Bayley, John 1925-2015

The portable Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy( Book )

7 editions published between 1978 and 1986 in English and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This anthology contains the complete text of the play The Power of Darkness, the novelette The Kreutzer Sonata, ten short stories and philosophical, religious, social and critical writings including essays from What Is Art?

The power of delight : a lifetime in literature : essays, 1962-2002 by John Bayley( Book )

16 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"John Bayley swept to international fame with the publication of his memoirs about his late wife, the novelist Iris Murdoch, and the subsequent film of them, but for decades he has been known to readers the world over as perhaps the shrewdest and subtlest literary critic now writing. The Power of Delight gathers together for the first time the cream of a lifetime's work."--Jacket

Elegy for Iris by John Bayley( Book )

84 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in 10 languages and held by 610 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this memoir, Bayley describes the life he shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he coped emotionally and practically with the illness that beset the woman he loved and cherished

Selected essays by John Bayley( Book )

11 editions published in 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 491 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Housman's poems by John Bayley( Book )

16 editions published in 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Although Housman's three collections of poems, the third published posthumously, have remained continuously popular, they have not received much serious critical attention. John Bayley makes good the omission in this thorough and comprehensive re-appraisal of the whole oeuvre, placing Housman's achievement in the context of the poetry of his own time and of more recent European and American poetry. Close analysis and comparison with other poets--Hardy, Frost, Edward Thomas, Larkin, and Paul Celan--prove illuminating in relation to a poet who has usually been considered something of an odd man out, and even an anachronism in the modern era. Professor Bayley explores and explains the continuing appeal of the poetry to present-day readers, and the nature of the craftsmanship and psychology which lie behind its deceptive simplicities. The book will be a valuable introduction to Housman's achievement for the specialist and the poetry-lover alike."--Jacket

The wings of the dove by Henry James( Book )

20 editions published between 1965 and 2010 in English and held by 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this angel with a thumping bank account as a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate, scheming, passionate, poetic, also wants to live ... This edition of James's poignant and dramatic novel is based on the revised New York Edition. The cover pictures the Bronzino portrait which is the focus of the key scene in the book

The red hat by John Bayley( Book )

12 editions published between 1997 and 2014 in English and Japanese and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A romp starring three British art buffs who travel to The Hague for a Vermeer exhibition and become enmeshed in a terrorist plot full of sexual escapades and mistaken identities. A comedy of errors

The order of battle at Trafalgar, and other essays by John Bayley( Book )

13 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elegy for Iris by John Bayley( Recording )

3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Bayley writes about his wife, Iris Murdoch, the eminent novelist and philosopher, who died at age 79 of Alzheimer's disease. With great compassion he re-creates their life together and poignantly describes the mask that descended over Iris's being with the progression of her disease

Iris and her friends : a memoir of memory and desire by John Bayley( Book )

9 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Herinneringen van de auteur aan het laatste jaar met zijn vrouw, de Engelse schrijfster Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), die aan de ziekte van Alzheimer leed