Author: Stephen HawesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Pastime of Pleasure
Author: Stephen HawesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The pastime of pleasure
Author: Stephen HawesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Nonrequired Reading
Author: Wislawa SzymborskaPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544618858
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
"Unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with." —Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading." As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.
The Memory Arts in Renaissance England
Author: William E. EngelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107086817
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Anthology of a selection of early modern works on memory.
The Purest of Human Pleasures
Author: Kenneth RaduPublisher: Penguin Books Canada
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A male professor known for sexually harassing female students creates disquiet in a community in which women are murdered in gardens tended by the father of one of his students.
Guiltless Pleasures: A David Sterritt Film Reader
Author: David SterrittPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617034053
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Shared Pleasures
Author: Douglas GomeryPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299132149
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Gomery (The coming of sound to the American cinema, 1975; The Hollywood studio system, 1986) draws upon his earlier work and that of other scholars to address the broader social functions of the film industry, showing how Hollywood adapted its business policies to diversity and change within American society. Includes 31 bandw photographs. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pastime
Author: Philip CollinsPublisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Chronicles clocks of almost every imaginable variety -- a dazzling collection of vintage & modern clocks, tangible reminders of the styles & fads of bygone years. Here are clocks in the shape of skyscrapers, ships, airplanes, & stars; clocks designed around small figurines, & figurines holding clocks; clocks that look like Charlie McCarthy & Roy Rogers, a friendly dog, or a teapot. This beautiful look at clocks will delight the collector or anyone interested in product design & interior fashion.
The Pastime of Pleasure: an Allegorical Poem
Author: Thomas WrightPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368870513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
A Sport and a Pastime
Author: James SalterPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 145324381X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The astonishing novel and “tour de force” about a love affair in postwar France from the iconic author of All That Is (The New York Times Book Review). Twenty-year-old Yale dropout Phillip Dean is traveling Europe aimlessly in a borrowed car with little money. When he stops for a few days in a church-quiet town near Dijon, he meets Anne-Marie Costallat, a young shop assistant. The two begin an affair both carnal and innocent, and she quickly becomes to him the real France, its beating heart and an object of pure longing. James Salter, author of Light Years and the memoir Burning the Days, was an essential voice in the evolution of late twentieth-century prose, a stylist on par with Updike and Roth who won the PEN/Faulkner Award for his collection Dusk and Other Stories. One of the first great American novels to speak frankly of human desire free of guilt and shame, A Sport and a Pastime inspired Reynolds Price to call it “as nearly perfect as any American fiction I know.” This ebook edition features an illustrated biography of James Salter including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.