Автор: Jane Austen Название: Selected Letters ISBN: 0199538433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199538430 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Letter-writing was something of an addiction for young women of Jane Austen's time and social position, and Austen's letters have a freedom and familiarity that only intimate writing can convey. Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of 'Little Matters', of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family through the medium of the letter. Ironic, acerbic, always entertaining, Jane Austen's letters are a fascinating record not only of her own day-to-day existence, but of the pleasures and frustrations experienced by women of her social class which are so central to her novels. Vivien Jones's selection includes very nearly two-thirds of Austen's surviving correspondence, and her lively introduction and notes set the novelist's most private writings in their wider cultural context.
Автор: Lord Chesterfield Название: Lord Chesterfield`s Letters ISBN: 0199554846 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199554843 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1899.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.`So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master`, these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift. The letters reveal Chesterfield`s political cynicism and his belief that his country had `always been goverened by the only two or three people, out of two or three millions, totally incapable ofgoverning`, as well as his views on good breeding. Not originally intended for publication, this entertaining correspondence illuminates fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners.
Автор: Seneca, Fantham Elaine Название: Selected Letters ISBN: 0199533210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199533213 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: от 273.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: This is the largest selection of Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca`s letters currently available. In them Seneca advises his friend Lucilius on how to do without what is superfluous, whether on the subject of happiness, riches, reputation, or the emotions. We learn too about Seneca`s personal and political life in the time of Nero.
Автор: Hartley Jenny Название: The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens ISBN: 0199686831 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199686834 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography, these letters give us unique insights into his life, and are essential reading for Dickens fans everywhere. Whether you dip in or read straight through, this selection of his letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens, and the sheer pleasure of being in his company.
Автор: Keats, John Название: Selected Letters ISBN: 0199555737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199555734 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5305.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Keats`s letters are `the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet` (T. S. Eliot). This new edition revises and updates Robert Gittings`s selection and includes 170 letters, a new introduction and notes, list of correspondents and full index
Название: Paston letters ISBN: 0199538379 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199538379 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Pastons of Norfolk left behind them an incomparable picture of life in fifteenth-century England in the earliest great collection of family letters in English. The letters span three generations and most were written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III, in a period of political turmoil, local anarchy, and war abroad and at home. They reveal personal hopes and anxieties, and contain as well as business matters a wealth of information onleisure pursuits, education, and domestic life. The writers express themselves with a clarity and vigour that is remarkable at this early date, and the letter illustrate, as no other documents can, the state of the language in daily use immediately before and after the introduction of printing. This modernized selection prepared from the original manuscripts is designed to present the full range of the Pastons` principle concerns.
Автор: Holt Название: The Selected Letters of John Kenneth Galbraith ISBN: 1107019885 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107019881 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6334.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In his long and cosmopolitan life, Galbraith wrote thousands of letters, and Richard P. F. Holt has selected the most important of these from his archival research. Now available in print for the first time, these letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one the great American liberals of the twentieth century.
Автор: Creeley Robert Название: Selected Letters of Robert Creeley ISBN: 0520241606 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520241602 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 8712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works.
Автор: Hemingway Название: The Letters of Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0521897351 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521897358 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The letters, many previously unpublished, of Volume 3 (1926-1929) explore Hemingway`s move into the American mainstream and a lifelong publishing contract with Scribner`s. Under the guidance of the legendary editor Maxwell Perkins, Hemingway begins to take his place on the national and international stage as a professional author.
Автор: Hume Название: Selected Essays ISBN: 0199540306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199540303 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1899.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Moral, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), which was even more popular than his famous Treatise of Human Nature, comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. From `Of Essay Writing` to `Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences` Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical concerns. With the scope typical of the Scottish Enlightenment, he charts the state of civil society, manners, morals, and taste, and the development of political economy in the mid-eighteenth century. These essays represent not only those areas where Hume`s arguments are revealingly typical of his day, but also where he isstrikingly innovative in a period already famous for its great thinkers.
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