Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

A follow up to Mitchell's first book, THE HALF-GALLON QUARTER-ACRE PAVLOVA PARADISE, this witty, satirical description of life in 1980s New Zealand charts changes in Kiwi culture.

A witty, satirical description of life in 1960s New Zealand, and Kiwi culture, by Austin Vernon Mitchell MP, who was an extremely popular TV figure in New Zealand.

Aldiss' acclaimed 1979 essay collection reissued for the first time in over thirty years.

Este libro ofrece una introduccion breve y general a la teoria narrativa de Barbara Dancygier (2008 y 2012).

La calle de las naranjas es una mirada desde un lugar donde las cosas no siempre son lo que parecen.

Agave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - 1830 als Freiin von Dubsky auf Schloß Zdislavic bei Kremsier in Mähren geboren, genießt Marie eine klassische geistige Bildung, bereits mit siebzehn unternimmt sie erste literarische Versuche.

The Mysterious Rider - Zane Grey - The Mysterious Rider (1921), a western novel by Zane Grey.

Este libro es un intento por comprender la obra narrativa del escritor peruano desde la construcción de una poética muy personal.

Ocho articulos academicos de Claudio Maiz, Maria Paula Pino Villar, Alejandro Paredes, Emiliano Matias Campoy, Pablo Ponza, Ramiro Esteban Zo y Gabriel Motali, sobre las redes intelectuales que se crearon en Latinoamerica durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX en torno de las revistas culturales Crisis, Forja y Terra.

Paola Piacenza plantea en esta obra la posibilidad de leer los años sesenta en la Argentina a partir de la hipótesis de un "relato de formación" que caracteriza a la retórica de distintos discursos centrales a la época y que imaginan una cultura en tiempo de transición.

Mellado estudia un corpus literario amplio y diverso, conformado por Joaquin Machado de Assis, José Martí, Jesús Díaz, José Rodó, José Mariátegui, Roberto Bolaño y los argentinos Roberto Arlt y Graciela Cros.

Last Post Ford Madox Ford - alentine Wannop and Christopher Tietjens share a cottage in Sussex with Tietjens' brother and sister-in-law.

Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s.

In the course of his considerations, Samuel R.

'A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.

This collection establishes the term 'medical paratexts' as a useful addition to medical humanities, book history, and literary studies research.

The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel'.

From Carrie Bradshaw to Grace Jones, and from Nicki Minaj to Blair Waldorf, New York is the fashion 'it girl' capital of the world.

A fascinating portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler's elite, featuring words with those who knew him best, including in-depth and rare interviews with his wife, Lina.

The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.

A story of love and grief.

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.

A top-rate novel of drugs, love and treachery from an author at the height of his powers.

A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style to an energetically modern worldscape.

Award-winning playwright, author and critic Bonnie Greer's touching, funny and thought-provoking memoir is a voyage into the making of a woman who set out to unmake what she'd been born and brought up to be: 'a proper girl' - a precious definition in a segregate and racist America where black life was deemed only three-fifths of white life .

Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives.

INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens.

'If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.

A classic Bolger novel, following the lives of three women.

The acclaimed first novel by one of Harper Perennial's most gifted young writers, author of 'The Bronski House' and 'The Spirit Wrestlers'.

This collection establishes the term 'medical paratexts' as a useful addition to medical humanities, book history, and literary studies research.

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

A beguiling, entrancing novel that tells the story of a prominent Egyptian family's struggle to survive the turmoil of post-World War II Cairo.

'Amazing what perfect timing for fashion's new wave' Barbara Hulanicki, Founder of BIBA These 10 classic fashion items are part of the universal language of style: the White T-shirt, Miniskirt, Hoodie, Jeans, Ballet flat, Breton top, Biker jacket, Little black dress, Stiletto, Trench.

An essential and definitive collection of the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's finest essays, reviews, reminiscences and interviews from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Free Air Sinclair Lewis - Fame was just around the corner when Sinclair Lewis published Free Air in 1919, a year before Main Street.

Este texto propone análisis novedosos de los cuentos de Borges y reevalúa y critica algunos análisis existentes, elaborados por diferentes comentaristas.

A Fighting Man of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Fighting Man of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh of his Barsoom series.

Poeta, pero también guerrero y político, el florentino Dante Alighieri contaba con sólidos conocimientos científicos.

Evodio Escalante, reconocido crítico literario e investigador de la literatura mexicana, presenta seis ensayos en los que se develan los símbolos literarios de José Revueltas y sus fuentes más trascendentes.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Las dictaduras militares de la Argentina y el Brasil, cada una con sus particularidades, impulsaron un proceso de modernización autoritaria que acarreó la pérdida de derechos inalienables sin siquiera alcanzar la utopía que dicha modernidad había imaginado.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

'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.

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.

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