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The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000

Author	: Dominic Head
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2002-03-07
ISBN 10	: 0521669669
Pages	: 324 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (69 users)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000 written by Dominic Head and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this introduction to post-war fiction in Britain, Dominic Head shows how the novel yields a special insight into the important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth century. Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national identity and multiculturalism. Throughout Head places novels in their social and historical context. He highlights the emergence and prominence of particular genres and links these developments to the wider cultural context. He also provides provocative readings of important individual novelists, particularly those who remain staple reference points in the study of the subject. Accessible, wide-ranging and designed specifically for use on courses, this is the most current introduction to the subject available. An invaluable resource for students and teachers alike.

The Fiction of Pat Barker

Author	: Merritt Moseley
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2014-05-28
ISBN 10	: 9781350308886
Pages	: 184 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (88 users)

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Download or read book The Fiction of Pat Barker written by Merritt Moseley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pat Barker is one of the most important authors of her time. Her fiction has won many awards – including the Booker Prize for The Ghost Road, the last novel in her celebrated Regeneration trilogy – and has attracted much critical attention. This stimulating Guide examines the key critical responses to the full range of Barker's fiction, from newspaper reviews and journal articles to revealing interviews and book-length scholarship. Merritt Moseley also explores the central themes which run through Barker's novels and the criticism, such as the issues of gender, class, social realism, violence and trauma. Tracing the development of Barker's fiction through the surrounding critical works, this is an indispensable volume for anyone with an interest in one of Britain's most popular and widely-studied contemporary writers.

World Historical Fiction

Author	: Lynda G. Adamson
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 1999
ISBN 10	: 1573560669
Pages	: 744 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (69 users)

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Download or read book World Historical Fiction written by Lynda G. Adamson and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography covering the best in historical fiction set all around the world

Literatures of War

Author	: Eve Patten
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-11-09
ISBN 10	: 9781527561830
Pages	: 470 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (618 users)

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Download or read book Literatures of War written by Eve Patten and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most terrible disaster that one group of human beings can inflict on another is war. Wars cause misery on an indescribable scale. Yet we go on doing it to one another, generation after generation. Why? Warfare is a recurrent and universal characteristic of human existence. The mythologies of practically all peoples abound in wars and the superhuman deeds of warriors, and pre-literate communities apparently delighted in the recital of stories about battles. Since our species became literate a mere 5,000 years ago, written history has mostly been the history of wars. Thousands who knew war evidently sickened of it and dreamt of lasting peace, expressing their vision in literature and art, in philosophy and religion. They imagined Utopias freed of martial ambition and bloodshed which harked back to the Golden Age of classical antiquity, to the Christian vision of a paradise lost, and to the Arcadia of Greek and Latin poetry, so richly celebrated in the canvases of Claude and Poussin. All these things bear eloquent testimony to the human longing for peace, but they have not triumphed over our dreadfully powerful propensity to war.” —from the Introduction by Anthony Stevens In this multi-disciplinary collection of essays on the manifestations of war in poetry, fiction, drama, music and documentaries, scholars and practitioners from an international context describe the transformation of the war experience into chronicles of hope and despair, from Herodotus up to the present day.

Women's Fiction of the Second World War

Author	: Plain Gill Plain
Publisher	: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date	: 2019-08-07
ISBN 10	: 9781474471701
Pages	: 216 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (717 users)

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Download or read book Women's Fiction of the Second World War written by Plain Gill Plain and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between war and gender through the analysis of literary texts. Focusing on the fiction of Dorothy L. Sayers, Stevie Smith, Virginia Woolf, Naomi Mitchison and Elizabeth Bowen during the 1930s and 1940s, the book considers the different and sometimes contradictory ways in which British women writers responded both to the threat of war and to actual conflict in this period.

The African Trilogy Box Set (3 Standalones) Gripping African Historical Fiction

Author	: Peter Rimmer
Publisher	: Peter Rimmer
Release Date	:
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 2057 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book The African Trilogy Box Set (3 Standalones) Gripping African Historical Fiction written by Peter Rimmer and published by Peter Rimmer. This book was released on with total page 2057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa changes you FOREVER. Once you have been there, you will never be the same. Read 3 of the novels that will take you back to AFRICA'S most notable and captivating periods. The super addictive trilogy starts here. Ready for the ride? Book 1: Cry of the Fish Eagle Rupert's family is happy and at peace. But a vulnerable future is ahead. Chaos is coming. The Rhodesian War is looming ... Rupert escapes to Rhodesia from the bloody conflict that is terrorizing Europe. His mission is not just duty-driven but a promise to look for an orphaned, young girl. It's a futile search and with time running out he has no choice but to re-join the theatre of war. When peace returns Rupert travels back to Rhodesia to begin anew, to find the orphaned girl and to start a new life. But nothing can prepare him for what is next as we helplessly watch Rupert wade against a chaotic tide of nationalism. Book 2: Vultures in the Wind Luke was close to death. He had been beaten mercilessly and was unrecognizable. They wanted the names of their ANC accomplices. Matthew Gray and Luke Mbeki were born on the same day, spending a brief childhood on an African beach, blissfully ignorant of the outside world. But their youth is severed. Released into the real world, the two now face their future in a country deep in the throes of violent change. Can the rules and discipline of discrimination pull the men apart? Is there any mercy? And what happens when these two eventually cross paths? Book 3: Just the Memory of Love Will he ever find his love again or will she always be just a memory? The war is finally over and for the young and naïve Will Langton, his future is full of exciting adventure and happy dreams. Captivated by a brief, but innocent love affair on the rocks of Dancing Ledge, is shattered in one single moment and she is lost to him. For Will, it's an unbearable pain that he can not hope to escape from and the only means to assuage his sorrow is to run away ... to Africa. "It was as if I was reading my own life, knowing all the areas. I loved it. " "Deeply moving and entertaining read. " "Peter Rimmer writes a very interesting story with good detail on what happened in Southern Africa prior to independence. " " A gripping story that will stay with you long after the end of the book.... " Grab your copy today

British Children's Fiction in the Second World War

Author	: Owen Dudley Edwards
Publisher	: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date	: 2007-08-01
ISBN 10	: 9780748628728
Pages	: 752 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (287 users)

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Download or read book British Children's Fiction in the Second World War written by Owen Dudley Edwards and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What children read in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. This time was unique for British children--parental controls were often relaxed if not absent, and the radio and reading assumed greater significance for most children than they had in the more structured past or were to do in the more crowded future. Owen Dudley Edwards discusses reading, children's radio, comics, films and book-related play-activity in relation to value systems, the child's perspective versus the adult's perspective, the development of sophistication, retention and loss of pre-war attitudes and their post-war fate. British literature is placed in a wider context through a consideration of what British writing reached the USA, and vice versa, and also through an exploration of wartime Europe as it was shown to British children. Questions of leadership, authority, individualism, community, conformity, urban-rural division, ageism, class, race, and gender awareness are explored. In this incredibly broad-ranging book, covering over 100 writers, Owen Dudley Edwards looks at the literary inheritance when the war broke out and asks whether children's literary diet was altered in the war temporarily or permanently. Concerned with the effects of the war as a whole on what children could read during the war and what they made of it, he reveals the implications of this for the world they would come to inhabit.

Paul Auster's "The New York Trilogy" as Postmodern Detective Fiction

Author	: Matthias Kugler
Publisher	: diplom.de
Release Date	: 1999-10-28
ISBN 10	: 9783832418526
Pages	: 164 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (185 users)

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Download or read book Paul Auster's "The New York Trilogy" as Postmodern Detective Fiction written by Matthias Kugler and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 1999-10-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Paul Auster's New York Trilogy, published in one volume for the first time in England in 1988 and in the U.S. in 1990 has been widely categorised as detective fiction among literary scholars and critics. There is, however, a striking diversity and lack of consensus regarding the classification of the trilogy within the existing genre forms of the detective novel. Among others, Auster's stories are described as: metaanti-detective-fiction; mysteries about mysteries; a strangely humorous working of the detective novel; very soft-boiled; a metamystery; glassy little jigsaws; a mixture between the detective story and the nouveau roman; a metaphysical detective story; a deconstruction of the detective novel; antidetective-fiction; a late example of the anti-detective genre; and being related to 'hard-boiled' novels by authors like Hammett and Chandler. Such a striking lack of agreement within the secondary literature has inspired me to write this paper. It does not, however, elaborate further an this diversity of viewpoints although they all seem to have a certain validity and underline the richness and diversity of Auster's detective trilogy; neither do I intend to coin a new term for Auster's detective fiction. I would rather place The New York Trilogy within a more general and open literary form, namely postmodern detective fiction. This classifies Paul Auster as an American writer who is part of the generation that immediately followed the 'classical literary movement' of American postmodernism' of the 60s and 70s. His writing demonstrates that he has been influenced by the revolutionary and innovative postmodern concepts, characterised by the notion of 'anything goes an a planet of multiplicity' as well as by French poststructuralism. He may, however, be distinguished from a 'traditional' postmodern writer through a certain coherence in the narrative discourse, a neo-realistic approach and by showing a certain responsibility for social and moral aspects going beyond mere metafictional and subversive elements. Many of the ideas of postmodernism were formulated in theoretical literary texts of the 60s and 70s and based an formal experiments include the attempt of subverting the ability of language to refer truthfully to the world, and a radical turning away from coherent narrative discourse and plot. These ideas seem to have been intemalized by the new generation of postmodern writers of the 80s to such [...]

American Fiction Between the Wars

Author	: Harold Bloom
Publisher	: Infobase Publishing
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: 9781438114897
Pages	: 421 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (148 users)

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Download or read book American Fiction Between the Wars written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America in the 1920s and '30s saw the emergence of some of the best known writers of the modern generation: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

The Fictional World of William Hoffman

Author	: William L. Frank
Publisher	: University of Missouri Press
Release Date	: 2000
ISBN 10	: 9780826262196
Pages	: 156 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (621 users)

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Download or read book The Fictional World of William Hoffman written by William L. Frank and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the past forty-five years, William Hoffman has written eleven novels, including the critically acclaimed Tidewater Blood, winner of the Dashiell Hammett award, and four short-fiction collections, the most recent being Doors - all of which have enjoyed a loyal and appreciative readership." "The Fictional World of William Hoffman provides readers with the first assessment of Hoffman's work. Including commentary and analysis from fellow writers as well as from established and emerging critics this collection of essays aims to deepen the appreciation of those already familiar with Hoffman and to introduce new readers to one of the South's most influential voices."--Jacket

The World War II Trilogy

Author	: James Jones
Publisher	: Open Road Media
Release Date	: 2012-09-11
ISBN 10	: 9781453276464
Pages	: 2635 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (764 users)

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Download or read book The World War II Trilogy written by James Jones and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 2635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three classic World War II novels in one collection, including the National Book Award winner From Here to Eternity. An army base at Pearl Harbor. The jungles of Guadalcanal. A veterans hospital on the home front. Inspired by his own experiences in the US Army, author James Jones’s World War II Trilogy stands as one of the most significant achievements in war literature. This compilation includes: From Here to Eternity Pearl Harbor, 1941. A challenging young private is transferred to a unit where the commander is determined to make his life hell. This edition includes scenes and dialogue censored for the novel’s original publication. A true classic, From Here to Eternity was made into an Academy Award–winning film and a television mini-series, as well as adapted for the stage. The Thin Red Line The invasion of Guadalcanal ignites a six-month battle for two thousand square miles of jungle and sand. But the soldiers of Charlie Company are not of the heroic mold. The unit’s captain is too intelligent and sensitive for the job, his first sergeant is half mad, and the enlisted men begin the campaign gripped by cowardice. This searing portrait of jungle combat has been adapted twice for feature films. Whistle After a long journey across the Pacific, a ship finally lands on American soil. For the soldiers’ loved ones, it’s a celebration. But on board, hundreds of men are broken and haunted, survivors of the battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. Though on their way to heal in a Tennessee hospital, their road to recovery will take far more than mending physical wounds. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate.

The Wandering War

Author	: Cindy Dees
Publisher	: Tor Fantasy
Release Date	: 2018-01-30
ISBN 10	: 9781466821309
Pages	: 544 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (213 users)

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Download or read book The Wandering War written by Cindy Dees and published by Tor Fantasy. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic conclusion of the Sleeping King fantasy trilogy by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cindy Dees. Their rebellion in tatters, freedom fighters Raina of Tyrel, White Heart healer, and Will Cobb, woodsman turned battle wizard, race to wake the Sleeping King, who is their only hope to end the evil Kothite Empire. The Sleeping King’s enemies are awakening and are more powerful than anyone feared. Old enemies will test their allegiance in the coming confrontation between good and evil. As our young heroes face their destinies, one question remains: will their shared loyalties and passion for freedom bring the world a peace that all who are oppressed so desperately desire? “Engaging and complex. . . for fans of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time or Terry Brooks’ Shannara series.” —RT Book Reviews on The Sleeping King The Sleeping King Trilogy #1 The Sleeping King #2 The Dreaming Hunt #3 The Wandering War At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War

Author	: Ralf Schneider
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date	: 2021-09-20
ISBN 10	: 9783110422559
Pages	: 540 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (225 users)

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Download or read book Handbook of British Literature and Culture of the First World War written by Ralf Schneider and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War has given rise to a multifaceted cultural production like no other historical event. This handbook surveys British literature and film about the war from 1914 until today. The continuing interest in World War I highlights the interdependence of war experience, the imaginative re-creation of that experience in writing, and individual as well as collective memory. In the first part of the handbook, the major genres of war writing and film are addressed, including of course poetry and the novel, but also the short story; furthermore, it is shown how our conception of the Great War is broadened when looked at from the perspective of gender studies and post-colonial criticism. The chapters in the second part present close readings of important contributions to the literary and filmic representation of World War I in Great Britain. All in all, the contributions demonstrate how the opposing forces of focusing and canon-formation on the one hand, and broadening and revision of the canon on the other, have characterised British literature and culture of the First World War.

Christian Fiction

Author	: John Mort
Publisher	: Libraries Unlimited
Release Date	: 2002
ISBN 10	: 1563088711
Pages	: 356 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (11 users)

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Download or read book Christian Fiction written by John Mort and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last--the first comprehensive readers' advisory guide for this highly popular genre! With an emphasis on contemporary publications, this book covers nearly 2,000 Christian fiction titles,including a chapter on YA literature, and provides detailed annotations and bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of the Novel

Author	: Paul Schellinger
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2014-04-08
ISBN 10	: 9781135918262
Pages	: 838 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (182 users)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Novel written by Paul Schellinger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Palestine and World War I

Author	: Haim Goren
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2014-10-17
ISBN 10	: 9780857738875
Pages	: 360 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (388 users)

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Download or read book Palestine and World War I written by Haim Goren and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palestine Campaign has become one of the most glorified military campaigns of the twentieth century. The last campaign fought by the Ottoman Army, and thus the last act of the once-mighty Ottoman Empire, the Palestine Campaign saw the British Army under General Allenby conquer the Holy Land, forcing the Turkish army back into Europe. Meanwhile the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement ensured the British and French would continue to influence the Middle East for the next 60 years. This front saw some of the most influential stories of the Great War, from T.E. Lawrence's Arab army in the desert, to General Allenby entering Jerusalem on foot in 1917. Palestine and World War I shows how the events of the Great War have left a lasting legacy in the Middle East.

Writing Historical Fiction

Author	: Celia Brayfield
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2013-12-05
ISBN 10	: 9781780938387
Pages	: 344 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (383 users)

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Download or read book Writing Historical Fiction written by Celia Brayfield and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II. PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young. PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.