J. M. W. Turner - Rilegato

Ackroyd, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0385507984 ISBN 13: 9780385507981

Casa editrice: Nan a Talese, 2006

Riassunto

A concise profile of the great English painter captures Turner's complex and contradictory personality, setting his extraordinary contributions to the world of nineteenth-century art against the backdrop of his turbulent personal life. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Ackroyd’s series of short lives bodes well: handy, attractive, well-illustrated, useful.”
—The Times

Praise for Chaucer
“[Ackroyd] uses his skills as a limner of fictional characters to produce...a vibrant portrait of a great writer.”
—Booklist [starred review]

“[Ackroyd] excels, giving us a biography that brings to life both the poet and his poetry.”
—Washington Times

“A splendid introduction to a pivotal figure in the history of English literature.”
—Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

L'autore:

PETER ACKROYD is the author of Shakespeare: The Biography, London: The Biography, and Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination. He has also written full-length biographies of T. S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, William Blake, Ezra Pound, and Thomas More, as well twelve novels. He lives in London, England.

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• Editore: Nan a Talese
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0385507984
• ISBN 13: 9780385507981
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 173