Автор: Miller Laura Название: Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created ISBN: 0316316385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316316385 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 29430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: A glorious, full-illustrated collection that delves deep into the inception, influences, and literary and historical underpinnings of nearly 100 of our most beloved fictional realms. "Literary Wonderlands" is a thoroughly researched, wonderfully written, and beautifully produced book that spans two thousand years of creative endeavor. From Spenser's "The Fairie Queene" to Wells's "The Time Machine" to Murakami's "1Q84" it explores the timeless and captivating features of fiction's imagined worlds including the relevance of the writer's own life to the creation of the story, influential contemporary events and philosophies, and the meaning that can be extracted from the details of the work. With hundreds of pieces of original artwork, illustration and cartography, as well as a detailed overview of the plot and a "Dramatis Personae" for each work, "Literary Wonderlands" is a fascinating read for lovers of literature, fantasy, and science fiction. Laura Miller is the book's general editor. Co-founder of Salon.com, where she worked as an editor and writer for 20 years, she is currently a books and culture columnist at "Slate." A journalist and a critic, her work has appeared in the" New Yorker, Harper's, " the "Guardian," and the "New York Times Book Review," where she wrote the "Last Word" column for two years. She is the author of "The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia" and editor of the "Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors."
Автор: Boyd Brian Название: On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction ISBN: 0674057112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674057111 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 25290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer`s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss`s Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works.
Автор: Emenyonu Ernest N. Название: Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ISBN: 1847011624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847011626 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 58080.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A critical examination of the engaging voice and multiple stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on war, feminism, art, ideology, hair, complex human identities and the challenges of multicultural existence.
Автор: Thorne Russ Название: Dystopia: Post-Apocalyptic Art, Fiction, Movies & More (Gothic Dreams) ISBN: 1783613211 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783613212 Издательство: Flame Tree Рейтинг: Цена: 10990.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: We have an obsession with broken societies set in futuristic worlds, curious but terrifying new technologies and post-apocalyptic dusty wastelands where survivors grow more desperate every day. Dystopian themes are becoming ever more popular and this is the book to show the art, fiction and movies.
Автор: Andrew May Название: Pseudoscience and Science Fiction ISBN: 3319426044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319426044 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that pseudoscience is presented as fact, not fiction. Yet like SF, and unlike real science, pseudoscience is driven by a desire to please an audience – in this case, people who “want to believe”. This has led to significant cross-fertilization between the two disciplines. SF authors often draw on “real” pseudoscientific theories to add verisimilitude to their stories, while on other occasions pseudoscience takes its cue from SF – the symbiotic relationship between ufology and Hollywood being a prime example of this. This engagingly written, well researched and richly illustrated text explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF. Andrew May has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from Manchester University. After many years in academia and the private sector, he now works as a freelance writer and scientific consultant. He has written pocket biographies of Newton and Einstein, as well as contributing to a number of popular science books. He has a lifelong interest in science fiction, and has had several articles published in Fortean Times magazine
Автор: Devlin Kimberley J. Название: Wandering and Return in "Finnegans Wake ": An Integrative Approach to Joyce`s Fictions ISBN: 0691607400 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691607405 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Guiding readers through the disorienting dreamworld of James Joyce`s last work, Kimberly Devlin examines Finnegans Wake as an uncanny text, one that is both strange and familiar. In light of Freud`s description of the uncanny as a haunting awareness of earlier, repressed phases of the self, Devlin finds the uncanniness of the Wake rooted in Joyce`s
Автор: Jos Smith Название: The New Nature Writing: Rethinking the Literature of Place ISBN: 147427501X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474275019 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 126720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the last decade there has been a proliferation of landscape writing in Britain and Ireland, often referred to as ‘The New Nature Writing’. Rooted in the work of an older generation of environment-focused authors and activists, this new form is both stylistically innovative and mindful of ecology and conservation practice. The New Nature Writing: Rethinking the Literature of Place connects these two generations to show that the contemporary energy around the cultures of landscape and place is the outcome of a long-standing relationship between environmentalism and the arts. Drawing on original interviews with authors, archival research, and scholarly work in the fields of literary geographies, ecocriticism and archipelagic criticism, the book covers the work of such writers as Robert Macfarlane, Richard Mabey, Tim Robinson and Alice Oswald. Examining the ways in which these authors have engaged with a wide range of different environments, from the edgelands to island spaces, Jos Smith reveals how they recreate a resourceful and dynamic sense of localism in rebellion against the homogenising growth of “clone town Britain.”
Автор: Bradford, Richard Название: Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 0199658781 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199658787 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Bradford explores its origins and the features that define its varied style. He considers its role in popular culture around the world and considers why its classification as `literature` is still ambiguous.
Автор: Burns Tony Название: Political Theory, Science Fiction, and Utopian Literature: Ursula K. Le Guin and the Dispossessed ISBN: 0739122835 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739122839 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 66170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work challenges both the widely accepted view thatThe Dispossessed represents a new kind of literary utopia and the place of Ursula K. Le Guin`s novel in the histories of utopian/dystopian literature and science fiction.
How does a writer approach a novel about a real person?
In this new collection of interviews, authors such as Emma Donoghue, David Ebershoff, David Lodge, Colum McCann, Colm T ib n, and Olga Tokarczuk sit down with literary scholars to discuss the relationship of history, truth, and fiction. Taken together, these conversations clarify how the biographical novel encourages cross-cultural dialogue, promotes new ways of thinking about history, politics, and social justice, and allows us to journey into the interior world of influential and remarkable people.
Автор: Bennett, Alice, Название: Contemporary fictions of attention : ISBN: 147428261X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474282611 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 126720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril, and instead finds that contemporary writers construct ‘fictions of attention’ that find some value in states or moments of inattention. Through discussion of work by a diverse selection of writers, including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, this book identifies how fiction prompts readers to become peripherally aware of their own attention. Contemporary Fictions of Attention locates a common interest in attention within 21st-century fiction and connects this interest to a series of debates surrounding ethics, temporality, the everyday, boredom, work, and self-discipline in contemporary culture.
Автор: Randall, Kelli V. Название: American realist fictions of marriage ISBN: 1433128683 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433128684 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 105850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
American Realist Fictions of Marriage: From Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton to Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins intervenes in the field of American literary realism by arguing that selected marriage fiction of Kate Chopin, Frances Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Williams Dean Howells, Emma Dunham-Kelly, and Edith Wharton interrogates the possibility of harmonious societies based on racial, gender, and social equality. Megda (1891), An Imperative Duty (1891), Iola Leroy (1892), The Awakening (1899), Contending Forces (1900), and The House of Mirth (1905) express suspicion about marriage and its potential consequences. These six novels use marriage as a forum to explore the problem of the “color line,” sexism, and class difference that promoted social boundaries. These novels demonstrate how choices about marriage made by female protagonists are metaphorical representations of social equality while simultaneously revealing threats to that ideal vision. In a wider context, American Realist Fictions of Marriage aims to widen the conventional narrow focus on canonical realist writers by highlighting intellectual exchanges that were taking place between traditional and non-traditional writers about marriage.
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