Narratives of love and loss : studies in modern children's fiction

Narratives of love & loss

Introduction: Deep Structures in Modern Children's Fiction -- Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom's Midnight Garden -- Narnia: An Imaginary Land as Container of Moral and Emotional Adventure -- Magic Wishes and the Self Explorations of Children: Five Children and It -- The Life of Dolls: Rumer Godden's Understanding of Children's Imaginative Play -- The Maternal Capacities of a Small Boy: The Indian in the Cupboard -- Animals in Reality and Fantasy: Two Stories by Philippa Pearce -- The Poetic Power of Ordinary Speech: E.B. White's Children's Stories -- Who Believes in 'Borrowers'? -- Making Out in America: The Mouse and His Child -- Inner Implications of Extended Traumas: Carrie's War -- Finding Oneself among Strangers: Three Stories by Paula Fox -- Conclusions: Explorations of Loss -- Postscript: The Inner World of Harry Potter.

German writing, American reading : women and the import of fiction, 1866-1917

Hebrew classics : a journey through Israel's timeless fiction and poetry

Israel : society, culture, and history

Israel (Boston, Mass.)

An idyll of rural Jewish life : Shaul Tchernichovsky's "Boiled dumplings" -- Human compassion as a substitute for divine protection : Yehuda Amichai's "God has mercy on kindergarten children" -- Berating an indifferent God : Hayyim Nahman Bialik's "On the slaughter" -- Living in the aftermath of the Holocaust nightmare : Shulamith Hareven's "Twilight," "Loneliness," and "The witness" -- The damaged personhood of Holocaust survivors : Haim Gouri's The chocolate deal -- Confronting the incomprehensible reality of the Holocaust universe : Hanoch Bartov's The brigade -- A clash of the generations : Aharon Megged's "The name" -- The kibbutz girl, the Arab, and the snake, or, Just a modern version of the Garden of Eden : Amos Oz's "Nomad and viper" -- And the righteous shall be rewarded : Dvorah Baron's "Sunbeams."

Understanding Chuck Palahniuk

Understanding Contemporary American Literature

Understanding contemporary American literature.

Science is fiction : the films of Jean Painlevé

Contradictory forces: Jean painlevé, 1902-1989 / Fluid mechanics / Phtograms -- Methuselah -- Hyas and stenorphynchus -- Seahorse -- Fourth dimension -- Vampire -- Freshwater assassins -- Blood of the beasts -- Blue beard -- Sea urchins -- Love life of the octopus -- Acera or the withes' dance -- Photography -- Neo-zoological drama / Mysteries and miracles of nature / Institute in the cellar / Feet in the water / Clay blue beard / Science film: accidental beauty / Castration of the documentary / Ten commandments / Scientific film / Jean Painlevé reveals the invisible / Selected filmography -- Selected television and radio programs -- Selected writings / Selected writings on Jean Painlevé.