Dream Tonight Of Peacock Tails

Author : Umberto Rossi,Paolo Simonetti
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Psychological fiction, American
ISBN : 9781443881517

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Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails by Umberto Rossi,Paolo Simonetti Pdf

Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails marks the first in-depth examination of Pynchon’s debut novel, which was immediately recognized as a breakthrough masterpiece. The eight essays collected in the volume provide both scholars and avid readers with new and original insights into a too-often underestimated work that, probably even more than Gravity’s Rainbow, established Pynchon as one of the great masters of twentieth-century American literature. This book deliberately privileges a multidisciplinary and transnational approach, encompassing collaborations from a particularly international and diverse academic context. As such, this volume offers a multifaceted pattern of expanding investigation that tackles the novel’s apparently chaotic but meticulously organized structure by rereading it in the light of recent US and European history and economics, as well as by exploring its many real and imagined locations. Not only are the essays brought together here revelatory of Pynchon’s way of working, but they also tell us something about our own ways of approaching his fiction.

Author : Umberto Rossi,Paolo Simonetti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:925091015

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Dream Tonight of Peacock Tails by Umberto Rossi,Paolo Simonetti Pdf

Author : Ali Dehdarirad
Publisher : Sapienza Università Editrice
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788893772877

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“From Faraway California” by Ali Dehdarirad Pdf

Offering a transdisciplinary journey across Thomas Pynchon’s California trilogy, “From Faraway California” addresses the representation of (city)space in the Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice through “geourban” lenses. Drawing on specific concepts in urban and regional studies, the book provides a thorough examination of Pynchon’s spatial imaginary, where the reader comes to understand how his fiction tackles the socio-political and cultural consequences of urban restructuring in the contemporary city and the lives of its citizens. Pynchon’s depiction of California is further analyzed from mythical and environmental standpoints to shed light on his planetary vision and (post)postmodernist poetics in the span of nearly half a century. More broadly, the book’s geocritical and urban analyses of Pynchon’s fiction indicate what might take place concerning the future of urbanism, toward “planetary urbanization” and the formation of the “city region.”

Author : Farhad Hemmatkhah Kalibar
Publisher : Sara Tabandeh
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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100 Great Quotes by Herman Melville by Farhad Hemmatkhah Kalibar Pdf

Welcome to the "100 Great Quotes" series, a collection that celebrates the profound insights and timeless wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history. Each book in this series is a curated compilation of 100 remarkable quotes by a single individual, offering readers a glimpse into the depth of their thoughts and the enduring impact of their ideas. In a world filled with constant noise and rapid change, these books serve as a sanctuary of contemplation. Within these pages, you will find the distilled essence of the thinkers and visionaries who have shaped our understanding of the world. From philosophers and scientists to artists and leaders, each volume is a journey into the unique perspectives that have stood the test of time. Dive into the brilliance of minds that have left an indelible mark on human history. Whether you seek inspiration, reflection, or simply a moment of clarity, the "100 Great Quotes" series invites you to explore the profound and enduring truths encapsulated in the words of these extraordinary individuals.

Author : Nick Ceramella
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527581432

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The Marriage between Literature and Music by Nick Ceramella Pdf

Music and literature have often been interconnected through the centuries. This is an intellectual and spiritual marriage between two artistic worlds, which are both part of a creative system that lends voice to one another. As this book argues, while music is one single form of expression, literature can be expressed in the form of either poetry or prose. However, they find their apotheosis, their most natural relationship, when poetry is set to music, especially when it is lyrical and has similar phrasing and rhythms to music. The book, thus, shows that music offers an additional perspective to literature, while the latter gives words to the feelings that the former arouses. As such, though both can stand alone, if put together, they form a complementary entity that everybody can enjoy.

Author : Eric Sandberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442278233

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100 Greatest Literary Detectives by Eric Sandberg Pdf

Crime fiction is one of the most popular literary genres and has been for more than a century. At the heart of almost all forms of mysteries—from the Golden Age puzzler to the contemporary police procedural, from American hardboiled fiction to the Japanese timetable mystery—is the investigator. He—or, increasingly, she—can be a private eye, a police officer, or a general busybody. But whatever forms these investigators take, they are the key element of crime fiction. Criminals and their crimes come and go, while our attention is captured by these fascinating characters who exist at the intersection of so many different literary and social roles. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives offers a selection of the most influential, important, and intriguing fictional sleuths—amateur or professional—from around the world. From Sherlock Holmes to Harry Hole, Kinsey Millhone to Kiyoshi Mitarai, the detectives profiled here give readers a broader picture of one of fiction’s most popular genres. Each entry summarizes the distinctive features of notable investigators and their approaches to crime, provides a brief outline of major features of their fictional careers, and makes a case for their importance based on literary-historical impact, novelty, uniqueness, aesthetic quality, or cultural resonance. The characters profiled here include Lew Archer, Martin Beck, Father Brown, Brother Cadfael, Adam Dalgliesh, Mike Hammer, Miss Jane Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, Kay Scarpetta, Sam Spade, Phillip Trent, V. I. Warshawski, Lord Peter Wimsey, Nero Wolfe, and many others. Readers will find some of their favorite detectives here, learn more about their literary and cultural significance, and discover other great sleuths—old and new, local and international—in this engaging volume. 100 Greatest Literary Detectives provides a fascinating look into some of the most intriguing fictional characters of all time.

Author : Alice Grundy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009037471

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Editing Fiction by Alice Grundy Pdf

Editing Fiction considers the collaborative efforts of literary production as well as editorial practice in its own right, using case studies by Australian novelists Jessica Anderson, Thea Astley and Ruth Park. An emphasis on collaboration is necessary because literary criticism often takes books as finite, discrete works rather than the result of multiple contributors, engaged to differing degrees. The editorial process always involves a negotiation over edits for the sake of the work, taking its potential reception or projected sales into account. Through examination of the archives, this Element shows that editing can be formative, limiting, commercially directed, a literary collaboration – or a mix of all these interventions. For editors and scholars alike, the Element examines practices of the recent past, seeking to determine the responsibilities of editors and publishers to authors, the text itself and to society; and the interrelation of editorial work, social conditions and market forces.

Author : Peter Haining
Publisher : Portico
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781910232804

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Wrotten English by Peter Haining Pdf

Following on from the hilarious collection of typos, gaffes and howlers in Portico’s A Steroid Hit the Earth, comes Wrotten English – a fabulously funny collection of literary blunders from classic, and not-so classic, works of literature. This book is an anthology of side-splitting authors' errors, publishers' boobs, printers' devils, terrible titles, comical clangers and all manner of literary lunacy dating back since the invention of the printing press. Painstakingly researched and tapping in to the public's insatiable general interest with the written word, Wrotten English contains curious opening lines, fantastic fictions whose titles are too terrible to be true and some of the most suggestive double entendres committed by those who really should know better!

Author : Erik Ketzan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350211841

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Thomas Pynchon and the Digital Humanities by Erik Ketzan Pdf

Thomas Pynchon's style has dazzled and bewildered readers and critics since the 1960s, and this book employs computational methods from the digital humanities to reveal heretofore unknown stylistic trends over the course of Pynchon's career, as well as challenge critical assumptions regarding foregrounded and supposedly “Pynchonesque” stylistic features: ambiguity/vagueness, acronyms, ellipsis marks, profanity, and archaic stylistics in Mason & Dixon. As the first book-length stylistic or computational stylistic examination of Pynchon's oeuvre, Thomas Pynchon and the Digital Humanities provides a groundwork of stylistic experiments and interpretations, with over 60 graphs and tables, presented in a manner in which both technical and non-technical audiences may follow.

Author : Satadal Lahiri
Publisher : PartridgeIndia
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781482817393

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Kirdaars… A Tale Of Character by Satadal Lahiri Pdf

It is about the various roles that humans play throughout their journey of life. It is about the common people jostling amongst the crowd of somebodies. It is about discovering new things about oneself through experiences that life continues to throw throughout the journey of life. It is also about relationships and the changing phases of the same through the ravages of time. It is about you, me, and all other commoners jostling for some space under the sun. It is about the various roles life makes us play through our journey . . .

Author : Joanna Freer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781108474467

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The New Pynchon Studies by Joanna Freer Pdf

The essays in this collection are at the forefront of Pynchon studies, representing distinctively twenty-first century approaches to his work.

Author : david de angelis
Publisher : David De Angelis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-12
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9791221352986

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The Big Book of Aphorisms and Quotes by david de angelis Pdf

How many times on the roads of life did we wish we had been given a hint or inspiration about what to do, where to go and with whom? The answer was already there within us but we could not hear it. The present book is intended to become an aid, for the reader, to find an inspiration daily or in times of need, which can give that necessary and, above all "inspired" push to find Motivation, Courage, Determination within oneself, and to have wise counsel on numerous areas of life. The value of this work is precisely the collection by subject of Phrases, Aphorisms and Inspirations from the greatest figures in ancient and, especially recent history. Numerous are the Inspirational Phrases and Aphorisms from writers, philosophers, poets and thinkers, motivators and managers who have made history and continue to do so, leaving an indelible mark behind them.

Author : David Owen,Cristina Pividori
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527565036

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The Spectre of Defeat in Post-War British and US Literature by David Owen,Cristina Pividori Pdf

It is a commonplace belief that history is written by the victorious. However, less recognised but equally common is the idea that the defeated also write history, even if their particular account is rather different. This collection looks at these matters from a novel and distinct perspective. It essentially presents the idea that victors often perceive themselves as defeated, by examining the ways in which the idea of defeat comes to dominate the victors’ own sense of superiority and achievement, thereby undermining the certainties that victory is conventionally thought to create. The contributions here discuss fiction (mostly UK and US) published since the First World War. Through the frameworks of experience, memory and post-memory, they examine this subliminal defeat, basically as seen in conflict itself, in the societies that it affects, and in the individual lives of those who it destroys. The result is an innovative literary account of the victorious-yet-somehow-defeated.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015029918334

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Yeats by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Pynchon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Missing persons
ISBN : PSU:000032898521

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V., a Novel by Thomas Pynchon Pdf

Originally published: New York: Lippincott, 1963.