Author: John MasefieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A Book of Prose Selections
Author: John MasefieldModern American Prose Selections
Author: Byron Johnson ReesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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.
American Prose
Author: George Rice CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Modern American Prose Selections
Author: Byron J. ReesPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330144848
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Excerpt from Modern American Prose Selections As the reader, if he wishes, may discover without undue delay, the little volume of modern prose selections that he has before him is the result of no ambitious or pretentious design. It is not a collection of the best things that have lately been known and thought in the American world; it is not an anthology in which "all our best authors" are represented by striking or celebrated passages. The editor planned nothing either so precious or so eclectic. His purpose rather was to bring together some twenty examples of typical contemporary prose, in which writers who know whereof they write discuss certain present-day themes in readable fashion. In choosing material he has sought to include nothing merely because of the name of the author, and he has demanded of each selection that it should be of such a character, both in subject and style, as to impress normal and wholesome Americans as well worth reading. The earlier selections - President Roosevelt's noble eulogy upon Lincoln, Secretary Lane's two addresses on American tradition and heritage, and Governor Coolidge's address at Holy Cross - remind the reader of the high significance of our national past and indicate the promise of a rightly apprehended future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
English Prose Selections
Author: English Prose
Author: Sir Henry CraikPublisher:
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Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers.
English Prose
Author: Henry CraikModern American Prose Selections
Author: Byron J. ReesPublisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789357729109
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern American Prose Selections, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
American Prose
Author: George Rice CarpenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description