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The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities provides an ideal starting point for understanding gender in the novels of this period. It explores the place of fiction in constructing gender identity within society at large, considering Madame Bovary , Portrait of a Lady and The Woman in White . The book continues with a consideration of the novel... more...
Vivid and Continuous
University of Iowa Press 2013; US$ 19.95Taking off from The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide , John McNally’srelentlessly blunt, bracingly cheerful, and immensely helpful map to being a writer, Vivid and Continuous is an equally blunt, cheerful, and helpful map to learning to be a writer. While acknowledging that many fine books cover such essentials of fiction writing... more...
The Move Beyond Form
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00Fictional narratives of the late twentieth century often cross boundaries. This study argues that the undoing of structure in postmodern art form demands a different way of thinking and represents a commentary on the material and social conditions of the late twentieth century and beyond. more...
Schützenhilfe
Limmat Verlag 2013; Not AvailableAm 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...
Kennzahlen
Haufe Lexware Verlag 2013; US$ 4.84Hauptbeschreibung Die wichtigsten Kennzahlen - einfach und verständlich erklärt! Dieser TaschenGuide führt Sie in die Grundlagen der Kennzahlen ein und zeigt anhand vieler Beispiele die Berechnungen. Jetzt in der einmaligen Best of - Edition! Die wichtigsten Kennzahlen - einfach und verständlich erklärt!Dieser TaschenGuide führt Sie in die Grundlagen... more...
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art festivals, Gothic popular fiction from Twilight to Shadow... more...
Cognitive Value of Philosophical Fiction
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99Can literary fictions convey significant philosophical views, understood in terms of propositional knowledge? This study addresses the philosophical value of literature by examining how literary works impart philosophy truth and knowledge and to what extent the works should be approached as communications of their authors. Beginning with theories of... more...
Creative Writing
The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd 2013; US$ 90.00Creative Writing: Writers on Writing anthologises original literary work by eight contemporary authors - Amal Chatterjee, Colm Breathnach, Fred D?Aguiar, Jane Draycott, Philip Gross, Kathryn Heyman, Sabyn Javeri, and Emily Raboteau. The pieces are accompanied by reflective essays in which the authors explore the creative process behind the writing.... more...
Romance
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 24.95Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars and readers alike. This useful guidebook traces the myriad transformations of 'romance' from medieval courtly love to Mills and Boon, and claims that its elusive and complex nature serves as a touchstone... more...
Transnational Gothic
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 104.95Presenting a variety of approaches to late eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Gothic literature, this collection provides a transnational view of the emergence and flowering of the Gothic. Its focus on British, American, Continental, Caribbean and Asian literature deepens our understanding of the Gothic as not merely a national but a global aesthetic. more...









