{"product_id":"creating-literature-out-of-life","title":"Creating Literature Out of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the creative process in four classic works: \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eRubáiyát\u003ci\u003e of Mar Khayyám, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e War and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e Creating Literature Out of Life\u003c\/i\u003e examines four very dissimilar masterpieces and their authors in search of evidence that will answer some of the many questions in the great mystery of creativity. Crossing boundaries of period, nation, and genre, the study looks into the \"why\" and \"how\" of the creation of Thomas Mann's \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e, Edward FitzGerald's \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003eRubáiyát\u003ci\u003e of Mar Khayyám\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lev Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoris Alexander finds that each of these works was compelled by an urgent life problem of its author, some of them partly conscious, others completely unconscious, which worked in harmony and counterpoint with the author's conscious theme to shape his work. She traces an interconnected nexus of memories—personal experiences, ideas, readings—that came alive in response to the author's problem and served as a reservoir out of which his characters, his images, his story line, and the emotional tone of his work emerged. \u003ci\u003eCreating Literature Out of Life\u003c\/i\u003e tells the exciting story of how Mann, Stevenson, FitzGerald, and Tolstoy fought out their major life battles in their works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224735306072,"sku":"9780271026114","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780271026114.jpg?v=1771330547","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/creating-literature-out-of-life","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}