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John Masefield
Muriel Spark
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Description for John Masefield
Paperback. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Before she published her distinguished novels, Muriel Spark first made her name as a critic and poet. Her discerning study of the poet and novelist John Masfield will therefore be doubly welcome, as an example of her earlier work, and as one of the best introductions to Masefield. With characteristic insight, Spark shows Masfield's development as a storyteller, through his early lyrics to his long narrative poems and finally his prose, together with his gift for observation of the life around him. John Masefield (1878-1967) lived a life as varied as his work. At the age of fifteen he went ... Read more
Before she published her distinguished novels, Muriel Spark first made her name as a critic and poet. Her discerning study of the poet and novelist John Masfield will therefore be doubly welcome, as an example of her earlier work, and as one of the best introductions to Masefield. With characteristic insight, Spark shows Masfield's development as a storyteller, through his early lyrics to his long narrative poems and finally his prose, together with his gift for observation of the life around him. John Masefield (1878-1967) lived a life as varied as his work. At the age of fifteen he went ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lives and Letters
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784101329
SKU
V9781784101329
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-37
About Muriel Spark
Dame Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh. After some years living in Africa, she returned to England, where she edited Poetry Review from 1947 to 1949. Her many novels include Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), and The Girls of Slender Means (1963). Curriculum Vitae, All the Poems, Mary Shelley: A Biography and The Golden Fleece: ... Read more
Reviews for John Masefield
'Spark shows herself to be as fearless and original a biographer as she was a novelist.' - Times Literary Supplement