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Jan Morris By Paul Clements

Jan Morris by Paul Clements


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This is a full-length study of the life and work of Jan Morris, one of Britain's foremost travel essayists and historians. It takes a critical look at the writer who after spending more than 40 years as a man, underwent a sex change in the 1970s and became a woman.

Jan Morris Summary

Jan Morris by Paul Clements

This is the first full-length study of Jan Morris, one of Britain's foremost travel essayist and popular historians. It takes a critical look at a unique writer who after spending more than forty years as a man, underwent a sex-change in the 1970s and became a woman. The book outlines Morris's early life and education as James. It focuses on his early journalistic career when in 1953, as The Times correspondent, he took part in the British conquest of Everest and scooped the world with his reports. Morris's writings span nearly fifty years. Since the 1950s she has been a major figure in journalism and travel writing in both Britain and the United States. This book examines her writing technique and the style she uses in evoking the spirit of a place. It looks at her talent as a prolific author of romantic and imaginative prose in such books as The Matter of Wales, The Presence of Spain and Venice. As a historian she is best known for her trilogy on the British Empire, Pax Britannica, a powerful reconstruction of the empire and an enduring work of literary history. The book also looks at her most recent work Fifty Years of Europe. For those coming fresh to Jan Morris, it provides an introductory overview of her style - of the unique and peculiar words she uses - and her ability, through descriptive and imaginative prose, to capture the spirit of a place.

Jan Morris Reviews

...the life and substantial literary output of Jan Morris deserve more. In Paul Clements's lively book - not a biography, but the first major study of this renowned author - they are given comprehensive coverage, and she emerges as a passionate, driven character, ever open to new experiences, and literally full of the joys of life. Irish Times....extremely well-researched...' Planet

About Paul Clements

Paul Clements is a journalist with BBC Northern Ireland radio and television news. He is a Fellow of Green College, Oxford.

Additional information

GOR002098778
9780708314708
0708314708
Jan Morris by Paul Clements
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of Wales Press
19980828
175
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