The Strings are False

Informationen zum Autor Louis MacNeice was born in Belfast in 1907, the son of a Church of Ireland rector, later a bishop. He was educated in England at Sherborne, Marlborough and Merton College, Oxford. His first book of poems, Blind Fireworks , appeared in 1929, and he subsequently worked as a translator, literary critic, playwright, autobiographer, BBC producer and feature writer. The Burning Perch , his last volume of poems, appeared shortly before his death in 1963. Klappentext The Strings are False is Louis MacNeice's unfinished autobiography. Described by Geoffrey Grigson in the Guardian as 'the best thing Louis MacNeice ever wrote in prose' The Strings are False is being reissued in MacNeice's centenary year with a new preface by Derek Mahon. Beautiful repackage of Louis MacNeice's revealing autobiography, The Strings are False, publishing to coincide with his centenary in September 2007. Zusammenfassung The Strings are False is Louis MacNeice's unfinished autobiography. Written when MacNeice was a young man it was only discovered and published after his death in 1963. Described by Geoffrey Grigson in the Guardian as 'the best thing Louis MacNeice ever wrote in prose' The Strings are False is being reissued in MacNeice's centenary year with a new preface by Derek Mahon.

Product details

• Authors: Louis Macneice, MacNeice Louis, Walter De La Macneice Mare
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.09.2007
• EAN: 9780571239429
• ISBN: 978-0-571-23942-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Autobiography: writers, Writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets