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From a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art
"Writers write. They can't help it. They can ...
'One of our most dazzling literary conjurers.' Michael Chabon
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'The first biography of Thom Gunn, and likely the definitive one. [...] Nott's book is one of the best versions of a gay relationship conducted ...
A portrait of the fascinating, unusual and fruitful creative partnership of the writers Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
The romance between Fanny and Robert Louis ...
One of bell hooks' foundational works introduced to the UK for the first time.
'With the emotion of poetry, the narrative of a novel, and ...
The second volume of Robert Crawford's magisterial biography of the revolutionary modernist, visionary poet and troubled man, drawing on extensive new sources.
The second ...
'Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller' ERIN KELLY
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Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright.
Ever since ...
'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide ...
An "extraordinarily brilliant" and "pleasurably naughty" (Andre Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an ...
A joyful, rule-breaking experiment in biography, which celebrates 'country life' as a state of mind
Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized ...
A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud
In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore ...
The definitive edition of Emily Dickinson's correspondence, expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years.
Emily Dickinson was a letter writer ...
'Engrossing, enlightening and hugely entertaining'
SARAH WATERS, author of Fingersmith
'Brilliant - so vivid and so sharp, fantastically clever and consistently fascinating'
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An intimate glimpse into the life and letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of the twentieth century.
In July 1921 ...
