Description
Crusoe's Secret: The Aesthetics of Dissent by Tom Paulin is an illuminating collection of essays on major authors and texts from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, centering on the culture of dissent.
About the Author
Tom Paulin was born in Leeds in 1949 but grew up in Belfast, and was educated at the universities of Hull and Oxford. He has published eight collections of poetry as well as a Selected Poems 1972-1990, two major anthologies, two versions of Greek drama, and several critical works, including The Day-Star of Liberty: William Hazlitt's Radical Style and, most recently, Crusoe's Secret: The Aesthetics of Dissent. His most recent collection of poems is The Road to Inver (2004). Well known for his appearances on the BBC's Newsnight Review, he is also the G. M. Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571221165
Author Tom Paulin
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 338g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 27mm