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India's Prisoner : A Biography of Edward John Thompson, 1886-1946
ISBN: 9780826212993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Edward John Thompson--novelist, poet, journalist, and historian of India--was a liberal advocate for Indian culture and political self-determination at a time when Indian affairs were of little general interest in England. As a friend of Nehru, Gandhi, and other Congress Party leaders, Thompson had contacts that many English officials did not have and did not know how to get. Thus, he was an excellent channel for interpreting India to England and England to India. Thompson first went to India in 1910 as a Methodist missionary to teach English literature at Bankura Wesleyan College.... Edward John Thompson--novelist, poet, journalist, and historian of India--was a liberal advocate for Indian culture and political self-determinatio... |
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319,04 zł |
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E. M. Forster: A Literary Life
ISBN: 9780333609569 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Forster's literary career is assessed in relation to works that mark its phases: his suburban novels, the Indian novel, the BBC talks, and first and last, his short fiction. This study traces evidences of his keen awareness of political and social undercurrents as discovered in the works: the importance of personal relations, culture as a precious heritage, and the creative artist as definer of cultural values and encourager of those who should preserve them.
Forster's literary career is assessed in relation to works that mark its phases: his suburban novels, the Indian novel, the BBC talks, and first and l...
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77,25 zł |