wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet
ISBN: 9780393323627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Although Ted Hughes ended his days as England's beloved poet laureate, his life was dogged by tragedy and controversy. He never entirely recovered from the suicide of his wife Sylvia Plath in 1963, for which many have held his adultery responsible. In this insightful biography, the first written since Hughes's death, Elaine Feinstein explores an altogether more complex situation, throwing new light on his relationship with his lover Assia Wevill, who later killed herself along with their young daughter.
Although Ted Hughes ended his days as England's beloved poet laureate, his life was dogged by tragedy and controversy. He never entirely recovered fro...
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97,60 zł |
Anna of all the Russias: The Life of a Poet under Stalin
ISBN: 9780753820643 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Anna Akhmatova is recognised as one of the greatest poets of Russian literature, an iconic figure who gave voice to the suffering of the Russian people during the brutal years of Stalin's Terror. Through illness, poverty and repression she maintained her r
Anna Akhmatova is recognised as one of the greatest poets of Russian literature, an iconic figure who gave voice to the suffering of the Russian peopl...
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67,37 zł |
Selected Poems: Elaine Feinstein
ISBN: 9781857540970 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In these poems, Feinstein writes about love, loss, jealousy and the fear of abandonment. She writes with tenderness about an ageing father, a child on a swing, old films, a flowering cactus. The poems in this selection are drawn from 11 volumes published over 30 years.
In these poems, Feinstein writes about love, loss, jealousy and the fear of abandonment. She writes with tenderness about an ageing father, a child on...
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51,61 zł |
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova
ISBN: 9781400033782 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this definitive biography of the legendary Russian poet, Elaine Feinstein draws on a wealth of newly available material-including memoirs, letters, journals, and interviews with surviving friends and family-to produce a revelatory portrait of both the artist and the woman.Anna Akhmatova rose to fame in the years before World War I, but she would pay a heavy price for the political and personal passions that informed her brilliant poetry. In Anna of All the Russias we see Akhmatova's work banned from 1925 until 1940 and again after World War II. We see her steadfast opposition to...
In this definitive biography of the legendary Russian poet, Elaine Feinstein draws on a wealth of newly available material-including memoirs, letters,...
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85,05 zł |
Talking to the Dead
ISBN: 9781857549027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 57 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A tender work of mourning, this poetry collectionowing to the remembered words of a much-loved husbandrecalls the author s life before marriage and considers a future after her husband s death. Imagining that future, she confronts the myths of an afterlife, a belief in God, her debts to other poets, and her dependence on friends and children. At the center of these beautiful lyricswritten with complete control of rhythm and toneit is a man, rather than grief, that appears clearly."
A tender work of mourning, this poetry collectionowing to the remembered words of a much-loved husbandrecalls the author s life before marriage and co...
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54,96 zł |
Cities
ISBN: 9781847770615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With60 new poems spanning the worldfrom Basel to Budapest, Tampico to Tiblisi, New York to Sydneythis collection explores the landscape and history of each destination with vivid expressions charged by memories both fond and once forgotten. From her insightful autobiography, the author encounters friends, colleagues, and strangers in each city who stir updetails of a life lived completely. At turns poignant and amusing, this volume will delight literary minds and poets alike."
With60 new poems spanning the worldfrom Basel to Budapest, Tampico to Tiblisi, New York to Sydneythis collection explores the landscape and history of...
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54,96 zł |
The Clinic, Memory: New and Selected Poems
ISBN: 9781784103200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In The Clinic, Memory, Elaine Feinstein has selected poems from the last half century of her writing life. They range widely: tender, early lyrics from 'In a Green Eye'; elegies for her father and close friends, amused reflections on ageing and longer poems such as 'Gold', based on the life of Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's librettist, or the lot of refugees in 'Migration'. Other poems explore the conflicts in a long marriage, teased out most poignantly in poems for her late husband in 'Talking to the Dead'.
In The Clinic, Memory, Elaine Feinstein has selected poems from the last half century of her writing life. They range widely: tender, early lyr...
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77,74 zł |