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British Literature 1640-1789
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An indispensable reference for scholars and students of eighteenth-century English literature This addition to the celebrated Wiley-Blackwell Keywords series explores the meanings of fifty-eight of the most important words in British literature of th…
An indispensable reference for scholars and students of eighteenth-century English literature This addition to the celebrated Wiley-Blackwell Keywords series explores the meanings of fifty-eight of the most important words in British literature of th…
A Companion to Literary Theory
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Introduces readers to the modes of literary and cultural study of the previous half century A Companion to Literary Theory is a collection of 36 original essays, all by noted scholars in their field, designed to introduce the modes and ideas of conte…
Introduces readers to the modes of literary and cultural study of the previous half century A Companion to Literary Theory is a collection of 36 original essays, all by noted scholars in their field, designed to introduce the modes and ideas of conte…
Reading Dickens Differently
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A collection of original essays and innovative reading strategies—provides examples of reading Dickens in creative and challenging ways Reading Dickens Differently features contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars, offering creative wa…
A collection of original essays and innovative reading strategies—provides examples of reading Dickens in creative and challenging ways Reading Dickens Differently features contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars, offering creative wa…
The Edges of Fiction
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What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality – this was the thesis of Aristotle’s Poetics. The rationality of fiction is that appearances are inverted. Fiction overturns the ordinary course…
What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality – this was the thesis of Aristotle’s Poetics. The rationality of fiction is that appearances are inverted. Fiction overturns the ordinary course…
A History of Romantic Literature
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Historical Narrative Offers Introduction to Romanticism by Placing Key Figures in Overall Social Context Going beyond the general literary survey, A History of Romantic Literature examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as the a…
Historical Narrative Offers Introduction to Romanticism by Placing Key Figures in Overall Social Context Going beyond the general literary survey, A History of Romantic Literature examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as the a…
The Cardinal's Red Lily
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Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers in 1844 and the sequel Twenty Years After in 1845. But what happened to the protagonist of both novels, the famous hero d'Artagnan, in the meantime? The Cardinal's Red Lily tells an alternate s…
Alexandre Dumas published The Three Musketeers in 1844 and the sequel Twenty Years After in 1845. But what happened to the protagonist of both novels, the famous hero d'Artagnan, in the meantime? The Cardinal's Red Lily tells an alternate s…
The Quest for the Holy Grail of Graig Trewyddfa, Swansea
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Over about 200 years, up until the 1930s, the open valley of the River Tawe became one of the most heavily industrialised areas of the developed world. The 'Holy Grail' which lay beneath the lands of Graig Trewyddfa, in Swansea, locally kno…
Over about 200 years, up until the 1930s, the open valley of the River Tawe became one of the most heavily industrialised areas of the developed world. The 'Holy Grail' which lay beneath the lands of Graig Trewyddfa, in Swansea, locally kno…
"There It Is": Narratives of the Vietnam War
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This book provides a critical survey of the literature on the Vietnam War and is intended both for academic and general readers. Earlier works of this kind constantly recycled criticism of a half-dozen of the same works. In this study, the aim was to…
This book provides a critical survey of the literature on the Vietnam War and is intended both for academic and general readers. Earlier works of this kind constantly recycled criticism of a half-dozen of the same works. In this study, the aim was to…
The End … or … a New Beginning?
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Adam Brown, a British army Major in command of security for the British embassy in Beijing, learns of an impending Chinese nuclear strike against America. As all communications are compromised, Adam makes a coded call home for extraction – but as the…
Adam Brown, a British army Major in command of security for the British embassy in Beijing, learns of an impending Chinese nuclear strike against America. As all communications are compromised, Adam makes a coded call home for extraction – but as the…
The Rhetoric of Women’s Humour in Barbara Pym’s Fiction
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In this study of three of Barbara Pym’s novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of women’s humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others, shows how the humorous female discourse in Some Tame Gazelle, Excellent Women, and Jane and …
In this study of three of Barbara Pym’s novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of women’s humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others, shows how the humorous female discourse in Some Tame Gazelle, Excellent Women, and Jane and …
Seeds of Wrath
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The Egyptians are disillusioned, disappointed, fatigued and silent. Caught between power and powerlessness. Their 'revolution' has failed. Once again they're enjoying being governed. By an elite clique, of all things. It was precisely …
The Egyptians are disillusioned, disappointed, fatigued and silent. Caught between power and powerlessness. Their 'revolution' has failed. Once again they're enjoying being governed. By an elite clique, of all things. It was precisely …
The Second Jungle Book
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"The Second Jungle Book" is a sequel to «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermo…
"The Second Jungle Book" is a sequel to «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermo…
Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
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&quot;Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" is a collection of 23 essays by George Orwell. <br/> Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His w…
&quot;Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" is a collection of 23 essays by George Orwell. <br/> Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His w…
The Vice President Directive 17 The Origins
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An overzealous supermodel turned-assassin with a temper of a lion. A long To-do-list. The collapse of the global justice system. Will people change and avert Directive 17? Who will be the voice of the voiceless? Today&apos;s leaders have backtracked …
An overzealous supermodel turned-assassin with a temper of a lion. A long To-do-list. The collapse of the global justice system. Will people change and avert Directive 17? Who will be the voice of the voiceless? Today&apos;s leaders have backtracked …
candy for extremists / honig für extremisten
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so und so <br/> ein mann macht sich auf um in richtung süden zu wandern oder eine frau kommt um mitternacht in eine bar das ist ein grosser unterschied der anfang ist entscheidend und richtungsweisend oder eine frau kommt in eine bar um mitternacht u…
so und so <br/> ein mann macht sich auf um in richtung süden zu wandern oder eine frau kommt um mitternacht in eine bar das ist ein grosser unterschied der anfang ist entscheidend und richtungsweisend oder eine frau kommt in eine bar um mitternacht u…
The Jungle Book
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&quot;The Jungle Book" (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard&apos;s father, John Lockwood Kiplin…
&quot;The Jungle Book" (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard&apos;s father, John Lockwood Kiplin…
Born of Gods
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This fascinating account, envisages as a virtual film, Alexander the Great&apos;s early life tracing events from his birth, through to his boyhood and thence to the brink of manhood. He inherited his father Philip&apos;s military brilliance and his m…
This fascinating account, envisages as a virtual film, Alexander the Great&apos;s early life tracing events from his birth, through to his boyhood and thence to the brink of manhood. He inherited his father Philip&apos;s military brilliance and his m…
A Little Princess
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&quot;A Little Princess" is a 1905 children&apos;s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a revised and expanded version of Burnett&apos;s 1888 serialised novel entitled «Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin&apos;s», which was published in …
&quot;A Little Princess" is a 1905 children&apos;s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a revised and expanded version of Burnett&apos;s 1888 serialised novel entitled «Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin&apos;s», which was published in …
Jane Austen - Complete novels
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The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen&apos;s shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia. Jane Austen is famous for her six novels, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and prejudice, Mansfiel…
The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen&apos;s shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia. Jane Austen is famous for her six novels, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and prejudice, Mansfiel…
Desfragmentada
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Todo desengaño resulta doloroso. Sobre todo aquellos que trastocan la manera en que uno se concibe a sí mismo. En Desfragmentada, la voz protagonista es consciente de las fracturas interiores producto de las decepciones amorosas vividas por el ser h…
Todo desengaño resulta doloroso. Sobre todo aquellos que trastocan la manera en que uno se concibe a sí mismo. En Desfragmentada, la voz protagonista es consciente de las fracturas interiores producto de las decepciones amorosas vividas por el ser h…

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