Since its inception, the Nobel Prize for literature has given a very public voice to some of the world's greatest writers, and their responses to the honor--their acceptance speeches--have often been epochal. From the famed call to arms by William Faulkner to the multicultural song of Derek Walcott, from 1903's Bjornstjerne Bjornson to 1999's Gunter Grass, this collection of 28 speeches traces the ideals of the artists and the selection committee itself throughout the 20th century. Included are an introduction to each of the writers chosen, an abridged copy of the speech or lecture and a bibliography of works in English.…mehr
Since its inception, the Nobel Prize for literature has given a very public voice to some of the world's greatest writers, and their responses to the honor--their acceptance speeches--have often been epochal. From the famed call to arms by William Faulkner to the multicultural song of Derek Walcott, from 1903's Bjornstjerne Bjornson to 1999's Gunter Grass, this collection of 28 speeches traces the ideals of the artists and the selection committee itself throughout the 20th century. Included are an introduction to each of the writers chosen, an abridged copy of the speech or lecture and a bibliography of works in English.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ottar G. Draugsvold is a member of PEN New England and the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. He previously worked as a health educator in Queensland, Australia, and has written numerous professional and trade articles. He lives in Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 2. William Butler Yeats 3. Henri Bergson 4. Sinclair Lewis 5. Pearl S. Buck 6. T.S. Eliot 7. William Faulkner 8. Bertrand Russell 9. Pär Lagerkvist 10. François Mauriac 11. Ernest Hemingway 12. Albert Camus 13. John Steinbeck 14. Mikhail Sholokhov 15. Miguel Ángel Asturias 16. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 17. Heinrich Böll 18. Saul Bellow 19. Isaac Bashevis Singer 20. Czesùaw Miùosz 21. Gabriel García Márquez 22. William Golding 23. Joseph Brodsky 24. Naguib Mahfouz 25. Nadine Gordimer 26. Derek Walcott 27. Toni Morrison 28. KenzaburÉ ye 29. Dario Fo 30. José Saramago 31. Günter Grass Appendix: List of Nobel Laureates in Literature Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 2. William Butler Yeats 3. Henri Bergson 4. Sinclair Lewis 5. Pearl S. Buck 6. T.S. Eliot 7. William Faulkner 8. Bertrand Russell 9. Pär Lagerkvist 10. François Mauriac 11. Ernest Hemingway 12. Albert Camus 13. John Steinbeck 14. Mikhail Sholokhov 15. Miguel Ángel Asturias 16. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 17. Heinrich Böll 18. Saul Bellow 19. Isaac Bashevis Singer 20. Czesùaw Miùosz 21. Gabriel García Márquez 22. William Golding 23. Joseph Brodsky 24. Naguib Mahfouz 25. Nadine Gordimer 26. Derek Walcott 27. Toni Morrison 28. KenzaburÉ ye 29. Dario Fo 30. José Saramago 31. Günter Grass Appendix: List of Nobel Laureates in Literature Notes Bibliography Index
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