The Gatekeeper
A Memoir
Oxford professor, best-selling author, preeminent literary critic, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, Terry Eagleton knows all about the claims of competing worlds. One of his earliest roles growing up Catholic in Protestant England was as the gatekeeper-the altar boy who at reverend mother's nod literally closed the door on young women taking the veil, separating the sanctity of the convent from earthly temptations and family obligations. Often scathingly funny, frequently tender, and always completely engaging, The Gatekeeper is Eagleton's memoirs, his deep-etched portraits of those who influenced him, either by example or by contrast:…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4668-5244-0
- EAN: 9781466852440
- Produktnummer: 22464160
- Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 232 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
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Terry Eagleton
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