A Writer's Day-book
- ISBN-10
- 1842331248
- ISBN-13
- 9781842331248
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Trent Editions
- Author
- Ronald Blythe
Description
This lively selection from the "day-book" of an author's reading and writing life focuses on a wide range of writers who have inspired him—from Thomas Traherne to Virginia Woolf, Laurie Lee to Russell Hoban. Other key subjects include writers and artists of the First World War and the representation of the rural world.
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