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  • Dynamic Charactersby Nancy Kress

    F+W Media 2004; US$ 16.99

    A truly unforgettable story is defined by its characters. Their motivations, their changes, their actions compel us to read on, anxiously trying to discern what will happen next. In Dynamic Characters, award-winning author and Writer's Digest columnist Nancy Kress explores the fundamental relationship between characterization and plot, illustrating... more...

  • The Tale of Terrorby Edith Birkhead

    The Floating Press 2012; US$ 5.99

    If you're a true fan of horror fiction, don't miss scholar Edith Birkhead's classic survey of the origins of the genre, The Tale of Terror. Focusing on the early roots of horror in the Romantic and Victorian eras, this comprehensive study offers compelling insight and analysis of well-known tales and obscure gems alike. more...

  • Mythen der Vergangenheitby Ortwin Pelc

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 43.03

    Hauptbeschreibung Eine Vielzahl von historischen Ereignissen und Entwicklungen wurde im Lauf der Zeit verfälscht, verklärt und für aktuelle, nicht zuletzt politische Interessen genutzt. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes prüfen und entschlüsseln solche Geschichtsmythen anhand der überlieferten schriftlichen, archäologischen und kunsthistorischen Quellen... more...

  • Procedimientos miméticos y antimiméticos en obras del "post-boom"by Daniel Blaustein

    Georg Olms Verlag 2011; US$ 32.34

    Hauptbeschreibung Broschur: ISBN 978-3-487-14629-4 (Hildesheim 2011). ? 58,-   Inhaltsverzeichnis Daniel Blaustein se ha doctorado en la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, en donde enseña e investiga como miembro del Departamento de Estudios Románicos y Latinoamericanos. Es docente de Literatura, además, en la Universidad de Tel Aviv. Ha publicado... more...

  • Schützenhilfeby Gabriel Anwander; Anna Sommer

    Limmat Verlag 2013; Not Available

    Am Stadtrand von Bern sitzt Anwalt Schild beim Essen. Just als seine Frau in die Küche geht, tritt jemand aus dem Garten ins Haus, erschiesst ihn und verschwindet wieder. Sein aktueller Mandant, den er verteidigen sollte, war ein Finanzbetrüger, der sich nach Lipari abgesetzt hatte. Der Expolizist Alexander Bergmann hält sich mit Schnüffelarbeiten... more...

  • Novelists and Novelsby Harold Bloom

    Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 45.00

    From Daniel Defoe to Philip Roth, from Charles Dickens to Amy Tan, Novelists and Novels contains esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom's writings on the greatest novels and novelists in the Western tradition. Bloom's brilliant insights and lively discourse serve not only to illuminate, but also to inspire readers to turn again to our finest works of... more...

  • Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structureby James Scott Bell

    F+W Media 2004; US$ 16.99

    Craft an Engaging Plot How does plot influence story structure? What's the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that's gone off course? With Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure , you'll discover the answers to these questions and more. Award-winning author and columnist... more...

  • Strange Voices in Narrative Fictionby Rolf Reitan; Per Krogh Hansen; Stefan Iversen; Henrik Skov Nielsen

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 112.00

    How does narratology relate to narrative strangeness? This question is urgent for narratologists who share a marked skepticism towards the idea of using ?natural? narratives as some kind of genetic model for understanding and interpreting all kinds of narratives, and for whom the distinction of fiction is important. This anthology presents a collection... more...

  • Pragmatics and Fictionby Jon-K. Adams

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1985; US$ 98.00

    Pragmatics and Fiction explores the basic pragmatic differences between fictional and nonfictional discourse. These differences derive mainly from the creation of a fictional figure who narrates the text and who, in turn, addresses his narrative to a fictional audience. Since these figures become the language users of the fictional text and, therefore,... more...

  • Handbuch Erzählliteraturby Matías Martínez

    J.B. Metzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2011; US$ 75.43

    Hauptbeschreibung Alle Aspekte der Erzählliteratur. Das komparatistisch ausgerichtete Handbuch bezieht sich auf alle großen europäischen Literaturen. Es vermittelt einen Zugang zu den Untergattungen und Darstellungsverfahren der abendländischen Erzählliteratur und präsentiert den aktuellen Stand der internationalen Forschung. Die Hauptströmungen... more...