Author: Auberon Waugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Diaries of Auberon Waugh, 1976-1985
Author: Auberon Waugh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Evelyn Waugh
Author: Michael G. Brennan
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441100342
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Surveys the work of Evelyn Waugh and his literary explorations of the themes of Catholicism, society and the family.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441100342
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Surveys the work of Evelyn Waugh and his literary explorations of the themes of Catholicism, society and the family.
The Diaries of Auberon Waugh
Author: Auberon Waugh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888173413
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888173413
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian
Author: Darl Larsen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538103664
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
As a follow-up to their first true feature film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the comic troupe next decided to tackle a “shadow” version of the Christ story. Shot in the Middle East and produced during Margaret Thatcher’s ascendant years, the film satirized—among other matters—authoritarianism and religious zealotry. Upon its release, Monty Python’s Life of Brian was both a critical and commercial success, and has been since hailed as one of the greatest comedies of all time. But the film also faced backlash from religious groups for its blasphemy, perceived or otherwise. In A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian: All of the References from Assyrians to Zeffirelli, Darl Larsen identifies and examines the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical allusions in the film. In this resource, Larsen delineates virtually every allusion and reference that appears in the film—from first-century Jerusalem through 1970s Great Britain. Organized chronologically by scene, the entries in this cultural history cover literary and metaphoric allusions, symbolisms, names, peoples, and places, as well as the many social, cultural, and historical elements that populate this film. By closely examining each scene, this book explores the Pythons’ comparisons of the Roman and British Empires and of Pilate and Margaret Thatcher. In addition, Larsen helps to situate Life of Brian in the “Jesus” re-examination of the postwar period, while also taking a close look at the terror groups of first-century Judea and the modern world. A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian will appeal to scholars of history, film, British culture, and pop culture, as well as to the many fans of this iconic group.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538103664
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
As a follow-up to their first true feature film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the comic troupe next decided to tackle a “shadow” version of the Christ story. Shot in the Middle East and produced during Margaret Thatcher’s ascendant years, the film satirized—among other matters—authoritarianism and religious zealotry. Upon its release, Monty Python’s Life of Brian was both a critical and commercial success, and has been since hailed as one of the greatest comedies of all time. But the film also faced backlash from religious groups for its blasphemy, perceived or otherwise. In A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian: All of the References from Assyrians to Zeffirelli, Darl Larsen identifies and examines the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical allusions in the film. In this resource, Larsen delineates virtually every allusion and reference that appears in the film—from first-century Jerusalem through 1970s Great Britain. Organized chronologically by scene, the entries in this cultural history cover literary and metaphoric allusions, symbolisms, names, peoples, and places, as well as the many social, cultural, and historical elements that populate this film. By closely examining each scene, this book explores the Pythons’ comparisons of the Roman and British Empires and of Pilate and Margaret Thatcher. In addition, Larsen helps to situate Life of Brian in the “Jesus” re-examination of the postwar period, while also taking a close look at the terror groups of first-century Judea and the modern world. A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian will appeal to scholars of history, film, British culture, and pop culture, as well as to the many fans of this iconic group.
The Last Word
Author: Auberon Waugh
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
Author: Evelyn Waugh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753827383
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The diaries of one of our finest novelists - a unique literary document, reissued in Phoenix paperback.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753827383
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The diaries of one of our finest novelists - a unique literary document, reissued in Phoenix paperback.
In a Far Away Place
Author: Stephen Murphy
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468904213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468904213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
An Annotated Bibliography of Diaries Printed in English
Author: Christopher Sampson Handley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Riddley Walker
Author: Russell Hoban
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408832240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408832240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.
Q
Author: Craig Brown
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374610932
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself. She was the most famous person on earth; she first appeared on the cover of Time magazine at the age of three. When she died, few people were old enough to recall a time when she was not alive. Her likeness has been reproduced—in photographs, on stamps, on the notes and coins of thirty different currencies—more than any since Jesus. It is probable that, over the course of her ninety-six years, she was introduced to a greater number of different people than anyone else who has ever lived—likely well over half a million. Yet this most closely observed of all women rarely left any real impression on those she encountered beyond vague notions of her "radiance" and "sense of duty." A high proportion of those she met can remember what they said to her, but not a word of what she said to them. Up until now, the curious tactic employed by biographers of the Queen has been to ignore what is interesting and to concentrate on what is not. Craig Brown, the author of 150 Glimpses of the Beatles and Hello Goodbye Hello, rejects this formula, bringing his kaleidoscopic approach to the most famous—and most guarded— woman on earth, examining the Queen through a succession of interlocking prisms. With Q, this fantastically funny, marvelously insightful journalist gives us an unforgettable portrait of the omnipresent, elusive Queen Elizabeth II.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374610932
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself. She was the most famous person on earth; she first appeared on the cover of Time magazine at the age of three. When she died, few people were old enough to recall a time when she was not alive. Her likeness has been reproduced—in photographs, on stamps, on the notes and coins of thirty different currencies—more than any since Jesus. It is probable that, over the course of her ninety-six years, she was introduced to a greater number of different people than anyone else who has ever lived—likely well over half a million. Yet this most closely observed of all women rarely left any real impression on those she encountered beyond vague notions of her "radiance" and "sense of duty." A high proportion of those she met can remember what they said to her, but not a word of what she said to them. Up until now, the curious tactic employed by biographers of the Queen has been to ignore what is interesting and to concentrate on what is not. Craig Brown, the author of 150 Glimpses of the Beatles and Hello Goodbye Hello, rejects this formula, bringing his kaleidoscopic approach to the most famous—and most guarded— woman on earth, examining the Queen through a succession of interlocking prisms. With Q, this fantastically funny, marvelously insightful journalist gives us an unforgettable portrait of the omnipresent, elusive Queen Elizabeth II.