Why Friendship Matters: Selected Writings (Macmillan Collector's Library) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1529032652 ISBN 13: 9781529032659

Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2020

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Some friendships need celebrating, some are hard to navigate, and some need a bit of tender love and care. Delve into this anthology for a tour of all aspects of friendship by your favourite classic authors.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by writer, academic and historian, Michèle Mendelssohn.

Why Friendship Matters is an inspiring collection that spans three centuries of writing and includes many favourite authors such as Michel de Montaigne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jane Austen. Readers will also discover lesser-known delights such as American writer Audre Lorde on her high school friendships and playwright Alice E. Ives writing about friendship between women.

Contributors from across the globe celebrate and investigate all aspects of friendship; the strength of its bonds, how it can hurt and how it runs deep.

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Michèle Mendelssohn is a literary critic and cultural historian. A Professor at Oxford University, she has written and co-edited books on authors such as Henry James and Oscar Wilde and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and a range of academic journals. She has appeared on international radio and television and given talks and lectures around the UK.

Selected writings from: Michel de Montaigne, Oscar Wilde, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ralph Walso Emerson, Jane Austen, Anne Isabella Thackeray, Alice E. Ives, Audre Lorde, Harriet Jacobs, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Francis Bacon

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‘Every man passes his life in the search after friendship’
Some friendships need celebrating, some are hard to navigate and some need a bit of tender love and care. Why Friendship Matters is an inspiring anthology spanning three centuries of writing about friendship.
Celebrated essayists such as Michel de Montaigne and Ralph Waldo Emerson delve into the nature of friendship. Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde’s stories alert us to its dangers, and, in her autobiography, Harriet Jacobs describes how its warmth and support can be lifesaving. Both Audre Lorde and Lucy Maud Montgomery explore teenage friendship and playwright Alice E. Ives writes about friendship between women.
These and many more contributors from across the globe offer a fascinating tour of friendship; the strength of its bonds, how it can hurt and how it runs deep.
Edited and introduced by Michèle Mendelssohn.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1529032652
• ISBN 13: 9781529032659
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Mendelssohn Michèle
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