Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography
Autor Claire Harmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 2015
'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years'Sarah Waters
The poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novelLolly Willowesin 1926, but never became a conventional member of London literary life, pursuing instead a long writing career in her own individualistic manner. Cheerfully defying social norms of the day, Warner lived in an openly homosexual relationship with the poet Valentine Ackland for almost forty years. Together, they were committed members of the Communist party and travelled twice to Spain during the Civil War, but Warner paid for her outspokenness with years of neglect, and channelled much of her emotional and intellectual energy into letters, poems and heart-breaking diaries that remained unpublished during her lifetime. In this enthralling and enlightening biography, Claire Harman tells the story of Warner's remarkable life and restores her to her rightful place as one of Britain's most unique and brilliant writers.
"As passionate and truthful, elegant and enchanting as its subject."George D Painter
"Harman skilfully weaves Sylvia's stories and letters into the biography, and the brilliance of the samples on display constantly takes you aback... Outstanding"Sunday Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241964439
ISBN-10: 0241964431
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241964431
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Claire
Harman
is
the
award-winning
biographer
of
Sylvia
Townsend
Warner
(1989),
Fanny
Burney
(2000)
and
Robert
Louis
Stevenson
(2005)
and
the
author
of
the
best-sellingJane's
Fame:
How
Jane
Austen
Conquered
the
World(2009).
She
writes
regularly
for
the
literary
press
on
both
sides
of
the
Atlantic
and
was
elected
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature
in
2006.
Her most recent work isCharlotte Bronte: A Life.
Her most recent work isCharlotte Bronte: A Life.