books by Humphrey Carpenter

books by Humphrey Carpenter

books:

Humphrey Carpenter

J. R. R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter

Houghton Mifflin, 2000

An interesting and enlightening read
Do you want to understand J.R.R. Tolkien and his fantastic stories? I mean, really understand them? Then you must get this book. This book is a collection of letters from the great man, ranging from a World War I love letter to a note written to his daughter just ...

Benjamin Britten: A Biography

Humphrey Carpenter

Scribner, 1993

Good Narrative; Weaker Analysis
This is a good but not outstanding biography of the great Benjamin Britten. Carpenter was well equipped to tackle Britten's life. An experienced biographer, some of his prior work, like his very good biography of Auden, covers the same period and some of the same ...

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Humphrey Carpenter

Houghton Mifflin, 2000

Spectacular Job
J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the world's most famous and well-known authors. He has and will continue to inspire the written works of others. His famous The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Silmarillion, and his other books about middle-earth have been read by millions ...

Mr Majeika & the School Play (Young Puffin Story Books)
Humphrey Carpenter

Penguin UK, 1999

Founders of Faith: The Buddha by Michael Carrithers; Confucius by Raymond Dawson; Jesus by Humphrey ...
Michael Carrithers, Raymond Dawson, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 1990

The Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad each founded a system of thought which in its own way has shaped the lives and thinking of countless generations across the world. This unique volume presents four self-contained studies of the founders of the world's greatest religious traditions. Originally written for the Past Masters series, these ...

The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and their Friends

Humphrey Carpenter

Ballantine Books, 1981

A biography of some of the great writers of our century
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were two of the most innovative and popular authors of our century. They, and other, less popular authors (e.g. Charles Williams, Owen Barfield) were friends, and met regularly at Oxford to read their new works aloud to each other, and ...

The Inklings: A Group of Writers whose literary fantasies still fire the imagination of all those who seek a ...

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

The Seven Lives of John Murray: The Story of a Publishing Dynasty
Humphrey Carpenter

John Murray, 2008

From the burning of Byrons memoirs, Jane Austens clipped businesslike manner, and the lucrative controversy caused by the publication ofDarwinOrigin of Species, through to the discovery of the new young poet John Betjeman, the name John Murray has for more than two hundred years been synonymous with challenging, intelligent and progressive ...

A Serious Character: The Life of Ezra Pound

Humphrey Carpenter

Delta, 1990

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 ...

Dennis Potter a Biography

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 ...

Spike Milligan
Humphrey Carpenter

Coronet Books, 2004

Spike Milligan was one of our best-loved comics as well as one of our most original. In this first major assessment of Spike's life and career, the highly respected biographer Humphrey Carpenter has - through copious research and access to many of those closest to the great man - unearthed a character who could be as difficult and contradictory as ...

Secret Gardens (The Golden Age of Children's Literature)
Humphrey Carpenter

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

A golden age of childrens classics in one anthology. From Alice in wonderland to Winnie-The-Pooh; creating the secret gardens of childhood literatures.

Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends

Humphrey Carpenter

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1989

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" ...

Mr Majeika and the School Book Week (Young Puffin Story Books)
Humphrey Carpenter

Penguin UK, 1999

'Oh dear,' said Mr. Majeika, 'I seem to have made the spell too strong.' Class Three has fun during Book Week, when famous storybook characters suddenly appear! But there's trouble ahead with Wilhemina Worlock, the witch at the school's Olympic Sports Day...Will Mr. Majeika manage to magic up a solution?

The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (Oxford Companions)

Humphrey Carpenter, Mari Prichard

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

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 ...