Author: D. J. Enright
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199556520
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The inescapable reality of death has given rise to much of literature's most profound and moving work. D. J. Enright's wonderfully eclectic selection presents the words of poet and novelist, scientist and philosopher, mystic and sceptic. And alongside these 'professional' writers, he allows the voices of ordinary people to be heard; for this is a subject on which there are no real experts and wisdom lies in many unexpected places.
The Oxford Book of Death
Author: D. J. Enright
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199556520
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The inescapable reality of death has given rise to much of literature's most profound and moving work. D. J. Enright's wonderfully eclectic selection presents the words of poet and novelist, scientist and philosopher, mystic and sceptic. And alongside these 'professional' writers, he allows the voices of ordinary people to be heard; for this is a subject on which there are no real experts and wisdom lies in many unexpected places.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199556520
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The inescapable reality of death has given rise to much of literature's most profound and moving work. D. J. Enright's wonderfully eclectic selection presents the words of poet and novelist, scientist and philosopher, mystic and sceptic. And alongside these 'professional' writers, he allows the voices of ordinary people to be heard; for this is a subject on which there are no real experts and wisdom lies in many unexpected places.
D. J. Enright
Author: William Walsh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052120383X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
An in-depth study of the poetry and prose of D. J. Enright.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052120383X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
An in-depth study of the poetry and prose of D. J. Enright.
Fair of Speech
Author: Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
16 essays that reveal the behaviour, beliefs and fears that prompt us to circumlocate some of the more basic facts of life.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
16 essays that reveal the behaviour, beliefs and fears that prompt us to circumlocate some of the more basic facts of life.
Injury Time
Author: D. J. Enright
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446448649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The distinguished poet, essayist and critic D. J. Enright died on the last day of December 2002. He had just put the finishing touches to Injury Time, a memoir and his third commonplace book in which the dying writer muses upon his own condition and that of the world he knows he is leaving. Comparing himself to the Chinese scholar Sima Qian, who chose an 'ignoble punishment' (in Dennis Enright's case, treatment for his cancer; in Qian's, castration) over respectable death in order to finish a book, he contemplates literature, manners, morals, people and, especially, the English language in all its glories and eccentricities - while recording his battle against cancer and his hospital experiences. Moving, and at times deeply poignant, imbued with its author's legendary humanity and wit, Injury Time is, nevertheless, funny, bracing and, above all, positive.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446448649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The distinguished poet, essayist and critic D. J. Enright died on the last day of December 2002. He had just put the finishing touches to Injury Time, a memoir and his third commonplace book in which the dying writer muses upon his own condition and that of the world he knows he is leaving. Comparing himself to the Chinese scholar Sima Qian, who chose an 'ignoble punishment' (in Dennis Enright's case, treatment for his cancer; in Qian's, castration) over respectable death in order to finish a book, he contemplates literature, manners, morals, people and, especially, the English language in all its glories and eccentricities - while recording his battle against cancer and his hospital experiences. Moving, and at times deeply poignant, imbued with its author's legendary humanity and wit, Injury Time is, nevertheless, funny, bracing and, above all, positive.
The Typewriter Revolution & Other Poems
Author: Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Memoirs of a Mendicant Professor
Author: Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Dennis Joseph Enrights (1920- ) erindringer fra årene 1956-1967, om hans ophold i Berlin, Bangkok og Singapore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Dennis Joseph Enrights (1920- ) erindringer fra årene 1956-1967, om hans ophold i Berlin, Bangkok og Singapore
The Way of the Cat
Author: D. J. Enright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780060169688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Here is the perfect cat book for Christmas: a great story by a gifted writer, with 96 four-color paintings. Possessed of myriad pearls of cat wisdom, the sage cat Kuching takes the young and inexperienced Sunshine under his paws and teaches him the ways of the cat.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780060169688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Here is the perfect cat book for Christmas: a great story by a gifted writer, with 96 four-color paintings. Possessed of myriad pearls of cat wisdom, the sage cat Kuching takes the young and inexperienced Sunshine under his paws and teaches him the ways of the cat.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
Author: George Eliot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Selected Poems, 1990
Author: Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A professor of English who has taught in such countries as Germany, Egypt and Japan, D.J. Enright has published books of poetry, books for children, novels, and numerous volumes of critical essays and memoirs. Known for his wise, wry and perceptive work, this highly skilled and cunning craftsman tackles social, political, and literary topics with high intelligence and humor. Enright's poetry possesses the power for engaged commentary and is a welcome reminder that poetry finds its vitality, not in theories, but in the experiences of personal life and history. This selection of poems, made with advice from the author, will serve as the ideal introduction to the work of this distinguished and prolific poet, novelist, anthologist, and critic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A professor of English who has taught in such countries as Germany, Egypt and Japan, D.J. Enright has published books of poetry, books for children, novels, and numerous volumes of critical essays and memoirs. Known for his wise, wry and perceptive work, this highly skilled and cunning craftsman tackles social, political, and literary topics with high intelligence and humor. Enright's poetry possesses the power for engaged commentary and is a welcome reminder that poetry finds its vitality, not in theories, but in the experiences of personal life and history. This selection of poems, made with advice from the author, will serve as the ideal introduction to the work of this distinguished and prolific poet, novelist, anthologist, and critic.
The Joke Shop
Author: Dennis Joseph Enright
Publisher: David McKay Company
ISBN: 9780679203858
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Three children cross an invisible border into a frightening world where they are taken prisoner, only to later wonder whether they really want to be rescued.
Publisher: David McKay Company
ISBN: 9780679203858
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Three children cross an invisible border into a frightening world where they are taken prisoner, only to later wonder whether they really want to be rescued.