A Political Biography of Samuel Johnson, Nicholas Hudson

Автор: Zweig Stefan
Название: The World of Yesterday
ISBN: 0803226616 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803226616
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By the author who inspired Wes Anderson s film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, "The World of Yesterday" recalls the golden age of literary Vienna its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall.

Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction.

This new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweig s writing in arguably his most revealing work."

Автор: De Feydeau Elisabeth
Название: A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette`s Perfumer
ISBN: 1788311086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788311083
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Описание: Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprenticed to his father's modest perfumerie. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial...

Автор: Johnson, Samuel
Название: The Lives of the Poets
ISBN: 0199226741 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199226740
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: The Lives of the Poets is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most diverting. This is the only one-volume paperback edition to make available Johnson`s most substantial Lives in unabridged form. Texts are drawn from Roger Lonsdale`s authoritative complete edition, and introduced by John Mullan.

Автор: Levi Stevens, Matthew
Название: Magical universe of william s burroughs
ISBN: 1906958645 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781906958640
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Описание: "In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think thats just ridiculous. Its as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street its for a reason. Among primitive people they say that if someone was bitten by a snake he was murdered. I believe that." -- William S Burroughs Fully revised and expanded from the limited edition chapbook that first appeared in 2012, this is the first ever in-depth consideration of the significance of Magic and the Occult in the Life & Work of the writer and counter-cultural icon.

Автор: Kindred Sheila Johnson
Название: Jane Austen`s Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen
ISBN: 0773557083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780773557086
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Описание: In 1807 genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789–1814) married Jane Austen's youngest brother, Captain Charles Austen, and was thrust into a demanding life within the world of the British navy. Experiencing adventure and adversity in wartime conditions both at sea and onshore, the spirited and resilient Fanny travelled between Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and England. For just over a year, her home was in the city of Halifax. After crossing the Atlantic in 1811, she ingeniously made a home for Charles and their daughters aboard a working naval vessel and developed a supportive friendship with his sister, Jane. In Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister Fanny's articulate and informative letters – transcribed in full for the first time and situated in their meticulously researched historical context – disclose her quest for personal identity and autonomy, her maturation as a wife and mother, and the domestic, cultural, and social milieu she inhabited. Sheila Johnson Kindred also investigates how Fanny was a source of naval knowledge for Jane, and how she was an inspiration for Austen's literary invention, especially for the female naval characters in Persuasion. Although she died young, Fanny's story is a compelling record of female naval life that contributes significantly to our limited knowledge of women's roles in the Napoleonic Wars. Enhanced by rarely seen illustrations, Fanny's life story is a rich new source for Jane Austen scholars and fans of her fiction, as well as for those interested in biography, women's letters, and history of the family.

Автор: Johnson, Christopher D
Название: A Political Biography of Sarah Fielding
ISBN: 0367875934 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367875930
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Tracing the development of Fielding`s agendas, Johnson presents a compelling portrait of an author who claimed a place within literary culture for women`s experiences. While Fielding often retreats from the overtly political concerns that captured the attention of her contemporaries, her works are daring forays into the public sphere that both c

Автор: Malachi McIntosh
Название: Beyond Calypso: Re-Reading Samuel Selvon
ISBN: 9766378614 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789766378615
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Описание: Beyond Calypso presents wide-ranging analyses that consider the full body of Selvon`s writing.

Автор: Jones Joseph
Название: The Cradle of Erewhon
ISBN: 0292741219 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292741218
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Описание: An examination and interpretation of the ways in which Samuel Butler`s few crucial years in New Zealand affected his life and work, particularly Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited.

Автор: Edwards, Andrew Edwards, Suzanne
Название: Down to the sunless sea
ISBN: 1789761255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781789761252
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Описание: DOWN TO THE SUNLESS SEA explores the time Coleridge spent in Gibraltar, Malta, Sicily and mainland Italy, where he had planned to recover his health, escape the clutches of opium and gain inspiration from the landscape; however, the reality would prove very different. After his short sojourn in Gibraltar, Coleridge arrived in Malta, where he became acquainted with the British Governor, Alexander Ball. He settled into Maltese life, initially taking on the role of acting Under-Secretary. Travelling to Sicily, Coleridge embraced the islands landscapes but was shaken to find the opium poppy was an important local crop. The Mediterranean would not prove the solution to his addiction. He visited the Consul, G. F. Leckie, and was invited to stay with him at a house on the site of Timoleons Roman villa. The poet visited the antiquities of Syracuse and at the opera house encountered the soprano, Anna-Cecilia Bertozzi, nearly succumbing to her charms. Back in Malta, he was offered rooms in the Treasury building (now the Casino Maltese) and took up the post of Public Secretary. Legal pronouncements in Italian bear Coleridges signature. Leaving behind these matters of state, he drifted through the Italian peninsula, engaging with a coterie of artistic ex-pats when in Rome. His listless, half-hearted, and financially embarrassed attempts at the Grand Tour included a narrow escape from French troops. Coleridges Mediterranean sojourn impacted on his life and writing, not to mention his health, which saw a marked decline, leading to his final years in Highgate under the roof of a friendly doctor. Down to the Sunless Sea is a literary reflection on the fact that the sun-filled Mediterranean was not the tonic he had first imagined.

Автор: Martin Gitlin
Название: Diana, Princess of Wales A Biography
ISBN: 0313348790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780313348792
Издательство: Greenwood
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Описание: Long before her tragic death, Diana, Princess of Wales was a beloved modern icon, relatable to the general public in a way that transcended the barrier between royal and commoner. This volume explores her life, including her aristocratic upbringing, her whirlwind engagement to Prince Charles, their rocky marriage, and her role as mother.

Автор: Robert E. Meagher
Название: Albert Camus and the Human Crisis
ISBN: 1643138219 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643138213
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Описание: A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis" that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus`s life and influence for those readers who, in Camus`s words, "cannot live without dialogue and friendship."

Автор: Macbean Alexander, Johnson Samuel
Название: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History
ISBN: 5518411340 ISBN-13(EAN): 9785518411340
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Описание: Exhibiting the Extent of Kingdoms, and Situations of Cities, etc.. And Illustrating the Allusions and Epithets in the Greek and Roman Poets. The Whole Established by Proper Authorities, and Designed for the Use of Schools This book, "A Dictionary of Ancient Geography Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History", by Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson, is a replication of a book originally published before 1773. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.