Bibliograph

Writers, their lives and works, senior editor, Angela Wilkes ; foreword by James Naughtie

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Writers, their lives and works, senior editor, Angela Wilkes ; foreword by James Naughtie

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Writers

Responsibility statement

senior editor, Angela Wilkes ; foreword by James Naughtie

Sub title

their lives and works

Summary

Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured novelist, playwright, or poet, biographical entries trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each individual and influenced their work, revealing insights into the larger-than-life characters, plots, and evocative settings that they created. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and paintings of writers' homes, studies, and personal artefacts - along with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, and their correspondence - this book introduces the key ideas, themes, and literary techniques of each writer, revealing the imaginations and personalities behind some of the world's greatest novels, short stories, poems, and plays. Covering an eclectic range of authors from the Middle Ages to the present day, Writers provides a compelling glimpse of the lives and loves of each great writer

Target audience

adult

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