Love, Sex, Death and Words

Surprising Tales From a Year in Literature

Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Anthologies, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: John Sutherland, Stephen Fender ISBN: 9781848312692
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: Icon Books Ltd Language: English
Author: John Sutherland, Stephen Fender
ISBN: 9781848312692
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: Icon Books Ltd
Language: English

Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious artefacts that literature has to offer. Find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce, which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end on 11 February 1963 and why Roy Campbell punched Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949 in this sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literature's bejewelled past.

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Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious artefacts that literature has to offer. Find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce, which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end on 11 February 1963 and why Roy Campbell punched Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949 in this sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literature's bejewelled past.

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