The New Oxford Book Of Literary Anecdotes

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The New Oxford Book Of Literary Anecdotes

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Author : John Gross
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008

The New Oxford Book Of Literary Anecdotes written by John Gross and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird.

The Oxford Book Of Literary Anecdotes

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Author : James Sutherland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

The Oxford Book Of Literary Anecdotes written by James Sutherland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.

The Oxford Book Of American Literary Anecdotes

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Author : Donald Hall
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1983

The Oxford Book Of American Literary Anecdotes written by Donald Hall and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

A companion volume to The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes, this volume covers the whole range of American literary history from the 17th century to the present. Taken from biographies, letters, memoirs, and table-talk, the stories form an irreverent history of American literature.

Eurekas And Euphorias

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Author : Walter Gratzer
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-09-25

Eurekas And Euphorias written by Walter Gratzer and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-25 with Science categories.

The march of science has never proceeded smoothly. It has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, and by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. It has seen deep intellectual friendships, as well as ferocious animosities, and once in a while acts of theft and malice, deceit, and even a hoax or two. Scientists come in all shapes - the obsessive and the dilettantish, the genial, the envious, the preternaturally brilliant and the slow-witted who sometimes see further in the end, the open-minded and the intolerant, recluses and arrivistes. From the death of Archimedes at the hands of an irritated Roman soldier to the concoction of a superconducting witches' brew at the very close of the twentieth century, the stories in Eurekas and Euphorias pour out, told with wit and relish by Walter Gratzer. Open this book at random and you may chance on the clumsy chemist who breaks a thermometer in a reaction vat and finds mercury to be the catalyst that starts the modern dyestuff industry; or a famous physicist dissolving his gold Nobel Prize medal in acid to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Nazis, recovering it when the war ends; mathematicians and physicists diverting themselves in prison cells, and even in a madhouse, by creating startling advances in their subject. We witness the careers, sometimes tragic, sometimes carefree, of the great women mathematicians, from Hypatia of Alexandria to Sophie Germain in France and Sonia Kovalevskaya in Russia and Sweden, and then Marie Curie's relentless battle with the French Academy. Here, then, a glorious parade unfolds to delight the reader, with stories to astonish, to instruct, and most especially, to entertain.

The New Oxford Book Of English Prose

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Author : John Gross
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1999

The New Oxford Book Of English Prose written by John Gross and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with American prose literature categories.

This is a unique anthology. Drawing on the full range of English prose, wherever it has been written, it illustrates the growth, development, and resources of the language from the romances of Sir Thomas Malory to the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro. In the process it reveals a variety ofachievements which no other language can match.

The Oxford Book Of Theatrical Anecdotes

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Author : Gyles Brandreth
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-08

The Oxford Book Of Theatrical Anecdotes written by Gyles Brandreth and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with Performing Arts categories.

This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard and Mamet, from Richard Burbage to Richard Briers, from Nell Gwynn to Daniel Day-Lewis, from Sarah Bernhardt to Judi Dench. Players, playwrights, prompters, producers--they all feature. The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes provides a comprehensive, revealing, and hugely entertaining portrait of the world of theatre across four hundred years. Many of the anecdotes are humorous: all have something pertinent and illuminating to say about an aspect of theatrical life--whether it is the art of playwriting, the craft of covering up missed cues, the drama of the First Night, the nightmare of touring, or the secret ingredients of star quality. Edmund Kean, Henry Irving, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ellen Terry, Edith Evans, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren--the great 'names' are all here, of course, but there are tales of the unexpected, too--and the unknown. This is a book--presented in five acts, with a suitably anecdotal and personal prologue from Gyles Brandreth--where, once in a while, the understudy takes centre-stage and Gyles Brandreth treats triumph and disaster just the same, including stories from the tattiest touring companies as well as from Broadway, the West End and theatres, large and small, in Australia, India, and across Europe.

Anecdotes And Antidotes

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Author : Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʻah
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020

Anecdotes And Antidotes written by Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʻah and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah was a Syrian Arab physician of the 13th century who compiled a biographical encyclopedia of notable physicians, and scholars from the Greeks, Romans, Syriacs and Indians including Galen and Avicenna.

Sayings And Anecdotes

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Author : Diogenes
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2012-05-10

Sayings And Anecdotes written by Diogenes and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-10 with Philosophy categories.

A unique edition of the sayings of Diogenes, whose biting wit and eccentricity inspired the anecdotes that express his Cynic philosophy. It includes the accounts of his immediate successors, such as Crates and Hipparchia, and the witty moral preacher Bion. The contrasting teachings of the Cyrenaics and the hedonistic Aristippos complete the volume.

The Oxford Book Of Parodies

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Author : John Gross
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2012-01-19

The Oxford Book Of Parodies written by John Gross and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with Literary Collections categories.

An unparalleled introduction to the parodist's art, The Oxford Book of Parodies includes parodies from Chaucer to the present day, ranging from imitations and spoofs to lampoons and pastiches, comical, scornful, witty, and subtle. It also takes in advertisements, legal rituals, political warfare and a scientific hoax.

The New Oxford Book Of Victorian Verse

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Author : Christopher Ricks
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002

The New Oxford Book Of Victorian Verse written by Christopher Ricks and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.

Gathers poems by Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, Matthew Arnold, A.E. Housman, Yeats, Hardy, and Hopkins.