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A truly masterful biography, wise in its completeness. If Joyce be a great writer, then this is a great book.' Sunday Times 'The greatest literary biography of the century.' Anthony Burgess, The Observer

London 1892:Die Kritiker feiern Oscar Wilde (Stephan Fry) als den neuen Dramatiker. Zwar ist sein Werk "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" umstritten, doch in der High Society steht der irische Dandy mit der spitzen Zunge hoch im Kurs. Daheim sitzt die hübsche Ehefrau Constance mit den zwei kleinen Kindern, während die jugendlichen Liebhaber bei dem Schriftsteller Schlange stehen. Als Wilde dem jungen Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law) verfällt, verände...

London 1892:Die Kritiker feiern Oscar Wilde (Stephan Fry) als den neuen Dramatiker. Zwar ist sein Werk "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" umstritten, doch in der High Society steht der irische Dandy mit der spitzen Zunge hoch im Kurs. Daheim sitzt die hübsche Ehefrau Constance mit den zwei kleinen Kindern, während die jugendlichen Liebhaber bei dem Schriftsteller Schlange stehen. Als Wilde dem jungen Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law) verfällt, verände...

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The most acute rendering of an era s sensibility is its poetry, " wrote the editors in their preface to the first edition.

This correspondence provides a balance between the letters of Joyce as a man, and as a writer.

Examines the lives and careers of four distinguished Irish authors and analyzes the connections among them.

Winner of both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize, Oscar Wilde is the definitive biography of the tortured poet and playwright and the last book by renowned biographer and literary critic Richard Ellmann. Ellmann dedicated two decades to the research and writing of this biography, resulting in a complex and richly detailed portrait of Oscar Wilde. Ellman captures the wit, creativity, and charm of the psychologically ...

The most influential poet of his age, Yeats eluded the grasp of many who sought to explain him. In this classic critical examination of the poet, Richard Ellmann strips away the masks of his subject: occultist, senator of the Irish Free State, libidinous old man, and Nobel Prize winner.

In questa biografia letteraria, l'opera e la vita di James Joyce vengono raccontate, analizzate e commentate seguendo il filo di una passione rigorosa e priva d'indulgenza. Lo studio di Richard Ellmann cerca di ricostruire l'intricata rete che lega il vissuto all'arte, la singolarità del quotidiano con la vastità proteiforme del genio. Da Dublino a Trieste, da Parigi a Zurigo, emergono così i contorni di un'esistenza sfuggente, fatta di scelte...

Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.

In questa biografia letteraria, l'opera e la vita di James Joyce vengono raccontate, analizzate e commentate seguendo il filo di una passione rigorosa e priva d'indulgenza. Lo studio di Richard Ellmann cerca di ricostruire l'intricata rete che lega il vissuto all'arte, la singolarità del quotidiano con la vastità proteiforme del genio. Da Dublino a Trieste, da Parigi a Zurigo, emergono così i contorni di un'esistenza sfuggente, fatta di scelte...

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The return of a classic: This biography of the young James Joyce is "a remarkable exposition of the relationship between a famous man and (his) brother."-T. S. Eliot.