Dictionary of Literary Biography
Author: William B. Thesing
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780810309135
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British Short-fiction Writers, 1915-1945
Author: John Headley Rogers
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays on authors of the short story that had its origins in the mid-nineteenth century and reached its maturity in England in the twentieth century. The modern British short story grew slowly following by nearly fifty years the origins of this form in the United States, France and Russia. Discusses why several features of nineteenth-century English life may have delayed the development of this literary form.
A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story
Author: David Malcolm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-01-30
Total Pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9781444304787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to the British and Irish Short Story provides a comprehensive treatment of short fiction writing and chronicles its development in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Provides a comprehensive treatment of the short story in Britain and Ireland as it developed over the period 1880 to the present Includes essays on topics and genres, as well as on individual texts and authors Comprises chapters on women’s writing, Irish fiction, gay and lesbian writing, and short fiction by immigrants to Britain
Encyclopedia of the British Short Story
Author: Andrew Maunder
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Published: 2015-04-22
Total Pages: 2069
ISBN-13: 1438140703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth, featuring some of the most popular writers and works.
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook
Author: David Malcolm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-01-12
Total Pages: 7
ISBN-13: 144435521X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D’Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War
Australian Writers, 1915-1950
Author: Selina Samuels
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 552
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe starting date for this volume is central to Australia's self-definition; it is the year of the most famous battle in Australian military history - Gallipoli, during World War I. It marked the first time that Australians fought as a nation rather than part of the British military, and the Gallipoli campaign has come to signify a legendary image of the Australian character - one who is brave in the face of danger, stoic in adversity, and loyal to ones comrades.
American Travel Writers, 1850-1915
Author: Donald Ross
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRealism replaced the romantic attitude that had previously dominated travel writing, due in part to thepractical exigencies of tourism, photography and industrialization. Discusses cultural biases in travel writing, combining accuracy with good story telling, and how hundreds of newspapers and magazines in the last third of the century made it possible to turn travel writing into a lifelong career.
Sixteenth-century British Nondramatic Writers
Author: David A. Richardson
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays on British sixteenth-century writers of nondramatic works representative of the Tudor era. Includes articles that demonstrate several aspects of sixteenth century British nondramatic literature: innovation, writing across many genres, complex interaction between patrons and authors, commitment to education, the Protestant Reformation, political writing, new treatments of law and history, humanistic concerns and developments in professional writing as a career.
Encyclopedia of the Essay
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 1032
ISBN-13: 1135314101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers, 1918-1960
Author: Darren Harris-Fain
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 440
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction, including dark fantasy and supernatural horror. Includes lesser-known authors who made their own small but significant contributions to this field. Discusses the impact of pulp magazines and other new magazines that focused on subgenres such as romance fiction, adventure fiction, Western fiction, and eventually fantasy and science fiction, and utopian literature, a predecessor and close cousin of science fiction.
