wyszukanych pozycji: 45
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Inn of That Journey
ISBN: 9780809308125 / Angielski / Twarda / 1977 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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39,38 |
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Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 9780878052738 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
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cena:
113,28 |
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Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
ISBN: 9780878052721 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
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cena:
197,11 |
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The Last Romantic : A Poet Among Publishers
ISBN: 9781570034633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. During the 46 years that John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) - an influential literary figure and respected poet - worked at Charles Scribner's Sons, the company distinguished itself as the leading literary publishing house in America. During this golden era, Scribners included F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, James Jones, Alan Paton, George Santayana and Thomas Wolfe among its authors. As the editor who assisted and then succeeded the legendary Maxwell Perkins as editor in chief, Wheelock worked with some of the nation's most acclaimed - yet difficult - authors. Wheelock's memoir of his...
During the 46 years that John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) - an influential literary figure and respected poet - worked at Charles Scribner's Sons, the c...
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157,69 |
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Road to Glory: A Screenplay
ISBN: 9780809309962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
34,44 |
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Catch as Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings
ISBN: 9780743257930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A collection of short stories and other miscellaneous writings by Joseph Heller, one of America's most influential and idiosyncratic writers. Years before the publication of Catch-22--which was called "a monumental artifact of contemporary literature" by The New York Times, "an apocalyptic masterpiece" by the Chicago Sun-Times, and "one of the most bitterly funny works in the language" by The New Republic--Joseph Heller began sharpening his skills as a writer, searching for the voice that would best express his own peculiarly wry view of the world. In...
A collection of short stories and other miscellaneous writings by Joseph Heller, one of America's most influential and idiosyncratic writers. Year...
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84,55 |
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Understanding Edward Albee
ISBN: 9780872495036 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
83,72 |
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Understanding W.S. Merwin
ISBN: 9781570031540 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Describing W.S. Merwin as a moral poet, H.L. Hix identifies the characteristics that have set Merwin's voice apart and suggests that an underlying vision of human interconnectedness and affinity with nature permeates his poetry. Hix surveys Merwin's oeuvre to show that despite a reputation for difficulty and obscurity, his verse is clear and direct.
Describing W.S. Merwin as a moral poet, H.L. Hix identifies the characteristics that have set Merwin's voice apart and suggests that an underlying vis...
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157,69 |
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On Books and Writers : Selected Essays
ISBN: 9781570039027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As a writer, scholar, critic, teacher, bibliophile, and publisher, Matthew J. Bruccoli had immeasurable impact on American literary scholarship and history over the past half century. In his more than one hundred published books, Bruccoli demonstrated a rare model of scholarship based on tenacious research, passionate intensity, and encyclopedic knowledge of his subjects. He brought this same spirited mode of inquiry to his essays as well. On Books and Writers brings together thirty of Bruccoli's best short pieces from journals, anthologies, and other publications to illustrate in a single...
As a writer, scholar, critic, teacher, bibliophile, and publisher, Matthew J. Bruccoli had immeasurable impact on American literary scholarship and hi...
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cena:
167,54 |
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Understanding Beth Henley
ISBN: 9781570036392 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beth Henley remains best known for Crimes of the Heart, a play that won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and later was made into a major motion picture. In this introduction to the Mississippi-born playwright and her body of work, Robert J. Andreach presents Henley's plays as a unified whole, considering both her more accessible work of the 1980s and the commonly misunderstood--and often overlooked--plays of the 1990s. Andreach fills the gap in scholarship about the later plays and, in doing so, argues that they recast familiar themes, images, and motifs into new...
Beth Henley remains best known for Crimes of the Heart, a play that won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and later was m...
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177,40 |
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Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, 1926-1970
ISBN: 9780872498709 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. During the past 50 years American science fiction has become one of the most popular forms of fiction throughout the world. It provides the best index to the impact of all fields of science, as well as technology, on the literary and popular imaginations. Indeed, it has helped to shape the dreams that lie behind the worldwide interest in space exploration, while at the same time it has provided the cutting edge of social and political criticism and satire. Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction undertakes an overview of the field during those crucial decades when it evolved from...
During the past 50 years American science fiction has become one of the most popular forms of fiction throughout the world. It provides the best index...
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88,65 |
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Understanding Raymond Carver
ISBN: 9780872495821 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
83,72 |
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Understanding Carson McCullers
ISBN: 9781570036156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Updated with a discussion of recent scholarship, Understanding Carson McCullers provides a balanced introductory study of the Georgia-born novelist's major fiction and the reasons for her extraordinary and lasting acclaim. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three and is best remembered for her celebrated novels The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding. Through Virginia Spencer Carr's insightful discussion and lucid analysis of these and lesser-known works, McCullers is shown here as more than a...
Updated with a discussion of recent scholarship, Understanding Carson McCullers provides a balanced introductory study of the Georgia-born novelist's ...
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88,65 |
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This Side of Paradise
ISBN: 9780684843780 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald's youth and offers a poignant portrait...
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This...
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65,29 |
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An Artist is His Own Fault: John O'Hara on Writers and Writing
ISBN: 9780809307968 / Angielski / Twarda / 1977 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
34,44 |
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Essential Biographies of American Fiction 3 Volume Set
ISBN: 9780816039456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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147,78 |
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The Professions of Authorship: Essays in Honor of Matthew J.Bruccoli
ISBN: 9781570031441 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Professions of Authorship examines the business of writing, publishing, and selling books - or what George V. Higgins describes in this volume as a "perplexing, disorganized, chameleonic enterprise". Twenty-three authors, publishing professionals, and scholars who share Matthew J. Bruccoli's love and knowledge of books offer candid observations and opinions about the past, present, and future of publishing. In doing so, they unravel many of the...
A tribute to a man whose life's work has centered on the study of authorship and who is a scholar and book collector of the first magnitude, The Profe...
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137,93 |
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Conversations with John Le Carre
ISBN: 9781578066681 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. John le Carre (b. 1931) is the pen name of David Cornwell. Under that pseudonym he has become the leading writer of contemporary spy thrillers. Tremendously popular and deeply influential, his novels feature a level of psychological depth and narrative complexity that makes them as rewarding as the most highly-touted literary fiction. Weaving incisive political commentary, razor-sharp satire, and suspense, his work reflects upon and dissects both Cold War anxieties and the complications of social relationships. Several of his novels-including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,... John le Carre (b. 1931) is the pen name of David Cornwell. Under that pseudonym he has become the leading writer of contemporary spy thrillers. Tre... |
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197,11 |
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Conversations with John Le Carre
ISBN: 9781578066698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. John le Carre (b. 1931) is the pen name of David Cornwell. Under that pseudonym he has become the leading writer of contemporary spy thrillers. Tremendously popular and deeply influential, his novels feature a level of psychological depth and narrative complexity that makes them as rewarding as the most highly-touted literary fiction. Weaving incisive political commentary, razor-sharp satire, and suspense, his work reflects upon and dissects both Cold War anxieties and the complications of social relationships. Several of his novels-including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,... John le Carre (b. 1931) is the pen name of David Cornwell. Under that pseudonym he has become the leading writer of contemporary spy thrillers. Tre... |
cena:
113,28 |
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Thomas Pynchon: The Art of Allusion
ISBN: 9780809309443 / Angielski / Twarda / 1980 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
cena:
88,65 |