Ian Ousby fue un escritor de considerable alcance y reputación, conocido por su aguda perspicacia y versatilidad en diversos campos, incluyendo la ficción detectivesca, los viajes y la historia francesa moderna. Poseía un estilo distintivo y atemporal que evitaba las modas pasajeras, abordando los temas con la claridad de pensamiento y la precisión de expresión que recuerdan a un ensayista del siglo XIX. Las contribuciones de Ousby fueron reconocidas internacionalmente, con sus obras traducidas a numerosos idiomas, lo que demuestra su amplio atractivo. En su escritura, ejemplificó el principio de enfrentar e iluminar los problemas, en lugar de evitarlos.
This revised single-volume guide to England is arranged by region, with suggested itineraries for exploring the country's cities, towns and villages. It contains a wealth of historical detail, architectural descriptions, information about museums and galleries and local personalities.
A reference source to the vast heritage of literature in the English language throughout the world. It gives a clear explanation of genres, movements, critical terms and literary concepts from irony to structuralism, from Romanticism to science fiction. The writers are listed by alphabetical order with a writeup about each one.
Substantially enlarged and updated for this new edition, The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the definitive guide to the vast and extraordinarily rich heritage of literature written in English. It covers all the major novelists, poets and dramatists - from Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens to Conrad and to contemporary writers from all over the English-speaking world - Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Wole Soyinka, and Janet Frame. More than 100 specialist contributors provide detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works. Substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. All literary concepts and movements are described in detail. • Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout • Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean • Illustrated throughout with over 115 photographs and line drawings
A study of the American novel from its beginnings. Subjects include Cooper, Melville, Dreiser, Hemingway, Dos Passos and Salinger.