"Stalin on Linguistics" and Other Essays

These essays by Piers Gray, one of the most brilliant literary writers of his generation, range from Oscar Wilde to Levin, from Shakespeare to pulp fiction, use the full resources of literary and linguistic analysis to produce a reading of European culture and society in the 20th century.

Piers Gray was one of the most brilliant literary writers of his generation. These essays ranging from Oscar Wilde to Levin, from Shakespeare to pulp fiction, use the full resources of literary and linguistic analysis to produce a reading of European culture and society in the 20th century. In his final essay before his death "On Linearity", Gray summons all his reading and knowledge to deliver his final judgement on life and death.

Introduction
C.MacCabe Wallace Steven's Harmonium: The Course of a Particular On the Use of the Sonnet in Romeo and Juliet or 'But Where's the Bloody Horse?' The Community of Interpretation: T.S.Eliot and Josiah Royce Hong Kong, Shanghai, The Great Wall: Bernard Shaw in China The Comedy of Suffering Totalitarian Logic: Stalin on Linguistics Oaths and Laughter and Indecent Speech On Linearity Appendix: Brief Memoirs of Piers Gray Piers in Hong Kong: D.MacShane Language: Black, White and Shades of Gray
R.Harris Index