Джон Маттесон — новинки
- 3 издания на 2 языках
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The Lives of Margaret Fuller Джон Маттесон
ISBN: 0393068056 Год издания: 2012 Издательство: W. W. Norton & Co. Язык: Английский A brilliant writer and a fiery social critic, Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. Outspoken and quick-witted, idealistic and adventurous, she became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social commentary for Horace Greeley’s newspaper, and served as the first foreign correspondent for an American newspaper. While living in Europe she fell in love with an Italian nobleman, with whom she became pregnant out of wedlock. In 1848 she joined the fight for Italian independence and, the following year, reported on the struggle…
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Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father Джон Маттесон
ISBN: 9780393333596 Год издания: 2008 Издательство: W. W. Norton Company Язык: Английский Louisa May Alcott is known universally. Yet during Louisa's youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson—an eminent teacher and a friend of Emerson and Thoreau. He desired perfection, for the world and from his family. Louisa challenged him with her mercurial moods and yearnings for money and fame. The other prize she deeply coveted—her father's understanding—seemed hardest to win. This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters. -
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father Джон Маттесон
ISBN: 0393059642, 9780393059649 Год издания: 2007 Издательство: W. W. Norton & Company Язык: Английский Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Louisa May Alcott is known universally. Yet during Louisa's youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson—an eminent teacher and a friend of Emerson and Thoreau. He desired perfection, for the world and from his family. Louisa challenged him with her mercurial moods and yearnings for money and fame. The other prize she deeply coveted—her father's understanding—seemed hardest to win. This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters.