Side-Stepping Normativity in Selected Short Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Side-Stepping Normativity in Selected Short Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Author: Rebecca K. Hahn
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3823302175

Side-Stepping Normativity: Selected Short Stories by Sylvia Townsend Warner discusses Sylvia Townsend Warner's highly innovative narrative style, which does not conform to conventional modernist or postmodernist standards, and explores how Warner's short stories shift to off-centre positions. Side-Stepping Normativity further outlines the way in which Warner constantly challenges the categories we apply to classify our surroundings and analyses how Warner succeeds in creating queer, that is, non-heteronormative as well strange and peculiar stories without explicitly opposing the so-called norms of her time. In this, Side-Stepping Normativity joins a vibrant conversation in queer studies which revolves around the question how critics can approach literary texts from a non-antagonistic position. Rather than focussing on the role of the critic, however, this thesis shows that Warner's texts have long achieved what queer theorists seek to achieve on an analytical level.

The Yang Tàijí 24-Step Short Form

The Yang Tàijí 24-Step Short Form
Author: James Drewe
Publisher: Singing Dragon
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0857010239

Yang 24-Step Tàijíquan is one of the most widely-practiced Tàijíquan forms in the world today, and the form that most people first learn. Gentle enough to be suitable for the elderly, yet challenging enough to stretch even the most experienced practitioner, it is also one of the most accessible and rewarding. In his new book, James Drewe provides a comprehensive and detailed explication of the postures and movements of the form. For each, he describes exactly how the weight flows, how to use the hands, how to move the limbs, and how to relax into the movement, clearly explaining each step with the aid of foot patterns and photographs. Sections on the internal aspects of Tàijíquan, descriptions of the subtle variations that may be made when performing certain movements, and even instructions on how to fit the movements to music are also included. This comprehensive guide to Yang 24-Step Tàijíquan is an invaluable resource for taiji practitioners at all levels, including beginners, as well as taiji instructors, and students of other martial arts.

Short-Straw Bride

Short-Straw Bride
Author: Karen Witemeyer
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0764209655

When repaying a debt suddenly goes awry, Meredith finds four brothers drawing straws for her hand! Can the future hold love for this short-straw-bride?

The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction

The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction
Author: Christopher Linforth
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2011-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1843313391

Containing 20 classic short stories by a variety of renowned authors, including Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce and Edith Wharton, The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction has been designed to offer students and instructors both inspiration and guidance when thinking and writing about literary texts and their construction. Each story is followed by a critical ‘Thinking About the Story’ section, and is accompanied by a set of incisive discussion questions formulated to stimulate insightful literary thought. Similarly, the guide’s creative activities have been devised to engage critical and imaginative thinking, as well as to offer the reader an understanding of authorship and the creative process. Additional features include biographical notes, editorial introductions, and a concise glossary of literary terms.

The Best Short Stories Tolstoy

The Best Short Stories Tolstoy
Author: Leon Tolstoi
Publisher: Lebooks Editora
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2024-06-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 655894233X

Leon Tolstoy, along with Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Gorky, Chekhov, Gogol... is considered one of the giants of Russian literature, with masterpieces such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy, besides being a great writer, was an important thinker of his time and about humanity, hence his work is timeless. A good way to start reading Tolstoy is through his short stories, as he was also a prolific and brilliant short story writer. The ebook "The Best Short Stories of Tolstoy" is a superb selection of his work as a storyteller, where readers will find eleven unforgettable tales by this brilliant writer.

Big Book of Best Short Stories

Big Book of Best Short Stories
Author: August Nemo
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 1094
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8577775739

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. The theme of this edition is: Russia. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: Nikolai Gogol: - The Nose - The Viy - The Cloak - Old-Fashioned Farmers - The Overcoat - Memoirs of a Madman - The Mysterious PortraitAnton Chekhov: - The Lady With The Little Dog - Ward No. 6 - A Joke - The Darling - Kashtanka - The Black Monk - In The Ravinein the ravienFyodor Dostoevsky: - White Nights - An Honest Thief - The Christmas Tree and the Wedding - Notes From Underground - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - A Little Hero - Mr. Prohartchin Leo Tolstoy: - God Sees the Truth, But Waits - Papa Panov's Special Christmas - Three Questions - Work, Death and Sickness – A Legend - How Much Land Does a Man Needs? - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Alyosha the Pot Valery Bryusov: - The Republic of the Southern Cross. - The Marble Bust. - For Herself or for Another. - In the Mirror. - Protection. - The "Bemol" Shop of Stationery. - Rhea Silvia.

The Best Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy

The Best Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 2429
Release: 2022-12-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Tolstoy collection: Introduction Leo Tolstoy: A Short Biography "Tolstoy the Artist" and "Tolstoy the Preacher" by Ivan Panin "Count Tolstoi and the Public Censor" by Isabel Hapgood Short Stories & Collections The Kreutzer Sonata The Forged Coupon Hadji Murad The Dekabrists: A Romance A Morning of a Landed Proprietor After the Dance Alyosha the Pot My Dream There Are No Guilty People The Young Tsar A Lost Opportunity "Polikushka" The Candle Twenty-Three Tales Sevastopol Sketches Master and Man Father Sergius A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories An Old Acquaintance Fables and Stories for Children Stories from Physics Stories from Zoology Stories from Botany Texts for Chapbook Illustrations Stories from the New Speller Diary of a Lunatic Recollections of a Billiard-Marker Three Parables The Cutting of a Forest Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia Two Hussars Albert The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 Nikolai Palkin and Other Stories Scenes from Common Life Meeting a Moscow Acquaintance at the Front Memoirs of a Marker From the Memoirs of Prince D. Nekhlyudov Domestic Happiness My Husband and I Who Should Learn Writing of Whom? Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy or Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction.

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486110621

DIVThree great stories offer profound insights into human behavior and motivation. Title story plus "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" and "The Death of Ivan Ilych." Explanatory footnotes. /div