European Writers, Količina 9

Sprednja platnica
Scribner, 1983 - 591 strani
Annotation **** BCL3 cites the Middle Ages subject. The second of four volumes to be published on the 20th century, the final subset of the series, which is slated to be completed in 1990. Biographical and critical essays (with bibliographies) are arranged chronologically by the writers' birth date. This volume begins with Pio Baroja (1872-1956) and ends with Franz Kafka (1883-1924), covering a total of 22 writers. A comprehensive index will appear as the series' last volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Iz vsebine knjige

Vsebina

Del 1
583
Del 2
584
Del 3
585
Avtorske pravice

43 preostalih delov ni prikazanih

Pogosti izrazi in povedi

O avtorju (1983)

George Stade was born George Gustave Comins in Manhattan, New York on November 25, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in English from St. Lawrence University in 1955 and a master's degree in English in 1958 and a doctorate in English in 1965, both from Columbia University. He was a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University for 36 years until his retirement in 2000. He specialized in 20th-century American and British literature. The Society of Columbia Graduates awarded him the Great Teacher Award in 1996, citing his work writing book reviews for The Times and editing the Columbia Essays on Modern Writers. He wrote four novels including Confessions of a Lady-Killer. His articles and essays appeared in Partisan Review, The Hudson Review, The Paris Review, Harper's, The Nation, and The New Republic. He was also the consulting editorial director of Barnes & Noble Classics and editor in chief of Scribner's British Writers and European Writers series. He died from pneumonia on February 26, 2019 at the age of 85.

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