English Literature [Paperback]

A Burgess (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Schools (July 1, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0582552249
• ISBN-13: 978-0582552241
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,753,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anthony Burgess (25th February 1917-22nd November 1993) was one of the UK's leading academics and most respected literary figures. A prolific author, during his writing career Burgess found success as a novelist, critic, composer, playwright, screenwriter, travel writer, essayist, poet and librettist, as well as working as a translator, broadcaster, linguist and educationalist. His fiction also includes NOTHING LIKE THE SUN, a recreation of Shakespeare's love-life, but he is perhaps most famous for the complex and controversial novel A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, exploring the nature of evil. Born in Manchester, he spent time living in Southeast Asia, the USA and Mediterranean Europe as well as in England, until his death in 1993.