This collection is Marin Sorescu's farewell to life - a book of wryly quizzical poems composed from his sickbed over five weeks as he waited for death to take him, his testament not just to human mortality and pain but to resistance and creative transformation.
This collection is Marin Sorescu's farewell to life - a book of wryly quizzical poems composed from his sickbed over five weeks as he waited for death...
These fourteen original essays on the politics of literature investigate aspects of our understanding of the political muse, with a focus on American writing since World War II. Essays include: American Literature, Politics, and the Last Good War, The Literary Art of the Hollywood Ten, The Plight of the Left-Wing Screenwriter, and Amiri Baraka and the Politics of Popular Culture.
These fourteen original essays on the politics of literature investigate aspects of our understanding of the political muse, with a focus on American ...
This anthology represents many generations of female Romanian poets, from Veronica Micle and Matilda Cugler-Poni in the 19th century to such important contemporary poets as Ana Blandiana and Daniela Cru-snaru.
This anthology represents many generations of female Romanian poets, from Veronica Micle and Matilda Cugler-Poni in the 19th century to such important...
Spanning three decades of his literary career, from Catch-22 to comments on the Persian Gulf War, Conversations with Joseph Heller contains a selection of the most significant, informative, and interesting interviews with one of America's foremost novelists.
In these interviews Heller reveals his interest in the structure, effects, and themes of his works, his satirical purposes, the influences upon him, his writing methods, his political opinions, and a host of other topics that challenge and engage his lively and reflective mind.
Included here are two interviews not previously...
Spanning three decades of his literary career, from Catch-22 to comments on the Persian Gulf War, Conversations with Joseph Heller contains ...
A Deafening Silence is the first UK publication by one of Romania's leading contemporary poets. Selecting from over twenty years' output, this bilingual volume offers an ideal introduction to her work.
A Deafening Silence is the first UK publication by one of Romania's leading contemporary poets. Selecting from over twenty years' output, this bilingu...
