Author: Geoffrey Scott
Publisher: HarperPerennial
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Zelide lived in her father's moated castle in Holland, like a fairytale princess in a tower. She was the clever, sexy, mercurial young Dutch blue-stocking with whom Boswell fell disastrously in love in 1764. The rest of Zelide's story was unknown until the young Boswell scholar Geoffrey Scott pieced it together from her intimate letters and essays. Subsequent affairs with a cynical cavalry officer, a celebrated but vacillating writer (aptly named Benjamin Constant), and a thoroughly reliable music master, took her eventually to another fairytale mansion in Switzerland. This portrait of a belle-espirit is one of a series of biographies of literary figures presented by Richard Holmes
Scott on Zélide
Author: Geoffrey Scott
Publisher: HarperPerennial
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Zelide lived in her father's moated castle in Holland, like a fairytale princess in a tower. She was the clever, sexy, mercurial young Dutch blue-stocking with whom Boswell fell disastrously in love in 1764. The rest of Zelide's story was unknown until the young Boswell scholar Geoffrey Scott pieced it together from her intimate letters and essays. Subsequent affairs with a cynical cavalry officer, a celebrated but vacillating writer (aptly named Benjamin Constant), and a thoroughly reliable music master, took her eventually to another fairytale mansion in Switzerland. This portrait of a belle-espirit is one of a series of biographies of literary figures presented by Richard Holmes
Publisher: HarperPerennial
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Zelide lived in her father's moated castle in Holland, like a fairytale princess in a tower. She was the clever, sexy, mercurial young Dutch blue-stocking with whom Boswell fell disastrously in love in 1764. The rest of Zelide's story was unknown until the young Boswell scholar Geoffrey Scott pieced it together from her intimate letters and essays. Subsequent affairs with a cynical cavalry officer, a celebrated but vacillating writer (aptly named Benjamin Constant), and a thoroughly reliable music master, took her eventually to another fairytale mansion in Switzerland. This portrait of a belle-espirit is one of a series of biographies of literary figures presented by Richard Holmes
The Portrait of Zélide
Author: Geoffrey Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Scott on Zélide: Portrait of Zélide by Geoffrey Scott
Author: Richard Holmes
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007372027
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
‘Lives that Never Grow Old’ is a wonderful series– edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007372027
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
‘Lives that Never Grow Old’ is a wonderful series– edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.
The Spectator
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
The Arvon Book of Life Writing
Author: Sally Cline
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408124181
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Essential reading for anyone interested in writing biography or memoir, with practical advice from successful biographers and creative writing teachers.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408124181
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Essential reading for anyone interested in writing biography or memoir, with practical advice from successful biographers and creative writing teachers.
Life Writing
Author: Sally Cline
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472531051
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Life Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing biography, autobiography and memoir. PART 1 explores the history and forms of life writing and the challenges and potential pitfalls of the genre. PART 2 includes tips by bestselling writers: Diana Athill, Alan Bennett, Alain de Botton, Jill Dawson, Millicent Dillon, Margaret Drabble, Geoff Dyer, Victoria Glendinning, Lyndall Gordon, Peter Hayter, Richard Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Kathryn Hughes, Diane Johnson, Hermione Lee, Andrew Lownie, Janet Malcolm, Alexander Masters, Nancy Milford, Blake Morrison, Andrew Morton, Clare Mulley, Jenni Murray, Nicholas Murray, Kristina Olsson, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, Meryle Secrest, Miranda Seymour, Frances Spalding, Hilary Spurling, Boyd Tonkin, Edmund White. PART 3 includes practical advice - from planning, researching and interviewing to writing, pacing and navigating ethical issues.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472531051
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Life Writing: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an essential guide to writing biography, autobiography and memoir. PART 1 explores the history and forms of life writing and the challenges and potential pitfalls of the genre. PART 2 includes tips by bestselling writers: Diana Athill, Alan Bennett, Alain de Botton, Jill Dawson, Millicent Dillon, Margaret Drabble, Geoff Dyer, Victoria Glendinning, Lyndall Gordon, Peter Hayter, Richard Holmes, Michael Holroyd, Kathryn Hughes, Diane Johnson, Hermione Lee, Andrew Lownie, Janet Malcolm, Alexander Masters, Nancy Milford, Blake Morrison, Andrew Morton, Clare Mulley, Jenni Murray, Nicholas Murray, Kristina Olsson, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, Meryle Secrest, Miranda Seymour, Frances Spalding, Hilary Spurling, Boyd Tonkin, Edmund White. PART 3 includes practical advice - from planning, researching and interviewing to writing, pacing and navigating ethical issues.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
The Adelphi ...
Author: John Middleton Murry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description