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The biography delves into the life of Robert Redford, revealing the complexities behind his celebrated Hollywood persona. Known for iconic roles and his dedication to environmental issues and independent filmmaking, Redford shares insights into his journey, offering a deeper understanding of his motivations and passions. Collaborating closely with the author, he provides a candid look at his career and personal life, making this an enlightening exploration of a multifaceted figure in the entertainment industry.

Richard Harris was a genius whose frenzied existence sometimes overshadowed his enormous talent. Over 45 years, his career spanned small theatrical productions and Hollywood blockbusters. Renowned for his roles in classics like Mutiny on the Bounty, A Man Called Horse, Camelot, The Field, and Unforgiven, Harris’ off-screen drinking and womanizing with fellow hell-raisers Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole also brought him notoriety. Although few people accompanied Harris for any duration on the roller-coaster ride of his life, award-winning writer, director, and fellow Irishman Michael Feeney Callan joined the ride and stayed the course. After striking up a warm friendship with the actor in the mid-‘70s, Callan embarked on an authorized biography. To mark Richard Harris’ passing, Callan has revisited and expanded on his original book to create this fresh and revealing tribute.

Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival.

Focusing on the life journey of celebrated actor Richard Harris, this intimate biography reveals his rise from humble beginnings in Limerick, Ireland, to acclaimed performances on stage and in iconic films. Author Michael Feeney Callan, a friend of Harris, draws from extensive interviews with the actor and those close to him, capturing the passions that fueled his success in works like This Sporting Life and the Harry Potter series. Praised for its thoroughness and entertainment, this account promises to be the definitive exploration of Harris' remarkable life.

We have grown accustomed to understanding world literature as a collection of national or linguistic traditions bound together in the universality of storytelling. Michael Allan challenges this way of thinking and argues instead that the disciplinary framework of world literature, far from serving as the neutral meeting ground of national literary traditions, levels differences between scripture, poetry, and prose, and fashions textual forms into a particular pedagogical, aesthetic, and ethical practice. In the Shadow of World Literature examines the shift from Qur'anic schooling to secular education in colonial Egypt and shows how an emergent literary discipline transforms the act of reading itself. The various chapters draw from debates in literary theory and anthropology to consider sites of reception that complicate the secular/religious divide—from the discovery of the Rosetta stone and translations of the Qur'an to debates about Charles Darwin in the modern Arabic novel. Through subtle analysis of competing interpretative frames, Allan reveals the ethical capacities and sensibilities literary reading requires, the conceptions of textuality and critique it institutionalizes, and the forms of subjectivity it authorizes. A brilliant and original exploration of what it means to be literate in the modern world, this book is a unique meditation on the reading practices that define the contours of world literature.

Among European actors Sean Connery is unparalleled in his achievements. Having extended his career from theatrical successes through every genre of film, as James Bond he became the backbone of the most lucrative movie franchise in history.Born in an Edinburgh tenement, Sean Connery later served time as a milkman, cabinet polisher and art model. He turned to acting on a whim, and early onstage success in South Pacific translated into a TV and movie career. Taking his talents such as The Name of the Rose, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His role as Jimmy Malone in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables won him an Academy Award, which many saw as recongnition of a body of superlative screen creations over twenty years.

Robert Redford - jeden z najbardziej podziwianych twórców swojego pokolenia. Obsypany Oskarami aktor filmowy i teatralny, reżyser i producent, wielki entuzjasta kina niezależnego i twórca kultowego festiwalu Sundance. Jego role w takich filmach jak Żądło, Wszyscy ludzie prezydenta, Pożegnanie z... číst celé