Literary Figures

The state of exile is often described as being without a country. Born in Tehran but living in Germany, the eminent Iranian writer Said has suffered two forms of exile. Estranged from Iran for political reasons, he was also separated from his mother...

*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize*In late eighteenth-century London, a group of extraordinary people gathered around a dining table once a week.The host was Joseph Johnson, publisher and bookseller and he was joined at dinner by a shifting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039000735Author Roy MacGregorFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555200Author Julian SymonsFormat HardbackPage Count 275Imprint Sutherland House BooksPublisher Sutherland House Books

Educating the Romantic Poets: Life and Learning in the Anglo-Classical Academy, 1770-1850 explores how the public and endowed grammar schools and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge trained some of the most important writers, critics, and public figures...

Drawing on recent studies on life writing, memory, the narrative turn, and psychology, Conrad, Autobiographical Remembering, and the Making of Narrative Identity is the first major work that extensively explores the dynamic interplay between Conrad’s...

Over her four decades of working in newsrooms big and small, Margaret Sullivan has become a trusted champion and critic of the American news media With her celebrated mixture of charm, sharp-eyed observation, and nuanced criticism, Sullivan takes us...

In The New Midlife Self-Writing, Wittman treats recent self-writing by Rachel Cusk, Roxane Gay, Sarah Manguso, and Maggie Nelson, carefully situating these vital midlife works within the history of self-writing. She argues that they renew and redirect...

The definitive biography of a leading twentieth-century French writerA leading exponent of the nouveau roman, Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999) was also one of France's most cosmopolitan literary figures, and her life was bound up with the intellectual and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587317651Author Josef PieperFormat HardbackImprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032243016Author Paul ClementsFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 152g

This book explores the unique contributions of various forms of post-2000 life-writings such as the autobiography, epistles, and biographies, to discourses about the nature and socio-politics of what has become known as the Zimbabwean crisis (c...

This book, first published in 1949, is an abridged version of Mirsky's classic two texts on Russian literature, updated with a postscript by the editor assessing the development of Soviet literature. Beautifully written, Mirsky's analyses of Russian...

We all think we know Poe - the most popular American writer around the world, dissolute puzzle-maker, pioneer of detective fiction, and author of haunting, atmospheric verse. But what if there was another side to the man who wrote "The Raven" and "The...

A new translation of one of the earliest volumes of Max Frisch's innovative notebooks. Throughout his life, the great Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch (1911-1991) kept a series of diaries, or sketchbooks, as they came to be known in English...

A moving and thoughtful tribute, this book, originally published in 1979, offers fourteen essays dedicated to the memory of J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). The contributors, a distinguished group of his friends, colleagues, and former students, address a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897350270Author George GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Apogee Books Science FictionPublisher Apogee Books Science FictionWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494143114Author George Henry LewesFormat HardbackPage Count 420Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 726g

Born into a dark, unhappy childhood and battling severe mental and physical health issues all through her adulthood, Lucy Maud Montgomery had a challenging private life. But she gave the world Anne Shirley - the freckle-faced, fiercely independent...

"The study of Goethe's life is a task that each generation must undertake anew." Thus writes Richard Friedenthal, author of this rich biography. Spanning eight momentous decades of war, revolution, and social upheaval, Goethe's life reveals itself as one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062310002Author Ingeborg DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565549142Author Gerard Del ReFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing CoWeight(grams) 230g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250106995Author Jerome LovingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615600307Author Gary J ShipleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 3mm

In this compact book, 60 selections from 30 years of Emersons writings reveal the essence of his spiritual vision. Like his friends John Muir and Henry David Thoreau, Emerson saw images of the divine in the natural world, and rather than seeking to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536015Author Michael MewshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

In this book Ralph Schoolcraft explores the extraordinary career of the modern French author, film director, and diplomat-a romantic and tragic figure whose fictions extended well beyond his books. Born Roman Kacew, he overcame an impoverished boyhood to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312376970Author M. ShaprioFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948216777Author Michael FrizellFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062080240Author Lorna SageFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451676594Author Katherine PrestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

Poet, publisher, bookseller, activist-this is the story of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the bookshop he made a landmark in San Francisco, and a life beautifully lived with writers and books. In the mid-1950s a group of San Francisco-based writers emerged as a...

Louise Pound (1872-1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women's sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544227903Author Elinor LipmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312426408Author Jonathan FranzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593760342Author W. S. MerwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 369g

The hidden controversy and heartbreak behind Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is revealed in this fascinating work of literary detection. What was the real reason Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated his dark masterpiece to his cousin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948216494Author Ross BampfyldeFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935031215Author John LockeFormat PaperbackImprint Off-Trail PublicationsPublisher Off-Trail PublicationsWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140118827Author Daniel OdierFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm *...