Twentieth-Century Attitudes Literary Powers in Uncertain Times |
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| Author:
| Allen, Brooke |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56663-520-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $40.95 |
Book Description:
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In eighteen essays, Ms. Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Ms. Allen's appraisals, which combine extensive biographical information with new critical insights, richly illustrate the tenuous and often bizarre links between character and talent, between historical circumstances and individual vision. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
In eighteen essays, Ms. Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Ms. Allen's appraisals, which combine extensive biographical information with new critical insights, richly illustrate the tenuous and often bizarre links between character and talent, between historical circumstances and individual vision. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.