On Grief and Reason - Essays

Informationen zum Autor Joseph Brodsky died in January 1996. His last post was Five Colleges Professor of Literature at Mount Holyoke College. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Brodsky's other collection of essays Less Than One is being reissued alongside On Grief and Reason in Penguin Modern Classics. Klappentext Joseph Brodsky died in January 1996. His last post was Five Colleges Professor of Literature at Mount Holyoke College. In 1987 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Brodsky's other collection of essays Less Than One is being reissued alongside On Grief and Reason in Penguin Modern Classics. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays, that casts a reflective eye on the author's experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With erudition, it explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. It also includes a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Brodsky, Brodsky Joseph
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.10.2011
• EAN: 9780241952719
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95271-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays