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Louis MacNeice

    12. září 1907 – 3. září 1963

    Tento irský básník, součást prestižní generace básníků třicátých let, proslul svým uvolněným, avšak společensky a emocionálně pronikavým stylem. Jeho dílo citlivě reaguje na politické události své doby a nabízí humanistický postoj k totalitarismu, aniž by sklouzávalo k jednoduchým politickým prohlášením. S hlubokým porozuměním a citlivostí zkoumal své irské kořeny, čímž obohatil svou poezii o jedinečnou perspektivu. Jeho básně, ceněné za svůj lidský přístup a sociální uvědomění, si získaly širokou oblibu.

    Autumn Journal
    Zoo
    Collected Poems 1937-1971
    The Strings are False
    The Selected Letters of John Berryman
    The Dark Tower and Other Radio Scripts
    • 2021
    • 2021

      Here is a juxtaposition of the personal and inter-communal dynamics focussed on the West African experience during the pivotal decade of the 1960s, when National Independence demanded a reflexion on the definition of the new states, and how external factors have borne heavily upon their past, present and future. The author blends his experience of study and travel in the region, acknowledging his debt to the pioneering spirit of the School of Oriental and African Studies who facilitated the enterprise, with an analysis of the challenges the new entities have faced, and how they have fared, nationally and globally, in the light of Slavery, Colonialism and Black Lives Matter.

      The Apapa Six
    • 2020

      The Selected Letters of John Berryman

      • 736 stránek
      • 26 hodin čtení
      4,4(12)Ohodnotit

      John Berryman was an energetic correspondent. Assembled here for the first time, his letters tell of generosity, ambition, and struggle. He has encouraging words for fellow poets and younger writers and is deeply engaged in literary culture. But also visible are the struggles of a working artist grappling with alcoholism and depression.

      The Selected Letters of John Berryman
    • 2019
    • 2016

      The Heart is Strange

      • 208 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      3,9(62)Ohodnotit

      John Berryman was perhaps the most idiosyncratic American poet of the twentieth century. The Heart Is Strange, a new selection of his poems, along with reissues of Berryman's Sonnets, 77 Dream Songs, and the complete Dream Songs, marked the centenary of his birth. This book includes a generous selection from across Berryman's varied career.

      The Heart is Strange
    • 2016

      Collected Poems

      • 880 stránek
      • 31 hodin čtení
      4,2(5)Ohodnotit

      In the decades since his death in 1963, Louis MacNeice's reputation as a poet has grown steadily, and there are now several generations of readers in Ireland, Britain, and beyond, for whom he is one of the essential poets of the twentieth century. This edition presents MacNeice's poetry more accurately, as well as more fully.

      Collected Poems
    • 2014

      Selected Poems 1938-1968

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení
      4,0(3)Ohodnotit

      Some months before his tragic death in January 1972, John Berryman completed this selection from the whole of his published poetry. It reveals clearly that Berryman was one of the most original and important poets of the twentieth century.

      Selected Poems 1938-1968
    • 2013

      Zoo

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      4,4(6)Ohodnotit

      Zoo also benefited from illustrations by the painter Nancy Sharp, with whom MacNeice had begun an affair after moving to London in 1936.This Faber Finds edition returns to circulation a delightful rarity by one of the twentieth century's most brilliant poets.

      Zoo
    • 2008

      The Dark Tower and Other Radio Scripts

      • 202 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      4,7(3)Ohodnotit

      A radio parable play, written in response to the rise of fascism in Germany and the events of World War II. It stages the debate about free will with reference to the ancient theme of the Quest, but in modern contexts exploring sexuality, gender, family and geography.

      The Dark Tower and Other Radio Scripts
    • 2008

      Autumn Journal

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení
      4,3(106)Ohodnotit

      Written between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer.

      Autumn Journal