The respected biographer R. W. B. Lewis lives part of the year in Florence. This is his tribute to a beloved city, including historical detail and cultural information as well as personal reflection.
Winterthur in Delaware is renowned for its woodland gardens, 175-room house, and collection of American decorative arts. In this memoir, Ruth Lord describes the development of her father, Henry F. du Pont, from a shy, lonely child to an art connoisseur, horticulturist and cattle breeder.
Here, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer turns his gaze on Dante. Tracing the genius of Dante through the Florence of his childhood and later years, he describes how Dante's talent blossomed. From his first introduction to the beloved Beatrice, through his exile from Florence, and on, this portrait reveals the mind of one of the world's ...
This volume brings together 160 famous American figures from Pocahontas to Louis Armstrong, providing visual and verbal portraits of their place in American life. The portraiture is paired with literary images taken from eyewitness accounts, memoirs, poems, letters and biographies.
Wharton's nonfiction in this collection includes book reviews, introductions to editions of her own works, eulogies, and several incisive critical studies, including "The Vice of Reading"--which argues that reading is not a boring duty but an imaginative skill--"The Criticism of Fiction"--which defends French formalist fiction--and essays on ...
Even if the James family hadn't given us both William the philosopher and psychologist, and Henry the novelist, the story of this quirky, wealthy, socially prominent clan would still be riveting. Full of incidents that would become legendary, The Jameses brings to life 150 years of unforgettable American history. Four 8-page inserts.
Here are the intimate letters of Edith Wharton--the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize--detailing her work, her family, her friendship with Henry James, and her passion for the American journalist Morton Fullerton. The letters reveal a remarkable, independent woman who lived life fully. Three 8-page inserts.
This collection of letters exchanged by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren - two scholars who altered the way literature is taught in the US - focuses on the development of their five major textbooks. It provides an insight into their literary minds and also presents their human qualities.
Even if the James family hadn't given us both William the philosopher and psychologist, and Henry the novelist, the story of this quirky, wealthy, socially prominent clan would still be riveting. Full of incidents that would become legendary, The Jameses brings to life 150 years of unforgettable American history. Four 8-page inserts.
Here, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer turns his gaze on Dante. Tracing the genius of Dante through the Florence of his childhood and later years, he describes how Dante's talent blossomed. From his first introduction to the beloved Beatrice, through his exile from Florence, and on, this portrait reveals the mind of one of the world's ...
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