Sandie Byrne

The Unbearable Saki

The Work of H. H. Munro

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A revaluation of the work of the popular Edwardian short story writer, novelist, journalist, blackest of black humorists, and master of the sting in the tale, Saki (H.H. Munro).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 155mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780199226054
• ISBN-10: 0199226059
• Artikelnr.: 23001448

Autorenporträt

Sandie Byrne was formerly Tutor in English at Balliol College, Oxford, and Professor of English Literature at the University of Lincoln. She is the author of a number of books and articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Three deaths
1: Early life and influences
2: School and the European Tour
3: Burma, Devon
4: London, the Balkans, Russia
5: London again
6: The stories: the young men
7: The stories: the men that wolves have sniffed at, the wild, and the boys
8: The Unbearable Bassington
9: When William Came
10: William and Lance-Sergeant Munro