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Visionary Philology

Geoffrey Hill and the Study of Words

AvMatthew Sperling

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2014

1 482 kr

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Interviewed in 1966, Geoffrey Hill said, ''Language contains everything you want - history, sociology, economics: it is a kind of drama of human destiny''. This book shows how the work of one of the major post-war writers in English has been charged by a mythological sense of language''s historical drama, by reading the whole body of Hill''s poetry from sixty years against a tradition of visionary poet-philologists that he himself has delineated. That line runs from thepresent-day editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, through Gerard Manley Hopkins and Richard Chenevix Trench in the Victorian era, to Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the early nineteenth century, and ultimately back to Saint Augustine''s theory of language. Through detailed close readings of Hill''s workand its scholarly inspirations, and extensive fresh archival research, new light is shed upon poetry''s relation to lexicography, etymology, and theological understandings of language. Key themes include language''s fallenness from prelapsarian origins, its infection and enrichment by original sin and error, the possible recovery of its pristine origins through surrogates such as music, Hebrew, or the language of angels, and its status as an arena of political and historical contestation. Thebook considers a wider range of Hill''s writings, in greater detail, than criticism of his work has so far done, and it is the first to make substantial use of recently available archive materials. It thereby presents one of the fullest and most authoritative accounts of the work of a living writer inrecent years.

Visionary Philology

Geoffrey Hill and the Study of Words

AvMatthew Sperling

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

2 577 kr

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Interviewed in 1966, Geoffrey Hill said, 'Language contains everything you want - history, sociology, economics: it is a kind of drama of human destiny'. This book shows how the work of one of the major post-war writers in English has been charged by a mythological sense of language's historical drama, by reading the whole body of Hill's poetry from sixty years against a tradition of visionary poet-philologists that he himself has delineated. That line runs from the present-day editors of the Oxford English Dictionary, through Gerard Manley Hopkins and Richard Chenevix Trench in the Victorian era, to Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the early nineteenth century, and ultimately back to Saint Augustine's theory of language. Through detailed close readings of Hill's work and its scholarly inspirations, and extensive fresh archival research, new light is shed upon poetry's relation to lexicography, etymology, and theological understandings of language. Key themes include language's fallenness from prelapsarian origins, its infection and enrichment by original sin and error, the possible recovery of its pristine origins through surrogates such as music, Hebrew, or the language of angels, and its status as an arena of political and historical contestation. The book considers a wider range of Hill's writings, in greater detail, than criticism of his work has so far done, and it is the first to make substantial use of recently available archive materials. It thereby presents one of the fullest and most authoritative accounts of the work of a living writer in recent years.

Viral

AvMatthew Sperling

E-bok

Engelska, 2020

43 kr

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''Clever and compelling'' Luke Jennings''Viral is a vicious delight'' Sam Byers''Nobody else could capture the tragedy, transience and absurdity of modern life quite like this'' Andrew McMillanMeet Ned and Alice: internet entrepreneurs with a delightfully demagnetised moral compass.In Berlin, their combined talents have brought social media start-up, The Thing Factory, to the verge of lucrative success.But Ned - a businessman with a history of shady dealings - is unhappy at his increasing lack of control in the company. When he launches a new app designed to ''Uberize'' the escort industry, he finds himself treading in murky waters, having disturbed the fabric of Berlin''s underbelly. As his anxieties become harder to ignore, Alice''s ambitions are meanwhile tempting her to jettison her own principles for a turn at the wheel...Both a satire on the social media age and a fast-paced suspense novel, Viral is a nimble commentary on power and control, the lengths people will go to acquire both, and what is at stake when personality and sex are tradable commodities.

Viral

AvMatthew Sperling

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

116 kr

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'Clever and compelling' Luke Jennings'Viral is a vicious delight' Sam Byers'Nobody else could capture the tragedy, transience and absurdity of modern life quite like this' Andrew McMillanMeet Ned and Alice: internet entrepreneurs with a delightfully demagnetised moral compass.In Berlin, their combined talents have brought social media start-up, The Thing Factory, to the verge of lucrative success.But Ned - a businessman with a history of shady dealings - is unhappy at his increasing lack of control in the company. When he launches a new app designed to 'Uberize' the escort industry, he finds himself treading in murky waters, having disturbed the fabric of Berlin's underbelly. As his anxieties become harder to ignore, Alice's ambitions are meanwhile tempting her to jettison her own principles for a turn at the wheel...Both a satire on the social media age and a fast-paced suspense novel, Viral is a nimble commentary on power and control, the lengths people will go to acquire both, and what is at stake when personality and sex are tradable commodities.

Astroturf

AvMatthew Sperling

E-bok

Engelska, 2018

43 kr

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE 2019.''A brawn cocktail that nails the zeitgeist'' Irish Times ''I loved Matthew Sperling''s sly, subversive novel, a wickedly funny tale of how to come out on top in a fake news world.'' Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City ''Outrageous, sexy and funny. Sperling writes with the caustic economy of Waugh or Spark, but his characters have more heart, including the sock-puppets.'' Luke Kennard, author of The Transition''A tale about steroids which seems to be on steroids itself: sleek, muscular and just slightly too real.'' Kate Clanchy, author of Meeting the EnglishGood things can happen when you do bad things At thirty, Ned is in a rut. His girlfriend has dumped him, his job is boring and he lives in a dismal bedsit. While others around him climb the property ladder and get ahead, he seems destined to remain one of life''s plodders. Encouraged by a friend to try using steroids to bulk up his frame, Ned is pleased to discover a new vitality within himself. Physical changes are only the beginning: his mental state is clearer, he feels more confident and, most thrillingly of all, friends and lovers alike seem compelled by this new improved Ned. Using his knowledge of the murky yet surprising online world of steroids, Ned begins to build a business and discovers that his talents can take him further than he ever thought possible. But when is new life is threatened, he finds himself doing things he never would have dared to do before.And it all seems to be going fine . . .

Astroturf

AvMatthew Sperling

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

177 kr

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME PRIZE 2019.'I loved Matthew Sperling's sly, subversive novel, a wickedly funny tale of how to come out on top in a fake news world.' Olivia Laing, author of The Lonely City 'Outrageous, sexy and funny. Sperling writes with the caustic economy of Waugh or Spark, but his characters have more heart, including the sock-puppets.' Luke Kennard, author of The Transition'A tale about steroids which seems to be on steroids itself: sleek, muscular and just slightly too real.' Kate Clanchy, author of Meeting the EnglishGood things can happen when you do bad things At thirty, Ned is in a rut. His girlfriend has dumped him, his job is boring and he lives in a dismal bedsit. While others around him climb the property ladder and get ahead, he seems destined to remain one of life's plodders. Encouraged by a friend to try using steroids to bulk up his frame, Ned is pleased to discover a new vitality within himself. Physical changes are only the beginning: his mental state is clearer, he feels more confident and, most thrillingly of all, friends and lovers alike seem compelled by this new improved Ned. Using his knowledge of the murky yet surprising online world of steroids, Ned begins to build a business and discovers that his talents can take him further than he ever thought possible. But when is new life is threatened, he finds himself doing things he never would have dared to do before.And it all seems to be going fine . . .

Del 6 - Modern Poetry

Geoffrey Hill and his Contexts

AvPiers Pennington,Matthew Sperling

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

1 114 kr

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Geoffrey Hill is one of the most significant poets currently at work in the English language. The essays gathered in this book present a number of new contexts in which to explore a wide range of his writings, from the poems he wrote as an undergraduate to the recent volumes A Treatise of Civil Power (2007) and Collected Critical Writings (2008). Connections are made between the early and the later poetry, and between the poetry and the criticism, and archival materials are considered along with the published texts. The essays also make comparisons across disciplines, discussing Hill’s work in relation to theology, philosophy and intellectual history, to literature from other languages, and to the other arts. In doing so, they cast fresh light upon Hill’s dense, original and sometimes challenging writings, opening them up in new ways for all readers of his work.

Geoffrey Hill and his Contexts

AvMatthew Sperling,Piers Pennington

E-bok

PDF, 2011

805 kr

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Visionary Philology

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