Holmes, Richard
Sidetracks
- ISBN 13:
- 9780007204540
- author:
- Holmes, Richard
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harper Perennial
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 129mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- Novels, other prose & writers
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Sidetracks: explorations of a romantic biographer by Richard Holmes is a captivating collection of biographical stories that have captured his fancy while researching his books on the Romantic poets. The author weaves together an eclectic assortment of writers and personalities, all brought to life through his transforming touch. From the poignant story of Mary Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin, to other intriguing figures such as Chatterton and Gautier, Pierrot and Voltaire, Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, James Boswell and Zelide, MR James and some unsettling gothic apparitions. This book is a renewed examination of the strange and sometimes shadowy pathways of biography, offering a unique glimpse into the lives of those who have shaped our understanding of literature.
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