Ian Ousby è stato uno scrittore di notevole ampiezza e reputazione, noto per la sua acuta intelligenza e versatilità in diversi campi, tra cui la narrativa poliziesca, i viaggi e la storia francese moderna. Possedeva uno stile distintivo e senza tempo che evitava le mode passeggere, affrontando gli argomenti con la chiarezza di pensiero e la precisione di espressione che ricordano un saggista del XIX secolo. I contributi di Ousby sono stati riconosciuti a livello internazionale, con le sue opere tradotte in numerose lingue, dimostrando il suo vasto fascino. Nella sua scrittura, ha esemplificato il principio di affrontare e illuminare i problemi, anziché evitarli.
This revised single-volume guide to England is arranged by region, with suggested itineraries for exploring the country's cities, towns and villages. It contains a wealth of historical detail, architectural descriptions, information about museums and galleries and local personalities.
A reference source to the vast heritage of literature in the English language throughout the world. It gives a clear explanation of genres, movements, critical terms and literary concepts from irony to structuralism, from Romanticism to science fiction. The writers are listed by alphabetical order with a writeup about each one.
Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. • Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout • Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean • Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings
A study of the American novel from its beginnings. Subjects include Cooper, Melville, Dreiser, Hemingway, Dos Passos and Salinger.