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Literary Lives John Sutherland

Literary Lives By John Sutherland

Literary Lives by John Sutherland


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John Sutherland has picked out over 100 biographies from the "Dictionary of National Biography" to create this anthology of a selection of the most prominent figures in British 20th-century literature. It includes snapshots of the lives of the likes of W. H. Auden, Enid Blyton and G.K. Chesterton.

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Literary Lives by John Sutherland

John Sutherland has picked out over 100 biographies from the "Dictionary of National Biography" to create this lively anthology of a selection of the most prominent figures in British 20th-century literature. Ever wondered...What inspires a person to write for a living? How they cope with success and failure? How some of our most famous literary characters were created? To what extent life events influence a person's writing? And to what extent the emotions of an age influence a person's writing? These profiles of the men and women who made themselves famous in the literary world present snapshots of the lives of the likes of W.H. Auden, Enid Blyton, G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, and Ethel Mannin as seen through the eyes of their friends, contemporaries, and admirers. Viewed as a collection these biographies illustrate the changing moods and developing genres in 20th-century English literature. Entries include: Stephen Spender on W.H. Auden, Paul Johnson on J.B. Priestley, Kingsley Amis on John Betjeman, Michael Denison on Noel Coward, Richard Ellmann on T.S. Eliot, John Wain on Philip Larkin, Woodrow Wyatt on Arthur Koestler, and Anthony Thwaite on Sylvia Plath.

Literary Lives Reviews

On previous edition: "Designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade: we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us"--Contemporary Review
"They fill you with wonder"--The Express


On previous edition: "Designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade: we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us"--Contemporary Review
"They fill you with wonder"--The Express


On previous edition: "Designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade: we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us"--Contemporary Review
"They fill you with wonder"--The Express

On previous edition: "Designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade: we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us"--Contemporary Review
"They fill you with wonder"--The Express


On previous edition "Designed to entertain as well as to inform and reminds one of Noel Coward's film, Cavalcade we sit down, turn the pages, and watch the British twentieth century roll by before us"--Contemporary Review


"They fill you with wonder"--The Express


About John Sutherland


John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. He has
edited a number of World's Classics, including works by Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, and Thackeray. He has written and edited a number of other works. He also writes a regular column for the Guardian and reviews for a number of journals as well as on the radio.

Table of Contents

PREFACE BY BRIAN HARRISON; INTRODUCTION BY JOHN SUTHERLAND; CONTENTS; BIOGRAPHIES

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GOR002877838
9780198606420
0198606427
Literary Lives by John Sutherland
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2002-11-30
388
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