Focusing on the work of Thomas Pynchon, this introduction delves into his early short stories and provides insights into his novels. Set against the backdrop of Pynchon's life, it offers a detailed examination of his literary contributions, including lesser-known stories. Originally published in 1982, the book serves as a valuable guide for readers looking to navigate Pynchon's complex narratives and themes.
In the hope of making a wealthy marriage, Eugenia, the Baroness M©ơnster, and her younger brother, the artist Felix, descend on the Wentworths, in Boston. Installed in a nearby house, they become close friends with the younger Wentworths, Gertrude, Charlotte and Clifford. Eugenia's wit, guile and sophistication, and Felix's debonair vivacity form an uneasy alliance with the Puritan morality and the frugal, domestic virtues of the Americans. A rich and delicately balanced commedy of manners, The Europeans weighs the values of the established order against thos of New England society, but makes no simple judgements, only subtle contrasts and beautifully observed comparisons.
A new edition of one of the most read English novels, which continues to enchant readers worldwide more than two centuries after its creation. "Pride and Prejudice," first published in 1813, transports us to the picturesque English countryside at the end of the 18th century, where the story of the Bennet family unfolds. Mrs. Bennet tirelessly seeks ideal suitors for her five daughters. The tale begins when the wealthy Mr. Bingley moves into the neighborhood, accompanied by his enigmatic friend, the reserved and unsympathetic Mr. Darcy. A peculiar relationship develops between him and the clever, free-spirited Elizabeth, the Bennet family's second daughter, which must overcome numerous misunderstandings, prejudices, and societal barriers before evolving into genuine understanding and love. "Pride and Prejudice" is not merely a love story but also a timeless exploration of human relationships. The author skillfully depicts the tension between reason and emotion, as well as the clash between individual freedom and social conventions, with intelligent humor, subtle wit, and unmatched irony.
Táto edícia - Čítam po anglicky - je určená pre tých, ktorí sa učia po anglicky - mládeži a dospelým. Nájdete v nej klasické diela anglickej a americkej literatúry v zjednodušenej podobe, zodpovedajúcej približne trom stupňom náročnosti. V každej knižke sú kontrolné cvičenia na zopakovanie získanej slovnej zásoby a precvičenie gramatiky. Veľký Gatsby má stupeň náročnosti 1
Nietzsche said that he never travelled anywhere without a volume of Emerson's essays in his pocket, while Mathew Arnold described Emerson as 'the greatest prose writer of the century'. It is a remarkable writer who could at once appeal to a man considered a pillar of Victorian society, and to a man dedicated to bringing down such pillars. In his own time Emerson was considered a profoundly radical thinker, but after his death he was increasingly seen as a bland Boston Brahmin, contentedly ripening with the new England melons, benignly meditating on such viperous notions as the Over–soul.He is now appreciated as one of the truly seminal American writers, refusing all orthodoxies, complacencies and fixities—both a truly celebratory and deeply adversarial thinker. A unique paperback edition, with introduction and chronology of Emerson's life and times.
Tanner guides us through Austen's novels from optimistic early works to the darker Persuasion and fragmentary Sanditon--a journey that takes her from acceptance of a society maintained by landed property, family, money, and strict propriety through an insistence on the need for authentication of these values to a final skepticism and even rejection.
Nabokov - Borges - Ellison - Bellow - Heller - Purdy - Hawkes - Barth - Plath - Updike - Roth - Mailer - Kesey.
Dej románu Zbohom zbraniam (1929), prvého z hemingwayových bestsellerov, sa odohráva na talianskom fronte počas prvej svetovej vojny. Rozpráva príbeh lásky amerického poručíka, vodiča sanitky Červeného kríža Frederica Henryho a talianskej zdravotnej sestry Catherine Barkleyovej na pozadí krvavých bojov. Catherine ošetruje raneného Henryho a ich láska sa naplní, Catherine čaká dieťa. Henry sa vracia na front, ale čoraz väčšmi presvedčený o nezmyselnosti vojny rozhodne sa aj so svojou láskou ujsť. Príbeh so zjavnými autobiografickými prvkami sa končí tragicky, Catherine aj dieťa umierajú.
Rozum a cit je jedným z najznámejších románov anglickej literatúry a prvou vydanou knihou Jane Austenovej. Príbeh sestier Marianny a Elinor Dashwoodových sa odohráva v prostredí a atmosfére staroanglického vidieka a svojím vtipom a pôvabom okúzľuje čitateľov už viac ako dve storočia. Dve hlavné hrdinky sa po smrti svojho otca musia vyrovnať so stratou spoločenského postavenia a ako všetky nemajetné dievčatá v tej dobe majú šancu sa z ťažkej situácie dostať pravdepodobne len výhodným sňatkom. Marianna podľahne kúzlu mladíka menom Willoughby, pričom sa zdá, že ich náklonnosť je vzájomná. To sleduje so znepokojením plukovník Brandon, rodinný priateľ, ktorý sa sám láskou k Marianne trápi. Willoughbymu navyše vôbec nedôveruje a má podozrenie, že o jeho minulosti vie niečo zlé. Staršia sestra Elinor nadviaže vzťah s Edwardom Ferrarsem, jeho rodina si však pre neho praje zámožnejšiu partiu a snaží sa vzťah s Elinor prekaziť. Edward sa zdá byť charakterným a poctivým mužom, no od istej chvíle sa začne k Elinor správať odtažite. Okrem toho, že dievčatá narážajú na tuhé konvencie vo svojom okolí, bojujú aj so svojimi rozdielnymi povahami. Citovo založená Marianna sa dokáže spontánne a vášnivo poddať emóciám, zatiaľ čo rezervovanejšia Elinor sa snaží svoje city skrývať, aby neobťažovala svoje okolie. Obidve musia svoje postoje časom pod vplyvom udalostí zmeniť.
Dr Tanner investigates American literature with regards to wonder and cultivated naivety.
