Brothers of the Quill - Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street

Informationen zum Autor Norma Clarke is Professor of English Literature at Kingston University. Klappentext Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London¿s most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Zusammenfassung Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London’s most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible.

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• Authors: Norma Clarke, Clarke Norma, Norma Clarke
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780674736573
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73657-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, C 1700 To C 1800