Zbirka: Biografije: književnost
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Violet Hour(2017) ROIPHE, KATIEFrom one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes an arresting and wholly original account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Life of Samuel Johnson(2008) BOSWELL, JAMESA biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature.Vezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Mary Shelley(2022) GORDON, CHARLOTTE (DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT ENDICOTT COLLEGE)Famous for her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was also infamous in her own time for breaking social and literary conventions, and taking a political and philosophical stance advocating for the rights of women. Charlotte Gordon explores the context and kVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Jane Austen(2020) KEYMER, TOM (, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)Jane Austen is one of the most widely-read novelists in the English language, and one of very few pre-Victorian writers to have a large popular following. This book situates Austen in the literary and historical context of her time, and combines criticalVezava: Trda18,91 € -
These Fevered Days(2021) ACKMANN, MARTHAAn engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson that sheds new light on her ground-breaking poetry.Vezava: Mehka21,61 € -
Elizabeth Bishop(2022) POST, JONATHAN F. S. (DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UCLA)Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the 'best-loved' poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century. This book explores the published poems at the core of her remarkable canon of verse, along with her letters and other writings, and drawsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Autumn Journal(2013) MACNEICE, LOUISWritten between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shakespeare's First Folio(2018) SMITH, EMMA (FELLOW AND TUTOR IN ENGLISH, FELLOW AND TUTOR IN ENGLISH, HERTFORD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Just a few hundred copies of the 1623 edition of Shakespeare's collected plays exist, making it one of the most sought-after publications in history. Emma Smith explores the First Folio's post-publication life, the stories of individual copies, and the waVezava: Mehka18,91 € -
William Wordsworth(2020) GILL, STEPHEN (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY; SUPERNUMERARY FELLOW, LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD)A second edition of Stephen Gill's acclaimed biography William Wordsworth: A Life. Completely revised and updated, this edition explores the whole of Wordsworth's life including his career, his personal relationships, and the historical circumstances thatVezava: Trda42,05 € -
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Fortunes of Francis Barber(2021) BUNDOCK, MICHAELThe story of the extraordinary relationship between a former slave and England’s most distinguished man of lettersVezava: Mehka22,80 € -
Unfollow(2020) PHELPS-ROPER, MEGANThe metamorphic journey of Megan Phelps-Roper: a young woman raised in a religious hate group, who has become an advocate for equality, diversity and tolerance.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mutual Admiration Society(2020) MOULTON, MOIn Mutual Admiration Society Royal Historical Society fellow Mo Moulton relates the remarkable friendship of renowned crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers and five other women at the vanguard of equal rights, who were among the first to receive full degrees fVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Crichel Boys(2021) FENWICK, SIMONAn elegant biography of Long Crichel, a house in a secluded village in rural Dorset which, during the second half of the twentieth century, became a hub of creativity and social activity for its denizens and their guests.Vezava: Trda40,20 € -
Extraordinary Life of A A Milne(2017) COHEN, NADIAA fascinating insight into one of the world's most beloved children's authorsVezava: Trda28,03 € -
Sea View Has Me Again(2021) WRIGHT, PATRICKThe story of Uwe Johnson, one of Germany's greatest and most-influential post-war writers, and how he came to live and work in Sheerness, Kent in the 1970s.Vezava: Mehka28,04 €
