As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favourite writers. Writer, doctor, cricketer, public figure and family man, his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Biography.Harvill Secker, 2008; 516 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Examining literary, historical and theological texts, the essays in Ambiguous Realities illuminate a number of important issues about women in Middle Ages and the Renaissance.Wayne State Univ.; 263 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 23,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
This volume of essays encompasses Christopher Hitchens' writing over the past decade on politics, literature and religion. His fresh perceptions of figures as diverse as Dickens, Karl Marx, Rebecca West and Philip Larkin are matched by his acerbic discussions and intrepid observations, gathered over a lifetime of travelling and reporting from destinations such as Iran, China and Pakistan.Atlantic Books, 2011; 789 pp.; EN; index; hbhb € 34,95
This annotated collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's previously unpublished private correspondence offers unique insight into one of the world's most popular authors. He emerges from the shadow of Sherlock Holmes, revealing a man whose character and exploits rival that of his famous creation.Penguin, 2007; 706 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 37,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 71 %
Reveals the relationships between Arthur Miller's life and his work, from the early, autobiographical plays to his personal and political references in After the Fall. All his work is discussed, from tentative idea to completed production.Faber and Faber, 2005; 486 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 20,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Arranged under subject headings, Bamboo introduces us to articles and memoirs dealing with Boyd's childhood in Africa, his life at boarding school, his time as a TV critic as well as essays on literature on literature, art and film.Hamish Hamilton, 2005; 650 pp.; EN; index; pbVan/List Price € 26,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Illustrated with photographic reproductions of manuscript pages and notebook entries, this book traces Kerouac's achievement as both a literary and cultural figure including his innovations in narrative techniques and in character development. The book also explores his relationships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and other Beats, as well as the Beat movement in general.Scala. 2007; 207 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 39,95 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
In 1764 and '65 the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais travelled to Madrid, where immersed himself in the life and society and returned home to create The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Account of his visit to Madrid.Yale, 2006; 177 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
In The One and a Half-Eyed Archer, Russian poet Benedikt Livshits describes the Russian Avant-Garde between 1910-1914, provides literary portraits of the participants of the Russian Futurism. Incl. paintings, sketches, illustrations by the artists. Palace Editions, 2004; 207 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 39,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
The life of W.B. Yeats has hardly been neglected. Yet the subject of his politics is one that his various biographers have largely failed to examine. This provocative biography discusses various aspects of Yeats' political mind.Pimlico, 2005; 482 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 22,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
Dirda, a distinguished critic, continues his campaign to educate readers. This well-read, well-intentioned generalist presents a commonplace collection of excerpts from admired works gathered under topical headings.Henry Holt, 2006; 170 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 19,00 Voor/Our Price € 6,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
In the summer of 1803 Samuel Taylor Coleridge set out on a tour of Scotland with his friends the Wordsworths. This exquisite book draws on Coleridge's letters and notebooks to examine his travels with the Wordsworths and after they parted ways.Yale, 2002; 204 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
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