books by Humphrey Carpenter     books:       The Seven Lives of John Murray: The Story of a Publishing Dynasty1 review Humphrey Carpenter John Murray, 2009 A Wonderful Look at Two Centuries of British Publishing This is just a wonderfully informal and informative look at the history of John Murray publishers, first established in London in 1768. The seven lives referred to in the title are the successive John Murrays who headed the house until it was acquired in 2002 by Hodder Headline, though it still is somewhat independent. The history of the book has become a hot topic in recent years, and although ...             The Letters40 reviews J. R. R. Tolkien HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1981 Personal Insights Into Tolkien And His World I consider this volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's letters, edited by his official biographer Humphrey Carpenter, to be among the most essential of his works. In these letters, collected from his youth until his last few months of life, we see Tolkien's personality and the evolution of his thinking about his created worlds at its finest. Tolkien was one of the great letter writers of all time. ...             The Inklings: A Group of Writers Whose Literary Fantasies Still Fire the Imagination of All Those Who Seek a ...6 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 1979 Buy it from the UK Amazon site This is a great book but don't be sucked into buying it for 150 dollers goto the UK site and get it for 8 bucks. Ships just as fast. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0261103474/ref=sr_aps_books_1_2/026-5367973-8334817             J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography38 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2004 A Surprisingly Pleasant Read When I set about to read this book, I greatly feared that I'd be bored before I reached chapter two. Biographies have never seemed particularly appealing, especially those of authors. Yet I really wanted to learn a little more about Tolkien and the influences in his life that led to the creation of Middle Earth, so I prepared to suffer through. Carpenter, however, has a very conversational tone ...             Serious Character: The Life of Ezra Pound5 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988 A balanced, witty, and hugely enjoyable biography. A SERIOUS CHARACTER : The Life of Ezra Pound. By Humphrey Carpenter. 1005 pages. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. ISBN 0-395-41678-7. No matter what one may think of Ezra Pound as a writer - whether he was a genius or a buffoon or a mixture of both - there can be no doubt that he was one of the most colorful and dynamic characters of the era, and that he led a rich and fascinating life ...             A Great, Silly Grin4 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Da Capo, 2003 Grin or Grimace? Carpenter examines English cultural values during the years immediately following World War Two and focuses specifically on the 1960's when students from Oxford and Cambridge universities (with others) challenged those values with immensely entertaining satire. Theirs were significant contributions to a tradition of creative ridicule which extends back more than 2,500 years. Of course, Chaucer, ...             Jesus (Past masters series)1 review Humphrey Carpenter Oxford Univ Pr (T), 1980 Jesus in his historical aspect! This book is one of the best books written about Jesus in his historical aspect,it tells that how Jesus reacted against Jewish Halakha's domination during his lifetime and how evident, authentic and logical could all acclamation about Jesus be? how was his attitude toward Torah? There are even more outstanding glances and points of view regarding Jesus: What could the origin of his miracles ...             Inklings6 reviews Humphrey Carpenter HARPER COLLINS 1 PAP, 2006 "The Inklings": An Insightful and Amazing Biography! If you're interested in the history and lives of famous 20th century authors, this book is definitely for you. "The Inklings" is a delightful peek into the world of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, retelling the lives of several great authors. Among these are C.S. Lewis, author of the Chronicles of Narnia series; J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings"; Charles Williams, a somewhat less ...             Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits2 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Chivers North America, 2002 Definately NOT boring This audio book is absolutely a riot. I have read all the plays which were rewritten and I thought that Carpenter did an outstanding job of accurately recreating these stories. Each story had its own special twist to it and though some were taken out of its historical time, they still fit the original story. I highly recommend this to anyone who has longed to become aquainted with Shakespeare's ...             BRIDESHEAD GEN PA3 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Mariner Books, 1992 Serious and Amusing This is an admirable book, well written, balanced and well researched. After a slightly hesitant start, the scene shifts to Oxford in the early twenties; it comes across as a very dissolute place, with distinct homosexual undertones. The noticeable "public school" backdrop leaves you wondering why anyone should send their child to an English boarding school (at very great expense, incidentally). ...             Robert Runcie: The Reluctant Archbishop3 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Hodder & Stoughton, 1999 Unconventional, indiscreet, entertaining.....and undeserved When Humphrey Carpenter's authorized biography of Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, was published a year ago in England it produced a firestorm. Outraged cries of betrayal were aimed at both author and subject, and Lord Runcie was called everything from "blabbermouth" to "worthy successor to Judas Iscariot". Runcie himself disowned the biography, adding in a postscript: ...             The Angry Young Men: A Literary Comedy of the 1950s Humphrey Carpenter Penguin Books Ltd, 2004             Dennis Potter a Biography3 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Faber Faber Inc, 1999 Dennis Potter Explained Dennis Potter wrote remarkable things about ordinary people. He may be best remembered for his musical trilogy covering the '30s ("Pennies From Heaven"), '40's ("The Singing Detective"), and the '50s ("Lipstick On Your Collar") employing the device of using popular music to express the hidden thoughts of his characters ... and not new, emotion-charged renditions of the music of those times ...             TOLKIEN2 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Houghton Mifflin, 1977 Inspiring biography of J.R.R. Tolkien This very well written account of Tolkiens life as a boy, a husband, writer and professor takes you away from where you are into the heart of Tolkien's being. It covers his writtings in depth, the making of languages, of peoples, of maps. But also his academic life, Beowulf, the Islandic Saga, the inklings, his relationship with C.S. Lewis, his day-to-day habits, his children, his religion. It ...             J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography9 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Houghton Mifflin, 1988 The definitive biography of a man who hated biographies! Humphrey Carpenter has, in this book, (as well as in The Inklings, and The Letters of JRR Tolkien), presented a balanced and endearing vision of one of the most popular and beloved authors of the 20th century. Informative without being boring, detailed without being sentimental, this book is far superior to the later biography by Daniel Grotta. One thing which cannot be escaped is ...             Mr Majeika Vanishes1 review ePenguin, 2004 Amusing and exciting. This is a very amusing book and very funny. Like the other Mr. Majeika books it is very adventurous. He is a retired wizard although he still does magic and he is now a teacher at St Barty's where his students Joddy, Thomas and Pete help him out of a difficult scrape.             The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature1 review Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard Oxford University Press, USA, 1984 A Well Written Reference Work, mostly. This is a good book for fan's of Children's Literature, and it is definitely worth having, but it is not the absolute best. While reading this book keep in my mind that Carpenter puts in a great deal of his own opinion, and not what is neccesarily the general opinion in literary circles. (On a side note, it is my opinion that Carpenter's biography of Tolkien, a seperate book, is the difinitive ...             Geniuses Together2 reviews Humphrey Carpenter HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1987 Literary stars just beginning to shine Gertrude Stein called them the "Lost Generation," this motley amalgamation of talented and not-so-talented would-be (in the early 1920s) writers and expatriates. Stein was one, Natalie Clifford Barney, Sylvia Beach were others - all profiled in GENIUSES TOGETHER. The main narrative takes place between 1921 and 1928, the dates chosen because they encompass the years Hemingway and his associates ...             The Puffin Book of Classic Children's Stories1 review Penguin UK, 1999 A good sampler I picked this up at my university library to inform my classic children's library purchases - it was not disappointing. It contains well chosen extracts from 37 well known classic stories such as the wind in the willows, black beauty, the call of the wild and a Christmas carol. My only gripe is that the introduction by Humphrey Carpenter is not enough - I would have liked to see an introduction ...             Benjamin Britten a Biography5 reviews Humphrey Carpenter Faber Faber Inc, 2003 Fine by me I enjoyed this book tremendously. When I first heard there were naysayers about it I rushed to the web to see if there were glaring inaccuracies, but that does not seem to be the case. Corn Soup (another reviewer here) is simply wrong in saying that the book has "nary a word" on Britten's poorly paid staff, fawning on royalty, and particularly his ill-treatment of people once he was done with ...              search for books archbishop, benjamin, biography, brideshead, britten, character, children, classic, companion, dynasty, fantasies, geniuses, imagination, inklings, letters, literary, literature, majeika, masters, publishing, reality, reluctant, serious, shakespeare, stories, together, tolkien, vanishes, without, writers books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Burgess Boys: A Novel home  impressum - about us