Author: Various Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1528789369 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 146
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“Remembering Wordsworth” is a fantastic collection of essays and other assorted writings by various authors discussing the life and work of this seminal poet, not to be missed by lovers of poetry and those with an interest Wordsworth's life both public and private. Contents include: “William Wordsworth, by Hattie Tyng Griswold”, “WM. Wordsworth, by Elbert Hubbard”, “Wordsworth’s Poetry, Delivered Extempore At Manchester, by George Macdonald”, “In Wordsworth's Country, by John Burroughs”, “William Wordsworth, by Henry Cabot Lodge & Francis W. Halsey”, “Wordsworth, by Walter Horatio Pater”, “The English Lakes, by F. W. H. Myers”, “Wordsworth, by John Morley”, etc. William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was an English Romantic poet famous for helping to usher in the Romantic Age in English literature with the publication of “Lyrical Ballads” (1798), which he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His best known work is perhaps “The Prelude”, a semi-autobiographical poem from his early years which was changed and expanded many times throughout his life. He was poet laureate of Britain between 1843 until his death in 1850.
Author: Various Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1528792734 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 207
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement. He was also a member of the famous Lake Poets, together with William Wordsworth and Robert Southey. Coleridge had a significant influence on the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism in general, and played an important role in bringing German idealist philosophy to the English-speaking world. This fantastic volume contains a collection of classic essays, poems, and excerpts by various authors dedicated to the famous Romantic poet, perfect for students of English literature and others with an interest in poetry. Contents include: “To Coleridge, A Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley”, “Mr. Coleridge, by William Hazlitt”, “The Death of Coleridge, by Charles Lamb”, “On Coleridge, by John Gibson Lockhart”, “Coleridge, by Algernon Charles Swinburne”, “Notes on Coleridge, by Henry Duff Traill”, “Samuel Taylor Coleridge, by Leslie Stephen", “Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as Told by Others”, “Coleridge, a Lecture by Leslie Stephen”, “Coleridge, by Walter Horatio Pater”, etc. Ragged Hand is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic essays and excerpts now for the enjoyment of a new generation of students and literature lovers.
Author: Ann Patchett Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1408842408 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 335
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'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.
Author: David A. Ross Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 1438126921 Category : Electronic books Languages : en Pages : 673
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Examines the life and writings of William Butler Yeats, including a biographical sketch, detailed synopses of his works, social and historical influences, and more.
Author: J. Darcy Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137271094 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 232
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This book traces the development of literary biography in the eighteenth century; how writers' melancholy was probed to explore the inner life. Case studies of a number of significant authors reveal the 1790s as a time of biographical experimentation. Reaction against philosophical biography led to a nineteenth-century taste for romanticized lives.
Author: Lorna Goodison Publisher: Myriad Editions ISBN: 1912408147 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 171
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In her first-ever collection of essays, poet and novelist Lorna Goodison interweaves the personal and political to explore themes that have occupied her working life: her love of poetry and the arts, colonialism and its legacy, racism and social justice, authenticity, and the enduring power of friendship. Taking her title from one of Kingston's oldest markets, a historic meeting place that was almost destroyed by fire, she introduces us to a vivid cast of characters and remembers moments of epiphany—in a cinema in Jamaica, at New York's Bottom Line club, and as she searched for a black hairdresser in Paris and drank tea in London's Marylebone High Street. Enlightening and entertaining, these essays explore not only daily challenges but also the compassion that enables us to rise above them. Goodison's poet's eye, profound vision and glorious combination of metaphysical and post-colonial sensibilities confirm her as a major figure in world literature.
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