Anne Clifford’s diaries, Mary Sidney’s translations, Aemilia Lanyer’s poems, Elizabeth Cary’s playwriting: out of these a fine scholar of Renaissance literature constructs an illuminating group biography of four quietly radical women.
Shakespeare’s Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance
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Edition:Hardback978152940489012/03/2024From a Bookshelf nearby
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A biographical account of Eliot's troubled first wife, presented alongside her writings. Married to T.S. Eliot in 1915, their marriage lasted until about 1933. Her circle included Ottoline M... read more
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Van Gogh was famously driven by books - his letters to Theo allude to 200+ authors. Here is an original study of their relation to his art.
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A skilful, moving ‘jeu d’esprit‘ turns about the life of the poet, the nature of his work, and the author’s preoccupation with him over several decades. It contains as much fiction a... read more
Being Betjeman(n)
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The eminent Irish historian and Yeats biographer works wonders with this assessment of the life, work and times of Seamus Heaney.
On Seamus Heaney
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