Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (1934-1995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction authors of the late twentieth century.
In this book, Maurice Samuels brings to light little known works of literature produced from 1830 to 1870 by the first generation of Jews born as French citizens.
This novel is a continuation of the book "The mystery of the leather portfolio,"however, the "Riddle of an ancient figurine" can be read as an independent work.
Fritz Mauthners Buch 'Nach berühmten Mustern: Parodische Studien' ist eine Sammlung von humorvollen und parodistischen Kurzgeschichten, die auf bekannten literarischen Werken basieren.
In 'Mademoiselle Sappho (Klassiker der Erotik)' nimmt der geheimnisvolle Autor Anonym die Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Welt der Sinnlichkeit und Leidenschaft.
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In 'Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol & Other Christmas Books', readers are treated to a collection of five classic Christmas tales by the renowned author Charles Dickens.
The first study of the translations of Andy Warhol's writing and ideas, Translating Warhol reveals how translation has alternately censored, exposed, or otherwise affected the presentation of his political and social positions and attitudes and, in turn, the value we place on his art and person.
La obra literaria de Homero Aridjis constituye una de las trayectorias más sólidas del ámbito hispánico contemporáneo, atravesada por las preocupaciones medioambientales que muestra el escritor mexicano desde muy temprano.
Die Arbeit ist der Versuch einer zusammenhängenden historisierenden Lektüre der wichtigsten Essays und fiktionalen Prosatexte des Schriftstellers Ronald M.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Magic, and especially performance magic, has been a part of crime fiction since its inception: both art forms surged in popularity in Western Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century and influenced each other in profound ways.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE GUERMANTES WAY (French Classics Series)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel demonstrates that archives continually speak to the period's rising funeral and mourning culture, as well as the increasing commodification of death and mourning typically associated with nineteenth-century practices.
Gothic death 1740-1914 explores the representations of death and dying in Gothic narratives published between the mid-eighteenth century and the beginning of the First World War.
In 'Die berühmtesten Werke von Mark Twain' werden Leser in die faszinierende Welt des Autors eingeführt, der für seinen humorvollen Schreibstil und seine scharfsinnige Beobachtungsgabe bekannt ist.
Mario Vargas Llosa's intellectual transformations, from socialism to pragmatism, and liberalism, are reflected in his political and historical fiction.
This is a complete reference work to the history of Batman big screen works, from the 1940s serials through the campy 1960s TV show and film, and up through the series of Warner Bros.
A sprawling epic that encompasses many worlds, parallel and alternate timelines, and the echoes between these disconnects, Stephen King's Dark Tower series spans the entirety of King's career, from The Gunslinger (limited edition 1982; revised in 2003) to The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012).
Irvine Welsh's fiction has defined an era, and this first full-length study provides a sustained textual and contextual analysis of all his work, from 'Trainspotting' and 'The Acid House' to 'Glue' and 'Porno'.
El estudio de la reescritura en los textos literarios ha despertado el interés crítico en el último medio siglo, especialmente en el ámbito del hispanismo.
'Moving, candid, vivid, it is all that we could hope for in a memoir of this unique and treasured writer' ROWAN WILLIAMS'An unusually intimate and affectionate portrait' PATRICK BARKHAM, GUARDIAN'As a boy I dreamed of scholars and saints wandering around markets and cornfields, and of artists and poets sitting under the trees.
Addressing their shared passion for literature, art, and music, this book documents how Samuel Beckett and David Bowie produce extraordinarily empathetic creative outputs that reflect the experience and the effect of alienation.
Scott's Shadow is the first comprehensive account of the flowering of Scottish fiction between 1802 and 1832, when post-Enlightenment Edinburgh rivaled London as a center for literary and cultural innovation.
'A first-rate biography of the man, the writer and the lover' DAVID HOCKNEY'Bucknell's research is impressive and her judgements astute' GUARDIANAn engrossing new biography of the man whose writings about 1930s Berlin made him famous.
The fin de siecle witnessed an extensive and heated debate about cosmopolitanism, which transformed readers' attitudes towards national identity, foreign literatures, translation, and the idea of world literature.
Through an analysis of a broad corpus of correspondences, novels and paintings, this book aims to re-establish the relevance of letter writing within Victorian culture.