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Informationen zum Autor PIERS GRAY, deceased.COLIN MACCABE is Professor of English and Film at Exeter University. Klappentext Piers Gray was one of the most brilliant literary writers of his generation. These essays ranging from Oscar Wilde to Levin, from Shakespeare to pulp fiction, use the full resources of literary and linguistic analysis to produce a reading of European culture and society in the twentieth century. In his final posthumous essay On Linearity , Gray summons all his reading and knowledge to deliver his final judgement on life and death. Zusammenfassung Piers Gray was one of the most brilliant literary writers of his generation. These essays ranging from Oscar Wilde to Levin, from Shakespeare to pulp fiction, use the full resources of literary and linguistic analysis to produce a reading of European culture and society in the twentieth century. In his final posthumous essay On Linearity , Gray summons all his reading and knowledge to deliver his final judgement on life and death. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; C.MacCabe Wallace Steven's Harmonium: The Course of a Particular On the Use of the Sonnet in Romeo and Juliet or 'But Where's the Bloody Horse?' The Community of Interpretation: T.S.Eliot and Josiah Royce Hong Kong, Shanghai, The Great Wall: Bernard Shaw in China The Comedy of Suffering Totalitarian Logic: Stalin on Linguistics Oaths and Laughter and Indecent Speech On Linearity Appendix: Brief Memoirs of Piers Gray Piers in Hong Kong: D.MacShane Language: Black, White and Shades of Gray; R.Harris Index
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Introduction; C.MacCabe Wallace Steven's Harmonium: The Course of a Particular On the Use of the Sonnet in Romeo and Juliet or 'But Where's the Bloody Horse?' The Community of Interpretation: T.S.Eliot and Josiah Royce Hong Kong, Shanghai, The Great Wall: Bernard Shaw in China The Comedy of Suffering Totalitarian Logic: Stalin on Linguistics Oaths and Laughter and Indecent Speech On Linearity Appendix: Brief Memoirs of Piers Gray Piers in Hong Kong: D.MacShane Language: Black, White and Shades of Gray; R.Harris Index
