Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

With his 1931 novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley crafted one of the most significant dystopias in literary history.

In den Brennpunkt-Analysen in diesem Band werden Katastrophen, Krisen und Verlusterfahrungen zum Ausgangspunkt des Erzahlens uber Frauen, deren Lebensgeschichten durch eine Gratwanderung zwischen Unterwerfung und Selbstermachtigung gepragt sind.

Jane Austen is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English literary canon, and recent film and television adaptations of her works have brought them to a new audience almost 200 years after her untimely death.

James Boswell's relish for life, unflinching honesty and wide social contacts make him one of the raciest and most entertaining of all diarists.

Jane Austen is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English literary canon, and recent film and television adaptations of her works have brought them to a new audience almost 200 years after her untimely death.

Fernando del Paso (Ciudad de Mexico, 1935-2018) fue uno de los escritores mas relevantes de la literatura mexicana del siglo XX.

This book, written by the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Niels Thulstrup, provides the first comprehensive treatment of this issue.

Arguing that the comic is a quality of literary works of art in other forms as well as comedy, George McFadden finds its essence in the maintenance of some literary feature--a situation, a character--as itself despite threats to alter it.

Comedy cannot be understood as an abstract critical concept, argues Roger Henkle; it 'must be studied in specific cultural and historical contexts.

Van Deyssel, in de aanval, in de verdediging en intiem'Proza' bevat een bloemlezing uit het werk van Lodewijk van Deyssel.

Kristien Hemmerechts was in de jaren '80 en '90 van de vorige eeuw de bekendste, meest geliefde en meest gehate schrijfster van België.

Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.

Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery.

A dramatic reworking of the vampire myth in a way that only Brian Aldiss can.

Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of 'The Corrections'.

Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents.

A fascinating, lively account of the making of the King James Bible.

El reconocimiento internacional y su condicion de escritor iconico parecen dejar a Borges a salvo de las disputas, aunque todavia pesan sobre el estigmas o prejuicios que para algunos lectores funcionan como barreras infranqueables.

Erkundungen in den Gedankenwelten einer auergewohnlichen Intellektuellen, die in der Umbruchszeit um 1800 alles neu bedenken musste.

Proust y otros estudios literarios reune los textos -articulos, prologos, conferencias, discursos- en los que Paul Valery (1871-1945) se ocupo de poetas y novelistas, dramaturgos y "e;hombres de letras"e;, motivos literarios, obras y topicos.

Postkoloniale Stimmen fordern ein Denken von den Randern ein und Eurozentrismen heraus.

Erkundungen in den Gedankenwelten einer auergewohnlichen Intellektuellen, die in der Umbruchszeit um 1800 alles neu bedenken musste.

Christianity Today Book of the Year award of MeritWe generally assume that those sitting around us in church share our beliefs.

'What a marvellous book this is .

With an introduction by comedian and novelist David BaddielA novel in seven volumes, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is considered a major literary work of the twentieth century.

In Boyhood, J.

The complete collection of Tolkien's essays, including two on Beowulf, which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years after The Lord of the Rings.

James's correspondents included presidents and prime ministers, painters and great ladies, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H.

Why do certain books, films, and songs seem to know what is coming long before the rest of the world?

Embark on a journey through the life behind the mother of cozy mysteries like Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None with this captivating literary biography and stunning celebration of Agatha Christie.

'An incredible read.

'Amis has no faults.

Im Essener Norden der 60er und 70er Jahre, zwischen Kiosken, Kneipen und Fuballstadien, wachst Schulabbrecher Uli im Schatten der Zeche Zollverein auf.

'Detailed and impeccably researched.

Bis kurz vor seinem Tod im Dezember 1966 arbeitete Heimito von Doderer akribisch an seinem letzten Werk, dem Roman No 7/II: Der Grenzwald, in dem er Erinnerungen und Motive seines Schreibens seit der sibirischen Kriegsgefangenschaft 1916-1920 verarbeitete.

'THE SUN' EBOOK OF THE WEEKFrom the brilliant author of 'Black Boxes' comes a gritty and heartfelt novella with a twist: 99 Reasons, 11 endings, your pick.

'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' SpectatorHere are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents.

A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer.

'Entrancing, compelling, and beautifully written.

An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist.

Something between a tale and a polemic, these "e;fables of reason"e; are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing.

Collins Classics brings you a haunting selection of the finest horror stories from classic literature - featuring works by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley - with additional content.

From one of America's best loved authors comes this collection of WWII novels.

'Sand seems as alive as if she had just walked out of the room.

A spirited defence of Tolkien's mythological creation and its increasing relevance for the real world.

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age.

Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' - her own autobiography.

"e;Sumptuous.

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