Brenda Maddox Knihy

Lange Zeit galt Nora Barnacle, 1884 in Galway geboren und 1951 in Zürich gestorben, als bloßes "Anhängsel" des berühmten Schriftstellers James Joyce. Brenda Maddox will in der vorliegenden Biographie die These vom ungebildeten Dummchen an der Seite des Künstlers widerlegen. "Dies ist nicht nur die höchst einnehmende Biographie der Familie Joyce- gründlich recherchiert und voller intimer, wenig bekannter Joyceana-, das Buch leistet auch einer Lehrmeinung wesentlichen Vorschub, die zunehmend Bedeutung gewinnt: daß Nora keineswegs eine unbedeutende Begleiterscheinung in der Arbeit ihres Mannes war, sondern die Inspiration für Molly Bloom in "Ulysses", Anna Livia Plurabella in "Finnegans Wake" und die weiblichen Hauptfiguren in seinem gesamten literarischen Werk."

In March 1953, Maurice Wilkins of King's College, London, announced the departure of his obstructive colleague Rosalind Franklin to rival Cavendish Laboratory scientist Francis Crick. But it was too late. Franklin's unpublished data and crucial photograph of DNA had already been seen by her competitors at the Cambridge University lab. With the aid of these, plus their own knowledge, Watson and Crick discovered the structure of the molecule that genes are composed of--DNA, the secret of life. This is a powerful story of a remarkable simpleminded, forthright and tempestuous young woman who, at the age of fifteen, decided she was going to be a scientist, but who was airbrushed out of the greatest scientific discovery of the twentieth century

The narrative explores the intense and intricate relationship between Nora Barnacle and James Joyce, who embarked on a journey across Europe in 1904 after a brief courtship. Their unconventional decision to leave Ireland unwed marked the beginning of a profound partnership that evolved into a lasting marriage, enduring for thirty-seven years. The story delves into the dynamics of their bond, highlighting the personal and artistic influences they had on each other throughout their lives.

The biography delves into the complex life of William Butler Yeats, exploring his duality as a celebrated poet and his tumultuous personal relationships. Brenda Maddox highlights Yeats's obsession with the supernatural, particularly through his Automatic Script sessions with his wife, Georgie. The narrative reveals how his connections with influential women, including Maude Gonne and his mother, shaped his creative output and haunted his psyche. Maddox's engaging writing uncovers the interplay between Yeats's personal struggles and his literary achievements.

Reading the Rocks, the latest book by the frighteningly prolific biographer Brenda Maddox, relates how a handful of British men - and one woman - blasted out the intellectual cutting through which the theory of natural selection would follow . Maddox, whose previous biographical scalps include George Eliot, DH Lawrence and Rosalind Franklin, has a fine eye for idiosyncrasy, the primacy of money and the sheer squawking rivalrousness of the academic world' Oliver Moody The Times

"Many know the public Yeats but few have managed to penetrate to the inner man, or to explore the relationship with his much younger wife, George." "George's Ghosts looks at Yeats through the lens of the Automatic Script, the trance-like communication with supposed spirits that George conducted during the early years of their marriage. The full transcript of this intense occult adventure was not available until 1992 and remains virtually untouched by biographers. Maddox finds the Script to have been a ghostly form of family planning - as well as one of the most ingenious ploys ever used by a wife to take her husband's mind off another woman."--BOOK JACKET

Eine fesselnde Biografie über D. H. Lawrence, verfasst von Brenda Maddox, zeigt den vielschichtigen Autor von "Lady Chatterley" als prophetischen, kranken und sexuell freizügigen Schriftsteller sowie als monogamen Ehemann. Maddox erhielt für ihr Werk den "Whitbread Biography Prize".