Books & Reading 12

'Generous, enjoyable and well informed.' Observer **'500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.' The Times _____________________________________……続きを見る

Phyllis Rose embarks on a grand literary experiment -- to systematically read her way through a random shelf of books in the library, LEQ-LES, "fairly sure that no one in the history of the world ha……続きを見る

For every famous author there is a score of individuals working behind the scenes to promote and maintain her celebrity status. This timely and thoughtful book considers the particular case of inter……続きを見る

A biography of Borges, by his translator. Jorge Luis Borges, known as Georgie to his friends, married Elsa Astete Millán in 1967. Borges was sixty-eight years old at the time of the wedding; Elsa, a……続きを見る

We live in a world of stories; yet few of us pause to ask what stories actually are, why we consume them so avidly, and what they do for story makers and their audiences. This book focuses on the ex……続きを見る

Linda Hutcheon, in this original study, examines the modes, forms and techniques of narcissistic fiction, that is, fiction which includes within itself some sort of commentary on its own narrative a……続きを見る

Décryptez L'Attrape-cœurs de Jerome David Salinger avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de L'Attrape-cœurs, le bestseller de la littérature américaine pour adolescents ? Retrou……続きを見る

An adventure with a roving genius of literary criticism Michael Hofmannーpoet, translator, and intellectual vagabondーhas established himself as one of the keenest critics of contemporary literature……続きを見る

24 themed chapters. Each with 10 numbered paragraphs. Each paragraph with precisely 120 words. The sum of a life. In his beautiful and haunting new book, Charles Lambert explores the fragmentary nat……続きを見る

A must-have collection of Jane Austen covers from the past two centuriesーcomplete with fun trivia and anecdotes, fascinating insights into book design and publishing, and much more Jane Austen neve……続きを見る

"Do we still know how to read a novel?" John Sutherland, Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee, asks. His disheartened answer is an unequivocal, "No." But Sutherland has not given up hope. Wit……続きを見る

Literature is uncertain. Literature is good for us. These two ideas are often taken for granted. But what is the relationship between literature's capacity to perplex and its ethical value? Seven Mo……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

"Most people either say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him." --G.K.C. 続きを見る

The inside scoop on book groups--from the nation's leading experts! As book group members across the country have discovered, Ellen Moore and Kira Stevens know everything there is to know about book……続きを見る

G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style. 続きを見る

If you are interested in the seeing what an author has to say about his work, this will interest you also. Recommended for the person who looks for some insight into the author. 続きを見る

Eschewing the often romanticized Underground Railroad narrative that portrays southern Ontario as the welcoming destination of Blacks fleeing from slavery, The Promised Land reveals the Chatham-Kent……続きを見る

In Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, twenty-five contributors investigate how dystopian fiction reflects twenty-first century reality, using diverse critical methodologies to examine how North Ameri……続きを見る

Décryptez Frankenstein de Mary Shelley avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Frankenstein, le roman emblématique du gothique ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cet……続きを見る

Décryptez Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé de Marguerite Yourcenar avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé, la nouvelle qui plonge les lecteurs dans un monde……続きを見る

Décryptez Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir d’Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs, le conte phare de la littérature arabe ? Retrouvez tout ce q……続きを見る

Décryptez Les Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles de Lewis Carroll avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir des Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles, véritable classique d……続きを見る

"Very few men," said Bakunin, "have read as much, and, it may be added, have read as intelligently, as M. Marx." S. S. Prawer's highly influential work explores how the world of imaginative literatu……続きを見る

"By making friends with signs", Lennard Davis argues, "we are weakening the bond that anchors us to the social world, the world of action, and binding ourselves to the ideological." For the reader, ……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked a……続きを見る