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Granta 97
The Best Of Young American Novelists 2
Häftad, 2007
338 kr
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A little over a decade ago Granta devoted an issue to new fiction by twenty writers it judged to be the 'Best of Young American Novelists'. The writers then included Sherman Alexie, Edwidge Danticat, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen and Lorrie Moore.Who are their equivalents as writers of …
Granta 51
Big Men (And L.A. Women)
Av Ian Jack
Häftad, 2008
338 kr
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This edition of the literary magazine contains contributions from Gitta Sereny, John Sweeney, Caroline Alexander, Blake Morrison, Douglas Brooker, Lindsey Hilsun, Edward Blishen, Claire Messud, Clive Sinclair and Harold Pinter.
Granta 52
Food The Vital Stuff
Av Ian Jack
Häftad, 2008
338 kr
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An aphorism: you are what you eat.A second aphorism: the discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.A third aphorism: dessert without cheese is like a pretty woman with only one eye.The French philosopher-gourmet Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote …
Sentimental Journey and Other Writings
Av Laurence Sterne, Ian Jack m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
71 kr
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''Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.'' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of ''a school of sentimental writers'', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick''s …
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume I. Pauline, Paracelsus
Av Robert Browning, Ian Jack m. fl.
Inbunden, 1983
2547 kr
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Margaret Smith was the winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her work on the Clarendon Edition of the Brontës work
English Literature 1815-1832
Scott, Byron, and Keats
Av Ian Jack
Inbunden, 1990
3337 kr
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This book is intended for students of English literature at `A' level and above; general readers interested in a complete history of literature from Middle English to the earlier twentieth century.
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume II. Strafford, Sordello
Av Robert Browning, Ian Jack m. fl.
Inbunden, 1984
6605 kr
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Margaret Smith, winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her work on the Brontës
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume III. Bells and Pomegranates I-VI
(Including `Pippa Passes' and `Dramatic Lyrics')
Av Robert Browning, Ian Jack m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
2336 kr
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This volume contains six of the eight Bells and Pomegranates, modestly-priced pamphlets published by Edward Moxon in a bid to help Browning recover from the ridicule which greeted the first appearance of Sordello. It includes Pippa Passes, four other dramatic works, and Dramatic Lyrics, the first …
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume IV
Av Robert Browning, Ian Jack m. fl.
Inbunden, 1991
6447 kr
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`Browning really comes back to life in the marvellous third volume of the new Oxford Browning', wrote John Bayley, choosing it as one of his Books of the Year for 1988. While Volume III included six of the eight Bells and Pomegranates pamphlets, the present volume completes the series and includes …
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume V. Men and Women
Av Robert Browning, Ian Jack m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
2336 kr
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This is the first full scholarly edition of Browning's greatest and perhaps best-known collection of short poems, Men and Women. A comprehensive introduction shows how new research by Ian Jack an Robert Inglesfield has unearthed material which throws fresh light on the composition and dates of such …
A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings
Av Laurence Sterne, Tim Parnell m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
93 kr
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'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.'Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick's travels. …
The Poet and his Audience
Av Ian Jack
Häftad, 1984
538 kr
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How far, and in what respects, is a poet's work influenced by the kind of audience for which he writes? The question is crucial to our understanding of how great poems came to be written, yet it has rarely been addressed in a systematic study. In this fascinating and illuminating book Ian Jack has …
Granta
Häftad, 1997
338 kr
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Over the past two decades India has produced a dazzling variety of new writing in English. 'India Calling' showcases some of this talent, Amit Chaudhuri and Arundhati Roy, alongside contributions from long celebrated writers such as R.K. Narayan, V.S. Naipaul, Nirad Chaudhuri and Ved Mehta.
Granta
Häftad, 1997
328 kr
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This collection of essays features the theme of what people wanted as children. The contributing writers include: Doris Lessing, Paul Auster, Brian MacKinnon and Nell Stroud. There are also pieces by George Steiner, J.M. Coetzee, Joyce Carol Oates, John Biguenet and Peter Walker.
Granta 61
The Sea - Voyages, Mysteries, Discoveries, Disasters : How Much Do We Know?
Häftad, 1998
338 kr
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We came from the sea, and we would be nothing without it. Without the sea, no clouds, no rain, no rivers, no life. Seven-tenths of the world's surface is sea. We play at its edges, we put down nets and feed from it, we send cargo across its ruffling surface. And yet it remains the wildest, …
Granta 63
Beasts
Häftad, 1998
338 kr
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THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: Genocide is a word that has haunted this century, but its definition is contentious and our memory of it selective. A photographic essay by Simon Norfolk introduced by Michael Ignatieff.BEASTS: what they make of us, and how they shape us. Including Paul Auster living a dog's …
Granta 64
Russia The Wild East
Häftad, 1998
292 kr
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This issue on Russia explores how an old country is finding new ways to think and write. As well as fiction by Russian writers, there is a report on a visit to the once unvisitable Siberia, interviews with the survivors of Stalin's gulag, and a discussion of the place of vodka in Russian culture.
Granta 66
Truth and Lies
Av Ian Jack
Häftad, 1999
338 kr
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In 1996 Benjamin Wilkomirski published his powerful account of a childhood spent in Hitler's death-camps. But was it true? Is the truth that he was a Swiss boy with an over-developed imagination, making his book a shocking fraud? In a long investigation Elena Lappin has examined the evidence …
Granta 67
Women And Children First
Häftad, 1999
328 kr
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This issue reflects a variety of the extreme individual experience provided by the 20th century. James Hamilton-Paterson recounts his rape by five men in the Libyan desert; Joy Williams decides that her dog should die; Marlon Brando reveals the stupidities of celebrity to Studs Terkel; Andrew Brown …
Granta 70
Australia
Häftad, 2000
328 kr
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The year 2000 is Australia's year, including the Sydney Olympics in September, and the 100th anniversary of its nationhood three months later. This issue of "Granta" celebrates Australian writing and examines a country which is forging a strong new identity. The contributors include Peter Carey, …
