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Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy of the 1960s and 70s: The Post-Holocaust Authors

Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy of the 1960s and...

Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel ,  Jack Dann
ISBN: 9781666941845
Format: Hardback
$227.70

This book analyzes Jewish themes, characters, and contributions in science fiction and fantasy of the post-Holocaust...  Read More >>

Before Tom Brown: The Origins of the School Story

Before Tom Brown: The Origins of the School Story

Author: Robert Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 9780718897369
Format: Paperback
$67.27

The first full exploration of school stories in plays, classroom exercises and early novels, from 2500BC to the...  Read More >>

The Origin and Development of Chinese Fiction

The Origin and Development of Chinese Fiction

Author: Changyu Shi ,  Yaozhong Lyu
ISBN: 9789819745241
Format: Hardback
$343.17

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Bacchus Agonistes: Metarealism and the Future of Art

Bacchus Agonistes: Metarealism and the Future of Art...

Author: Matthew Clemente
ISBN: 9798986315959
Format: Paperback
$44.85

The world contains many books. The best books contain many worlds. It is up to the reader to decide whether Bacchus...  Read More >>

Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction

Writing the Murder: Essays in Crafting Crime Fiction...

Author: Dan Coxon ,  Richard V. Hirst
ISBN: 9781915368737
Format: Paperback
$28.44

An essential tool for the grizzled veteran and the fresh-faced rookie alike, Writing the Murder gives you the motive...  Read More >>

Novel Schooling: Education, Formation, and Reading in Fiction

Novel Schooling: Education, Formation, and Reading in...

Author: Bridget T. Chalk
ISBN: 9783031668579
Format: Hardback
$284.60

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Sacrifice and Modern War Writing: Atavisms, Martyrdoms, and Economies of Loss

Sacrifice and Modern War Writing: Atavisms, Martyrdoms,...

Author: Alex Houen (Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory, Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198912286
Format: Hardback
$202.95

Sacrifice and Modern War Writing presents the most extensive study to date of twentieth- and twenty-first-century...  Read More >>

Dual Narrative Dynamics

Dual Narrative Dynamics

Author: Dan Shen
ISBN: 9781032404325
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Combining narratological and stylistic methods, this book theorizes dual narrative dynamics comprised of plot development...  Read More >>

Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction: Mythorealism as Method

Ideology and Form in Yan Lianke’s Fiction: Mythorealism...

Author: Haiyan Xie (School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University)
ISBN: 9781032391755
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Xie analyses three novels by the international award-winning Chinese writer Yan Lianke and investigates how his...  Read More >>

The Poetics and Ethics of Attention in Contemporary British Narrative

The Poetics and Ethics of Attention in Contemporary...

Author: Jean-Michel Ganteau
ISBN: 9781032423234
Format: Paperback
$83.99

It addresses the changes mediasphere and communication technologies have brought for the contemporary subject, submitting...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Fiction: Imagination and Cognition

The Philosophy of Fiction: Imagination and Cognition...

Author: Patrik Engisch (University of Geneva, Switzerland) ,  Julia Langkau (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9780367689452
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book presents new research on the crucial role that imagination plays in contemporary philosophy of fiction....  Read More >>

History and Violence in Contemporary Kenyan Fiction: Standpoints on Yvonne Owuor’s Writings

History and Violence in Contemporary Kenyan Fiction:...

Author: Godwin Siundu (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
ISBN: 9781032408262
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor’s writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as...  Read More >>

Inheritance and Speculation in Victorian Fiction: Finance, Family, and the Law

Inheritance and Speculation in Victorian Fiction: Finance,...

Author: Noa Reich
ISBN: 9781666938364
Format: Hardback
$199.24

This book investigates how Victorian fiction reconfigures the narrative and social conventions of inheritance by...  Read More >>

Todo Lo Que Crece

Todo Lo Que Crece

Author: Clara Obligado
ISBN: 9788483933022
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Según el Génesis, el primer castigo fue botánico, y consistió en expulsarnos de un paraíso, de un jardín. Desde...  Read More >>

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative...

Author: Isabella Hammad
ISBN: 9780802163929
Format: Paperback
$47.52

""Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing...  Read More >>

Ronsard's Epic Clouds and Ghosts: Illusions and Idoles in Early Modern French Literature

Ronsard's Epic Clouds and Ghosts: Illusions and Idoles...

Author: Alice Aurelia Roullière
ISBN: 9781839541841
Format: Hardback
$316.80

Ghosts move freely, but often unnoticed, through the epics and poems published in early modern France. In the works...  Read More >>

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535879866
Format: Hardback
$1473.78

Presents literary criticism on the works of short-story writers of all nations, cultures, and time periods. Critical...  Read More >>

Imaginary Worlds

Imaginary Worlds

Author: Lin Carter
ISBN: 9781479477685
Format: Paperback
$46.20

Imaginary Worlds by Lin Carter is a nonfiction book that explores the history and development of fantasy literature....  Read More >>

Juli Zeh: A Critical Companion

Juli Zeh: A Critical Companion

Author: Necia Chronister ,  Sonja E. Klocke
ISBN: 9783111352145
Format: Hardback
$253.41

The first English book on one of Germany's most distinctive contemporary authors, this edited volume critically...  Read More >>

Science Fiction and Narrative Form

Science Fiction and Narrative Form

Author: Professor David Roberts (Monash University, Australia) ,  Dr Andrew Milner (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781350350786
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how...  Read More >>

Age and Ageing in Contemporary Speculative and Science Fiction

Age and Ageing in Contemporary Speculative and Science...

Author: Sarah Falcus (University of Huddersfield, UK) ,  Maricel Oró-Piqueras (Universitat de Lleida, Spain)
ISBN: 9781350230705
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction...  Read More >>

Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction: Transforming Reproductive Agency

Abortion Ecologies in Southern African Fiction: Transforming...

Author: Caitlin E. Stobie (University of Leeds, UK) ,  Stuart Murray
ISBN: 9781350250222
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Focusing on texts from the late 1970s to the 1990s which document both changing attitudes to terminations of pregnancy...  Read More >>

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