Lord Gnome S Literary Companion
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Lord Gnome S Literary Companion
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Author : Francis Wheen
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 1994
Lord Gnome S Literary Companion written by Francis Wheen and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Collections categories.
His review has got to be 'in' by mid-day tomorrow ... at about 9 pm his mind will grow relatively clear, and until the small hours he will sit ... skipping expertly through one book after another and laying each one down with the comment, 'God, what tripe!' ... Then suddenly he will snap into it. All the stale old phrases--'a book that no one should miss', 'something memorable on every page'--jump into their places like iron filings obeying the magnet. Thus did George Orwell, writing forty years ago in Confessions of a Book Reviewer, describe the labours of a typical literary hack. Precious little has changed over the intervening decades; the servility of the satirical magazine Private Eye. Lord Gnome's Literary Companion assembles, in thematic order, the best of these columns to present an astringent, rude and funny survey of publishers and the published.
H V O
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Author : Sandie Byrne
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1998-07-15
H V O written by Sandie Byrne and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
'The dead travel fast and, in our contemporary globalised world, so too does the gothic.' Examining how gothic has been globalised and globalisation made gothic, this collection of essays explores an emerging globalgothic that is simultaneously a continuation of the western tradition and a wholesale transformation of that tradition which expands the horizons of the gothic in diverse new and exciting ways.Globalgothic contains essays from some of the leading scholars in gothic studies as well as offering insights from new scholars in the field. The contributors consider a wide range of different media, including literary texts, film, dance, music, cyberculture, computer games, and graphic novels. This book will be essential reading for all students and academics interested in the gothic, in international literature, cinema, and cyberspace.
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World
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Author : Francis Wheen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2005-07-06
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The World written by Francis Wheen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-06 with Political Science categories.
What characterizes our era? Cults, quacks, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of mumbo-jumbo, that's what. In How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World, Francis Wheen brilliantly laments the extraordinary rise of superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria. From Middle Eastern fundamentalism to the rise of lotteries, astrology to mysticism, poststructuralism to the Third Way, Wheen shows that there has been a pervasive erosion of Enlightenment values, which have been displaced by nonsense. And no country has a more vivid parade of the bogus and bizarre than the one founded to embody Enlightenment values: the USA. In turn comic, indignant, outraged, and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World is a masterful depiction of the absurdity of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.
Understanding Julian Barnes
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Author : Merritt Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 1997
Understanding Julian Barnes written by Merritt Moseley and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Literary Criticism categories.
Assesses the divergent works of a daring English writer.
A History Of The Booker Prize
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Author : Merritt Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-30
A History Of The Booker Prize written by Merritt Moseley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this book, Merritt Moseley offers a brief history of the Booker Prize since 1992. With a short chapter covering each year, we follow the change in criteria, the highs and lows, short lists, winners, and controversies of the Booker Prize. The book also functions as an example of literary criticism for each of the books involved, analyzing the judging process and the winning books. Exploring themes such as literary vs. popular fiction, the role of Postcolonial work in what began as a very "British" prize, the role of marketing, publishing, and the Booker organization itself, the book offers a crucial view into literary prize culture. The book spends time looking at exclusions, as well as the overall role and function of the literary prize. What books aren’t included and why? Why has the Booker become so significant? This book will be of use to anyone with an interest in, or studying, contemporary literature, literary prizes, literary culture and British literature, as well as publishing studies.
The American Popular Novel After World War Ii
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Author : David Willbern
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2013-04-05
The American Popular Novel After World War Ii written by David Willbern and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Through the perspectives of selected best-selling novels from the end of World War II to the end of the 20th century--including The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Jaws, Beloved, The Silence of the Lambs, and Jurassic Park--this book examines the crucial issues the U.S. was experiencing during those decades. These novels represent the voices of popular conversations, as Americans considered issues of family, class, racism and sexism, feminism, economic ambition, sexual violence, war, law, religion and science. Through the windows of fiction, the book surveys the Cold War and anti-communism, the prefeminist era of the 1950s and the sexual revolution of the 1970s, forms of corporate power in the 1960s and 1980s, the traumatic legacies of slavery and Vietnam, the American fascination with lawyers, cops and criminals, alternate styles of romance in the era of late capitalism, our abiding distrust of science, and our steadfast wonder about the Great Mysteries.
The Prose Factory
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Author : D J Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-01-07
The Prose Factory written by D J Taylor and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
‘An entertaining history of literary life’ Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph Spanning a century of literary history, from the pitched battles fought between Eliot-era modernists and Georgian traditionalists to the impact of creative writing degrees and the media don of today and taking in ‘star reviewers’, sniping critics, caballing editors and megalomaniac professors along the way, The Prose Factory explores the myriad influences on English literary life in the past century and the way in which they have shaped our preferences. ‘An amazing achievement’ David Lodge ‘A pleasingly gossipy history of literary life in England since 1918...very enjoyable’ Observer ‘Elegantly written, defiantly intelligent, scrupulously researched and richly enjoyable’ Mail on Sunday
The History Of British Women S Writing 1945 1975
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Author : Clare Hanson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-14
The History Of British Women S Writing 1945 1975 written by Clare Hanson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume reshapes our understanding of British literary culture from 1945-1975 by exploring the richness and diversity of women’s writing of this period. Essays by leading scholars reveal the range and intensity of women writers’ engagement with post-war transformations including the founding of the Welfare State, the gradual liberalization of attitudes to gender and sexuality and the reconfiguration of Britain and the empire in the context of the Cold War. Attending closely to the politics of form, the sixteen essays range across ‘literary’, ‘middlebrow’ and ‘popular’ genres, including espionage thrillers and historical fiction, children’s literature and science fiction, as well as poetry, drama and journalism. They examine issues including realism and experimentalism, education, class and politics, the emergence of ‘second-wave’ feminism, responses to the Holocaust and mass migration and diaspora. The volume offers an exciting reassessment of women’s writing at a time of radical social change and rapid cultural expansion.
British Novelists Since 1960
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Author : Merritt Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Release Date : 2001
British Novelists Since 1960 written by Merritt Moseley and has been published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Contains biographical sketches of representative British novelists whose work began to appear roughly around 1960.
Current Contents Arts Humanities
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Author : Institute for scientific information (Philadelphie, Pa).
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Current Contents Arts Humanities written by Institute for scientific information (Philadelphie, Pa). and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.