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Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters

Author	: Rosemary Goring
Publisher	: Larousse
Release Date	: 1996
ISBN 10	: 0752300377
Pages	: 866 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (77 users)

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Download or read book Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters written by Rosemary Goring and published by Larousse. This book was released on 1996 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Chaucer to Chatwin, this guide presents characters from novels, plays and poems in vivid summaries. It contains more than 6,500 detailed entries, and is fully cross-referenced

The New York Public Library Literature Companion

Author	: Staff of The New York Public Library
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2001-11-06
ISBN 10	: 9781439137215
Pages	: 784 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (372 users)

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Download or read book The New York Public Library Literature Companion written by Staff of The New York Public Library and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pick up The New York Public Library Literature Companion to check the dates of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past or to find out how James Joyce's Ulysses changed U.S. obscenity laws, and you may find yourself hours later absorbed in the imaginary worlds of Camelot and The Matrix or sidetracked by the fascinating history of The New Yorker. Designed to satisfy the curious browser as well as the serious researcher, this exciting new resource offers the most up-to-date information on literature available in English from around the world, from the invention of writing to the age of the computer. Interwoven throughout the more than 2,500 succinct and insightful entries on Creators, Works of Literature, and Literary Facts and Resources are the fascinating facts and quirky biographical details that make literature come alive. Readers will discover, for instance, that Walt Whitman was fired from his government job after his personal copy of Leaves of Grass was discovered in his desk by the Secretary of the Interior, who was scandalized by it; that James Baldwin remembered listening to blues singer Bessie Smith ("playing her till I fell asleep") when he was writing his first book; and that a publisher turned down the serialization rights to Gone with the Wind, saying, "Who needs the Civil War now -- who cares?" Looking for information about book burning or how many Nobel laureates have come from Japan? You'll find it here. Trying to remember the name of that movie based on a favorite book? Read the "Variations" section -- you'll be amazed at the pervasive presence of great literature in today's entertainment. From Aristophanes to Allende, from Bergson to Bloom, the biographical entries will inform readers about the men and women who have shaped -- and are shaping -- the literary world. Look into "Works of Literature" to discover the significance of Beowulf, The Fountainhead, Doctor Zhivago, and nearly 1,000 other titles. Check the "Dictionary of Literature" to find out what the critics and theorists are talking about. And if you wish to delve even deeper, "Websites for Literature" and "Literary Factbooks and Handbooks" are just two of the bibliographies that will point readers in the right direction. Unique in scope and design and easy to use, The New York Public Library Literature Companion will be at home on every reader's shelf. Whether you are immersed in Stephen King or King Lear, this book has the insights, facts, and fascinating stories that will enrich your reading forever. With four major research centers and 85 branch libraries, The New York Public Library is internationally recognized as one of the greatest institutions of its kind. Founded in 1895, the library now holds more than 50 million items, including several world-renowned collections of literary manuscripts and rare books. Among the books published from the library in recent years are The New York Public Library Desk Reference (1998); The Hand of the Poet (1997); Letters of Transit: Reflections on Exile, Identity, Language, and Loss (1999); A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980 (1998); and Utopia: The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western World (2000).

Salman Rushdie

Author	: Mittapalli Rajeshwar
Publisher	: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: 8126902027
Pages	: 260 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (27 users)

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Download or read book Salman Rushdie written by Mittapalli Rajeshwar and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rushdie Has Put Behind Him The Political And Religious Controversy That Surrounded Him In The Aftermath Of The Appearance Of The Satanic Verses. These Two Volumes Endeavour To Continue The Literary-Critical Study Of His Works By Bringing Together Some Of The Best Critical Essays Written In The Post- Verses Controversy Period. The Essays Present An Honest Assessment Of Rushdie S Works By Creatively Engaging With The Issues Each Of Them Raises.

The Virgin Book of Baby Names

Author	: Emily Wood
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2012-05-31
ISBN 10	: 9780753521564
Pages	: 352 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (215 users)

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Download or read book The Virgin Book of Baby Names written by Emily Wood and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virgin Book of Baby Names takes as its starting point the fact that choosing a name for your baby should be fun. Rather than a dry list of every name under the sun, Emily Wood has organised names into interesting themed categories - from literature to pop music, biblical to astrological names, celebrity baby names to names to avoid! With names for every day of the year, as well as a comprehensive A-Z of girls' and boys' names, The Virgin Book of Baby Names is an enjoyable alternative to the traditional baby names book.

The Legend of John Macnab

Author	: James Christie
Publisher	: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date	: 2015-10-29
ISBN 10	: 9781909183957
Pages	: 239 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (839 users)

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Download or read book The Legend of John Macnab written by James Christie and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Sandiman is a librarian at a run-down Glasgow college full of feckless students and overseen by hopeless jobsworths. Fed up with his job, still mourning the cowardly way that Jessica, his ex-girlfriend, dumped him and bemoaning the apathy of the Scots, Sandiman dreams of the time when Caledonia was led by kings. So when Natalie, his colleague and drinking buddy, mentions something called The Book of Deer, he takes no notice. After all, there’s little a librarian can do to change the world. Or is there? What Sandiman did not anticipate was that a fictional character from Scotland’s past would come vibrantly to life, hurling him into a quest to face his own past and change his country’s future. Spanning two millennia from the sea kingdom of Dalriada to the Scottish referendum of 1997, The Legend of John Macnab takes readers behind events they thought they knew and brings them face-to-face with a forgotten icon more splendid than the Stone of Destiny.

Margaret Atwood

Author	: Shannon Hengen
Publisher	: Scarecrow Press
Release Date	: 2007-05-22
ISBN 10	: 0810866684
Pages	: 456 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (84 users)

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Download or read book Margaret Atwood written by Shannon Hengen and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Shannon Hengen and Ashley Thomson have assembled a reference guide that covers all of the works written by the acclaimed Canadian author Margaret Atwood since 1988, including her novels Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, and the 2000 Booker Prize winner, The Blind Assassin. Rather than just including Atwood's books, this guide includes all of Atwood's works, including articles, short stories, letters, and individual poetry. Adaptations of Atwood's works are also included, as are some of her more public quotations. Secondary entries (i.e. interviews, scholarly resources, and reviews) are first sorted by type, and then arranged alphabetically by author, to allow greater ease of navigation. The individual chapters are organized chronologically, with each subdivided into seven categories: Atwood's Works, Adaptations, Quotations, Interviews, Scholarly Resources, Reviews of Atwood's Works, and Reviews of Adaptations of Atwood's Works. The book also includes a chapter entitled 'Atwood on the Web,' as well as extensive author and subject indexes. This new bibliography significantly enhances access to Atwood material, a feature that will be welcomed by university, public, and school librarians. Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide 1988-2005 will appeal not only to Atwood scholars, but to students and fans of one of Canada's greatest writers.

Radical Larkin

Author	: J. Osborne
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2016-04-30
ISBN 10	: 9781137410634
Pages	: 292 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (16 users)

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Download or read book Radical Larkin written by J. Osborne and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first critical monograph to benefit from the textual rigour of Archie Burnett's landmark edition of The Complete Poems (2012), Radical Larkin celebrates Larkin's technical genius by offering seven in-depth analyses of the stylistic strategies he used to create eleven of his most famous poems.

A Sailor's Log

Author	: Frederick T. Wilson
Publisher	: Kent State University Press
Release Date	: 2004
ISBN 10	: 0873387821
Pages	: 438 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (21 users)

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Download or read book A Sailor's Log written by Frederick T. Wilson and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served in one of the US Navy's first modern battleships, the USS Oregon. He also participated in the relief of Peking during the Boxer rebellion. This is an uncensored picture of enlisted life.

Conventional and Original Metaphors in French Autobiography

Author	: Madalina Akli
Publisher	: Peter Lang
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: 1433103249
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (49 users)

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Download or read book Conventional and Original Metaphors in French Autobiography written by Madalina Akli and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies three autobiographies, each of which is at least partially devoid of chronological structure: Sartre's The Words, Perec's W or The Memory of Childhood, and Sarraute's Childhood. Calendar-based order, traditionally associated with autobiography, fails to provide the coherence the readers expect. Hence, readers must create a sense of coherence at another level by using their conceptual resources. Conventional and Original Metaphors in French Autobiography reveals that in these literary texts coherence is maintained based on the exploitation of conventional metaphors taken from everyday language, which the autobiographers transform in a creative yet familiar manner. These common metaphors offer guidance to readers and establish coherence between the shared life experiences of reader and autobiographer. In the course of reading, the autobiographers' and the readers' life experiences overlap through familiar metaphors, which serve as organizational devices in writing and as guiding principles in reading.

The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War

Author	: William J. K. Beaudot
Publisher	: Stackpole Books
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: 0811708942
Pages	: 458 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (42 users)

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Download or read book The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War written by William J. K. Beaudot and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Milwaukee County Historical Society's coveted Gambrinus Prize for the best book-length contribution to Milwaukee historiography in 2003 Profiles the courageous 24th Wisconsin Infantry and features the personal stories of members of the 24th, including Arthur McArthur, the father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur Utilizes hundreds of primary sources--letters, diaries, and contemporary newspaper articles Formed in the summer of 1862, the 24th Wisconsin Infantry participated in many major battles of the Western theater, earning a reputation as a brave, hard-fighting unit. Unlike other unit histories, this book makes no attempt, as the author freely admits, to provide "an objective history" of the regiment. Rather, the book digs deeper, following the personal stories of the soldiers themselves, providing hundreds of individual vignettes that, taken together, paint a vivid picture of the life of a Union soldier.

Menopause and the Mind

Author	: Claire L. Warga
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2000-04-20
ISBN 10	: 9780684854793
Pages	: 422 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (547 users)

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Download or read book Menopause and the Mind written by Claire L. Warga and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-04-20 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique guide, a neuropsychologist offers insight into the mental disruptions that often accompany the onset of menopause, including lapses in memory; presents selfscreening tools; and identifies treatment alternatives, from estrogen therapy to dietary changes. Reprint.

Library Journal

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: UVA:X030048037
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (48 users)

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The Sinkings

Author	: Amanda Curtin
Publisher	: UWA Publishing
Release Date	: 2008-07-01
ISBN 10	: 9781742580401
Pages	: 300 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (84 users)

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Download or read book The Sinkings written by Amanda Curtin and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1882 human remains were discovered at the Sinkings, a lonely campsite near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim later identified as Little Jock, a former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome? More than a hundred years later, Willa Samson embarks on a long and lonely search to find out. The Sinkings is a story within a story, the tragic historical account of Little Jock’s life embedded within a contemporary narrative of a mother’s guilt and grief. Beautifully crafted, the novel deals with the dilemma confronting parents of an intersexed child and the issue of gender. While a work of fiction, the discovery of Little Jock’s remains and the controversy surrounding their identification are actual events.

Book Review Digest

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2001
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015078261925
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (57 users)

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Richard Wright

Author	: Keneth Kinnamon
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2014-11-04
ISBN 10	: 9781476609126
Pages	: 499 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (91 users)

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Download or read book Richard Wright written by Keneth Kinnamon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American writer Richard Wright (1908–1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By 1947 he felt so unwelcome in his homeland that he exiled himself and his family in Paris. But his writings changed American culture forever, and today they are mainstays of literature and composition classes. He and his works are also the subjects of numerous critical essays and commentaries by contemporary writers. This volume presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of those essays, books, and articles from 1983 through 2003. Arranged alphabetically by author within years are some 8,320 entries ranging from unpublished dissertations to book-length studies of African American literature and literary criticism. Also included as an appendix are addenda to the author’s earlier bibliography covering the years from 1934 through 1982. This is the exhaustive reference for serious students of Richard Wright and his critics.

Cumulative Book Index

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1996
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015058373955
Pages	: 2248 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (55 users)

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Download or read book Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Walford's Guide to Reference Material

Author	: Marilyn Mullay
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1993
ISBN 10	: 1856041379
Pages	: 1192 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (79 users)

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Download or read book Walford's Guide to Reference Material written by Marilyn Mullay and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: