British Desperadoes at the Turn of the Millennium
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Publisher: Asociatia LiterNet
Published:
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9737893247
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British Literary Desperadoes at the Turn of the Millennium
Author: Lidia Vianu
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9789739431477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Elements of the Picaresque in Contemporary British Fiction
Author: Ion Piso
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2012-03-15
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1443838527
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study looks back at the picaresque, with its Spanish roots, and especially with its tradition in English literature; then, it comes to contemporary times, and identifies elements of the picaresque in contemporary novels. The main thesis of the author is that the picaresque has never left the literary scene in Britain, being an aesthetic invariant, which expresses a natural inclination of the British authors towards the picaresque story. Postcolonial authors also favour this genre as a consequence of their own literary tradition, which includes particular variants of the picaresque, and as a result of their own situation as immigrant/displaced authors, which gives them material for stories of displaced characters – rogues. The study rigorously identifies the sources of the contemporary protocols of the picaresque, as well as a few variants of picaresque stories in a selection of novels the author accounts for theoretically.
The Desperado Age
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Publisher: Asociatia LiterNet
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Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 973789345X
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Author: Marin Sorescu
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection is Marin Sorescu's farewell to life - a book of wryly quizzical poems composed from his sickbed over five weeks as he waited for death to take him, his testament not just to human mortality and pain but to resistance and creative transformation.
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Going, Going
Author: Leah Fritz
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Leah Fritz's poetry constantly reminds its readers of the important problems of life - poverty, hatred, war - yes, these of course - but also love, respect, how ordinary, everyday things can be invested with a life-enhancing sensibility if viewed aright. Her diction is plain, her style taut, yet there is space within her poems for the reader to move around and explore deeper aspects than perhaps a first reading reveals, for hints of wit and irony enliven with a quiet rhetoric which leaves a feeling in the heart rather than an image in the reason. Leah Fritz's poetry always seems to celebrate life.'- Patricia Oxley, Acumen.
Waterland
Author: Graham Swift
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780330518215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Perfectly controlled, superbly written. Waterland is original, compelling and narration of the highest order' Guardian In the years since its first publication, in 1983, Waterland has established itself as one of the classics of twentieth-century British literature: a visionary tale of England's Fen country; a sinuous meditation on the workings of history; and a family story startling in its detail and universal in its reach. This edition includes an introduction, by the author, written to celebrate the book's 25th anniversary. 'Graham Swift has mapped his Waterland like a new Wessex. He appropriates the Fens as Moby Dick did whaling or Wuthering Heights the moors. This is a beautiful, serious and intelligent novel, admirably ambitious and original' Observer 'A 300-page tour de force . . . A burst of exuberant fictive energy' Evening Standard 'Waterland is a formidably intelligent book, animated by an impressive, angry pity at what human creatures are capable of doing to one another in the name of love and need. The most powerful novel I have read for some time' New York Review of Books
Mapping the Millennium
Author: Terry M. Boardman
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
Published: 2013-05-14
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1906999481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a quest to discover the truth behind the twentieth century's disastrous record of conflict and war, the author considers two contradictory approaches to history: the so-called cock-up theory and conspiracy theories. Could there be truth to the often-dismissed concept of conspiracy in history: the manipulation of external events by groups and individuals mostly hidden from the public eye? In the work of philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner, Boardman finds convincing evidence of the existence of secretive circles in the West, which have plans for humanitys long-term future. Steiner indicated that such "brotherhoods" had prepared for world war in the twentieth century, and had instructed their members, using redrawn maps as a guide, on how Europe was to be changed. If these brotherhoods existed in Steiner's time, could they still be active today? Based on detailed research, Boardman concludes that such groups are directing world politics in our time. As backing for his theory, he studies a series of important articles and maps--ranging from an 1890 edition of the satirical journal Truth to more recent pieces from influential publications that speak for themselves. He concludes that vast plans are in progress for a New World Order to control and direct individuals and nations, and he calls us to be vigilant, awake and informed.
