Author: George SOANEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
New Curiosities of Literature ... Second Edition
Author: George SOANECuriosities of Literature
Author: Isaac DisraeliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign
Author: Willis and Sotheran (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Curiosities of Literature
Author: Isaac DisraeliPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A Catalogue of Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes, of Ancient and Modern Books, English and Foreign, in All Classes of Literature and the Fine Arts, Including Rare and Curious Books, Manuscripts, Etc. in Good Library Condition, Many in Neat and Elegant Bindings, Now on Sale at the Very Reasonable Prices Affixed, by Willis and Sotheran
Author: Willis and Sotheran (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Curiosities of Literature
Author: John SutherlandPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446409015
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And, while we're about it, who wrote the first Western, is there any link between asthma and literary genius, and what really happened on Dorothea's wedding night in Middlemarch? In Curiosities of Literature, John Sutherland contemplates the full import of questions such as these, and attempts a few answers in a series of essays that are both witty and eclectic. His approach is also unashamedly discursive. An account of the fast-working Mickey Spillane, for example, leads to a consideration of the substances, both legal and illegal, that authors have employed to boost their creative energies. An essay on good and bad handwriting points out in passing that Thackeray could write the Lord's Prayer on the back of a stamp. As for Mary Shelley, a brief recital of the circumstances in which she wrote Frankenstein stops off to consider what impact the miserable summer weather of 1816 had on the future path of English literature. Of course, it is debatable whether knowledge of these arcane topics adds to the wisdom of nations, but it does highlight the random pleasures to be found in reading literature and reading about it. As John Sutherland rightly asks, 'Why else read?'
Ohio Curiosities
Author: Sandra GurvisPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762769440
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Ohio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
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Author: Isaac Disraeli
Author: William Jerdan