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The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900-1950

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Description:Part photograph album, part reference book, part gossip column, 'The Literary Life' looks very much like the secret scrapbook some Ideal Bookworm might have kept from 1900 to 1950. He is a hero-worshipper, of course, and he loves music and movies and the plastic arts about as much as books. His psychiatrist would probably describe him as "poly-lingual perverse", but no one can say he does not care about, and have an extraordinary access to, Other People's Business. Who on earth could have known how much money EM Forster inherited from his Aunt Marianne? Or how Carl Sandberg was earning a living in 1918? Or what Ronald Firbank called the President of Haiti? Or what uniform WH Auden was wearing in 1945?But 'The Literary Life' is more than bits of coloured glass. As a reference book, it has a serious and unique value. Most such guides proceed alphabetically by author - isolating one man's lifework from everything else that was happening around him. Borrowing the methods of an almanac, 'The Literary Life' has arranged itself by the calendar year ...It may very well spend a season on the cocktail table - for it readily lends itself to fun and games. But sooner or later it will find its way to Everyman's reference shelf, and live there happily ever after.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900-1950. To get started finding The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900-1950, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 264

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Chatto and Windus

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ISBN: 0701115319

Description: Part photograph album, part reference book, part gossip column, 'The Literary Life' looks very much like the secret scrapbook some Ideal Bookworm might have kept from 1900 to 1950. He is a hero-worshipper, of course, and he loves music and movies and the plastic arts about as much as books. His psychiatrist would probably describe him as "poly-lingual perverse", but no one can say he does not care about, and have an extraordinary access to, Other People's Business. Who on earth could have known how much money EM Forster inherited from his Aunt Marianne? Or how Carl Sandberg was earning a living in 1918? Or what Ronald Firbank called the President of Haiti? Or what uniform WH Auden was wearing in 1945?But 'The Literary Life' is more than bits of coloured glass. As a reference book, it has a serious and unique value. Most such guides proceed alphabetically by author - isolating one man's lifework from everything else that was happening around him. Borrowing the methods of an almanac, 'The Literary Life' has arranged itself by the calendar year ...It may very well spend a season on the cocktail table - for it readily lends itself to fun and games. But sooner or later it will find its way to Everyman's reference shelf, and live there happily ever after.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900-1950. To get started finding The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900-1950, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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