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Zusatztext ‘A huge anthology of essays about writers and books, 365 in fact, one for every day of the year, although few readers will be unable to resist reading on through several articles every time they pick up the book.’ Informationen zum Autor John Sutherland was the Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at UCL and a past Chairman of the Booker Prize panel, and is the author of one of the standard texts on Victorian fiction. Stephen Fender has taught Literature in the US, in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, and in England at London and Sussex, where he was head of American Studies from 1985 to 2003. Klappentext Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries.In this absorbing companion to literatures rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious artefacts that literature has to offer.Find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to James Joyce, which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end early on 11 February 1963, why Roy Campbell punched Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949 and much more, in this sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literatures bejeweled past. Zusammenfassung Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. This title focuses on the curious artefacts that literature has to offer. It lets you find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce.
