Ulverton Vintage Past

Author : Adam Thorpe
Publisher : Vintage Classic
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1784871397

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Ulverton (Vintage Past) by Adam Thorpe Pdf

"At the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans three hundred years. Different voices tell the story of Ulverton- one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromell... Told through diaries, sermons, letters, drunken pub conversations and film scripts this is a masterful novel that reconstructs the unrecorded history of England."

Author : Adam Thorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:477217152

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Ulverton by Adam Thorpe Pdf

Author : Adam Thorpe
Publisher : Random House
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448130061

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Ulverton by Adam Thorpe Pdf

Immerse yourself in the stories of Ulverton, as heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime 'Sometimes you forget that it is a novel, and believe for a moment that you are really hearing the voice of the dead' Hilary Mantel At the heart of this novel lies the fictional village of Ulverton. It is the fixed point in a book that spans three hundred years. Different voices tell the story of Ulverton: one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromwell... Told through diaries, sermons, letters, drunken pub conversations and film scripts, this is a masterful novel that reconstructs the unrecorded history of England. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM ROBERT MACFARLANE

Author : Martin J. P. Davies
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784910792

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A Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life and Works of Thomas Hardy. by Martin J. P. Davies Pdf

Martin Davies examines Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past and the role it plays in his life and literary work. Hardy's life encompasses the transformation of archaeology out of mere antiquarianism into a fully scientific discipline. He observed this process at first hand, and its impact on his aesthetic and philosophical scheme was profound.

Author : Nicola Allen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441147363

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Marginality in the Contemporary British Novel by Nicola Allen Pdf

The 'Marginal' as a concept has become an integral part of the British novel as it stands at the turn of the century. Both popular and literary fiction since the mid-1970s has seen an increasing emphasis on the marginal subject. This study offers readings of a wide range of contemporary British novels that represent characters or communities at the margin of society. Nicola Allen analyses three conceptual categories representing the marginal subject in the contemporary British novel: the character of the misfit or outsider; the emergence of the grotesque; and the rediscovery of previously marginalized narratives such as myth and fantasy. This innovative and original monograph focuses on the contention that the contemporary novel of marginality conveys a belief in the socially transformative powers of narrative, and suggests that narrative has played a central role in bringing marginal politics and marginal issues to the fore in contemporary Britain.

Author : Lindsay Clarke
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781909270305

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Gist by Lindsay Clarke Pdf

What do we mean by the word imagination? Does it just refer to our powers of invention and ingenuity, or might it have a larger visionary scope and purpose? Might it be vital to a vital life? What about the creative process itself: how does it work, in what circumstances does it flourish, and what conditions hinder or repress its activity? These and related themes are explored, often in unexpected and provocative ways, in this inspirational collection of essays, poems and reflections.The book takes its title from the opening essay, The Gist of Arvon, in which John Moat reflects with characteristic humanity, vigour and wit on the wider implications of the original vision and sense of purpose, which he shared with his close friend, the late John Fairfax, when they set up the Arvon Foundation together more than forty years ago.John's piece is followed by those of the contributing authors, who approach the issues from a stimulating variety of perspectives. Thus, amongst other lively contributions, Seamus Heaney writes about the inspirational nature of haunting encounters, Alice Oswald reveals a poet's imagination in full flight across pages from her work-book, Carol Ann Duffy contributes poems she wrote while tutoring at Arvon Centres, and there are freshly written pieces by novelists such as Andrew Miller, Adam Thorpe and Maggie Gee, while Jules Cashford, Linda Proud and Patrick Harpur offer mythological and philosophical insights on the book's themes. The book has a Foreword by Andrew Motion, and reprints a fascinating essay in which Ted Hughes gave thought to the important educational significance of the work done at Arvon's Centres.Through its celebration of the imagination, The Gist seeks to bring encouragement and inspiration to anyone whose pulses are quickened by the urge to live a creative life.

Author : Celia Brayfield,Duncan Sprott
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780938387

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Writing Historical Fiction by Celia Brayfield,Duncan Sprott Pdf

Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II. PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young. PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.

Author : Liliana Sikorska
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 3631597711

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History is Mostly Repair and Revenge by Liliana Sikorska Pdf

Papers presented at a symposium organized by the Dept. of English Literature and Literary Linguistics, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznaaan.

Author : Eileen Pollard,Berthold Schoene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107121423

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British Literature in Transition, 1980–2000 by Eileen Pollard,Berthold Schoene Pdf

This volume shows how British literature recorded contemporaneous historical change. It traces the emergence and evolution of literary trends from 1980-2000.

Author : Deborah Lilley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429686528

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The New Pastoral in Contemporary British Writing by Deborah Lilley Pdf

This book identifies a major turn in contemporary British literature in response to environmental crisis. It argues that the pastoral is emerging as a new critical framework in which to explore the understanding of people and place in this context. The New Pastoral in Contemporary British Writing explores how the pastoral tradition has transformed as authors respond to our changing relationships with place in this period. Analysing the features common to new pastoral writing, it brings together a corpus of works from major authors including Ali Smith, Jim Crace, John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie, and Robert Macfarlane. This book argues that crises such as pollution and climate change have shifted our understandings of the key relationships of pastoral and the terms upon which they are based, giving new senses to its older oppositions between the human and the natural, the urban and the rural, and the past and the present. Furthermore, it shows that the versions of pastoral that ensue align with current ecocritical arguments produced by thinking through the individual, cultural, and ecological implications of environmental crisis. As a result, pastoral emerges as the crucial strategy in the re-imagining of the environment underway in contemporary British writing, the resurgence of interest in nature writing, the increasing attention towards place in literary fiction, and the development of ecological or ‘climate’ fiction. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of English as well as those concerned with the interdisciplinary topics of the environmental humanities, including literary geographies, new nature writing, cultures of climate change and the Anthropocene, and ecologically-oriented theory.

Author : Magali Cornier Michael
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319897288

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Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City by Magali Cornier Michael Pdf

The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain’s experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature’s depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in particular on cities as intertwined with globalization and global capitalism (including the proliferation of media) and with issues of immigration and migration. Indeed, decolonization has brought large numbers of people from former colonies to Britain, thus making British cities ever more diverse. Such mixing of peoples in urban areas has led to both racist fears and possibilities of cosmopolitan co-existence.

Author : Robert Graham,Helen Newall,Heather Leach
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137406088

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The Road to Somewhere by Robert Graham,Helen Newall,Heather Leach Pdf

This revised, updated and expanded new edition of The Road to Somewhere will help you to acquire the craft and disciplines needed to develop as a writer in today's world. It is ideal for anyone - student writers, writing teachers and seasoned authors - seeking practical guidance, new ideas and creative inspiration. The Road to Somewhere: A Creative Writing Companion, second edition offers: - New chapters on writing for digital media, flash fiction, memoir, style and taking your writing out into the world - updated chapters on fiction, scripts, poetry, and experimental forms - An examination of creative processes and advice on how to read as a writer - Many practical exercises and useable course materials - Extensive references and suggestions for further reading - Information on how to get work published or produced, in real and virtual worlds - Tips on how to set up and run writing workshops and groups - A complete Agony Aunt section to help with blocks and barriers - Guidance on the more technical aspects of writing such as layout and grammar And, to lighten your writing journey a little, we've tried to make this second edition even wittier and smarter than the first. So whether you see yourself as a published professional or a dedicated dabbler, this is the book to take along for the ride.

Author : Décio Torres Cruz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789027261816

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The Cinematic Novel and Postmodern Pop Fiction by Décio Torres Cruz Pdf

Décio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through issues of gender and identity, and partly through issues of reality and representation. In doing so, he looks at the various ways in which people have thought of the so-called cinematic novel, tracing the development of that genre concept not only in the French ciné-roman and film scenarios but also in novels from the United States, England, France, and Latin America. The main tendency he identifies is the blending of the cinematic novel with pop literature, through allusions to Pop Art and other postmodern cultural trends. His prime exhibits are a number of novels by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth; Heartbreak Tango; The Buenos Aires Affair; Kiss of the Spider Woman; and Pubis angelical. Bringing in suggestive sociocultural and psychoanalytical considerations, Cruz shows how, in Puig’s hands, the cinematic novel resulted in a pop collage of different texts, films, discourses, and narrative devices which fused reality and imagination into dream and desire.

Author : Alexander Lyon Macfie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781317681731

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The Fiction of History by Alexander Lyon Macfie Pdf

The Fiction of History sets out a number of themes in the relationship between history and fiction, emphasising the tensions and dilemmas created in this relationship and examining how various writers have dealt with these. In the first part, two chapters discuss the philosophy behind the connection between fiction and history, whether history is fiction, and the distinction between the past and history. Part two goes on to discuss the relationship between history and literature using case studies such as Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens. Part three looks at television and film (as well as other media) through case studies such as the film Welcome to Sarajevo and Soviet and Australian films. Part four considers a particular theme that has prominence in both history and literature, postcolonial studies, focusing on the issues of fictions of nationhood and civilization and the historical novel in postcolonial contexts. Finally, the fifth section comprises two interviews with novelists Penelope Lively and Adam Thorpe and discusses the ways in which their works explore the nature of history itself.

Author : Mike Pearson,Michael Shanks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134648443

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Theatre/Archaeology by Mike Pearson,Michael Shanks Pdf

Theatre/Archaeology is a provocative challenge to disciplinary practice and intellectual boundaries. It brings together radical proposals in both archaeological and performance theory to generate a startlingly original and intriguing methodological framework.