190 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
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Routledge
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Originally published in 1981. This book looks at the autobiographical work of nine twentieth-century writers – Henry Adams, Henry James, W. B. Yeats, Boris Pasternak, Leiris, Jean-Paul Sartre, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Green and Adrian Stokes. The author argues that often the writer has shaped his life through his craft, coming to understand the pattern of his own existence through the formalism of... Read more
Introduction 1. Henry Adams: ‘The Education of Henry Adams’ (1907) 2. Henry James: ‘A Small Boy and Others’ (1913) 3. W. B. Yeats: ‘Reveries Over Childhood and Youth’ (1914) 4. Boris Pasternak: ‘Safe Conduct’ (1931) 5. Michael Leiris: ‘L’Age d’homme’ (1939) 6. Jean-Paul Sartre: ‘Les Mots’ (1964) 7. Vadmimir Nabokov: ‘Speak, Memory’ (1966). Conclusion. Appendix A: Henry Green: ‘Pack My Bag’ (1940). Appendix B: Adrian Stokes: ‘Inside Out’ (1947)
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John Pilling
