The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals
The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals

Author: Elizabeth Smart

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 2015-08-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780008155742

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First published in 1978, and widely considered to be the sequel to her masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', this remarkable book further established Smart's reputation as a brave and inspirational writer. A still beautiful woman, 31 years old with four children by a faithless lover, cannot break the habit of expectation. She must learn to submit to the cold, bare, unglamorous tenets of reality - the untenable position of love. She must learn to deflect Grand Passion into an acceptance of the rogues and rascals with their radiant faces, who buy her a bitter with borrowed cash. Out of a passionate youth, through pain and harsh revelation, she has attained a maturity - a certain knowledge that the cost of rapture is high and that there is no looking back. Hers is a voice that distils a woman's determination for survival - a voice that rises up from everyday life, from the bus queue, the Underground, the pub - and in Elizabeth Smart's hand is wrought into something magnificent.

The Arms of the Infinite
The Arms of the Infinite

Author: Christopher Barker

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1554583071

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The Arms of the Infinite takes the reader inside the minds of author Christopher Barker’s parents, writer Elizabeth Smart (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept) and poet George Barker. From their first fateful meeting and subsequent elopement, Barker candidly reveals their obsessive, passionate, and volatile love affair. He writes evocatively of his unconventional upbringing with his siblings in a shack in Ireland and, later, a rambling, falling-down house in Essex. Interesting and charismatic figures from the literary and art worlds are regular visitors, and the book is full of fascinating cameos and anecdotes. North American rights only.

Literature, theology and feminism
Literature, theology and feminism

Author: Heather Walton

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1526130769

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This book offers an authoritative overview of the broad and complex terrain of feminist theorising concerning the relationship between literature and theology as it has developed over the past several decades. It provides the first comprehensive evaluation of the significance of women's literature in the development of feminist theology and offers a critique of the variety of reading practices currently employed by religious feminists. As well as illuminating current reading strategies the work argues that it is now appropriate for feminists to develop new ways of reading the divine in women’s writing. Drawing upon the pioneering work of Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray the work sets out a new framework for feminist religious reading that is both creative and challenging and which will be of interest both to scholars and students in this area. Through its artful and compelling feminist reconsiderations, the book makes a refreshing and significant contribution to the general field known as literature and theology.

Women in the House of Fiction
Women in the House of Fiction

Author: Lorna Sage

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1992-08-21

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1349222259

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The novel was once upon a time the genre women felt at home in. This wide- ranging and detailed study of contemporary novelists explores the forms of nostalgia (shared by many feminist critics) for a 'woman's novel'; and the subtle or savage strategies which have turned the house of fiction upside down. The result is a critique of the nature of narrative now; and a celebration of the energies that are undoing our definitions of women's work.

The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself
The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself

Author: Susan Bell

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-08-17

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0393075397

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"Bell's prose is elegant and wonderfully readable in this artful guide."—Publishers Weekly The Artful Edit explores the many-faceted and often misunderstood—or simply overlooked—art of editing. The book brims with examples, quotes, and case studies, including an illuminating discussion of Max Perkins's editorial collaboration with F. Scott Fitzgerald on The Great Gatsby. Susan Bell, a veteran book editor, also offers strategic tips and exercises for self-editing and a series of remarkable interviews, taking us into the studios of successful authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Ann Patchett to learn from their various approaches to revision. Much more than a manual, The Artful Edit inspires readers to think about both the discipline and the creativity of editing and how it can enhance their work. In the computer age of lightning-quick composition, this book reminds readers that editing is not simply a spell-check. A vigorous investigation into the history and meaning of the edit, this book, like The Elements of Style, is a must-have companion for every writer.

Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English

Author: Eugene Benson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-11-30

Total Pages: 2597

ISBN-13: 1134468474

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Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

O Caledonia
O Caledonia

Author: Elspeth Barker

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-09-20

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1668004615

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"Originally published in Great Britain in 1991 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd."--Title page verso.