Bøger af David Daiches

""The Present Age in British Literature"" by David Daiches is a comprehensive analysis of the literary trends and movements that emerged in Britain during the mid-20th century. The book explores the works of prominent authors such as George Orwell, T.S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden, and examines how their writing reflected the social and political changes of the time. Daiches delves into the themes of alienation, disillusionment, and anxiety that were prevalent in the literature of the period, and discusses how these works were influenced by the trauma of World War II and the rise of totalitarian regimes. The book also explores the emergence of new literary forms, such as the ""angry young men"" movement and the Theatre of the Absurd. Overall, ""The Present Age in British Literature"" provides a comprehensive overview of the literary landscape of mid-20th century Britain, and offers insights into the cultural and historical forces that shaped it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

"Why do we spend time reading and discussing books which tell of events which never in fact occurred?" The question is elementary - and yet, as David Daiches suggests in this provocative study, it is the elementary questions that are never answered. Although literary criticism today is more concerned with technique than with the basic question of value, the question of value underlies all the others. Professor Daiches therefore directs this book to the search for the basic function and purpose of imaginative prose and poetry.A Study of Literature is not, however, an obscure book of literary theory; it contains abundant and pungent examples and critical analyses - of prose fiction, of modern writing, and of the nature of poetry. "It's main purpose," as Professor Daiches says, "is to help the reader of works of imaginative literature to see what he is reading, to understand just what it is that he gets from different kinds of reading, and to discriminate between those different kinds."

A work by an eminent critic which addresses itself to values in literature, and attempts to answer the simple and elusive question, Why read a work of imaginative literature?