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Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century - whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira B. Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard. Framed by the stor...

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An international team of scholars provides an invaluable introduction to Pound's work and life.

This volume contains over forty essays on all aspects of Pound's life, work and career, by leading scholars in the field.

Biocritical essays on 33 late Victorian novelists illuminate a distinct period in British literary history, which witnessed the birth of the detective novel by Wilkie Collins and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creation of some of the worlds favorite childrens literature, including Alice in Wonderland, and the fourishing of aestheticism in prose.Themes prevalent in the strongest works of the late Victorian period were the confrontation with spirit...

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Ezra Pound is one of the most visible and influential poets of the twentieth century. He is also one of the most complex, his poetry containing historical and mythical allusions, experiments of form and style and often controversial political views. Yet Pound's life and work continue to fascinate. This Introduction is designed to help students reading Pound for the first time. Pound scholar Ira B. Nadel provides a guide to the rich webs of all...

Ezra Pound is one of the most visible and influential poets of the twentieth century. He is also one of the most complex, his poetry containing historical and mythical allusions, experiments of form and style and often controversial political views. Yet Pound's life and work continue to fascinate. This Introduction is designed to help students reading Pound for the first time. Pound scholar Ira B. Nadel provides a guide to the rich webs of all...

La biografia completa e aggiornata di Léonard Cohen firmata dal canadese Ira Nadel che dopo mesi di interviste a Léonard ha avuto accesso a materiali inediti dell'archivio di famiglia. Nato da una agiata famiglia ebraica rinuncia da subito alla vita "seria" per l'arte, la poesia e il dandysmo, entra in contatto con la nuova scena folk del Village e pensa di trasformare le sue poesie in canzoni. A 60 anni si ritira in un convento zen in Califor...

Over forty brand new essays on all aspects of Pound's life, work and career, by leading scholars in the field.