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English Perspectives
C. H. Sisson
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Description for English Perspectives
Hardback. When he was twenty, C.H. Sisson found himself in Hitler's Germany, and a year later in Paris. Fifty years later, 'English Perspectives' presents his reflections on politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
In English Perspectives Sisson presents half a century's reflection on politics. He pursues his early concerns through decades in which he developed an unusual combination of interests. Commitment to the continuance of the English tradition is an essential part of his work as a poet, translator and critic, as well as in such book as The Spirit of British Administration with some European Comparisons and The Case of Walter Bagehot, which addressed subjects overtly political. A review of The Spirit of British Administration spoke of its 'agnosticism and empiricism', describing it as a 'brilliant attack on the theoreticians'. Sisson ... Read more
In English Perspectives Sisson presents half a century's reflection on politics. He pursues his early concerns through decades in which he developed an unusual combination of interests. Commitment to the continuance of the English tradition is an essential part of his work as a poet, translator and critic, as well as in such book as The Spirit of British Administration with some European Comparisons and The Case of Walter Bagehot, which addressed subjects overtly political. A review of The Spirit of British Administration spoke of its 'agnosticism and empiricism', describing it as a 'brilliant attack on the theoreticians'. Sisson ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856359804
SKU
V9780856359804
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About C. H. Sisson
C. H. SISSON was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature in 1993. Carcanet published his poems, translations and prose writings. Born in Bristol in 1914, C. H. Sisson is one of our finest poets and `one of the great translators of our time' (Times Literary Supplement). He is also a novelist, essayist and polemicist. Carcanet publish ... Read more
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