Shrank, C. (2017) Genesis of genius. Times Literary Supplement (5985). p. 12. ISSN 0307-661X
Abstract
On its website, SPCK promises that its “Very Brief Histories” are “short, accessible, and written by world experts in their subjects”. Melvyn Bragg’s biography of William Tyndale is short and accessible, but its author – as he almost admits in the preface – is not an expert: he is an enthusiast. The reader thus gets an enjoyably pacy read, with plenty of one-sentence paragraphs to ramp up tension. Bragg’s often emotional experience of encountering Tyndale also features prominently. The last of eight glossy pictures in the middle of the book captures the author, in profile, staring solemnly through a window in the building that now stands on the site of Tyndale’s final imprisonment.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Times Literary Supplement Limited 2018. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2018 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2018 14:40 |
Published Version: | https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/genesis... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Times Literary Supplement Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129042 |