Focusing on the work of Thomas Pynchon, this introduction delves into his early short stories and provides insights into his novels. Set against the backdrop of Pynchon's life, it offers a detailed examination of his literary contributions, including lesser-known stories. Originally published in 1982, the book serves as a valuable guide for readers looking to navigate Pynchon's complex narratives and themes.
Adultery serves as a pivotal theme in literature, particularly in bourgeois novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Tony Tanner explores this topic by examining its significance in works such as Rousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse, Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften, and Flaubert's Madame Bovary. His analysis delves into the roles of women, family dynamics, societal norms, and the evolution of sexuality, highlighting how transgressions of marriage contracts reflect broader cultural concerns.
Around the island in 80 recipes - part travel experience, part food immersion.
In the final ten years of his life, the author tackled the largest project any critic in English can take on - writing a preface to each of Shakespeare's plays. This title collects these prefaces. It introduces some of the most significant scholarship on Shakespeare to show the reader how certain critics frame large issues in a useful way.
Focusing on the themes of wonder and cultivated naivety, the author delves into the intricacies of American literature. The exploration highlights how these concepts shape narratives and character development, inviting readers to reconsider their understanding of literary works. Through critical analysis and engaging insights, the book offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between innocence and experience in the American literary canon.
Was unterscheidet Europäer von Amerikanern? In seiner leichtfüßigen Komödie bringt Henry James Frauen und Männer von beiden Seiten des Atlantiks erst miteinander ins Gespräch und dann unter die Haube. Einhundert Jahre nach James’ Tod erscheint dieses Frühwerk des geschätzten Autors nun in neuer Übersetzung. Ohne Geld, aber im Vertrauen auf eine gute Partie reisen Baronin Eugenia Münster und ihr Bruder Felix Young nach Neuengland. Mit Adelstitel und Charme umgarnen die beiden rasch ihre Verwandtschaft, den Onkel samt seinen drei erwachsenen Kindern. In wechselnden Paarungen konkurrieren Temperamente und Vorstellungen der Alten Welt mit Werten und Moral der Neuen. Wer sich am Ende an wen bindet, entscheidet sich nach einem quirligen Reigen transatlantischer Beziehungen, der einen neuen Blick auf beide Kontinente und nicht zuletzt auf den großen Autor selbst ermöglicht. Für seine eleganten, doch oft irritierend komplexen Romane berühmt, zeigt er sich in diesem Fundstück als lustvoller Matchmaker mit Tiefgang.
This collection features insightful essays by the late Tony Tanner, exploring a diverse array of significant American authors. Tanner's analyses delve into the themes, styles, and cultural contexts of these writers, offering readers a deeper understanding of their contributions to literature. Through his unique perspective, the essays illuminate the complexities of American literary identity and the evolution of its narrative forms.
Der Austen-Klassiker neu verfilmt Die Familie Bennet hat fünf Töchter. Eine Heirat mit einem möglichst begüterten Mann ist die einzige Karriere, die ihnen das Leben zu bieten hat. Leicht vorstellbar, daß es jede Menge Aufregung gibt, als zwei junge Männer von Vermögen in die Gegend ziehen. Schon bald macht Mr. Darcy, ein standesbewußter Gutsbesitzer, der munteren und geistvollen Elizabeth einen Heiratsantrag, den sie jedoch spontan ablehnt. Der berühmte Roman von Jane Austen neu verfilmt von Joe Wright. Mit Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench u. v. a.
Nietzsche said that he never travelled anywhere without a volume of Emerson's essays in his pocket, while Mathew Arnold described Emerson as 'the greatest prose writer of the century'. It is a remarkable writer who could at once appeal to a man considered a pillar of Victorian society, and to a man dedicated to bringing down such pillars. In his own time Emerson was considered a profoundly radical thinker, but after his death he was increasingly seen as a bland Boston Brahmin, contentedly ripening with the new England melons, benignly meditating on such viperous notions as the Over–soul.He is now appreciated as one of the truly seminal American writers, refusing all orthodoxies, complacencies and fixities—both a truly celebratory and deeply adversarial thinker. A unique paperback edition, with introduction and chronology of Emerson's life and times.
