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  • af Frida Beckman
    126,95 kr.

    In this new critical biography Frida Beckman traces Gilles Deleuze's remarkable intellectual journey, mapping the encounters from which his life and work emerged.

  • af Kiff Bamford
    126,95 kr.

    Kiff Bamford traces the circuitous journey of Jean-Francois Lyotard life and work, unravelling the thrust of Lyotard's main philosophical arguments, his struggle with thinking and his confrontation with the task of writing and thinking philosophy differently.

  • af Patricia Allmer
    126,95 kr.

    An illuminating reappraisal of Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte.

  • af Andrei Zorin
    126,95 kr.

    An insightful biography of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time.

  • af Mr Edward J. Hughes
    126,95 kr.

    One of France's most high-profile writers and a Nobel Prize-winner, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and acrimonious rejection during his career, which was cut short by a fatal car accident in 1960. Edward J. Hughes unravels the life of a complex personality whose work and stance were the subjects of intense interest and scrutiny.

  • af Robert Hampson
    126,95 kr.

    An original interpretation of Joseph Conrad's life of writing.

  • af Sanda Miller
    218,95 kr.

    Acknowledged as one of the major sculptors and avant-garde artists of the twentieth century, Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) also remained one of the most elusive. This book looks beyond the mythology of the artist to show us Constantin the Romanian student, as well as Brancusi the celebrated artist.

  • af Philip Ross Bullock
    126,95 kr.

    Drawing extensively on Tchaikovsky's uncensored letters and diaries, this biography explores the composer's life in the artistic culture of nineteenth-century Russian society, revealing how he became a figure of international renown.

  • af Lars T. Lih
    126,95 kr.

    Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist.

  • af David Shafer
    126,95 kr.

    A new, critical biography of enigmatic French theorist, writer, actor and artist Antonin Artaud examining Artaud's work in relation to his life, as well as the many influential figures he came into contact with.

  • af Bashabi Fraser
    126,95 kr.

    A timely reappraisal of Indian writer, composer, musician, artist and activist Rabindranath Tagore.

  • af Jeremy Adler
    126,95 kr.

    A critical biography of German novelist, playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

  • af Rob Haskins
    223,95 kr.

    In John Cage, Rob Haskins outlines how the controversial artist contributed to twentieth-century music, literature and art. Haskins considers John Cage's life, art, ideas and work, evaluating the twin pillars of Cage's creative output and the ideas that lie behind it.

  • af David Stephen Calonne
    126,95 kr.

    Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers.

  • af Adam A Watt
    223,95 kr.

    Adam Watt's biography considers Proust's early years of personal and aesthetic experiment, the growth of his masterwork A la recherche du temps perdu and his personal decline due to ill-health.

  • af Esther Leslie
    126,95 kr.

    New in the Critical Lives series, this is the first new biography of Walter Benjamin in more than a decade.

  • af Paul Le Blanc
    217,95 kr.

    A new critical biography of Leon Trotsky, a strong leader of Soviets and one of the most important figures of twentieth-century Communism. This biography delves deep into Trotsky's life and relationships to reveal and understand his complex character and actions.

  • af Dana Mills
    126,95 kr.

    A new account of the short yet extraordinary life of Rosa Luxemburg.

  • af Edward Kanterian
    218,95 kr.

    A concise, readable account of the life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the greatest and most original philosophers of the twentieth century

  • af Palle Yourgrau
    126,95 kr.

    This book is an engaging presentation of the life and work of the legendary French philosopher, political activist and mystic Simone Weil. Palle Yourgrau assesses Weil's controversial critique of Judaism, and her radical re-imagination of Christianity; and analyses how Weil's personal struggles influenced her mature philosophy.

  • af Robert Bird
    126,95 kr.

    Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and Punishment (1867) and The Brothers Karamazov.

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