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Examines Celine's entire oeuvre of the interwar years and the occupation, and places it in the literary and intellectual context of contemporary France.

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Hunter S Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. This work looks at Hunter S Thompson's complex relationship with America. It examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11.

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Hunter S Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. This work looks at Hunter S Thompson's complex relationship with America. It examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11.

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Exploring traditional and more contemporary depictions of romantic heroines, as well as changing approaches to sexuality, she assesses the degree to which the values of the sexual revolution and women's movement have penetrated this form of popular culture.

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Baker and Gibson show that while Vidal's novels are tremendously entertaining, they are also serious examinations of a recurring themethe decline of the West in general and the decline of the United States in particular.

A biographical sketch of the writer precedes a general discussion of Vidal's early novels.

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This book is a study of the powers of Gothic in late twentieth-century fiction film. Susanne Becker argues that the Gothic, two hundred years after it emerged, exhibits unchanged vitality in our media age with its obsession for incessant stimulation and excitement.

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Focussing on written and visual culture that is made in or made about Cornwall, this book argues that Cornwall and the Scilly Isles (known as Kernow in the Cornish language) have a special relationship with Gothic, one that has been overlooked in the literature on regional Gothic.

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Brings together case studies of Gothic kinship ties in film and literature and offers a synthesis and theorization of the different appearances of the Gothic family -- .

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Collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance -- .

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Collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance -- .

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This book argues that travel in Gothic literature offers a unique and transformative perspective on recurring cultural preoccupations with fear, unknown landscapes, environmental change, surveillance, and the foreign.

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"The Gothic Vision" examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late 18th century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing.

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Focuses on Graham Greene's use of Catholic and theological issues in his fictions and other writings from the 1920s until the 1980s. This title explores the major issues of Catholic faith and doubt, particularly in relation to his portrayal of secular love and physical desire.

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A comprehensive reconsideration of Graham Greene's use of Catholic and theological issues in his fictions and other writings from the 1920s until the 1980s. It focuses both on his best known novels and his less familiar works, including his short stories, plays, poetry, film scripts and reviewing, journalism and personal correspondence.

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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Booker Prize-winning novelist Graham Swift. Detailed analysis of his work provides an informative, lucid and accessible insight into the writing of one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. -- .

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This is an excellent guide to Graham Swifts Booker-winning novel, now a feature film starring Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. It features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If youre studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, youll find this guide informative and helpful.

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Gives students and general readers an overview of contemporary women mystery writers. It provides alphabetically arranged entries, with each entry including a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, and primary and secondary bibliographies. It also contains appendices of award winners and a selected, general bibliography.

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This history of the development of Greek prose, based on the author's Oxford lectures, was designed for use by university students and professors.

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