A Little History of Literature
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Þessi „stutta saga“ fæst við gríðarlega viðamikið efni: stórbrotna sögu bókmenntanna, allt frá grískum goðsögnum til myndasagna og frá The Epic of Gilgamesh til Harry Potter. John Sutherland er kjörinn til verksins. Hann hefur rannsakað, kennt og skrifað um nánast öll svið bókmennta og smitandi ástríða hans fyrir bókum og lestri hefur mótað líf hans. Hér leiðir hann unga lesendur og fullorðna fólkið í lífi þeirra í skemmtilegt ferðalag „inn um fataskápinn“ og vekur þá til aukinnar vitundar um hvernig bókmenntir hvaðanæva úr heiminum geta flutt okkur í aðra heima og hjálpað okkur að skilja hvað felst í því að vera manneskja.
Sutherland kynnir sígild stórvirki á sinn einstaka og heillandi hátt og fléttar saman fróðleik og kímni í umfjöllun sinni: Beowulf, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, rómantísku stefnuna, Dickens, Moby Dick, The Waste Land, Woolf, 1984 og tugi annarra verka og höfunda. Þar að auki fjallar hann um óvæntara og persónulegra úrval höfunda og verka, þar á meðal bókmenntir sem yfirleitt eru ekki taldar verðskulda „alvarlega umfjöllun“ — allt frá klúrum bröndurum í engilsaxneskum rúnum til The Da Vinci Code.
This little history” takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infectious passion for books and reading has defined his own life. Now he guides young readers and the grown-ups in their lives on an entertaining journey through the wardrobe” to a greater awareness of how literature from across the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human.
Sutherland introduces great classics in his own irresistible way, enlivening his offerings with humor as well as learning: Beowulf, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, the Romantics, Dickens, Moby Dick, The Waste Land, Woolf, 1984, and dozens of others. He adds to these a less-expected, personal selection of authors and works, including literature usually considered well below "serious attention"from the rude jests of Anglo-Saxon runes to The Da Vinci Code.
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- Yale University Press
- 9780300188363
- 9780300186857
- ePub
- 0
- John Sutherland
- English
- 2013-11-05
- 100
- 2
- 2
Kaflar
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 What is Literature
- 2 Fabulous Beginnings
- 3 Writing for Nations
- 4 Being Human
- 5 English Tales
- 6 Theatre on the Street
- 7 The Bard
- 8 The Book of Books
- 9 Minds Unchained
- 10 Nations Rise
- 11 Who ‘Owns’ Literature?
- 12 The House of Fiction
- 13 Travellers' Tall Tales
- 14 How to Read
- 15 Romantic Revolutionaries
- 16 The Sharpest Mind
- 17 Books for You
- 18 The Giant
- 19 Life in Literature
- 20 Under the Blankets
- 21 Flowers of Decadence
- 22 Poets Laureate
- 23 New Lands
- 24 The Great Pessimist
- 25 Dangerous Books
- 26 Empire
- 27 Doomed Anthems
- 28 The Year that Changed Everything
- 29 A Literature of her Own
- 30 Brave New Worlds
- 31 Boxes of Tricks
- 32 Off the Page
- 33 Absurd Existences
- 34 The Poetry of Breakdown
- 35 Colourful Cultures
- 36 Magical Realisms
- 37 Republic of Letters
- 38 Guilty Pleasures
- 39 Who's Best?
- 40 Literature in Your Lifetime… and Beyond
- Index