Secondhand Literary History & Biography Bargain Book Box SP2897

Secondhand Literary History & Biography Bargain Book Box SP2897

Patrick White's self-portrait and David Marr's life of him — two Patrick Whites in one box — alongside Roy Strong's diaries, Eyre and Wright on British theatre, and Donleavy on the making of The Ginger Man. A box for readers who want the inside view.

1. Scenes and Apparitions: The Roy Strong Diaries 1988–2003 — the second volume of Roy Strong's witty, sharp-tongued diaries of cultural life, art world politics, and his beloved garden.
2. My Strange Friend — David Martin (Picador) — a memoir of friendship and the twentieth century's darker passages.
3. John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence — ed. Cliff Hanna (UQP) — a comprehensive gathering of Australia's most lyrical and elusive poet.
4. Defoe to the Victorians: Two Centuries of the English Novel — David Skilton — a critical survey of the English novel from its emergence to the late nineteenth century.
5. Storytime — Jane Sullivan — Sullivan's engaging exploration of the reading life and what books do to the people who love them.
6. The English: A Portrait of a People — Jeremy Paxman (Penguin) — Paxman's sharp, entertaining, and often exasperated examination of English identity and national character.
7. Eden Renewed: The Public and Private Life of John Milton — Peter Levi — a literary biographer's vivid account of Milton's life, faith, and creative struggle.
8. The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books — an anthology of essays by contemporary American novelists on the fate of literary fiction in the digital age.
9. The Necessary Jungle: Literature and Excess — David Brooks — a collection of essays on writers who pushed against limits: de Sade, Bataille, Artaud, and others.
10. A Literary Companion: India — Bruce Palling — a guide to the literature and literary culture of the subcontinent, from the classical to the contemporary.
11. Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Ession — Peter Fitzpatrick — the story of Australia's first professional theatre company and the couple who founded it.
12. Flesh to Metal: Soviet Literature and the Alchemy of Devolution — Rolf Hellebust — a scholarly study of Soviet literary culture and the transformation of the human body in propaganda and fiction.
13. Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait — Patrick White — White's memoir, unsparing and magnificent, from his Australian childhood to his Nobel Prize.
14. Patrick White: A Life — David Marr — the definitive biography of Australia's greatest novelist, exhaustive and brilliantly written.
15. Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century — Richard Eyre and Nicholas Wright — a major survey of British drama across the century, companion to the BBC television series.
16. Amis & Son: Two Literary Generations — Neil Powell — a dual biography of Kingsley and Martin Amis, and what passes between fathers and sons in literary families.
17. The History of the Ginger Man: An Autobiography — J.P. Donleavy — Donleavy's account of how his great novel was written, published, banned, and fought over in the courts for decades.
18. All the World's a Stage — Ronald Harwood — Harwood's history of actors, acting, and the theatre from the ancient world to the present day.
19. Crux: The Letters of James Dickey — ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Judith S. Baughman — the selected letters of the American poet and novelist, covering his creative life from the 1940s onward.

Patrick White's self-portrait and David Marr's life of him — two Patrick Whites in one box — alongside Roy Strong's diaries, Eyre and Wright on British theatre, and Donleavy on the making of The Ginger Man. A box for readers who want the inside view.

1. Scenes and Apparitions: The Roy Strong Diaries 1988–2003 — the second volume of Roy Strong's witty, sharp-tongued diaries of cultural life, art world politics, and his beloved garden.
2. My Strange Friend — David Martin (Picador) — a memoir of friendship and the twentieth century's darker passages.
3. John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence — ed. Cliff Hanna (UQP) — a comprehensive gathering of Australia's most lyrical and elusive poet.
4. Defoe to the Victorians: Two Centuries of the English Novel — David Skilton — a critical survey of the English novel from its emergence to the late nineteenth century.
5. Storytime — Jane Sullivan — Sullivan's engaging exploration of the reading life and what books do to the people who love them.
6. The English: A Portrait of a People — Jeremy Paxman (Penguin) — Paxman's sharp, entertaining, and often exasperated examination of English identity and national character.
7. Eden Renewed: The Public and Private Life of John Milton — Peter Levi — a literary biographer's vivid account of Milton's life, faith, and creative struggle.
8. The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books — an anthology of essays by contemporary American novelists on the fate of literary fiction in the digital age.
9. The Necessary Jungle: Literature and Excess — David Brooks — a collection of essays on writers who pushed against limits: de Sade, Bataille, Artaud, and others.
10. A Literary Companion: India — Bruce Palling — a guide to the literature and literary culture of the subcontinent, from the classical to the contemporary.
11. Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Ession — Peter Fitzpatrick — the story of Australia's first professional theatre company and the couple who founded it.
12. Flesh to Metal: Soviet Literature and the Alchemy of Devolution — Rolf Hellebust — a scholarly study of Soviet literary culture and the transformation of the human body in propaganda and fiction.
13. Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait — Patrick White — White's memoir, unsparing and magnificent, from his Australian childhood to his Nobel Prize.
14. Patrick White: A Life — David Marr — the definitive biography of Australia's greatest novelist, exhaustive and brilliantly written.
15. Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century — Richard Eyre and Nicholas Wright — a major survey of British drama across the century, companion to the BBC television series.
16. Amis & Son: Two Literary Generations — Neil Powell — a dual biography of Kingsley and Martin Amis, and what passes between fathers and sons in literary families.
17. The History of the Ginger Man: An Autobiography — J.P. Donleavy — Donleavy's account of how his great novel was written, published, banned, and fought over in the courts for decades.
18. All the World's a Stage — Ronald Harwood — Harwood's history of actors, acting, and the theatre from the ancient world to the present day.
19. Crux: The Letters of James Dickey — ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Judith S. Baughman — the selected letters of the American poet and novelist, covering his creative life from the 1940s onward.