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Talking about Detective Fiction(2009) JAMES, P. D.From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detectivVezava: Trda20,07 € -
Geographies of David Foster Wallace's Novels(2022) MCRAE ANDREW, LAURIE (VISITING LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)Explores the relationship between geography and David Foster Wallace’s novelsVezava: Trda125,15 € -
Plotting Disability in the Nineteenth-Century Novel(2021) WALKER GORE, CLARE (JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)This book takes an exciting new approach to characterisation and plot in the Victorian novel, examining the vital narrative work performed by disabled characters.Vezava: Mehka43,23 € -
Hardy, Conrad and the Senses(2021) EPSTEIN, HUGH (DR HUGH EPSTEIN IS A RETIRED COLLEGE LECTURER AND THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF THE JOSEPH CONRAD SOCIETY., RETIRED)This book reads the highly descriptive impressionist writings of Hardy and Conrad together in the light of a shared attention to sight and sound.Vezava: Mehka43,23 € -
Fin-de-Siecle Scottish Revival(2021) SHAW, MICHAEL (LECTURER IN SCOTTISH LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING)This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-siècle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and artists including Robert Louis Stevenson, Patrick Geddes, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mona CaVezava: Mehka43,23 € -
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Oxford Literature Companions: The Handmaid's Tale(2018) FOX, ANNIEThis guide is ideal for use in the classroom or for revision, providing insight into characterisation, contexts and critical views, along with activities that prompt a closer analysis of the writer's language and techniques.Vezava: Mehka19,59 € -
Aspects of the Novel (Penguin Classics)(2005) FORSTER, E.M.An analysis, in which, the author rejects the 'pseudoscholarship' of historical criticism - 'that great demon of chronology' - that considers writers in terms of the period in which they wrote and instead asks us to imagine the great novelists working togVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lion's World(2012) WILLIAMS, ROWANA compelling account of the Narnia novels, unlocking their Christian symbolism and exploring the moral and spiritual wisdom that C. S. Lewis intended to convey. Answers contemporary critics of Lewis (such as Philip Pullman) over charges of sexism, violenVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
The Gods Will Have Blood (Penguin Classics)(1979) FRANCE, ANATOLE,DAVIES, FREDERICKVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Autobiography(2018) MARCUS, LAURA (GOLDSMITHS' PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD)Autobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. Laura Marcus defines what autobiographies are, considering their relationship with similar literary forms, and analysing the core themes in autobiographical writing. She also discusses how autobioVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Violent Bear It Away(1980)Flannery O'Connor's second and final novel, a dark and absorbing southern Gothic conflict between the sacred and the profane. The Violent Bear It Away was described on its publication as 'one of the most original and strange books of its decade' by theVezava: Mehka14,01 €
