Author: Samuel RichardsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Works of Samuel Richardson. With a Sketch of His Life and Writings by the Rev. Edward Mangin
Author: Samuel RichardsonLetters from Cuba
Author: Ruth BeharPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525516492
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited. And she does, recording both the good--the kindness of the Cuban people and her discovery of a valuable hidden talent--and the bad: the fact that Nazism has found a foothold even in Cuba. Esther's evocative letters are full of her appreciation for life and reveal a resourceful, determined girl with a rare ability to bring people together, all the while striving to get the rest of their family out of Poland before it's too late. Based on Ruth Behar's family history, this compelling story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the most challenging times.
Life and Letters of J. Story ... Edited by ... W. W. Story
Author: William Wetmore STORYPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Life and Letters of Joseph Story
Author: Joseph StoryLetters
Author: Edward FitzGeraldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Punch's Letters to His Son, Punch's Complete Letter Writer, and Sketches of the English
Author: Douglas JerroldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
“My Own Portrait in Writing”
Author: Patrick GrantPublisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1771990457
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Art historians, biographers, and other researchers have long drawn on Van Gogh’s voluminous correspondence—more than eight hundred letters—for insights into both his personal struggles and his art. But the letters, while often admired for their literary quality, have rarely been approached as literature. In this volume, Patrick Grant sets out to explore the question, “By what criteria do we judge Van Gogh's letters to be, specifically, literary?” Drawing, especially, on Mikhail Bakhtin’s conceptualization of self-awareness as an ongoing dialogue between “self” and “other,” Grant examines the ways in which Van Gogh’s letters raise, from within themselves, questions and issues to which they also respond. Their literary quality, he argues, derives in part from this “double-voiced discourse”—from the power of the letters to thematize, through their own internal dialogues, the very structure of self-fashioning itself. Far from merely reproducing the narrative of the artist’s personal progress, “the letters enable readers to recognize how necessary yet open-ended, constrained yet liberating, confined yet unpredictable, are the means by which people seek to shape a place for themselves in the world.” This volume builds on Grant’s earlier analysis of Van Gogh’s correspondence, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh: A Critical Study (AU Press, 2014), a study in which he approached the letters from a literary critical standpoint, delving into key patterns of metaphors and concepts. In the present volume, he provides instead a literary theoretical analysis of the letters, one that draws them more fully into the domain of modern literary studies. In his deft and keenly perceptive reading, Grant deconstructs the binaries that surface in both Van Gogh’s writing and painting, discusses the narrative dimensions of the letter-sketches and the recurring themes of fantasy, belief, and self-surrender, and draws attention to Van Gogh’s own understanding of the permeable boundary between words and visual art. Viewing the letters as an integrated body of discourse, “My Own Portrait in Writing” offers a theoretically informed interpretation of Van Gogh’s literary achievement that is, quite literally, without precedent.
Wilfred Grenfell: His Life and Work, with Sketches Reproduced from Letters of Dr. Grenfell
Author: J. Lennox KerrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labrador (N.L.)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Letters from Joe
Author: Jim MorrisonPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490732241
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Johan S. Opheim, commonly known as "Joe", was inducted into the U.S. Army just a few days before Pearl Harbor in World War II. Having grown up on the plains of Eastern Montana and having experienced the struggles of the Great Depression, and challenging family situations, he was well prepared for the hardships he endured. He served with his fellow members of the 3rd Infantry Division in the Mediterranean theater, starting first with North Africa, then on to Sicily, then the Italian mainland and eventually on to the South of France where he met his untimely death. He was remembered for his jovial attitude towards life and his intellect, the later of which he did not have the opportunity to develop more fully. Relatives had saved 165 of his letters that he had written to them from the mid 1930s and up through his last campaign. The author has reprinted these letters and developed Joe's biography by filling in the gaps of information about his life which includes comments regarding the contents of the letters, and narratives about his travels and his unit's experiences.
In Progress
Author: Jessica HischePublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452146683
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This show-all romp through design-world darling Jessica Hische's sketchbook reveals the creative and technical process behind making award-winning hand lettering. See everything, from Hische's rough sketches to her polished finals for major clients such as Wes Anderson, NPR, and Starbucks. The result is a well of inspiration and brass tacks information for designers who want to sketch distinctive letterforms and hone their skills. With more than 250 images of her penciled sketches, this highly visual ebook is an essential—and entirely enjoyable—resource for those who practice or simply appreciate the art of hand lettering.