T. S. Eliot: A Guide for the Perplexed

T. S. Eliot: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Steve Ellis

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-08-25

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1847060161

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A concise and clear guide to the complexities of T.S.Eliot's poetry, with easy to follow structure and chapters on Eliot's major texts, all in chronological order.


Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed

Science Fiction: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Sherryl Vint

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2014-03-13

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1441102817

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From its beginnings in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to the virtual worlds of William Gibson's Neuromancer and The Matrix, Science Fiction: A Guide to the Perplexed helps students navigate the often perplexing worlds of a perennially popular genre. Drawing on literature as well as example from film and television, the book explores the different answers that criticism has offered to the vexed question, 'what is science fiction?' Each chapter of the book includes case studies of key texts, annotated guides to further reading and suggestions for class discussion to help students master the full range of contemporary critical approaches to the field, including the scientific, technological and political contexts in which the genre has flourished. Ranging from an understanding of the genre through the stereotypes of 1930s pulps through more recent claims that we are living in a science fictional moment, this volume will provide a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating genre.


Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed

Modernist Literature: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Peter Childs

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-06-02

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1441190031

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A complete introduction to Modernist writers, ideas and movements, this book considers the precursors as well as the legacy of Modernist Literature in a clear, accessible manner.


Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed

Kafka: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Clayton Koelb

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2010-08-19

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 082649580X

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Student guide to Franz Kafka, focusing on giving guidance through the difficulties readers can encounter in studying his work.


Joyce: A Guide for the Perplexed

Joyce: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Peter Mahon

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2009-09-02

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 144119309X

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"In clear and simple prose, Mahon explains how to connect this little black box to the Joycean engine. Just pull some gears, it falls into place and works." -Jean-Michel Rabaté, Vartan Gregorian Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania James Joyce's work has been regarded as some of the most obscure, challenging, and difficult writing ever committed to paper; it is also shamelessly funny and endlessly entertaining. Joyce: A Guide for the Perplexed celebrates the daring, humor and playfulness of Joyce's complex work while engaging with and elucidating the most demanding aspects of his writing. The book explores in detail the motifs and radical innovations of style and technique that characterize his major works-Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake. By highlighting how Joyce's texts have been read by recent innovations in literary and cultural theory, Joyce: A Guide for the Perplexed offers the reader a Joyce that is contemporary, fresh, and relevant.


Gale Researcher Guide for: T. S. Eliot and the Modernist Thunderbolt

Gale Researcher Guide for: T. S. Eliot and the Modernist Thunderbolt

Author: A. Michael Matin

Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Published:

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 1535850299

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Gale Researcher Guide for: T. S. Eliot and the Modernist Thunderbolt is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.


T. S. Eliot and Organicism

T. S. Eliot and Organicism

Author: Jeremy Diaper

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2018-12-12

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1942954611

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This book reads T. S. Eliot’s poetry and plays in light of his sustained preoccupation with organicism. It demonstrates that Eliot’s environmental concerns emerged as a notable theme in his literary works from his early poetry notebook of poems known as Inventions of the March Hare at least until Murder in the Cathedral.


J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien

Author: Toby Widdicombe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-11-14

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1350092169

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With his richly detailed world of Middle Earth and the epic tales he told around it, J.R.R. Tolkien invented the modern fantasy novel. For readers and students getting to grips with this world for the first time, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed is an essential guide to the author's life and work. The book helps readers explore: · Tolkien's life and times · Tolkien's mythical world · The languages of Middle Earth · The major works – The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings · Posthumously published writings – from The Silmarillion to the recently discovered The Fall of Gondolin With reference to adaptations of Tolkien's work including the Peter Jackson films, notes on Tolkien's sources and surveys of key scholarly and critical writings, this is an accessible and authoritative guide to one of the 20th century's greatest and most popular writers.


The New Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot

The New Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot

Author: Jason Harding

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1107037018

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Drawing on the latest scholarship and criticism, this volume provides an authoritative, accessible introduction to T. S. Eliot's complete oeuvre. It extends the focus of the original 1994 Companion, addressing issues such as gender and sexuality and challenging received accounts of his at times controversial critical reception.