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In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some books have...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2008-08-07
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"Great reads for busy people." This is a guide to help busy people find great reads in fiction and non-fiction. Filled with recommendations of popular, entertaining reading, this book covers mystery and suspense, romance, womenas fiction and chick lit, westerns, science...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2007-07-03
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The story of Penguin Books, Allen Lane and how they changed the world, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Penguin'An invaluable and fascinating account' NICK HORNBY'Outstanding' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS'A triumph . . . rich and humorous' ROGER LEWISBy founding Penguin...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2006-05-04
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Distinguished scholar and library systems innovator Frederick Kilgour tells a five-thousand-year story in this exciting work, a tale beginning with the invention of writing and concluding with the emerging electronic book. Calling on a lifetime of interest in the growth...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1998-04-23
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This book is about the experience of reading–what reading feels like, how it makes people feel, how people read and under what conditions, what drives people to read, and, conversely, what halts the individual in the pursuit of the pleasures of reading. The authors...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2016-06-30
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The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in Canada and answer these key questions: Why are there so many literary...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2015-11-02
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Producing Canadian Literature: Authors Speak on the Literary Marketplace brings to light the relationship between writers in Canada and the marketplace within which their work circulates. Through a series of conversations with both established and younger writers from...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2013-06-15
Collection :
TransCanada
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Autobiographical impostures, once they come to light, appear to us as outrageous, scandalous. They confuse lived and textual identity (the person in the world and the character in the text) and call into question what we believe, what we doubt, and how we receive...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-04-20
Collection :
Life Writing
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As a comparative study which includes the analysis of both English-Canadian and Quebec novels, this book provides an overview of the novel as it has developed in this country since the Second World War. Focusing on narratological rather than thematic elements, the book...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2006-01-01
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Nana von Émile Zola – Endlich verständlich mit der Lektürehilfe von derQuerleser! Diese klare und zuverlässige Analyse von Émile ZolasNana aus dem Jahre 1880 hilft Dir dabei, den Klassiker schnell in seinen wichtigsten Punkten zu erfassen. Die KurtisaneNana manipuliert...
Editeur :
derQuerleser.de
Parution :
2019-11-15
Collection :
Lektürehilfe
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