Anthony Trollope, who, although perhaps best known for his popular novels of Victorian English life, was also a prolific writer of nonfiction and a distinguished civil servant.
The first part of this fascinating account of a biographers problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence.
This compelling volume offers the first full portrait of the life and work of writer Lillian Smith (18971966), the foremost southern white liberal of the mid-twentieth century.
Focusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers significant new readings of works by some of the most influential figures in late-nineteenth-century literature and culture.
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.
Seen as a land of sunshine and opportunity, the Golden State was a mecca for the postWorld War II generation, and dreams of the California good life came to dominate the imagination of many Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.
Focusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers significant new readings of works by some of the most influential figures in late-nineteenth-century literature and culture.
In the twenty-two months covered by this volume, Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a 'monstrous farmer.
From the Gibson Girl to the flapper, from the vamp to the New Woman, Carolyn Kitch traces mass media images of women to their historical roots on magazine covers, unveiling the origins of gender stereotypes in early-twentieth-century American culture.
The first part of this fascinating account of a biographers problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence.
Tackling some of the world’s most profound questions through the intimate lens of fatherhood, Bayo Akomolafe embarks on a journey of discovery as he maps the contours of the spaces between himself and his three-year-old daughter, Alethea.
The first part of this fascinating account of a biographers problems tells of the adventures of one biographer in tracking down clues in several parts of the world accidental discovery, long pursuit of a watward detail, and suggestions of new ways of turning up evidence.
In 1815 a young North Carolina schoolteacher who was Jewish wrote to the celebrated Maria Edgeworth to ask why British novelists wrote in such a prejudiced manner about Jews.
From the Gibson Girl to the flapper, from the vamp to the New Woman, Carolyn Kitch traces mass media images of women to their historical roots on magazine covers, unveiling the origins of gender stereotypes in early-twentieth-century American culture.
Seen as a land of sunshine and opportunity, the Golden State was a mecca for the postWorld War II generation, and dreams of the California good life came to dominate the imagination of many Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.
Focusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers significant new readings of works by some of the most influential figures in late-nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Dawn Powell was a gifted satirist who moved in the same circles as Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, renowned editor Maxwell Perkins, and other midcentury New York luminaries.
An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the Divine ComedyFor all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019'This is a book of wonders' Sunday Times'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial Times'Extraordinary and engrossing' SpectatorIt was the most extraordinary year.
'Our greatest living satirist' Sunday Times 'The most screamingly funny living writer' Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time.
Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets.
Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents.
This first biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker (1915-98) offers a comprehensive close reading of a pillar in American culture for a majority of the 20th century.
This first biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker (1915-98) offers a comprehensive close reading of a pillar in American culture for a majority of the 20th century.
When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.
