The Collection

During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book rev iews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of so cial and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisi ve and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a wri ter.Since 1986, Ackroyd has been chief book reviewer for The Times, and in this capacity he has reviewed some of the most important biographies and no vels published over the last fifteen years. A selection of his Times review s are included here. These reviews, and his articles for the Sunday Times d isplay his characteristic attitudes to literature and art. They also throw interesting lights on his own work as a prize-winning novelist and biograph er.The Collection also contains a number of Ackroyd's interesting and provo cative lectures on 'The Englishness of English literature', 'London Luminar ies and Cockney Visionaries' and 'William Black, a Spiritual Radical'. In a ddition, several essays on subjects such as Ackroyd's own writing and conte mporary painters such as Frank Auerbach have been included. Finally, three of Ackroyd's short stories have been reproduced, one of which was his first published work of fiction.The Collection is a revealing and fascinating an thology of Ackroyd's ideas and preoccupations. As such, it is the ideal com panion volume to his novels and biographies. With the exception of five pie ces, none of the writing contained in this volume has ever been collected- The Collection also contains much previously unpublished material.

Product Info

ISBN: 0099428946

ISBN-13: 9780099428947

Publisher: Random House

Year: 2002

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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