Brendan King is a freelance writer, reviewer and translator with a special interest in late nineteenth-century French fiction. His Ph.D. was on the life and work of J.-K.Huysmans.He has translated La-Bas, Parisian Sketches, Marthe, Against Nature, Stranded, The Cathedral, The Vatard Sisters and Drifting by J.-K. Huysmans for Dedalus.He has also edited The Life of J.-K.Huysmans by Robert Baldick for Dedalus.He lives in Paris.
13 كتب إلكترونية بواسطة Brendan King
Joris-Karl Huysmans: Parisian Sketches
Intense, meticulously observed impressions of 1870s' Paris Das E-Book Parisian Sketches wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …
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Joris-Karl Huysmans: Against Nature
Study of obsession and aesthetics in fin-de-siecle France. Das E-Book Against Nature wird angeboten von Dedalus und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …
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Joris-Karl Huysmans & Brendan King: The Cathedral
Ahymn to Gothic art and the glories of Chartres Cathedral. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an …
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Joris-Karl Huysmans & Brendan King: The Vatard Sisters
Story of 2 Parisian working-class sisters at the end of the 19thc ‘ A powerful and outstanding work.’ Gustave Flaubert ‘The Vatard Sisters brought Huysmans to the notice of the public and revealed …
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Joris-Karl Huysmans & Brendan King: Stranded
Grasping peasants and a crumbling chateau make life hell in the countryside. J.-K. Huysmans'
Stranded (En Rade 1887), published just three years after the iconoclastic
Against Nature, sees him …
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Joris-Karl Huysmans & Brendan King: Marthe
One of the first French novels to deal with prostitution in Paris. First published in 1876, Marthe was an important landmark in J.-K. Huysmans’s literary career: it was the 28-year old writer’s first …
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Robert Baldick & Brendan King: The Life of J.-K.Huysmans
Definitive biography of one of the great late 19th century novelists Das E-Book wird angeboten von und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert: …
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J.-K. Huysmans: DRIFTING
The misfortunes of Jean Folantin, a downtrodden clerk working for the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, form the subject of J.-K. Huysmans’ blackly comic novella, Drifting (À vau-l’eau). At first …
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J.-.K. Huysmans: Modern Art
First published in 1883, but never before translated into English, this collection of J.-K. Huysmans’ art criticism reveals the author of Against Nature to be as combative in his aesthetic opinions …
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King Brendan King: Beryl Bainbridge
Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the most popular and recognisable English novelists of her generation.She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and her critically acclaimed novels The …
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J.-K. Huysmans: Certain Artists
Certain Artists makes for compelling reading. Huysmans’ idiosyncratic assessments throw light on his aesthetic preoccupations, past and present, and hint at the spiritual journey he was about to …
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Brendan King: Young Black Street Masculinities
This book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London navigate the estate’s expectations for their behaviour as they operate within a street code that endorses violence, …
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J.-K. Huysmans: The Oblate
This is the final part in the spiritual journey of Durtal, J.-K. Huysmans’ alter ego. From the satanism of La-Bas (1891), he makes his way to the foot of the cross and embraces Roman Catholicism, …
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