Martin Seymour-Smith Libri

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: * Authoritative, reliable texts * High quality introductions and notes * New, more readable trade trim size * An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts

An illustrated dictionary of novels and novelists that covers the novel's origin and development, how novelists' work, how to read novels, and a history of publication

This biography was first published in 1982. Martin Seymour-Smith had known Robert Graves since early boyhood, and had lived in his house for more than three years. He wrote it with Grave's help, at his home in Deya, while Graves' (sometime) mistress and muse, the notorious Laura Riding, was still alive. Since then, some of the material Seymour-Smith deliberately suppressed has been aired, and is no longer as sensitive as it was. In this revised, expanded and largely rewritten edition, he sets the record straight.

Includes Romance, Germanic, and Slavic works and also one Scandinavian author (Knut Hamsun)...the critical commentary is very good and emphasizes thematic and stylistic elements along with the significance of the work in the development of the European novel.

Clinker boats have a long history and were notably used by the Vikings. They are a romantic and traditional sight on the water. Their popularity has endured because of the elegance and strength of their construction. This book gives practical instruction on how to build clinker boats and celebrates their proud history.

S provokativním Angličanem Seymourem-Smithem nemusíme vždy souhlasit, ale nikdy se s ním nebudeme nudit. Když se zamýšlí nad stovkou nejvýznamnějších knih v lidské historii, rozhoduje u něho vliv, který měly knihy na naše myšlení v oblasti filozofie, morálky, politiky, ekonomie i beletrie. Několik tisíc let vývoje západní kultury od starověku až po dnešek sleduje autor s jedovatou ironií nešetřící nikoho. Neunikne mu fanaticky praktikované náboženství, ani snaha jednoho myslitele vykrádat druhé, ani Voltairova obstarožní milenka či Hegelova ješitnost. Odmítá pokrytectví, byrokracii, manipulaci a staví proti nim fakta, obyčejnou slušnost, pochopení lidských slabostí i zdravý rozum. Dohromady se tomu říká kritické myšlení - schopnost, která má dnes hodnotu soli nad zlato. Přidáme-li k ní autorův dar popsat jedinou trefnou poznámkou to, nač komik zpravidla potřebuje celý pořad, je jasné, že jeho sto zastávek na cestě lidského myšlení za pravdou, láskou a tajemstvím vesmíru ocení většina z těch, kdo o takové poznání stojí.