Böcker av Michael Wilding

First published in 1980, Political Fictions is a work of literary criticism with emphasis on the specific handling of literary forms. Wilding has selected six such writers: Mark Twain, William Morris, Jack London, D.H. Lawrence, Arthur Koestler, and George Orwell.

Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of 19th century Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theatre, journalism and publishing.