From the Land of Shadows
2015년 10월 · Pan Macmillan
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His third book of cultural criticism, From the Land of Shadows sees essayist, critic and poet Clive James at his erudite, enlightening best.
'[T]he lasting impression is of our critic's truly amazing breadth of reference' – Times Literary Supplement
Collecting his work from the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, this book contains engaging, informed discussions of such writers as Bernard Levin, Gore Vidal, John le Carré, Anthony Burgess, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden and Vladimir Nabokov.
The four sections – In a Free Society; Fact Meets Fiction; Poetry, Criticism & Aesthetics, and The Giant in the East – together provide a lively image of literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The last section concerns Russian literature, the pieces written during the days of the Soviet Union and all the more fascinating for this context.
'"Literature"', [James] writes, "says most things itself, when it is allowed to." Criticism like this expands that allowance and adds to its pleasure' – Observer
Clive James (1939–2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes and collected in Clive James On Television. His encyclopaedic study of culture and politics in the twentieth century, Cultural Amnesia, remains perhaps the definitive embodiment of his wide-ranging talents as a critic.
Praise for Clive James:
'The perfect critic' – A.O. Scott, New York Times
'There can't be many writers of my generation who haven't been heavily influenced by Clive James' – Charlie Brooker
'A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer' – Verity Lambert
'[T]he lasting impression is of our critic's truly amazing breadth of reference' – Times Literary Supplement
Collecting his work from the late 1970s and into the early 1980s, this book contains engaging, informed discussions of such writers as Bernard Levin, Gore Vidal, John le Carré, Anthony Burgess, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden and Vladimir Nabokov.
The four sections – In a Free Society; Fact Meets Fiction; Poetry, Criticism & Aesthetics, and The Giant in the East – together provide a lively image of literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The last section concerns Russian literature, the pieces written during the days of the Soviet Union and all the more fascinating for this context.
'"Literature"', [James] writes, "says most things itself, when it is allowed to." Criticism like this expands that allowance and adds to its pleasure' – Observer
Clive James (1939–2019) was a broadcaster, critic, poet, memoirist and novelist. His much-loved, influential and hilarious television criticism is available both in individual volumes and collected in Clive James On Television. His encyclopaedic study of culture and politics in the twentieth century, Cultural Amnesia, remains perhaps the definitive embodiment of his wide-ranging talents as a critic.
Praise for Clive James:
'The perfect critic' – A.O. Scott, New York Times
'There can't be many writers of my generation who haven't been heavily influenced by Clive James' – Charlie Brooker
'A wonderfully witty and intelligent writer' – Verity Lambert
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Clive James was the author of more than forty books. As well as essays, he published collections of literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England, May Week Was In June, North Face of Soho and The Blaze of Obscurity. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV, most notably as writer and presenter of the Postcard series of travel documentaries. He published several poetry collections, including the Sunday Times bestseller Sentenced to Life, and a translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller. In 1992 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and in 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins memorial medal for literature. He held honorary doctorates from Sydney University and the University of East Anglia. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013, an Officer of the Order of Australia. He died in 2019.
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