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Like Paris in the '20s, Berlin in the early thirties was one of the most exciting cities in the world. As the Weimar Republic sputtered to a close and war loomed on the horizon, the city was a magnet for talented writers and artists. It was in this now-vanished time and place that W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood lived, wrote and slept together. Norman Page tells the story of how these years shaped these important writers and, in doing so, illuminates a bygone era.
First published in 1977, this concise and insightful study of the
life and works of Thomas Hardy provides a thorough examination of
Hardy's literary output. Alongside a brief biography of Hardy's
life, Professor Page's study also spotlights his major and minor
novels, his short stories, his non-fiction prose and his verse.
General Editor's Preface - Introduction - A Dickens Chronology -
Sources - Genealogical Table - Index
Drawing on contemporary material, including Auden's unpublished
diary, this book places personal experience in the context of the
life of Berlin - not only its political, artistic and cultural
life, but the life of the streets, bars and cafes. The biography
brings together a major phase in the life of Auden, Isherwood, and
the city. It presents portraits of figures with whom Auden and
Isherwood came into contact, and it demonstrates how, especially in
Isherwood's fiction, the material of daily existence was
transformed into literature. The wide scope of this study, which
ranges from poetry and cinema to street violence and prostitution,
provides a detailed context for its account of two writers engaged
in the process of self-definition.
Essential for students, researchers and fans, this unique set
brings together a wide range of hard-to-find writings by relatives
and friends of Charles Dickens. Contents include pieces such as
"Memoirs of My Father" by Henry F. Dickens K.C.; "A Child's Memoir
of Gad's" "Hill" by M.A. Dickens; "Personal Reminiscences of My
Father" by Charles Dickens the Younger; and much more.
"The Critical Heritage" gathers together a large body of critical
sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents
contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and
researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early
performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first
publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range
from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and
contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and
diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are
also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an
author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the
writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of
works, authors and subjects. "The Critical Heritage" is available
as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in
slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.
This chronology, like others in the series, presents the story of
Dr Johnson's life in a readily accessible format to provide scholar
and general reader alike with a quick guide to dates, people and
places together with supplementary indexes.
Like other volumes in the series, this chronology presents major
events of the subject's life in a readily accessible format to
provide scholar and general reader with quick guides to dates,
people and places. This volume focuses on the main facts of the
life and career of Rudyard Kipling.
Providing details of Wilde's life and work in an easily accessible
profile, this biography makes use of surviving letters, notebooks,
diaries and documents, as well as other researched biographies.
Other author's in the series include Pope, Byron, Dickens, Kipling,
and Tennyson.
First published in 1972, Norman Page's seminal study of The
Language of Jane Austen seeks to demonstrate both the exceptional
nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austen's use of language.
As well as examining the staple items of her vocabulary and some of
the characteristic patterns of her syntax, attention is paid to her
use of dialogue and of the letter form. The aim of the study is not
simply to analyse linguistic qualities for their own sake but to
employ close verbal analysis to enrich the critical understanding
of Jane Austen's novels.
This set comprises of 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth
century European and American authors. These volumes will be
available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as
individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume
set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.
First published in 1977, this concise and insightful study of the
life and works of Thomas Hardy provides a thorough examination of
Hardy's literary output. Alongside a brief biography of Hardy's
life, Professor Page's study also spotlights his major and minor
novels, his short stories, his non-fiction prose and his verse.
First published in 1972, Norman Page 's seminal study of The
Language of Jane Austen seeks to demonstrate both the exceptional
nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austen 's use of
language.
As well as examining the staple items of her vocabulary and some
of the characteristic patterns of her syntax, attention is paid to
her use of dialogue and of the letter form. The aim of the study is
not simply to analyse linguistic qualities for their own sake but
to employ close verbal analysis to enrich the critical
understanding of Jane Austen 's novels.
The "Collected Critical Heritage II" comprises 40 volumes covering
19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes
will be available as a complete set, mini boxes sets (by theme) or
as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68
volume set of "Critical Heritage" published by Routledge in October
1995. The Critical Heritage series gathers together a large body of
critical figures in literature. These selected sources include
contemporary reviews from both popular and literary media. This
volume studies the Russian novelist, Vladimir Nabokov.
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a poet of great popularity and
widespread influence: a Latin scholar of the front rank, a prose
stylist, a notable writer of comic verse and, thanks to the success
of "A Shropshire Lad", one of the best-known poems in the English
language. Reissued to mark the centenary of the publication of "A
Shropshire Lad", this biography is a complete account of Housman's
life and career. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including much
unpublished material, it provides readers with an insight into
Housman the poet, the scholar and the man.
This collection of essays discusses writers who have in common
their use of the English language. The authors are from all over
the world and their subject matter ranges from Shakespeare to
Hardy, from Margaret Oliphant to Kazuo Ishiguro and from the
Canadian prairies to the Falklands War.
Providing details of Wilde's life and work in an easily accessible
profile, this biography makes use of surviving letters, notebooks,
diaries and documents, as well as other researched biographies.
Other author's in the series include Pope, Byron, Dickens, Kipling,
and Tennyson.
This chronology, like others in the series, presents the story of
Dr Johnson's life in a readily accessible format to provide scholar
and general reader alike with a quick guide to dates, people and
places together with supplementary indexes.
Since Speech in the English Novel first appeared in 1973, it has
won international recognition as an important pioneering study of a
topic that lies on the frontiers of literature and linguistics -
the nature and function of fictional dialogue and its relationship
to real speech. Drawing on a wide range of examples from many
periods, the book includes general and theoretical chapters and
also case-studies of particular texts, as well as a whole chapter
devoted to Dickens. It has been found stimulating and useful by
teachers and students in many countries, and has been praised by
numerous scholars. The Year's Work in English Studies described it
as a 'classic'; Studia Neophilologica said that it 'opened up new
vistas for research'; Language and Style found that it 'admirably
bridges the gap between linguistics and English studies', and
English Studies judged it 'a thoroughly readable and even
entertaining book'. This new edition incorporates numerous
revisions, new examples, and additions to the bibliographies.
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