Search Results for Fiction.

Fiction

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c1998.
2nd ed.
Book

Essays & fiction

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Gissing, George,
1970.
Book

Pulp fiction

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Dale, Dick.
1994.
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Canadian fiction.

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c1998-
Canadian fiction. Canadian fiction anthology Canadian fiction magazine
Quarry Press fiction
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Pulp fiction

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Polan, Dana B.,
2000.
Book

Apocalyptic Fiction.

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Tate, Andrew.
2017.
"Visions of post-apocalyptic worlds have proved to be irresistible for many 21st-century writers, from literary novelists to fantasy and young adult writers. Exploring a wide range of texts, from the works of Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy, Tom Perrotta and Emily St. John Mandel to young adult novels such as Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series, this is the first critical introduction to contemporary apocalyptic fiction. Exploring the cultural and political contexts of these writings and their echoes in popular media, Apocalyptic Fiction also examines how contemporary apocalyptic texts looks back to earlier writings by the likes of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. Apocalyptic Fiction includes an annotated guide to secondary readings, making this an essential guide for students of contemporary fiction at all levels."--Bloomsbury Publishing
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On fiction

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Woolf, Virginia,
2011.
Book

Social fiction

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Montellier, Chantal,
[2023]
"An anonymous official chides a man under surveillance for stepping out of view of a security camera; visitors to an underground mall are forced to form a new society when a nuclear strike may (or may not) have left them as the sole survivors on Earth; newlyweds living in an authoritarian New York City attempt to navigate the insidious hurdles of being permitted to have a child; and a Puerto Rican boxer discovers that segregation continues in America, long after death. These are the visions of Chantal Montellier, a contributor to the legendary Metal Hurlant, and the creator of some of the most striking and stirring science fiction comics of the 1970s and 1980s. In this collection of three novellas, Wonder City, Shelter, and 1996, published together in English for the first time, Montellier's blend of dark humor, gripping storytelling, and consistent focus on the perils of totalitarianism, shows her to be a master of both comics and science fiction"--
Book

Fiction catalog.

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Fiction catalog. Standard catalog for public libraries: fiction section 1923-31
Includes an abridged edition of 1908 catalog issued under title: English prose fiction ... list of about 800 title.
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Selected fiction;

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James, Henry,
c1953.
Everyman's library. Fiction ; 649A
Book

Writing fiction

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Derleth, August,
[1946]
Book

Science fiction

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©2002.
This book includes an overview of science fiction literature, a variety of critical essays on the themes explored by science fiction writers, and a chronology that maps out literary milestones of the genre.
Book

Pure fiction

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Highmore, Julie.
2003.
When the local library starts a reading group, Ed is the first to sign up. He is soon joined by Kate, Zoe, Bob, Donna and Gideon. As the reading circle draws its members into an unlikely community, the plots become increasingly outlandish, and their lives grow ever more entwined.
Book

Short fiction

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1993.
Book

Writing fiction

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Vivante, Arturo.
c1980.
Book

Postmodernist fiction

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McHale, Brian.
1989 c1987.
Book

Postmodernist fiction

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McHale, Brian.
[1996], ©1987.
Electronic resource

Black fiction

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Rosenblatt, Roger.
1974.
Book

Healing fiction

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Hillman, James.
c1983.
Book

Healing fiction

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Hillman, James.
[1994], c1983.
Book

Sexual fiction

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Charney, Maurice.
1981.
Book

Psychological fiction.

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Beja, Morris.
[1971]
Book

Pup fiction

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Berenson, Laurien,
2021.
First Kensington Hardcover Edition.
Sending her kids to the Graceland School's summer camp, Melanie discovers that murder is on the schedule when she is thrown into a mystery involving the owner's dead estranged husband and three prize-winning Dalmatians.
Book

Fuzzy fiction

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Hippolyte, Jean-Louis.
©2006.
Fuzzy Fiction examines the phenomenon of "fuzziness," both figurative and structural, in the contemporary French novel. Fuzziness, as originally conceived by Bertrand Russell a century ago, eventually led to the fuzzy set theory of mathematics, on which Jean-Louis Hippolyte bases his theory of literary criticism. In literature the use of fuzziness as a critical lens reveals how semantic ambiguity translates into ontological uncertainty, and why we should look past singularity and toward multiplicity. The paradoxical coincidence of order and disorder, the seemingly infinite exploration of narrative options, and the principle of undifferentiated identity all contribute to a general poetics of vagueness. It is this capital notion of vagueness that Hippolyte identifies as integral to contemporary French fiction and contemporary literature in general.
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Fiction librarianship

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Atkinson, Frank,
1981.
Book

Modern fiction,

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Brewster, Dorothy,
[1969]
Book

Holocaust fiction

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Vice, Sue,
2000.
Examining the controversies that have accompanied the publication of novels representing the Holocaust, this compelling book explores such literature to analyze their violently mixed receptions and what this says about the ethics and practice of millennial Holocaust literature. The novels examined, including some for the first time, are: * Time's Arrow by Martin Amis * The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas * The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski * Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally * Sophie's Choice by William Styron * The Hand that Signed the Paper by Helen Darville. Taking issue with the idea that the Holocaust should only be represented factually, this compelling book argues that Holocaust fiction is not only legitimate, but an important genre that it is essential to accept. In a growing area of interest, Sue Vice adds a new, intelligent and contentious voice to the key debates within Holocaust studies.
Electronic resource

Historical fiction

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[2018]
[First edition].
Book

Victorian fiction

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Marshall, Gail,
2002.
Book

Edwardian fiction

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Hunter, Jefferson,
1982.
Book

Trauma fiction

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Whitehead, Anne,
©2004.
Displays intelligence, deep understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding trauma as a literary subject and originality. The book marks an important step forward in the development of trauma studies.' - Cathy Caruth, Winship Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English, Emory University The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. Trauma Fiction focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides innovative readings of texts by Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W. G. Sebald and Binjamin Wilkomirski. It also considers the ways in which trauma has affected fictional form, exploring how novelists have responded to the challenge of writing traumatic narratives, and identifying the key stylistic features associated with the genre. In addition, the book introduces the reader to key critics in the field of trauma theory such as Cathy Caruth, Shoshana Felman and Geoffrey Hartman. The linking of trauma theory and literary texts not only sheds light on works of contemporary fiction, it also points to the inherent connections between trauma theory and the literary which have often been overlooked. The distinction between literary theme and style in the book opens up major questions regarding the nature of trauma itself. Trauma, like the novels discussed, is shown to take an uncertain but productive place between content and form. Key Features Idenitifes and explores a new and evolving genre in contemporary fiction Thinks through the relation between trauma and literature Produces innovative readings of key works of contemporary fiction Provides an introduction to key ideas in trauma theory Table of Contents Acknowledgements Part I: Theme Introduction to Part I: Theme 1. The Past as Revenant: Trauma and Haunting in Pat Barker's Another World 2. Telling Tales: Trauma and Testimony in Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments 3. 'Ground that will remember you': Trauma and Landscape in Anne Michaels's Fugitive Pieces Part II: Style Introduction to Part II: Style 4. Othello in the Ghetto: Trauma and Intertextuality in Caryl Phillips's The Nature of Blood 5. The Butterfly Man: Trauma and Repetition in the Writing of W. G. Sebald 6. Recomposing the Past: Trauma and Improvisation in Toni Morrison's Jazz and Jackie Kay's Trumpet Conclusion Notes Bibliography
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Chaucerian fiction

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Burlin, Robert B.
c1977.
Book

Kidnapped : Fiction

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Robert Louis Stevenson
1992.
The story of young David Balfour, an orphan, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery.
Book

Trauma fiction

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Whitehead, Anne,
c2004.
Book

Summertime : fiction

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Coetzee, J. M.,
2009.
1st American ed.
In this autobiographical novel, a young English biographer is researching a book about the late South African writer John Coetzee, focusing on Coetzee in his thirties, at a time when he was living in a rundown cottage in the Cape Town suburbs with his widowed father--a time, the biographer is convinced, when Coetzee was finding himself as a writer.
Book

True fiction

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Goldberg, Lee,
[2018]
Unabridged.
When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn't an accident.
CD

Detective fiction

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Wells, William,
[2016]
A serial killer is on the loose in Naples, Florida, an enclave of wealth and privilege on the Southwest Gulf Coast. At first, the murders have been disguised as accidents, but when Police Chief Wade Hansen becomes suspicious, Mayor Charles Beaumont orders him to apprehend the killer before the truth becomes public knowledge. Hansen reaches out to retired Chicago homicide detective Jack Starkey. Starkey, who has been shot three times: twice on the job and once in the army, is enjoying every cop's retirement dream, but at the same time, misses the thrill of the hunt, so he accepts the job. As the bodies stack up like cordwood, Starkey searches for anything that the victims might have in common. He decides to go undercover as a member of the Naples elite in an attempt to get himself noticed by the killer, drawing the attention of Count Vasily Petrovich, who operates a hedge fund named for the Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. When Starkey discovers that all of the victims so far had been investors in that fund, and that the count is not a count at all, but a member of the Russian mafia he suspects that the Atocha Fund might have a substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Meanwhile, William Stevens, a Chicago Tribune police reporter, has been writing a series of best-selling crime novels based upon his pal Starkey's career. Starkey's alter-ego is Chicago homicide detective Jack Stoney. Things are not what they seem, plot twists abound, and the bullets begin to fly. Starkey, in desperation, reaches out to the fictional Stoney, to help him catch the killer.
Book

Science fiction

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Hardy, Phil,
1984.
1st ed.
Book

Fuzzy fiction

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Hippolyte, Jean-Louis,
©2006.
Book

Understanding fiction

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Brooks, Cleanth,
c1979.
3d ed.
Book

Understanding fiction

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Brooks, Cleanth,
[1959]
2d ed.
Book

Canadian fiction

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Jones, Joseph,
1981.
Book

Elizabethan fiction,

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Ashley, Robert Paul,
[1953]
Book

Frenzied fiction

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Leacock, Stephen,
[1971]
Book

Chaucerian fiction

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Burlin, Robert B.,
1977.
Electronic resource

Writing fiction

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Cassill, R. V.
[1975]
2d ed.
Book

Speculative fiction

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2013.
Book

Political fiction

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[2014]
[First edition].
Book

Writing fiction

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Cassill, R. V.
[1975]
2d ed.
Book

Pump fiction.

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[2003]
Electronic resource

Pulp fiction [videorecording]

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[2011]
[Blu-ray version].
Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction has been hailed by critics and audiences worldwide as a film that redefined cinema. Tarantino delivers an unforgettable cast of characters, including a pair of low-rent hitmen, their boss's sexy wife, and a desperate prizefighter, in a wildly entertaining and exhilarating blend of crime-thriller-drama-comedy that is completely original and entirely unforgettable.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [videorecording]

Pulp fiction [DVD]

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2014.
Widescreen.
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

Pulp fiction / [DVD]

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[2011?]
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

Locating science fiction

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Milner, Andrew.
2012.
Book

Modern science fiction

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Spinrad, Norman,
1976, c1974.
Book

Locating science fiction

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Milner, Andrew,
2012.
'Locating Science Fiction' is a ground breaking and potentially paradigm-shifting book, a major intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF.
Electronic resource

Modern fiction studies.

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Modern fiction studies. Mod. fict. stud. MFS <spring 1976->
Electronic resource Other

Fiction core collection.

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2010-
Fiction core collection. Fiction catalog
Serial Other

Arabic science fiction

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Campbell, Ian,
[2018]
This book traces the roots of Arabic science fiction through classical and medieval Arabic literature, undertaking close readings of formative texts of Arabic science fiction via a critical framework developed from the work of Western critics of Western science fiction, Arab critics of Arabic science fiction and postcolonial theorists of literature. Ian Campbell investigates the ways in which Arabic science fiction engages with a theoretical concept he terms "double estrangement" wherein these texts provide social or political criticism through estrangement and simultaneously critique their own societies' inability or refusal to engage in the sort of modernization that would lead the Arab world back to leadership in science and technology.
Book

Scandinavian crime fiction

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Stougaard-Nielsen, Jakob,
2017.
"With its bleak urban environments, psychologically compelling heroes and socially engaged plots, Scandinavian crime writing has captured the imaginations of a global audience in the 21st century. Exploring the genre's key themes, international impact and socio-political contexts, Scandinavian Crime Fiction guides readers through such key texts as Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Henning Mankell's Wallander books and TV series such as The Killing. Including guides to further reading and online resources to help readers explore the genre for themselves, this book is essential for readers, viewers and fans of contemporary crime writing."--
Electronic resource

The fiction writer

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Cantor, Jillian,
[2023]
"The once-rising literary star Olivia Fitzgerald is down on her luck. Her most recent novel, a retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, was a flop, her boyfriend of nine years just dumped her and she's battling a bad case of writer's block. So when her agent calls her with a high-paying ghostwriting opportunity, Olivia is all too willing to sign the NDA. At first, the write-for-hire job seems too good to be true. All she has to do is interview Henry "Ash" Asherwood, a reclusive mega billionaire, twice named People's Sexiest Man Alive, who wants her help in writing a book that reveals a shocking secret about his late grandmother and Daphne du Maurier. But when Olivia arrives at his Malibu estate, nothing is as it seems. The more Olivia digs into his grandmother's past, the more questions she has, and before she knows it, she's trapped in a gothic mystery of her own"--
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Pulp fiction [DVD]

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[2002]
Collector's ed., widescreen.
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

Canadian fiction magazine.

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Canadian fiction magazine. Can. fict. mag. CFM Best of Canadian fiction magazine. Canadian fiction
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Fantasy & science fiction.

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1987-
Fantasy & science fiction. Fantasy sci. fict. Fantasy and science fiction Magazine of fantasy & science fiction Magazine of fantasy and science fiction
Serial Other

Science fiction voices

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1979-
Science fiction voices Sci. fict. voices Pulp voices, or, Science fiction voices
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Science fiction omnibus

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2018.
Book

Italian crime fiction

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2011.
The present volume is the first study in the English language to focus specifically on Italian crime fiction, weaving together a historical perspective and a thematic approach, with a particular focus on the representation of space, especially city space, gender, and the tradition of impegno, the social and political engagement which characterised the Italian cultural and literary scene in the postwar period. The chapters, by leading British and North-American scholars, track the history and development of Italian detective and noir fiction from the 1930s to the present with a particular focus.
Electronic resource

Iberian crime fiction

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2011.
Book

Anarchists in fiction

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2011.
Designed for a general, intelligent, popular readership as well as for scholars and aficionados working in the area, the second issue of Arena aims to provide general insights into the role of the anarchist in fiction, both as protagonist and author. Highlights include: --
Electronic resource

Hard science fiction

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Living by fiction

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Dillard, Annie.
c1982.
1st ed.
Book

Living by fiction

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Dillard, Annie.
c1982.
1st ed.
Book

Vintage science fiction

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1999.
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
"Stories that inspired landmark films."
Book

Lime Creek : fiction

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Henry, Joe.
c2011.
1st ed.
Working long and unforgiving hours on their blizzard-stricken Wyoming range, Spencer Davis and his sons, Luke and Whitney, oversee the life cycles of their horses until headstrong Luke falls in love and begins to assert his independence.
Book

The fiction class

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Breen, Susan.
c2008.
On paper, Arabella Hicks is more than qualified to teach a weekly fiction class: she's an author herself and she's passionate about books. So why do her students seem so difficult? And why can't she find an ending to the novel she has been working on for seven years? Arabella's beginning to think it's because of her mother who is living in a nursing home and driving Arabella insane. After each class Arabella visits her mother and every visit turns into an argument. Then she discovers her mother wants to be a writer. As she starts to teach her mother Arabella discovers that she has a lot to learn about writing and about love.
Book

Creative fiction writing.

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McCleary, Dorothy.
[1947]
Book

Technique in fiction

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Macauley, Robie.
c1987.
2nd ed., rev., and updated for a new generation, 1st ed.
Book

Pretender : science fiction

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Anthony, Piers.
1979.
1st ed.
Book

Technique in fiction

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Macauley, Robie.
[1964]
Book

Contemporary British fiction

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Bentley, Nick.
©2008.
This critical guide introduces major novelists and themes in British fiction from 1975 to 2005. It engages with concepts such as postmodernism, feminism, gender and the postcolonial, and examines the place of fiction within broader debates in contemporary culture. A comprehensive Introduction provides a historical context for the study of contemporary British fiction by detailing significant social, political and cultural events. This is followed by five chapters organised around the core themes: (1) Narrative Forms, (2) Contemporary Ethnicities, (3) Gender and Sexuality, (4) History, Memory and Writing, and (5) Narratives of Cultural Space. Key Features Introduces the major themes and trends in British fiction over the last 30 years Analyses a range of writers and texts including Brick Lane by Monica Ali, London Fields by Martin Amis, The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter, Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Shame by Salman Rushdie, Downriver by Iain Sinclair, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit byJeanette Winterson Presents a variety of critical perspectives essential for studying contemporary British fiction Provides essential resources for further reading and research
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British fiction today

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©2006.
This text provides students & readers with an introduction to key authors & novels since 1990 through a collection of the perspectives on British fiction. It offers comprehensive coverage of a range of contemporary authors, drawing together both established & emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the British writing.
Electronic resource

Motives for fiction

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Alter, Robert.
1984.
Book

Science fiction film.

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Gifford, Denis.
[1971]
Book

Science fiction classics

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c2009.
Book

Contemporary American fiction

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Millard, Kenneth.
2000.
Book

Is history fiction?

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Curthoys, Ann.
2005.
Book

Freud and fiction

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Kofman, Sarah.
1991.
Book

American Fiction [videorecording].

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2023.
Widescreen ed.
Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [videorecording].

Truth in fiction

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2011.
The essays collected in this volume are all concerned with the connection between fiction and truth. This question is of utmost importance to metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophical logic and epistemology, raising in each of these areas and at their intersections a large number of issues related to creation, existence, reference, identity, modality, belief, assertion, imagination, pretense, etc. All these topics and many more are addressed in this collection, which brings together original essays written from various points of view by philosophers of diverse trends. These essays con.
Electronic resource

Pulp Fiction [DVD].

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2011.
Widescreen ed.
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD].

Pragmatics and fiction

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Adams, Jon-K.
1985.
Electronic resource

The fiction dictionary

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Henry, Laurie,
c1995.
Book

Southern Cross Fiction

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Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
1998
The setting is Richmond, Virginia, where former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought, by an NIJ grant, to clean up the police force.
Book
JLC Title 245h Fiction

Elements of fiction

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Mosley, Walter,
2019.
First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
"In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools and practical advice needed to write a novel in a single year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the reader through the fundamental building blocks of fiction to deliver a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of conversational and instructive chapters, Mosley breaks down the art of fiction to its most essential elements: character and character development, plot and story, voice and narrative, context and description. The result is a detailed depiction of the writing process, from the blank page to the first draft to rewriting, and rewriting again. Throughout, Elements of Fiction is enriched by the author's reflection on his own methods and enlivened by engaging demonstrative examples, not drawn from other literary works but written by Mosley himself. Inspiring, accessible, and told in a voice both trustworthy and wise, Elements of Fiction is an indispensable book of tips, tools, and advice for writers and readers alike"--
Book

How fiction works

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Wood, James,
2008.
1st ed.
What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step.--From publisher description.
Book

Private novelist : fiction

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Zink, Nell,
[2016]
First edition.
Nell Zink took on the challenge of reading a novel by a friend, Hebrew-language writer Avner Shats. Unable to make sense of his work, she resolved to rewrite it for him from scratch. Her tongue-in-cheek homage is available for the first time, accompanied by a dazzling and imaginative novella that ingeniously explores questions of art, language, and life.
Book

An improbable fiction.

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Woods, Sara, pseud.
[1971]
[1st ed.]
Book

Better than fiction

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Martin, Alexa,
2022.
First edition.
"Love isn't always by the books in this charming romantic comedy about a bookseller discovering how to be the main character in her story. As a self-proclaimed book hater and a firm believer that the movie is always better, Drew Young didn't anticipate inheriting her grandma's bookstore, The Book Nook. She's in way over her head even before the shop's resident book club, comprising six of the naughtiest old ladies ever, begins to do what it does best-meddle. Bestselling author Jasper Williams is a hopeless romantic. When he meets Drew at his Book Nook signing event, he becomes determined to show her the beauty of reading. He curates a book bucket list in exchange for her help exploring the local Denver scene for his current manuscript. From river rafting to local restaurants, Drew begins to connect with Jasper in a way she thought only happened in fiction. When messy family ties jeopardize the future of The Book Nook, Drew is caught between a bookshelf and a hard place. She's reminded that real life isn't always big dreams and sweeping romance. But Jasper is the plot twist she never saw coming, and he's writing a happily ever after just for them"--
Book

Reading network fiction

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Ciccoricco, David,
©2007.
The marriage of narrative and the computer dates back to the 1980s, with the hypertext experiments of luminaries such as Judy Malloy and Michael Joyce. What has been variously called "hypertext fiction," "literary hypertext," and "hyperfiction" has surely surrendered any claim to newness in the 21st century. David Ciccoricco establishes the category of "network fiction" as distinguishable from other forms of hypertext and cybertext: network fictions are narrative texts in digitally networked environments that make use of hypertext technology in order to.
Electronic resource

A fatal fiction

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Dunnett, Kaitlyn,
2020.
First Kensington hardcover edition.
"Forgotten on the outskirts of quaint Lenape Hollow, Feldman’s Catskill Resort Hotel has outlasted its heyday as a popular tourist destination and now awaits demolition. But once Mikki is hired to edit a revealing memoir by Sunny Feldman, the last living relative of its original owners, the doomed resort quickly ends up back in the spotlight . . . Unfortunately, everyone’s attention shifts to Mikki when a body is discovered at the demolition site. Seen arguing with deceptive entrepreneur Greg Onslow right before his shocking death, the editor has no choice but to spell out exactly why she isn’t guilty of murdering him . . . Mikki’s dash for answers brings Greg’s shady dealings into focus, along with an unsettling list of potential culprits. As false leads and dead ends force her to revise theories on who really did it, can Mikki separate fact from fiction before the investigation reaches a terrifying conclusion?"--Provided by publisher.
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Modern fiction techniques

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Rockwell, F. A.
[1969]
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A convenient fiction

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Matthews, Mimi,
[2019]
With the income her deceased father left running out, Laura Hayes needs a husband fast. When a mysterious stranger arrives in the village, he seems a perfect catch. But Alex Archer is no hero. He's returned to England to find a wealthy wife.
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Writing commercial fiction

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Stevenson, John,
c1983.
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Fanny : a fiction

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White, Edmund,
©2003.
1st ed.
A fictional account based on the life of Fanny Wright is presented from the perspective of social critic and biographer Frances Trollope, who remembers young Wright's utopian idealism and move to mid-nineteenth century America.
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Disraeli's fiction

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Schwarz, Daniel R.
1979.
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Science fiction culture

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Bacon-Smith, Camille.
c2000.
Book

American Indian fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Larson, Charles R.
c1978.
1st ed.
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Fiction core collection

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[2022]
Twenty-first edition.
H.W. Wilson's Fiction Core Collection (21st Edition, 2022) provides the busy librarian with expert collection development advice on the most highly recommended works of classic and contemporary fiction. Over 7,600 titles are included -- all are popular works deemed to have lasting value to readers as well as new literary and genre titles that have been recognized as significant achievements in their respected areas of literature. Fiction Core Collection is designed to help librarians make the best of their fiction collection. Title Selection & Purchasing ; Readers' Advisory Support ; Cataloging Support ; Collection Development & Maintenance. Easy-to-use Arrangement : Entries are arranged by last name of the author. This arrangement allows librarians to literally walk their shelves with Fiction Core Collection in-hand. This makes easy work of noting titles that should be added to their collection, or to pull titles that are candidates for weeding. Immediate access to 7,600 recommended titles : Each of the 7,600+ entries includes a full bibliographical description, with detailed information about publisher, date of publication, paging, price, ISBN, and Library of Congress control number, plus notes regarding sequels and publication history. Entries include a helpful and informative descriptive abstract, and excerpts from review sources including Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. Starred Entries : "Most Highly Recommended" titles within subject areas are easily identified with a starred listing. This makes it easy to find the best of the best within a particular subject area. In-depth Indexing : Title & Subject Index. Works are indexed by title, followed by the name of the author. Plus, this index also organizes titles by subject, genre, form, and literary technique. Whether you're looking for Adventure, Allegories, or Ambition, the thousands of subject and genre headings simplifies locating specific titles. This access is one of the Collection's most important features and is especially valued by readers' advisors. Name Index. Works are listed by author name and pseudonyms. This list is included as a separate index for ease of reference, readers' advisory, and display creation. It has been two years since the last edition, so this new update is a must-have source for collection development for fiction collections of all sizes. Thousands of titles have been added to this new edition -- any library owning the previous edition will want to update to get access to these new titles. Given the high demand for new fiction titles in libraries, this volume helps filter through the thousands of titles published each year, so that librarians can be assured that they are selecting the best for their patrons. The Fiction Core Collection is an essential resource for library and media specialists, and an excellent, handy tool for collection development, and readers' advisory services. No library should be without the helpful guidance that Core Collections can provide.
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American Indian fiction

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Larson, Charles R.
c1978.
1st ed.
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American historical fiction,

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Dickinson, A. T.
1971.
3d ed.
Book

Contemporary American fiction

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Brauner, David,
©2010.
This is an accessible, lucid and incisive study that will prove indispensable to students and scholars of contemporary American fiction. Featuring a wide range of authors - from canonical figures such as Philip Roth, Don DeLillo and Annie Proulx, to increasingly influential writers such as Jeffrey Eugenides, Gish Jen and Richard Powers - the book combines detailed readings of key texts with informative discussions of their historical, social and cultural contexts. There are chapters focusing on formal characteristics (the use of irony and paradox in novels by Don DeLillo, Paul Auster and Bret Easton Ellis, and the generic properties of the texts and films of Cold Mountain, Brokeback Mountain and No Country for Old Men) and on thematic concerns (the representation of gender and sexuality in novels by Jane Smiley, Carol Shields and Jeffrey Eugenides, and of ethnicity, race and hybridity in fiction by Gish Jen, Philip Roth and Richard Powers). Running through all these chapters is an interrogation of all three elements making up the phrase 'contemporary American fiction'. Key Features Identifies some of the main trends in contemporary American fiction and situates them in historical and cultural contexts Discusses a representative range of recent fiction, providing a sense of the rich diversity of the field and of its key themes and modes of writing Introduces students to a variety of critical approaches to, and debates concerning, contemporary American fiction Encourages reflection on the nature of national, gender, ethnic and generic identities
Electronic resource

Romantic prose fiction

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American Jewish fiction

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Lambert, Joshua N.
2009.
1st ed.
This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader's dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction. The selection includes a wide range of classic American Jewish novels and story collections, from 1867 to the present, selected by the author in consultation with a panel of literary scholars and book industry professionals. Roth, Mailer, Kellerman, Chabon, Ozick, Heller, and dozens of other celebrated writers are here, with their most notable works. Each entry includes a book summary, with historical context and background on the author. Suggestions for further reading point to ot.
Electronic resource

Friend or fiction

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Cooper, Abby,
[2019]
"In the pages of her notebook, soon after her father is diagnosed with cancer, Jade invents an imaginary best friend she can depend on--Zoe; but when Zoe somehow magically shows up in real life, Jade wonders how genuine their friendship can possibly be if Jade's controlling Zoe through what she writes in her notebook"--
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Australian science fiction

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1984, c1982.
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Elements of fiction.

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Scholes, Robert,
1968.
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Elements of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Scholes, Robert E.
1968.
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Modern Japanese fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Morrison, John W.
1955.
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American historical fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Dickinson, A. T.
1958.
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Contemporary American fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1983.
1st ed.
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Experiment with fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Graves, Donald H.
c1989.
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American sports fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2013.
Book

Political science fiction

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Alentejo blue : fiction

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Ali, Monica,
c2006.
This is the story of a village in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a place from which to escape. For the dysfunctional Potts family, it is a way of running from trouble. Vasco, a café owner who has never recovered from the death of his American wife, clings to a notion that his years away from the village, in the States, make him superior. One English tourist fantasizes about making a new life here; for her compatriots, a young engaged couple, this is where their dreams fall apart. The village awaits the homecoming of its prodigal son, now a symbol of the fast-changing world. When he finally returns, villagers, tourists, and expatriates are brought together, and their jealousies and disappointments inevitably collide.--From publisher description.
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Sea fiction guide

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Smith, Myron J.
1976.
Book

Russian romantic fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Mersereau, John,
c1983.
Book

Rereading Victorian fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2000.
Book

Contemporary American fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1987.
Stratford-upon-Avon studies. Second series
Book

Scandinavian crime fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2011.
Book

Orwell's fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lee, Robert A.
[1969]
Book

Canadian short fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1997.
2nd ed.
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Classic short fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1986.
Book

Orwell's fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lee, Robert A.
[1969]
Book

Photography as fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Garcia, Erin C.
c2010.
Book

Worlds of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1993.
Book

On moral fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Gardner, John,
c1978.
Book

Pulling cable : fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Harris, Lorin R.
2006.
Manuscript

Iberian Crime Fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2011.
Iberian Peninsular Crime Fiction provides a timely introduction in English to a booming literary genre in Spain and Portugal. The volume traces the origins, the developments, and the major authors and works in crime fiction in both Spain and Portugal and provides an analyses of the conditions that favored the use of crime fiction as a vehicle for interrogating the contemporary social and political realities that each author confronted.
Electronic resource

A legal fiction

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Ferrars, E. X.
1992.
Book

Pirates : fact & fiction

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Cordingly, David,
2021.
Revised and updated edition.
A fascinating study of pirates throughout history, packed with pirate-related artworks and objects from the National Maritime Museum collection. The image of the pirate is one that has never failed to capture the imagination, but behind the melodramatic portrayals of villains like Long John Silver, complete with wooden leg and eye-patch, lies a much harsher reality. David Cordingly and John Falconer chart the history of piracy; explore the portrayal of pirates in popular literature, film, and TV; and examine the tools of the pirate trade, including maps, charts, flags, weapons, and ships. Alongside this telling history, the one hundred color illustrations in Pirates: Fact and Fiction showcase the stunning artworks and artifacts within the National Maritime Museum's vast collection to shine new light on a subject of perennial interest.
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Robots in fiction

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Higgins, Nadia,
[2018]
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about robots in film and books. Describes the history of robots in science-fiction, the types of evil and lovable robots and how the powers fictional robots have can come to life in real-life robotic technology. Includes Q&A feature, glossary, index, and further resources"--
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Sartre and fiction

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Cox, Gary,
©2009.
Sartre and Fiction offers a clear and accessible introduction to the extensive fictional writings of Jean-Paul Sartre. Providing comprehensive coverage of his short stories, novels and plays, the book examines the close links between the ideas and themes in his fiction and those put forward in his formal philosophical works. Sartre wrote fiction as a means of developing and enriching his philosophical ideas. Gary Cox reveals the extent to which Sartre's fictional writings are truly philosophical and an integral part of his overall intellectual vision. He also explores the ways in which Sartre'
Electronic resource

Pulp fiction [videorecording]

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1995, c1994.
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
Videocassette
JLC Title 245h [videorecording]

Kristeva's fiction

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[2013]
Psychoanalytic perspectives on Julia Kristeva's fiction. -- Description provided by publisher.
Electronic resource

Perspectives on fiction,

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Calderwood, James L.
1968.
Book

Creating short fiction

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Knight, Damon,
©1981.
1st ed.
Instructs on the techniques of creating quality short fiction, including beginnings and endings, plots, themes, and tips on characters, dialogue, and viewpoint.
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Science fiction stories

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1993.
1st American ed.
An illustrated collection of science fiction short stories and excerpts from longer works by a variety of authors including H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Isaac Asimov.
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Science fiction masterpieces

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c1986.
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My Monticello : fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole,
2021.
First edition.
"An irresistibly accessible yet startlingly bold book of short stories and a novella, inspired by Black lives in America and featuring the gripping eponymous work "My Monticello.""--
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Neodomestic American fiction

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Jacobson, Kristin J.,
[2010]
"In American literature, domestic fictions--that is, novels focused on the home and homemaking--are linked with white, middle-class women's fiction and culture. Employing a spatial lens, Neodomestic American Fiction joins and extends other studies in redefining domestic fiction's literary history and definition. Unlike previous redefinitions and reevaluations, Neodomestic American Fiction reads domestic novels alongside feminist geography and architectural history to map the links and disjunctions among a range of authors writing during the same period as well as across centuries and cultures. Kristin Jacobson's attention to domestic geographies reveals that a new space and subgenre emerge in the 1980s: neodomestic fiction. In this innovative study, Kristin Jacobson identifies over thirty novels that renovate traditional forms, therefore challenging model domesticity's conservative gender, racial, and sexual politics. Rather than produce stable single-family homes, neodomestic fictions advance a politics of instability characterized by mobility, renovation and redesign, and relational space. These "alternative" domesticities--when read in the context of neodomestic fiction--are not marginal but rather central to domesticity's configurations. Such resistance, as Iris Marion Young argues, "is integral to modern political theory and is not an alternative to it." Thus, this spatial analysis of post-1980 domestic novels does not indicate a post-feminist or post-gender world. Rather, neodomestic fiction's heterogeneous, unstable spaces offer opportunities to examine contemporary hierarchies and experiment with more egalitarian homemaking. These fictions include Toni Morrison's Paradise, Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, Leslie Marmon Silko's Gardens in the Dunes, and Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life"--Publisher's description
Electronic resource

Writing fantastic fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Anderson, Jennifer Joline,
[2016]
Outlines "steps of writing a story from beginning to end. Learn how to gather inspiration and develop a story's characters. Then visualize and organize your story's plot with a writing map. And after you've written a really rough draft, check out tips for revising your work"--Page 4 of cover.
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Modern British fiction.

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Schorer, Mark,
1961.
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Elizabethan prose fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1967.
Book

New Zealand fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Jones, Joseph,
1983.
Book

Science fiction film

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Telotte, J. P.,
2001.
Science fiction film examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they have evolved in American culture over the course of the twentieth century. J.P. Telotte provides a survey of science fiction film criticism, emphasizing humanist, psychological, ideological, feminist, and postmodern critiques. He also sketches a history of the genre, from its earliest literary manifestations to the present, while touching on and comparing it to pulp fiction, early television science fiction, and Japanese anime. Telotte offers in-depth readings of three key films: Robocop, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and THX 1138, each of which typifies a particular form of science fiction fantasy. Challenging the boundaries usually seen between high and low culture, literature and film, Science fiction film reasserts the central role of fantasy in popular films, even those concerned with reason, science, and technology.
Electronic resource

Contemporary British fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2003.
Book

Scandinavian crime fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2011.
Scandinavian Crime Fiction is the first English-language study of crime fiction written in Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. It will delight and challenge readers, as it helps them understand more deeply the work of such prominent writers as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, Arnaldur Indriðason, Leena Lehtolainen, and Håkan Nesser, among others. Themes explored include the changing crime genre, the role of place and locale in Scandinavian crime fiction, and political and social debates in which crime fiction has participated.
Electronic resource

Fact and fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Russell, Bertrand,
1962 [c1961]
Book

Fact and fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Russell, Bertrand,
1961.
Book

Reading narrative fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1993.
Book

Complete shorter fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Wilde, Oscar,
1980.
Book

Selected short fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Dickens, Charles,
1976.
Book

Complete shorter fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Wilde, Oscar,
1998.
Book

Elizabethan prose fiction,

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lawlis, Merritt E.,
[1967]
Book

Redwood court : fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Dameron, DéLana R. A.,
[2024]
First edition.
""Mika, you sit at our feet all these hours and days, hearing us tell our tales. You have all these stories inside you: all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write 'em in your books and show everyone who we are." So begins DéLana R.A. Dameron's stunning novel-in-stories, Redwood Court. The baby of the family, Mika Mosby spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to their stories and secrets, witnessing their struggles. Growing up on Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the working-class suburb of Columbia, South Carolina where her grandparents live, Mika learns important, sometimes difficult lessons from the people who raise her: Her exhausted parents, who work long hours at multiple jobs while still making sure their kids experience the adventure of family vacations; her older sister, who, in a house filled with Motown would rather listen to Alanis Morrisette, and can't wait to taste real independence; her retired grandparents, children of Jim Crow, who realized their own vision of success when they bought their house on Redwood Court in the 1960s, imagining it filled with future generations; and the many neighbors on the Court who hold tight to the community they've built, committed to fostering joy and love in an America so insistent on seeing Black people stumble and fall"--
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Modern British fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1961.
A compilation of major critical studies of the authors noted in the contents note.
Book

Writing juvenile fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Whitney, Phyllis A.,
[1947]
Book

The fiction-makers

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Stevenson, Anne,
c1985.
Book

Stranger than fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Halcombe, J. J.
[1878]
Book

Collected shorter fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Tolstoy, Leo, graf,
2001-
Book

Collected shorter fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Dowson, Ernest Christopher,
2003.
Electronic resource

Writing popular fiction,

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Koontz, Dean R.
[1973]
Book

Writing popular fiction,

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Koontz, Dean R.
[1973]
Book

Contemporary speculative fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

[2013]
"Speculative fiction has a long and progressive history, from the mythos of J.R.R. Tolkien to the radical alternativity of China Miéville and the ecofeminism of Suzanne Collins. The last twenty years has witnessed a surge in the critical reception of speculative and fiction, as more work continue to move beyond the Tolkien tradition and open up the pertinent discussion of the permeable boundary between fantasy and science fiction. Edited by M. Keith Booker, the James E. and Ellen Wadley Roper Professor of English at the University of Arkansas, this volume in the Critical Insights series addresses the crossover genre of contemporary speculative fiction through a diverse set of texts and through multiple methodologies. For readers who are studying and approaching the genre for the first time, four essays survey the critical conversation regarding speculative fiction, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the theme can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches. Works discussed include Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber, and the Harry Potter series, as well as the works of China Miéville, Lauren Beukes, and Margo Lanagan. Among the contributors are Sarah Margaret Kniesler, Janice M. Bogstad, Peter Dendle, and Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak. Rounding out the volume are a list of literary works not mentioned in the book that concern the topic as well as a bibliography of critical sources for readers seeking to study this timeless theme in greater depth. Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of "Works Cited, " along with endnotes."--Publisher's website.
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Short fiction competition

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

[1979?]
Book

The complete fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lovecraft, H. P.
2011, ©2008.
Book

Contemporary German fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1996.
Book

Communities in fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Miller, J. Hillis
2015.
'Communities in Fiction' reads six novels or stories (one each by Trollope, Hardy, Conrad, Woolf, Pynchon, and Cervantes) in the light of theories of community worked out by Raymond Williams, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Luc Nancy for communities in the real world. The book's topic is the question of how communities or non-communities are represented in fictional works.
Electronic resource

Communities in fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Miller, J. Hillis
[2015]
First edition.
Communities in Fiction reads six novels or stories (one each by Trollope, Hardy, Conrad, Woolf, Pynchon, and Cervantes) in the light of theories of community worked out (contradictorily) by Raymond Williams, Martin Heidegger, and Jean- Luc Nancy. The book?s topic is the question of how communities or noncommunities are represented in fictional works. Such fictional communities help the reader understand real communities, including those in which the reader lives. As against the presumption that the trajectory in literature from Victorian to modern to postmodern is the story of a gradual loss of belief in the possibility of community, this book demonstrates that communities have always been presented in fiction as precarious and fractured. Moreover, the juxtaposition of Pynchon and Cervantes in the last chapter demonstrates that period characterizations are never to be trusted. All the features both thematic and formal that recent critics and theorists such as Fredric Jameson and many others have found to characterize postmodern fiction are already present in Cervantes?s wonderful early-seventeenth-century “???????”? ?”????” “??? ????? ??”.” ? ????? ?????? ??? ????????? ??????? ?? ????? ??????? ??? ?????? ????????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ????? ????? ?????? ????? ? ???? ?????????? ? ?????????. ??? ??? ???? ??????? ???????? ? ?????? ??????? ? ?????? ?? ???? ??? ????????? ???????? ????? ??? ???? ????” ??”? ??? ???????? ???” ????? ??? ??? ?????????????? ???? ????????? ???????? ???” ??? ????” ??? ????” ? ???” ??? ???? ????? ??????? ???” ? ???.?? ??? ? ??????????? ?????????? ????? ??????? ??? ?”? ?? ??????? ????? ????? ??? ??????? ? ????? ???????”? ?????? ????” ???? ? ?????? ????????? ??????? ??????-?-????? ??????? ?? ????????? ??? ???? ???”? ??????????? ??? ????????.
Electronic resource

Science fiction handbook

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

De Camp, L. Sprague
1975.
Rev.
Book

Writing crime fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Keating, H. R. F.
[1987], c1986.
1st U.S. ed.
Book

Pulp Fiction Video.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1994.
Visual material
JLC Title 245h Video.

Dimensions of science fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Bainbridge, William Sims.
1986.
Book

Stranger than fiction [DVD]

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c2007.
Harold Crick - IRS auditor, milquetoast, and poster child for obsessive-compulsive disorder - wakes one morning to hear a woman's voice in his bathroom, narrating his life as he is living it, subsequently announcing his imminent death. This is a big problem, since Harold has a burning crush on Ana, his latest audit case. Searching for the source of the voice, he turns to literary theory-spewing professor Jules Hilburt, who eventually discovers that talented but troubled novelist Karen Eiffel is writing Harold--he is the central character of her new novel, "Death and Taxes." The question is: will Harold's story end as a comedy, or a tragedy?
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

The edges of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Rancière, Jacques,
[2020]
English edition.
"What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality -- this was the thesis of Aristotle's Poetics. The rationality of fiction is that appearances are inverted. Fiction overturns the ordinary course of events that occur one after the other, aiming to show how the unexpected arises, happiness transforms into unhappiness and ignorance into knowledge. In the modern age, argues Ranciére, this fictional rationality was developed in new ways. The social sciences extended the model of causal linkage to all spheres of human action, seeking to show us how causes produce their effects by inverting appearances and expectations. Literature took the opposite path. Instead of democratizing fictional rationality to include all human activity in the world of rational knowledge, it destroyed its principles by abolishing the limits that circumscribed a reality peculiar to fiction. It aligned itself with the rhythms of everyday life and plumbed the power of the "random moment" into which an entire life is condensed. In the avowed fictions of literature as well as in the unavowed fictions of politics, social science or journalism, the central question is the same: how to construct the perceptible forms of a shared world. From Stendhal to João Guimarães Rosa and from Marx to Sebald, via Balzac, Poe, Maupassant, Proust, Rilke, Conrad, Auerbach, Faulkner and some others, this book explores these constructions and sheds new light on the constitutive movement of modern fiction, the movement that shifted its centre of gravity from its traditional core toward those edges in which fiction gets confronted with its possible revocation"--
Book

Olderr's fiction index.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1988-
Olderr's fiction index. Olderr's fict. index Fiction index
Serial

Writing & selling science fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1976.
Book

Voodoo : fact or fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2004.
Book

Diaspora & returns in fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

2016.
This special issue focuses on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her "original" or ancestral "home" in Africa from other parts of the world. Ideas of return - intentional and actual - have been a consistent feature of the literature of Africa and the African diaspora: from Equiano's autobiography in 1789 to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2013 novel Americanah. African literature has represented returnees in a range of locations and dislocations including having a sense of belonging, being alienated in a country they can no longer recognize, or experiencing a multiple sense of place. Contributors, writing on literature from the 1970s to the present, examine the extent to which the original place can be reclaimed with or without renegotiations of "home"--
Electronic resource

100 science fiction films

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Grant, Barry Keith,
2019.
Electronic resource

Bridges to science fiction

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JLC Corporate Author Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (1st : 1979 : University of California, Riverside)
©1980.
Electronic resource

More forensics and fiction

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Lyle, D. P.
2012.
1st ed.
Answers medical and forensic questions about such topics as doctors and hospitals, poisons and drugs, police and the crime scene, coroners and autopsies, traumatic injuries and illnesses, and the crime lab.
Book

Eighteenth-century British fiction

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1988.
Book

The border as fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Blaise, Clark.
c1990.
Book

Science fiction and empire

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Kerslake, Patricia,
2007.
This work shows an impressive range of reading and a willingness to grapple with concepts of imperialism and post-colonialism.
Electronic resource

Analog science fiction & fact.

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1991-
Analog science fiction & fact. Analog sci. fict. fact Analog science fiction science fact Analog Analog science fiction and fact
Serial Other

Bridges to science fiction

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JLC Corporate Author Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (1st : 1979 : University of California, Riverside)
c1980.
Book

Style in prose fiction.

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Martin, Harold Clark,
1959.
Seven essays by various authors on style in English and American novels.
Book

Pulp fiction [sound recording].

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p1994.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording].

The meaning of fiction.

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Cook, Albert,
1960.
The choice of a novelist's style, plot, character, and theme are discussed, and many famous novels are re-interpreted.
Book

Religion and science fiction

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2012.
As announced by its title, this multidisciplinary book focuses on the intersection between religion and science fiction. Several perspectives are addressed by scholars from different disciplines: theology, literature, history, music, and anthropology. Thus, gathering a range of distinct voices and approaches, this work edited by James F. McGrath shows how multifaceted and multicultural the science's fiction treatment of religion is.
Electronic resource

Encyclopedia of science fiction

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1978.
Book

On modern British fiction

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2002.
Book

Dickinson's American historical fiction.

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Dickinson, A. T.
1981.
4th ed. / Virginia Brokaw Gerhardstein.
Book

Poetry and fiction: essays.

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Nemerov, Howard.
[c1963]
Book

Barnstorm : contemporary Wisconsin fiction

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Poetry and fiction: essays.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Nemerov, Howard.
[c1963]
Book

Dostoevsky: the major fiction.

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Wasiolek, Edward.
[1964]
Book

Saul Bellow's fiction.

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Malin, Irving.
[1969]
Book

Drug themes in fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Diehl, Digby.
1974.
Book

Masterpieces of science fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1978.
1st ed.
Book

The fantasy fiction formula

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Chester, Deborah.
2016.
"There's more to writing a successful fantasy story than building a unique world or inventing new magic. How exactly is a plot put together? How do you know if your idea will support an entire novel? How do you grab reader attention and keep it? How do you create dynamic, multi-dimensional characters? What is viewpoint and do you handle it differently in urban fantasy than in traditional epics? What should you do if you're lost in the middle? How do you make your plot end up where you intend it to go? From the writing of strong, action-packed scenes to the handling of emotions, let award-winning fantasy author Deborah Chester guide you through the process of putting a book together. Convinced there's no need to shroud the writing process under a veil of mystery, Chester supplies tips that are both practical and proven. They are exactly what she uses in writing her own novels and what she teaches in her writing courses at the University of Oklahoma. Along with explaining story construction step-by-step, Chester illustrates each technique with examples drawn from both traditional and urban fantasy. The technique chapters include exercises to assist novices in mastering the craft of writing fantasy as well as suggestions for avoiding or solving plot problems. More experienced writers will find tips for taking their work to the next level. With an introduction by author Jim Butcher, The fantasy fiction formula provides the information you need to gain skill and proficiency in writing fantasy like a pro." --
Book

The Fiction of Relationship.

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Weinstein, Arnold.
2014.
""A clear and straightforward discussion of the ways in which literatures and their comparative study must depend upon the problematics of interpersonal and other relations. ... This study will prove as useful as it is wide-ranging, and indeed, comparative in the good sense.""--Mary Ann Caws, Graduate School, City University of New York ""Here is a comparatist working at the peak of his powers. ... Weinstein moves easily from Goethe and Flaubert to Kafka or Joyce or Boris Vian. Locating fictions of relationship `at the heart of both literary criticism and human affairs' and acknow.
Electronic resource

Statements 2 : new fiction

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c1977.
1st ed.
Book

Studies in short fiction.

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Studies in short fiction. Stud. short fict.
Electronic resource Other

Who shaped science fiction?

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Sabella, Robert.
c2000.
Book

Modernist fiction : an introduction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Stevenson, Randall.
c1992.
Book

The life of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Klinkowitz, Jerome.
c1977.
Book

The distinction of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Cohn, Dorrit.
c1999.
Book

Fathers in Victorian fiction

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2011.
This book examines the changing roles of fathers in the nineteenth century as seen in the lives and fiction of Victorian authors. Fatherhood underwent unprecedented change during this period. The Industrial Revolution moved work out of the home for many men, diminishing contact between fathers and their children. Yet fatherhood continued to be seen as the ultimate expression of masculinity, and being involved with the lives of one's children was essential to being a good father. Conflicting ...
Electronic resource

Fiction & the colonial experience.

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Meyers, Jeffrey.
[1973]
Book

Developing response to fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Protherough, Robert.
1983.
Book

Tolstoy's major fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Wasiolek, Edward.
1978.
Book

Fiction South/Fiction North

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c1991.
Book

Women and fiction 2

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1978
Book

Balzac : fiction and melodrama

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Prendergast, Christopher.
1978.
Book

Fact, fiction, and forecast.

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Goodman, Nelson.
[1973]
3d ed.
Book

Fact, fiction, and forecast

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Goodman, Nelson.
1983.
4th ed.
Book

The supernatural in fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Penzoldt, Peter.
1965 [c1952]
Book

Aftermath & antimath : antiscience fiction

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Fiction Unbound : Bernardine Evaristo.

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Toplu, Sebnem.
2011.
This book covers all Bernardine Evaristo's major works: Lara (1997) and Lara (2009), The Emperor's Babe, Soul Tourists, Blonde Roots and Hello Mum. Each chapter focuses on a particular novel, combining a close analysis of the author's technique with a penetrating understanding of Evaristo's basic themes underlying all her work. This monograph exposes that Evaristo is not simply interested in "multicultural" issues; to label them as such is to overlook her achievement as a novelist. It shows i ...
Electronic resource

Fiction ruined my family

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Darst, Jeanne.
2011.
"A deeply funny and bittersweet memoir of having grown up in an eccentric family of faded wealth and gentility (think shades of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums) in which the father's failed dreams of being a writer put the family in the poor-house, drove the mother to weepy alcoholism, and provided Jeanne with a highly unusual approach to life--and a wicked sense of humor"--Provided by publisher.
Book

Harmattan : a Philosophical Fiction.

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Jackson, Michael.
2015.
We all experience qualms and anxieties when we move from the known to the unknown. Though our fulfillment in life may depend on testing limits, our faintheartedness is a reminder of our need for security and our awareness of the risks of venturing into alien worlds. Evoking the hot, dust-filled Harmattan winds that blow from the Sahara to the Gulf of Guinea, this book creatively explores what it means to be buffeted by the unforeseen and the unknown. Celebrating the life-giving potential of people, places, and powers that lie beyond our established worlds, Harmattan connects existential vita.
Electronic resource

Toni Morrison's fiction

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Furman, Jan.
2014.
Revised and expanded edition.
In this revised introduction to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's novels, Jan Furman extends and updates her critical commentary. New chapters on four novels following the publication of Jazz in 1992 continue Furman's explorations of Morrison's themes and narrative strategies. In all Furman surveys ten works that include the trilogy novels, a short story, and a book of criticism to identify Morrison's recurrent concern with the destructive tensions that define human experience: the clash of gender and authority, the individual and community, race and national identity, culture and authenticity, and the self and other.
Electronic resource

Fiction and the unconscious.

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Lesser, Simon O.
[1957]
Book

Fiction and the unconscious

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lesser, Simon O.
1962.
1st Vintage ed.
Book

Fiction and the unconscious

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lesser, Simon O.
1975.
Book

Sociology through science fiction

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[1974]
Book

The craft of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lubbock, Percy,
[1957]
[Compass books ed.]
Book

How to analyze fiction

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Kenney, William P
{1982} c1966.
Book

The science fiction encyclopedia

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1979.
1st ed.
Book

Fiction writer's workshop

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Novakovich, Josip,
c1995.
Book

An Introduction to fiction

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c1979.
2d ed.
Book

Adrianne Geffel : a fiction

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Hajdu, David,
[2020]
First edition.
"A poignant and hilarious oral history of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon. Celebrated music critic and cultural historian David Hajdu unravels the mystery of a one of-a-kind artist, a pianist with a rare neurological condition that enables her to make music that is nothing less than pure, unmediated emotional expression. Her name is Adrianne Geffel, praised as 'the Geyser of Grand Street' and the 'Queen of Bleak Chic'. Yet despite her renown, she curiously vanished from public life, and her whereabouts remain a mystery to this day. Hajdu pieces together her story through the memories of those who knew her, inspired her, and exploited her--her mother, father, best friend, producer, critics, teachers--in this slyly entertaining work of fiction. Adrianne Geffel is at once a piercing satire, a vividly twisted evocation of New York in the 1970s and '80s, and a strangely moving portrait of a group of characters both utterly familiar and like none we've ever encountered."--
Book

Cebuano fiction = Sugilanong sugboanon

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c2009.
An anthology of prose fiction gathered from the mid-1800s until the year 2005. Each volume contains short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels in Cebuano.
Book

Creating fiction from experience.

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Curry, Peggy Simson.
[c1964]
Book

The rhetoric of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Booth, Wayne C.
[1961]
Book

Creating fiction from experience.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Curry, Peggy Simson.
[c1964]
Book

The rhetoric of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Booth, Wayne C.
[1961]
Book

Secrets of successful fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Peck, Robert Newton.
c1980.
1st ed.
Book

The rhetoric of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Booth, Wayne C.
1983.
2nd ed.
Book

The craft of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Knott, Bill,
[1973]
Book

The craft of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Lubbock, Percy,
1947 [c1931]
[Rev. ed.]
Book

Psychotherapy : portraits in fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1987.
Book

American fiction, 1865-1940

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Lee, Brian,
1987.
Book

Eventfulness in British fiction

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Hühn, Peter,
©2010.
An event, defined as the decisive turn, the surprising point in the plot of a narrative, constitutes its tellability, the motivation for reading it. The book describes a framework for a narratological definition of eventfulness and its dependence on the historical, socio-cultural and literary context. The detailed analyses of 15 British novels or tales, from early modern times to the late 20th century, demonstrate how this concept can be put into practice for a new, specifically contextual interpretation of the central relevance of these texts.
Electronic resource

Historical figures in fiction

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Hartman, Donald K.
1994.
Book

Conrad's short fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Graver, Lawrence,
1969.
Book

Pup fiction [large print]

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Berenson, Laurien,
[2021]
Center Point Large Print edition.
"While usually protective, Melanie feels comfortable sending her sons to the Graceland School's summer camp for two reasons: The institution is well-regarded and proprietor Emily Grace is a trusted friend. But Emily has been acting strange since three rambunctious Dalmatian puppies suddenly appeared on her doorstep. The unusual arrival marks the first of several mysterious happenings at camp, each more intense than the last. Emily's rough streak takes a frightening turn with a discovery in the nearby woods- the body of her estranged ex-husband. As suspicions rush in, proving that Emily didn't murder her biggest mistake will be about as easy as raising prize-winning show dogs. Realizing she's the only one who can prove her friend's innocence and keep the Graceland School from shutting down, Melanie dives into an investigation on the victim's whereabouts leading up to his demise. With a few spotty clues and Aunt Peg's growing curiosity about the Dalmatian pups' origins, Melanie must name the culprit before good intentions come back to bite!"--
Large print
JLC Title 245h [large print]

Hot little hands : fiction

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Ulman, Abigail,
[2015]
First U.S. edition.
"Abigail Ulman's debut is an unflinching exploration of the fragile line between childhood and the adult world. Ulman grounds the stories, set on three different continents, with three stories about a charasmatic film-studies major trying to navigate her mid-twenties and the trecherous dating scene in San Francisco. Together Ulman's characters tell the story of all stages of becoming a woman: their collective longing to have the power that maturity can bring and their confusion and disappointment when they finally attain it. Evocative and acutely observed, set mainly San Francisco, about the reality of being a girl today, which manage to be at once mischievous, dignified, and self-deprecating, as well as disturbingly and darkly realistic"--
Book

An Introduction to fiction

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c1983.
3rd ed.
Book

Marx and modern fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Marx and modern fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Ahearn, Edward J.
c1989.
Book

The fiction of reality

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Ghose, Zulfikar,
1983.
Book

The fiction of relationship

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Weinstein, Arnold L.
c1988.
Book

Contemporary fiction and Christianity

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Tate, Andrew,
2010.
Electronic resource

American fiction : new readings

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

1983.
Book

Turning life into fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Hemley, Robin,
c1994.
1st ed.
Book

Read on-- horror fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Pulliam, June Michele.
2006.
Book

Asimov on science fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Asimov, Isaac,
1981.
1st ed.
Book

Fiction of the forties.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Eisinger, Chester E.
[1963]
Book

Faulkner's short fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Ferguson, James,
c1991.
1st ed.
Book

Post-totalitarian Spanish fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Spires, Robert C.
c1996.
Focusing on post-Franco Spanish fiction from 1975 to 1989, Robert C. Spires applies the concepts of episteme and discursive field to the ways in which language from multiple sources determines how reality is defined at a given moment and how it influences ideas, attitudes, and feelings. Spires identifies bonds connecting disparate academic disciplines and sociopolitical events by exploring how the world of fiction serves as a register of the nonfictional world. In 1989 the Soviet bloc, along with other totalitarian regimes in South America and Africa, disappeared from the global geopolitical map. Spain set the precedent for this decentralizing revolution when, in 1975, its longtime dictator, Francisco Franco, died; democratic elections followed two years later. This study records an epistemic shift away from logocentric and totalizing approaches to reality by analyzing the links between the novelistic strategies used by Spanish writers from 1975 to 1989 and recent international events and theoretical trends in science, mathematics, communication studies, and art. Highlighting worldwide processes of fragmentation, decentralization, and pluralism, Spires foregrounds ways in which literary and scientific approaches to and concepts of reality coincide, with fiction serving as one more register of how reality is conceived at a particular point in time.
Book

Small plates : short fiction

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Page, Katherine Hall.
2014.
1st ed.
"Agatha Award winner Katherine Hall Page presents a book of short stories featuring her famed heroine Faith Fairchild. For years, Katherine Hall Page has delighted readers with her Faith Fairchild series, each book like a delicious, satisfying meal. Now, Page has whipped up a tasty collection of appetizing bites. In "The Body in the Dunes, " Faith's vacation offers more excitement than she and her husband bargained for when a terrified woman knocks on their hotel room door looking to hide from her husband. A case hits close to home in "The Proof is Always in the Pudding, " when Faith investigates a generations-old superstition that has been passed down in her husband's family. Faith and her sister, Hope, counsel a bride-to-be suffering a number of alarming "accidents" before the big day in "Across the Pond." In "Sliced, " Faith switches from contestant to detective when a killer reality television cooking competition turns deadly. Small Plates also includes some irresistible standalone treats, including the Agatha Award-winning "The Would-Be Widower, " about a husband who longs to be rid of his wife, and "Hiding Places" in which a young wife's new husband may not be all that he appears"--
Book

Asia in western fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1990.
Book

Gothic fiction/Gothic form

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Haggerty, George E.
c1989.
Book

The crime fiction handbook

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Messent, Peter,
2013.
The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, focusing mainly on American British, and Scandinavian texts. Provides an accessible and well-written introduction to the genre of crime fiction. Moves with ease between a general overview of the genre and useful theoretical approaches. Includes a close analysis of the key texts in the crime fiction tradition. Identifies what makes crime fiction of such cultural importance and illuminates the social and political anxieties at its heart. Shows the similarities and differences between British, American, and Scandinavian crime fiction traditions.
Book

Twentieth-century crime fiction

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Horsley, Lee,
2005.
Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction aims to enhance understanding of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction by examining a wide variety of the detective and crime fiction produced in Britain and America during the twentieth century. It will be of interest to anyone who enjoys reading crime fiction but is specifically designed with the needs of students in mind. It introduces different theoretical approaches to crime fiction (e.g., formalist, historicist, psychoanalytic, postcolonial, feminist) and will be a useful supplement to a range of crime fiction courses, whether they focus on historical contexts, ideological shifts, the emergence of sub-genres, or the application of critical theories. Forty-seven widely available stories and novels are chosen for detailed discussion. In seeking to illuminate the relationship between different phases of generic development Lee Horsley employs an overlapping historical framework, with sections doubling back chronologically in order to explore the extent to which successive transformations have their roots within the earlier phases of crime writing, as well as responding in complex ways to the preoccupations and anxieties of their own eras.; The first part of the study considers the nature and evolution of the main sub-genres of crime fiction: the classic and hard-boiled strands of detective fiction, the non-investigative crime novel (centred on transgressors or victims), and the 'mixed' form of the police procedural. The second half of the study examines the ways in which writers have used crime fiction as a vehicle for socio-political critique. These chapters consider the evolution of committed, oppositional strategies, tracing the development of politicized detective and crime fiction, from Depression-era protests against economic injustice to more recent decades which have seen writers launching protests against ecological crimes, rampant consumerism, Reaganomics, racism, and sexism.
Electronic resource

Conrad's short fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Graver, Lawrence,
1969.
Book

City wolves : historical fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Heffron, Dorris,
2008.
1st ed.
Book

Adult entertainment : short fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Metcalf, John,
c1986.
Book

The World of fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Kipling's Indian fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Paffard, Mark,
1989.
Book

Conrad, the later fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Schwarz, Daniel R.
1982.
Book

Narrative fiction : contemporary poetics

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Rimmon-Kenan, Shlomith.
1983.
Book

Queen of Attolia Fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Turner, Megan Whalen.
2000
Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.
Book
JLC Title 245h Fiction

Stranger than fiction [microform]

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Halcombe, John Joseph.
1874.
4th ed.
Microform
JLC Title 245h [microform]

Dimensions of detective fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

c1976.
Book

Dinosaurs, facts and fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Litwin, Ronald J.
[2000?]
Book

Dinosaurs, facts and fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Litwin, Ronald J.
[1999]
Book

Ethics, evil, and fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

McGinn, Colin,
1997.
Bringing together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers new insights for both, McGinn examines the relations between morality, art and beauty. He shows the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination.
Electronic resource

Azadi : freedom, fascism, fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Roy, Arundhati,
2020.
"The chant of "Azadi!"-Urdu for "Freedom!"-is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it has also become the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu nationalism. Just as Arundhati Roy began to ask what lay between these two calls for freedom--a chasm or a bridge?--the streets fell silent. Not only in India but all over the world. The coronavirus brought with it another, more terrible understanding of azadi, making nonsense of international borders, incarcerating whole populations, and bringing the modern world to a halt like nothing else ever could. In a series of electrifying essays, Arundhati Roy challenges us to reflect on the meaning of freedom in a world of growing authoritarianism. She writes of the existential threat posed to Indian democracy by an emboldened Hindu nationalism, of the internet shutdown and information siege in Kashmir--the most densely militarized zone in the world--and of India's new citizenship laws that discriminate against Muslims and marginalized communities, which could create a crisis of statelessness on a scale previously unknown. The essays include meditations on language, public as well as private, and on the role of fiction and alternative imaginations in these disturbing times. The pandemic, she says, is a portal between one world and another. For all the illness and devastation it has left in its wake, it is an invitation to the human race, an opportunity, to imagine another world"--
Book

Modernism, fiction and mathematics

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Engelhardt, Nina,
[2018]
Contrasting mathematical fictions' from and about the heyday of mathematical modernism, this book relates literary engagements with mathematical modernism to the wider context of modernist critiques of Enlightenment values and postmodern reassessments of modernist patterns.
Electronic resource

Talking about detective fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

James, P. D.
2009.
1st American ed.
P. D. James--one of the most widely admired writers of detective fiction at work today--gives us a personal, lively exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem, and of those writers who have satisfied it. She examines the genre from top to bottom, beginning with the mysteries at the hearts of such novels as Charles Dickens's Bleak House, and bringing us into the present with such writers as Colin Dexter and Sara Paretsky. She compares British and American Golden Age mystery writing. She discusses detective fiction as social history, the stylistic components of the genre, her own process of writing, how critics have reacted over the years, and what she sees as a renewal of detective fiction--and of the detective hero--in recent years.--From publisher description.
Book

Best European fiction 2011

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c2010.
In Year two of the celebrated Best European Fiction series, editor Aleksandar Hemon offers an even wider array of stories, including forty authors from countries as diverse as Belarus, Cyprus, Moldova, and Turkey. With well-known figures such as Hilary Mantel (England) and Ingo Schulze (Germany) alongside authors appearing in English for the first time, Best European Fiction 2011 takes modern story telling to places English-language readers have never gone before. --Book Jacket.
Book

The writing of fiction.

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Wharton, Edith,
1966 [c1953]
Book

Tomorrow factory : collected fiction

2024-06-03T00:39:48Z

Larson, Rich,
[2018]
On your left, post-human hedonists on a distant space station bring diseases back into fashion, two scavengers find a super-powered parasite under the waves of Sunk Seattle, and a terminally-ill chemist orchestrates an asteroid prison break. On your right, an alien optometrist spins illusions for irradiated survivors of the apocalypse, a high-tech grifter meets his match in near-future Thailand, and two teens use a blackmarket personality mod to get into the year's wickedest, wildest party.
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The fabric of fiction

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Bement, Douglas,
1943.
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Border districts : a fiction

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Murnane, Gerald,
[2018]
First American edition.
In Border Districts, a man moves from a capital city to a remote town in the border country, where he intends to spend the last years of his life. It is time, he thinks, to review the spoils of a lifetime of seeing, a lifetime of reading. Which sights, which people, which books, fictional characters, turns of phrase, and lines of verse will survive into the twilight? A dark-haired woman with a wistful expression? An ancestral house in the grasslands? The colors in translucent panes of glass, in marbles and goldfish and racing silks? Feeling an increasing urgency to put his mental landscape in order, the man sets to work cataloging this treasure, little knowing where his "report" will lead and what secrets will be brought to light.
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The Science fiction yearbook

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c1985.
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