Essays & Letters 37

Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget (1856–1935) – a prolific author best known for her supernatural fiction, her support of the Aesthetic Movement and her radical polemics. She was also an a……続きを見る

«Algunos días me parece que si tuviera a mano una buena pluma, buena tinta y buen papel, escribiría sin dificultad una obra maestra.» André Gide.En la estela de los grandes diarios íntimos del siglo……続きを見る

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Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh’s reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity……続きを見る

Tools for Authors: How to understand a publishing contract You just finished writing your novel, your essay, your memoirs. Or anything good. You are so euphoric because a publishing house wants you……続きを見る

Dream Song is the story of John Berryman, one of the most gifted poets of a generation that included Elizabeth Bishop, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, and Dylan Thomas. Using Berryman's unpublished ……続きを見る

In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. Over this period many……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : SIRE,EN quittant Tahiti pour faire valoir mes réclamations personnelles auprès du gouvernement de Votre Maj……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : Il ne s’est passé que vingt jours depuis que je vous ai écrit de Lyon. Je n’annonçais aucun projet nouveau,……続きを見る

This collection of some 200 anecdotes emanating from the war in Vietnam presents a realistic picture of the ups and downs of American's Best serving a tour in Vietnam. A potpourri of booze, sex, sat……続きを見る

This is a collection of letters written by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, developme……続きを見る

DEVENEZ AUTEUR ! Découvrez Comment Ecrire et Publier Votre Premier Livre. Ce livre vous guide et vous apprend, étape par étape, comment écrire facilement votre premier livre, du concept à la publica……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique MESSIEURS, Les événements épouvantables qui ont eu lieu cette année dans l’Inde, surtout dans les provinces nord-ouest……続きを見る

"Pisma napisana za kratkog boravka u Švedskoj, Norveškoj i Danskoj“, najpopularnija knjiga Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) za njezina života, neobična su i dojmljiva mješavina putopisa, ispovjedne p……続きを見る

“Najdraže moje srdašce, mila moja ljepotice, draga malena“ – tako počinju nježna pisma koja je Henri Barbusse pisao supruzi prije stotinu godina. No ono što slijedi nije nimalo nježno – rovovi, gran……続きを見る

This is the seminannual Able Muse Review (Print Edition) - Winter 2016 issue, Number 22. This issue continues the tradition of masterfully crafted poetry, fiction, essays, art & photography, and boo……続きを見る

Classic literary correspondence in English translation. According to Wikipedia: "Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant (July 1, 1804 June 8, 1876), best known by her pseudonym George Sand,……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique Extrait : Grâce soit rendue au zèle et au talent des artistes distingués qui se sont chargés de la noble tâche de fami……続きを見る

Elizabeth Smith Shortt was one of the first three women to obtain a medical degree in Canada, and her husband, Adam Shortt, enjoyed a successful career as a professor of politics and economics at Qu……続きを見る

Plongée dans l'ambiance des eighties Ces années-là ont commencé le 8 décembre 1980 quand Mark Chapman a tué John Lennon au coin de la 72e rue, à New York. Ces années-là, l’auteur a commencé de cisel……続きを見る

La guerre de tous les jours dans la vie de tous les jours. Découverts par hasard peu après sa mort par un historien local, les cahiers de guerre de Christine Flahaut (1923-2008) constituent un docum……続きを見る

This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the death of its author, ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis C'est en 1939 que Leo Strauss (1899-1973) publie sa première étude sur Xénophon ; en 1948 (traduite en français par Hélène Kern et pu……続きを見る

The letters in this volume, found in the original Dutch in the archives of the Netherlands Emigration Service in Holland, form a unique chronicle of one European homesteader in Saskatchewan from 191……続きを見る

John Prince was a lawyer, farmer, military officer, politician, judge, and entrepreneur. Born at Hereford, England, in 1796, he emigrated to Upper Canada in 1833 because he was ashamed of his ne'er-……続きを見る

This volume is the first of three in a complete critical edition of the letters of Claude-Adrien Helvétius (1715-71) and his wife, née Anne Catherine de Liginville (1722-1800). Though rank and wealt……続きを見る

The revelation that a long forgotten novel first published anonymously in 1834 is the work of Benjamin Disraeli and his sister Sarah is an exciting literary event. Newly discovered letters between b……続きを見る

Sarah Hutchinson has never been much more than a name, though a name connected with some of the greatest in English literature. The sister of Mrs. Wordsworth, and a member of the Wordsworth househol……続きを見る

This fifth and final volume completes the critical edition of the letters of French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771), author of the controversial De l'Esprit (1758), and of his wife, ……続きを見る

This is the fourth of five volumes of the letters of the French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771), author of the controversial De l'Esprit (1758). Featuring the correspondence of Mme H……続きを見る