Author: Alexander Chalmers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The British Essayists
Author: Alexander Chalmers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The British Essayists
Author: Lionel Thomas Berguer
Publisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Publisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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1914-Goodbye to All That
Author: Ali Smith
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782271201
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world.In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives. 1914-Goodbye to All That borrows its title from Robert Graves's "bitter leave-taking of England" in which he writes not only of the First World War but the questions it raised: how to live, how to live with each other, and how to write.Interpreting this title as broadly and ambiguously as Graves intended, these essays mark the War's centenary by reinvigorating these questions. The book includes Elif Shafak on an inheritance of silence in Turkey, Ali Smith on lost voices in Scotland, Xiaolu Guo on the 100,000 Chinese sent to the Front, Daniel Kehlmann on hypnotism in Berlin, Colm Toibin on Lady Gregory losing her son fighting for Britain as she fought for an independent Ireland, Kamila Shamsie on reimagining Karachi, Erwin Mortier on occupied Belgium's legacy of shame, NoViolet Bulawayo on Zimbabwe and clarity, Ales Steger on resisting history in Slovenia, and Jeanette Winterson on what art is for.Contributors include: ;Ali Smith - Scotland ;Ales Steger - Slovenia ;Jeanette Winterson - England ;Elif Shafak - Turkey ;NoViolet Bulawayo - Zimbabwe ;Colm Toibin - Ireland ;Xiaolu Guo - China ;Erwin Mortier - BelgiumKamila Shamsie - Pakistan ;Daniel Kehlmann - Germany
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782271201
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world.In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary lives. 1914-Goodbye to All That borrows its title from Robert Graves's "bitter leave-taking of England" in which he writes not only of the First World War but the questions it raised: how to live, how to live with each other, and how to write.Interpreting this title as broadly and ambiguously as Graves intended, these essays mark the War's centenary by reinvigorating these questions. The book includes Elif Shafak on an inheritance of silence in Turkey, Ali Smith on lost voices in Scotland, Xiaolu Guo on the 100,000 Chinese sent to the Front, Daniel Kehlmann on hypnotism in Berlin, Colm Toibin on Lady Gregory losing her son fighting for Britain as she fought for an independent Ireland, Kamila Shamsie on reimagining Karachi, Erwin Mortier on occupied Belgium's legacy of shame, NoViolet Bulawayo on Zimbabwe and clarity, Ales Steger on resisting history in Slovenia, and Jeanette Winterson on what art is for.Contributors include: ;Ali Smith - Scotland ;Ales Steger - Slovenia ;Jeanette Winterson - England ;Elif Shafak - Turkey ;NoViolet Bulawayo - Zimbabwe ;Colm Toibin - Ireland ;Xiaolu Guo - China ;Erwin Mortier - BelgiumKamila Shamsie - Pakistan ;Daniel Kehlmann - Germany
The British Essayists
Author:
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The British Essayists: Rambler
Author: Robert Lynam
Publisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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The British Essayists
Author: A. Chalmers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Equals
Author: Adam Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 0786749954
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Written in his beloved epigrammatic and aphoristic style, Equals extends Adam Phillips's probings into the psychological and the political, bringing his trenchant wit to such subjects as the usefulness of inhibitions and the paradox of permissive authority. He explores why citizens in a democracy are so eager to establish levels of hierarchy when the system is based on the assumption that every man is created equal. And he ponders the importance of mockery in group behavior, and the psyche's struggle as a metaphor for political conflict.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0786749954
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Written in his beloved epigrammatic and aphoristic style, Equals extends Adam Phillips's probings into the psychological and the political, bringing his trenchant wit to such subjects as the usefulness of inhibitions and the paradox of permissive authority. He explores why citizens in a democracy are so eager to establish levels of hierarchy when the system is based on the assumption that every man is created equal. And he ponders the importance of mockery in group behavior, and the psyche's struggle as a metaphor for political conflict.
The British Essayists: The Tatler
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Author: Sloane Crosley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101147474
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Hailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions -- or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101147474
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Hailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There. Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor, Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions -- or perhaps because of them. Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a complex and utterly recognizable character who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is. I Was Told There'd Be Cake introduces a strikingly original voice, chronicling the struggles and unexpected beauty of modern urban life.
Orwell
Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Celebrating the seventieth anniversary of Coming up for Air and the sixtieth anniversary of 1984.
Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Celebrating the seventieth anniversary of Coming up for Air and the sixtieth anniversary of 1984.