Bøger af James Wood

Stories From Greek Mythology is a collection of tales from ancient Greek mythology compiled by James Wood and originally published in 1867. The book features classic stories such as the adventures of Perseus, the Trojan War, and the labours of Hercules, as well as lesser-known tales such as the story of Atalanta and the golden fleece. Each story is retold in a clear and concise manner, making it accessible for readers of all ages. The book is also accompanied by beautiful illustrations that bring the stories to life. Overall, Stories From Greek Mythology is a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its rich and imaginative storytelling.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.

"James Wood has been called our best young critic. This is not true. He is our best critic; he thinks with a sublime ferocity."--Cynthia OzickFollowing the collection The Broken Estate--which established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation--The Irresponsible Self confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of contemporary novels. In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches, he effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally earnest and appreciative view of the most discussed authors writing today, including Franzen, Pynchon, Rushdie, DeLillo, Naipaul, David Foster Wallace, and Zadie Smith. This collection includes Wood's famous and controversial attack on "hysterical realism", and his sensitive but unsparing examinations of White Teeth and Brick Lane. The Irresponsible Self is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about modern fiction.

Thomas Bunting while neglecting his philosophy Ph.D., still unfinished after seven years, is secretly writing what he hopes will be his masterwork--a vast atheistic project to be titled The Book Against God. In despair over his failed academic career and failing marriage, Bunting is also enraged to the point of near lunacy by his parents' religiousness. When his father, a beloved parish priest, suddenly falls ill, Bunting returns to the Northern village of his childhood. Bunting's hopes that this visit might enable him to finally talk honestly with his parents and sort out his wayward life, are soon destroyed.Comic, edgy, lyrical, and indignant Bunting gives the term unreliable narrator a new twist with his irrepressible incapacity to tell the truth.

This book documents the role of the West's international broadcasters in using propaganda and other information to assist in bringing about the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the cold war.

Dreams of becoming a professional writer are abruptly put on hold for college student Nica Mitchell following the unexpected death of her mother and her father's cancer diagnosis. Forced to return home when he's hospitalized after encountering a near death experience, Nica learns that her father has been keeping a dark secret. Something in between the stages of life and death that, when revealed, will change her life forever.

In this remarkable blend of memoir and criticism, James Wood, the noted contributor to the New Yorker, has written a master class on the connections between fiction and life. He argues that of all the arts, fiction has a unique ability to describe the shape of our lives and to rescue the texture of those lives from death and historical oblivion. The act of reading is understood here as the most sacred and personal of activities, and there are brilliant discussions of individual works--among others, Chekhov's story "The Kiss," The Emigrants, by W. G. Sebald, and The Blue Flower, by Penelope Fitzgerald. Wood reveals his own intimate relationship with the written word: we see the development of a boy from the provinces growing up in a charged Christian environment, the secret joy of his childhood reading, the links he draws between reading and blasphemy, or between literature and music. The final section discusses fiction in the context of exile and homelessness. More than a tightly argued little book by a man commonly regarded as our finest living critic, The Nearest Thing to Life is an exhilarating personal account that reflects on, and embodies, the fruitful conspiracy between reader and writer (and critic), and asks us to reconsider everything that is at stake when we read and write fiction.

""Outlines of English and Anglo-Saxon Grammar"" is a book written by James Wood in 1857. The book is a comprehensive guide to the grammar of the English language and its predecessor, the Anglo-Saxon language. The author has divided the book into two parts. The first part is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon language, which is the oldest form of the English language. This section provides an in-depth analysis of the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of the Anglo-Saxon language.The second part of the book is dedicated to the English language, which is the modern form of the language. This section provides a detailed analysis of the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of the English language. The author has used a simple and easy-to-understand language to explain complex grammar concepts. The book also includes numerous examples and exercises to help the readers understand the concepts better.The book is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of the English language. It is also a valuable resource for those who are interested in the history and evolution of the English language. The book has been widely used as a textbook in schools and universities around the world. Overall, ""Outlines of English and Anglo-Saxon Grammar"" is a must-read for anyone who wants to master the English language.For The Use Of Schools.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.

Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works - books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation - The Fun Stuff confirms Wood's pre-eminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of the contemporary novel.

Militia Myths traces the cultural history of the citizen soldier from 1896 to 1921, an ideal that lay at the foundation of how Canadians experienced and remember the First World War.

First published in 1795 and reissued here in its 1815 sixth edition, The Elements of Algebra by James Wood (1760-1839) was one of the standard Cambridge texts for decades, also accompanying Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle. It gives an interesting glimpse of the mathematical standards expected of undergraduates.

Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne of the ardently Catholic Queen Mary, it contains the entire liturgy as first presented in English-as well as some of the oldest phrases to be used by modern English speakers.

In a series of long essays, James Wood examines the connection between literature and religious belief, in a startlingly wide group of writers.

But when his father is suddenly taken ill Thomas returns home, to the tiny village in the north of England where his father still works as a parish priest. Thomas hopes that he may finally be able to communicate honestly with his father, a brilliant and formidable Christian example, and sort out his wayward life.

The common thread in Wood's latest collection of essays is what makes us laugh - and the book is an attempt to distinguish between the perhaps rather limited English comedy (as seen in Waugh, for example) and a 'continental' tragic-comedy, which he sees as real, universal and quixotic.