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The "Continuum Contemporaries" series is designed as a source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and literature students at school, college and university. It aims to give readers informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, acclaimed and influential novels of recent years.

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Don Randall's comprehensive study situates acclaimed author David Malouf within the field of contemporary international and psotcolonial writing, but without losing sight of the author's affiliation with Australian contexts. The book presents an original reading of Malouf, but also engages with the full body of preceding Malouf criticism.

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A thrilling novel in the Cliff Hardy series from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer, Peter Corris.

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Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers interrogates Angela Carters feminist politics through the lens of European Gothic. It illuminates her ambivalent relation to her European literary forebears, reveals her rich knowledge of French literature and offers fresh insights into her literary practices afforded by newly available archival material.

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Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers interrogates Angela Carters feminist politics through the lens of European Gothic. It illuminates her ambivalent relation to her European literary forebears, reveals her rich knowledge of French literature and offers fresh insights into her literary practices afforded by newly available archival material.

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A descriptive bibliography of the science fiction works of L. Sprague de Camp, including both foreign and English language publications.

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This volume is a list of all the items in Moore's bibliographical "Checklist" that at present the authors consider questionable, with in each case a note as to who was the first attributor, a brief synopsis and an explanation of the reasons for doubting the ascription concerning Defoe.

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Byatt's Degrees of Freedom examined the first eight novels of Iris Murdoch, identifying freedom as a central theme in all of them, and looking at Murdoch's interest in the relations between art and goodness, master and slave, and the novel of character in the nineteenth century sense.

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This study investigates examples of anorexia nervosa, a highly symbolic form of nonverbal discourse, in a selection of French novels spanning the period 1835-1889.

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"Considers the surge in biographical fiction (biofiction) as a paradigm shift in our understanding of real-life narratives, relating literary expression to theories of risk and uncertainty"--

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"Considers the surge in biographical fiction (biofiction) as a paradigm shift in our understanding of real-life narratives, relating literary expression to theories of risk and uncertainty"--

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Charles Dickens' experience and imagining of creativity is at the heart of his self-awareness, subject-matter and narrative. This book covers Dickens and creativity, analysing both his discussion of creativity and imagination and illustrations in his work.

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Charles Dickens' experience and imagining of creativity is at the heart of his self-awareness, subject-matter and narrative. This book covers Dickens and creativity, analysing both his discussion of creativity and imagination and illustrations in his work.

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Written by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" centers around his primary themes. This guide gives an introduction to the text including its context, Dickens' style and imagery, its critical reception starting from the publication time, acts as a guide to the illustrated editions and film adaptations, and also acts as a guide to further reading.

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Part of a series, which provides an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. This title is not only one of the last great novels to be written by Dickens but is also one which centres around his primary themes: the importance of childhood in relationship to adult life, concepts of guilt and imprisonment.

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Explores the coverage of music in the journals edited by Dickens and how they reflect Dickens' own attitude to music and its social role. This title presents the full analysis of the articles on music published in the journals conducted by Charles Dickens.