Showing results for "Souvenir" in Literary History & Criticism

Bloomsbury presents Souvenir by Rolf Potts, read by Adam Sims. Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. For as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these...

The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection of poems was published to raise money for the society's annual bazaar. The collection included contributions from 'marquee' poets of the time, including Charles Swain and Agnes Strickland, and Thomas Hood provided an entertaining preface on poetry as food for the mind. It also found space for several of the local school of poets, who were determined to show the world that Manchester was not just a centre of industry and trade. In addition to poems by Ner Gardiner, ...

Écrire son histoire de A à Z : un podcast de Karine Piganeau, biographe Écrire son histoire est une aventure pleine de rebondissements, d’obstacles à franchir, de caps à dépasser. Et puisque c’est bien d’écriture qu’il s’agit, un abécédaire semble tout indiqué pour éclairer la lanterne de ceux que tente l’équipée.Comment faire ? À quel prix ? Avec qui ? Y a-t-il des « trucs » à connaître ? Des pièges à éviter ? Ce podcast dévoile de A à Z tous les dessous d’une autobiographie réussie.Des questions restent en suspens ? Il suffit de prendre ...