Harry T. Moore
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"The book "Mikhail Lermontov" by John Mersereau Jr. is a comprehensive biography of the famous Russian writer and poet Mikhail Lermontov. The book delves into Lermontov's life, exploring his upbringing, education, and early career as a writer. It also examines his literary works, including his most famous novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his poetry, and the impact they had on Russian literature and culture. The author provides a detailed analysis of...
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This is the first complete and comprehensive book in English on the important postwar German writers known as Group 47. The "group," established in 1947 after the newspaper Der Ruf was banned, was inspired by a belief in the effectiveness of literature to change society, and for two decades served as initiator of new trends and barometers of changing literary tastes and social conditions. There are so many important writers connected with the group...
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"This penetrating survey covers the most creative of the Anglo-Irish modern playwrights, beginning with George Bernard Shaw and including the avant-garde dramatists of the 1960s. Emil Roy, an expert in British drama, is the author of Christopher Fry, previously published in this series. Roy devotes individual chapters to Shaw, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, and Sean O'Casey. He discusses T. S. Eliot and Christopher Fry together, since Fry is Eliot's...