Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life.

Literatur verstehen und interpretieren"Konnte man ohne einen Auftrag leben?

Der Band enthält Porträts von Ilse Aichinger, Hilde Domin, Geno Hartlaub, Marlen Haushofer, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Ilse Langner, Johanna Moosdorf, Ruth Rehmann, Unica Zürn.

Aida Míguez Barciela explora la literatura evocando a la vez problemas fundamentales en la historia de la filosofía: los límites de la razón en la interpretación de Swift, la relación del capital y la moral en las novelas de Balzac y Defoe, la cuestión de la libertad del individuo en las lecturas de Kafka y Henry James, así como el problema del arte y la vida en Thomas Mann y Yourcenar.

Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men.

'Snort up Cocaine Nights.

Este libro es el resultado de la lectura recurrente, entusiástica y arbitraria de las obras de un escritor que, a cuarenta años de su muerte, se deja leer con una frescura rara y que encuentra, mucho mejor que ningún otro de su tiempo, lectores cómplices: los famosos barojianos.

Die großen Themen der Literatur waren immer schon zeitlos.

'I, who would wish to feel close over me the protective waves of the ordinary, catch with the tail of my eye some far horizon.

'Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo 'So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative.

`Other works may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable vivacity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it.

El genio de Dostoievski se revela en la creación de una serie de personajes, por momentos irreales y desmesurados, pero casi siempre contradictorios en su miserable grandeza, que reflejan los conflictos sociales del momento junto con la afanosa búsqueda de un mundo interior.

What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality.

"Este libro exige releer a Kafka o al menos a mi me dieron ganas de hacerlo.

A gripping novel of love, passion, betrayal and heartbreak.

La postmodernidad debe entenderse como parte de un historico-cultural en el que se entrecruzan caminos diferentes.

Verena Stefan stellt literarische Texte vor, in denen die Protagonistin ein heranwachsendes Mädchen ist.

The sequel to 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'.

'Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.

A contemporary collection of stories by one of France's finest writers.

Four of Brian's acclaimed essay collections in one ebook.

A new novel from one of Britain's best-loved writer, Brian Aldiss OBE, set in and around his home-town of Oxford.

A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'.

From the internationally bestselling author of 'The Solace of Leaving Early', a funny, heartwrenching and unforgettable novel following the fortunes of a feisty young female pool hustler.

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize.

Roark Bradford's 1931 novel and 1939 play dealing with the legendary folk-hero John Henry (both titled John Henry) were extremely influential in their own time but have long been unavailable or extremely hard to find.

Collins Classics brings you a selection of the best-loved stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of literature's favourite detectives, Sherlock Holmes.

Drawing on years of experience, and thousands of readers comments and reviews of her writing, internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass provides a clear and concise, practical guide on writing and the best ways to get published.

A marriage and a family reach breaking point on an annual holiday in the loveliest hotel in Ireland.

A literary thriller with a heart.

A novel of urban deceit and rural passion, of doctors, witches, birth and death.

A distillation of our times: eleven short stories from this brilliant contemporary writer.

Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England.

Set in the second half of the eighteenth century, Barry Lyndon is the fictional autobiography of an adventurer and rogue whom the reader is led to distrust from the very beginning.

Set in the second half of the eighteenth century, Barry Lyndon is the fictional autobiography of an adventurer and rogue whom the reader is led to distrust from the very beginning.

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together.

Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England.

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together.

Trastornos en la sobremesa literaria reúne más de cin­cuenta artículos publicados por David Viñas a lo largo de casi tres décadas.

Hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century, Woolf was a central figure in the feminist criticism movement of the 1970s whose works inspired countless women to take up the cause.

"Ese monstruo llamado Roberto Arlt: mistagogo de la Década Infame, inventor de intrigas imposibles y creador de caracteres odiadores, esperpénticos y rumiantes.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of Julius Caesarand an easy-to-understand translation.