Dictionary of Proverbs

Dictionary of Proverbs
Author: George Latimer Apperson
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2006-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781840223118

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

Truth

Truth
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Total Pages: 1770
Release: 1897
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The Nineteenth-century Sensation Novel

The Nineteenth-century Sensation Novel
Author: Lyn Pykett
Publisher: Northcote House Pub Limited
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0746312121

This clearly written and wide-ranging study identifies the main features of the sensation novel, analysing its broader cultural significance as well as looking at it in its specific cultural context.

Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier

Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier
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Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004299173

The controversial British writer Ford Madox Ford is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literature. He is best-known for his fiction, especially The Good Soldier, long considered a modernist masterpiece; and Parade’s End, which was adapted by Tom Stoppard for the acclaimed 2012 television series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This volume marks the centenary of The Good Soldier, with eighteen essays by established experts and new scholars. It includes groundbreaking work on the novel’s narrative technique, chronology, and genre; plus pioneering work considering the treatment of bodies and minds; eugenics; poison; and surveillance. Innovative comparative studies discuss Ford’s novel in relation to Henry James, Violet Hunt, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Jean Rhys, David Jones, and Lawrence Durrell.

The Alchemy of Laughter

The Alchemy of Laughter
Author: G. Cavaliero
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 267
Release: 1999-11-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230288898

This is the only contemporary critical study to discuss the nature of comedy with exclusive reference to novels. It examines the comic styles of novelists from Fielding and Jane Austen to Waugh and Agnus Wilson, as well as less familiar writers such as Ronald Firbank and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Distinguishing between different kinds of humour, it shows how comedy works in practice under changing literary, social and environmental conditions, and is designed to interest academic and general readers equally.