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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn a… OL115631W
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster Mike Edwards "This guide seeks to explore creatively the fascination of Forster's writing and to show how interesting ideas can emerge from close reading of extracts from the novels. Detailed analysis brings out … OL134556W
The Once and Future King The Once and Future King T. H. White T. H. White's modern classic about King Arthur. This particular edition may have been published in Russia, but it is in fact written in English. I just finished reading this edition on the Open Libra… OL1388028W
Irish children's literature and culture Irish children's literature and culture Valerie Coghlan,Keith O'Sullivan "Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genr… OL15538101W
Harry Potter and history Harry Potter and history Nancy Ruth Reagin "A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter?just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magi… OL16190600W
The poor bugger's tool The poor bugger's tool Patrick R. Mullen viii, 213 p. : 25 cm OL16283155W
The Cambridge companion to Rudyard Kipling The Cambridge companion to Rudyard Kipling Howard J. Booth "Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. His books have sold in great numbers, and he remains the youngest writer to have won the Nob… OL16528733W
The Complicity of Friends The Complicity of Friends Martin N. Raitiere One of Victorian England’s most famous philosophers harbored a secret: Herbert Spencer suffered from an illness so laden with stigma that he feared its revelation would ruin him. He therefore went to… OL16815558W
Virginia Woolf, modernity and history Virginia Woolf, modernity and history Angeliki Spiropoulou "This new study analyses the representation of the past and the practice of historiography in the fiction and critical writings of Virginia Woolf, and draws parallels between Woolf's historiographica… OL16984013W
Cinema and modernism Cinema and modernism David Trotter xii, 205 p. : 23 cm OL18796208W
Neil Gaiman in the 21st century Neil Gaiman in the 21st century Tara Prescott "This collection of new essays examines a range of Gaiman's prolific output. Gaiman's return to the serial comic book form is covered, and Artist J.H. Williams III contributes an exclusive interview … OL20005220W
Orwell Your Orwell Orwell Your Orwell David Ramsay Steele 374 pages ; 24 cm OL20200656W
Inklings Inklings Humphrey Carpenter Drawing on unpublished letters and diaries, the author examines the friendship between and the social and literary gatherings of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams who laughingly called themselves the Inkl… OL265671W
Riverbank and seashore in nineteenth and twentieth century British literature Riverbank and seashore in nineteenth and twentieth century British literature Gillian Mary Hanson "This book examines the ways in which 21 modern and postmodern writers have made use of the physical environment in their work. It considers how each author employs the physical settings in the plot … OL2711600W
Modernism and the Culture of Market Society Modernism and the Culture of Market Society John Xiros Cooper Many critics argue that the modernist avant-garde were always in opposition to the commercial values of market driven society. For John Xiros Cooper, the avant-garde bears a more complex relation to … OL3746139W
Narratives of British socialism Narratives of British socialism Stephen Ingle "What can the study of narratives bring to our understanding of political ideas that other forms of analysis cannot? In Narratives of British Socialism, Stephen Ingle shows how imaginative literature… OL4299029W
The Great War and Modern Memory The Great War and Modern Memory Paul Fussell In this classic work, Paul Fussell illuminates the British experience on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, focusing primarily on the literary means by which The Great War has been remembered, conv… OL478876W
The Tolkien Companion The Tolkien Companion J. E. A. Tyler,J.E.A. Tyler Synopsis: Between 1932 and 1953, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, of Oxford, England, translated four volumes compiled by the renowned Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, written during the Third Ag… OL6035545W
Literature, technology, and magical thinking, 1880-1920 Literature, technology, and magical thinking, 1880-1920 Pamela Thurschwell "In this book Pamela Thurschwell examines the intersection of literary culture, the occult and new technology at the fin-de-siecle. Thurschwell argues that technologies such as the telegraph and the … OL7798553W
A fine anger A fine anger Neil Philip A discussion of the works of author Alan Garner. OL86076W
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