During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisive and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer. It also includes a selection of his reviews as chief book reviewer for the Times, as well as three of his short stories.
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This volume gathers together many of the short writings of critically acclaimed fiction and nonfiction writer Ackroyd (London: The Biography, as well as biographies of Dickens, Blake, and Thomas More) from the past 30 years. It includes reviews and articles written for the London Spectator magazine from the late 1970s and early 1980s, which reveal a young writer trying to establish himself as a literary voice; he criticizes such giants as Nabokov and Auden with caustic and penetrating wit. Later reviews for the Times of London, written after 1981, are less abrasive yet still distinctive and entertaining. The subjects range from literary topics like Harold Bloom's The Western Canon to British television shows. Of particular interest are three of Ackroyd's short stories, which show his skill with fiction. This collection will appeal largely to those interested in literature and literary criticism. Recommended for academic and larger libraries.
Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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“Ackroyd is a consummate critic… every fan should buy it.” -- Evening Standard
“The best way into this collection is not chronologically or sequentially. Get lost. Wander. Diversions are part of the pleasure.” -- Jeanette Winterson, The Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
“The best way into this collection is not chronologically or sequentially. Get lost. Wander. Diversions are part of the pleasure.” -- Jeanette Winterson, The Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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