The Fire of Joy
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In the last book he completed before he died, Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget.






In the last book he completed before he died, Clive James offers a personal guide to the poems he found it impossible to forget.
Clive James the essayist and cultural critic at his brilliant best - a dizzyingly erudite tour of twentieth-century culture.
This memoir series offers a blend of humor and poignancy, chronicling the extraordinary life of Clive James, a renowned author, poet, and broadcaster. Spanning three volumes, it captures his unique experiences and reflections, showcasing his wit and insight. The critically-acclaimed series has resonated with readers, selling over a million copies, and provides a compelling narrative of personal and professional triumphs and challenges.
The fifth volume of Clive James's memoirs - Clive James on TV in book form.
A new collection of deeply moving and life-affirming poems from one of our most cherished, critically acclaimed and bestselling writers.
Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Philip Larkin.
A soaring autobiographical poem, meditating on death and celebrating life, from one of our most cherished, critically acclaimed and bestselling writers.
A collection of essays, both illuminating and humourous, by Clive James. He focuses on Australian poetry, television, the rise and fall of various icons, the holocaust, the state of culture in the 1990s, and the death of Diana.
Containing more than 100 original essays organized by quotations, James illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the 20th century. 110 photographs.
Accompanying Clive James's BBC Television series, this book traces how the invention and development of mass communications - press, radio, film and television - has transformed the nature of fame, and how the famous have dealt with that fame.