Matty appears out of the flaming destruciton of the Blitz. Who is he? Is he more or less than an ordinary human? Is the journal he keeps madness or inspiration?...
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal ...
This book seeks to meet this need by providing a close reading of Isaiah 14:3-23, a text with a complex amalgam of textual, historical-critical, history-of-reception, and theological issues.
'An intensity of vision without parallel.' TLS 'A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes ... Magic.' New York Times Book Review 'One of the most moving books I've ever read.
Written by acclaimed critic Nicholas Tucker, and packed with never-before-seen family photos, illustrations from Pullman's beloved graphic novels and fresh material from recent interviews, this is both a celebration of Philip Pullman and a ...
Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery. "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Updated in time for the release of Pullman's eagerly anticipated first volume in his new The Book of Dust trilogy, this revised edition offers a unique exploration of Pullman's masterpiece, the His Dark Materials saga, while discussing the ...
... darkness from the Epicurean discipline of self-scrutiny. Et c'est assez, pour le poète, d'étre la mauvaise conscience de son temps." Yes and no. Aeneas, Dido, and Turnus are in us as they were in Vergil. It is because he discovered and ...
Darkness Visible is a collection of poems, written through the voice of Lilith, but also a critique of patriarchal society.