The Puppet Show of Memory (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Maurice Baring

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451000669 ISBN 13 : 9781451000665

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

In The Puppet Show of Memory, Maurice Baring invites readers to walk through a life shaped by memory.

This moving memoir blends childhood scenes with bursts of cultural and theatrical history. From a London nursery and a country home to the glimmer of summer nights and revered stage legends, the book threads intimate recollections with broad reflections on how memory selects what to keep.

- Vivid scenes of the nursery, family life, and early, shaping moments in London and the countryside -Reflections on summers at Coombe Cottage and the magic of a perfect night in nature

• Portraits of theater, artists, and their enduring influence on art and culture
• Thoughts on memory itself, memory as an artist, and the way past moments illuminate the present

Ideal for readers of literary memoirs and cultural history, who enjoy personal history braided with art and performance.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Messrs. Methuen for allowing me to use in Chapters XVI.-XIX. some matter which has already appeared in AY ear in Russia and Russian Essays, two books published by them; to Mr. Leo Maxe for allowing me to use an article on Sarah Bernhardt which appeared in the National Review and has been re-written for this book; to Father C. C. Martindale and Mr. Desmond Mc Carthy for kindly correcting the proofs. M. B.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in London in 1874, Maurice Baring was a man of letters, a scion of a family long prominent in the financial ventures of the British Empire. The son of the 1st Baron Revelstoke (a director of the Bank of England and a senior partner at Baring Bros.) he was educated at Eton and at Cambridge, and joined the diplomatic service in 1898. In 1904 he became a journalist and reported the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria; later he was a correspondent in Russia and Constantinople. He is credited with having discovered Chekov's work in Moscow and helping to introduce it to the West. Baring is remembered as a versatile, prolific and highly successful writer, who produced articles, plays, biographies, criticism, poetry, translations, stories and novels. He is regarded as a representative of the social culture that flourished in England before World War I, his work highly regarded to this day for the acute intimate portraits of the time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451000669
• ISBN 13: 9781451000665
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 476
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