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Written by award-winning crime writer and president of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards, this book tracks the history of classic crime fiction and serves as a companion to the British Library's internationally acclaimed series of Crime Classics.

Edwards M: The Classic Crime Companion

The Classic Crime Companion

Bloomsbury Spectres, Hauntings and Horrors

Exploring current debates in creative writing about the borders between fiction and creative nonfiction, this collection of essays draws on concepts of the uncanny and hauntology to challenge, subvert and transgress the boundary between forms. Hauntology, as originally defined by Derrida, challenges the certainties of ontology, in a similar way to debates about truth in creative nonfiction; by bringing together authors that undermine the fiction/nonfiction binary, Haunted Writing considers the ways in which real events and experiences haunt writers as they craft their work. Offering insight into how the past - both personal and historical - is experienced and understood in the present, this book includes writing from a diverse group of established and emerging authors who situate their work on genre boundaries and discuss their own creative practice to show how their writing 'haunts' real events. With essays covering a range of ideas from subjectivity, intersectionality and challenging dominant versions of history, to braiding personal and researched stories, playfulness, experimentation and creating stories from archival documents, this beautifully written collection intervenes in contemporary discussions in creative writing and culture surrounding ownership, appropriation and ethics. Bringing a fresh voice and new perspectives to ever-present questions within creative writing, Haunted Writing uncovers how the past is a spectre that disrupts contemporary writing.

Storytelling from the Borders of Fiction and Nonfiction

Haunted Writing

'Klug und kühn erzählt Hegarty eine Detektivgeschichte, die auf geniale Weise dem verschlossenen Raum des Genres entflieht, um sich den großen Fragen von Leben und Tod zu widmen.' Paul Murray, Autor von ¿Der Stich der Biene¿Was eben noch unterhaltsames Spiel war, wird scheinbar plötzlich bitterer Ernst: Nach einer ausgelassenen Silvesterparty mit Krimi-Motto unter Freunden wird Benjamin am Morgen seines Geburtstages tot aufgefunden. Was ist geschehen? Und wer ist schuld an seinem Tod? Seine Schwester Abigail sucht verzweifelt nach Antworten. Ein berühmter Privatdetektiv namens Auguste Bell soll ihr helfen, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen. Doch dieser zeigt sich erstaunlich bewandert in den Regeln des klassischen Kriminalromans. Und auch weitere Details sind merkwürdig verschoben. Denn für Abigail ist die Welt nicht mehr wie vor Benjamins Tod. Und wird es nie wieder sein.¿Fair Play¿ ist ein literarisches Debüt voller Überraschungen, experimentell und emotional zugleich - denn Trauer spielt nicht nach den Regeln und im Gegensatz zu Kriminalgeschichten hat das echte Leben manchmal keine Auflösung parat.'Eine Schriftstellerin mit phänomenalem Talent, die es geschafft hat, etwas vollkommen Originelles zu erdenken.' The Sunday Times'Eine fesselnde, kunstvolle Möbiusschleife von einem Roman.' The Guardian

»Klug und kühn erzählt Hegarty eine Detektivgeschichte, die auf geniale Weise dem verschlossenen Raum des Genres entflieht, um sich den großen Fragen von Leben und Tod zu widmen.« 
 Paul Murray, Autor von ›Der Stich der Biene‹Was eben noch unterhaltsames Spiel war, wird scheinbar plötzlich bitterer Ernst: Nach einer ausgelassenen Silvesterparty mit Krimi-Motto unter Freunden wird Benjamin am Morgen seines Geburtstages tot aufgefunden. Was ist geschehen? Und wer ist schuld an seinem Tod? Seine Schwester Abigail sucht verzweifelt nach Antworten. Ein berühmter Privatdetektiv namens Auguste Bell soll ihr helfen, Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen. Doch dieser zeigt sich erstaunlich bewandert in den Regeln des klassischen Kriminalromans. Und auch weitere Details sind merkwürdig verschoben. Denn für Abigail ist die Welt nicht mehr wie vor Benjamins Tod. Und wird es nie wieder sein.›Fair Play‹ ist ein literarisches Debüt voller Überraschungen, experimentell und emotional zugleich – denn Trauer spielt nicht nach den Regeln und im Gegensatz zu Kriminalgeschichten hat das echte Leben manchmal keine Auflösung parat.
 »Eine Schriftstellerin mit phänomenalem Talent, die es geschafft hat, etwas vollkommen Originelles zu erdenken.« 
 The Sunday Times
 »Eine fesselnde, kunstvolle Möbiusschleife von einem Roman.«
 The Guardian

Roman | Klassischer Kriminalroman à la Agatha Christie trifft auf einzigartige literarische Raffinesse: spannend, philosophisch, humorvoll und zutiefst bewegend

Fair Play

This collection of new essays devoted to Oscar Wilde's classic novel presents new critical work by prominent scholars that deal with numerous aspects of the famed novel. Essays range from early literary influences on the novel and its controversial early reception to its afterlife in literature, film, dance, photography, theatre, and television. 

In addition to considering Dorian Gray as an iconic queer work of fiction that daringly challenged late-Victorian literary practices, the volume explores Wilde's novel in terms of the history of the European novel and the book's innovations as a gothic, supernatural work that defied the conventions of nineteenth-century realism. Along with striking illustrations of the novel since its publication --including images from popular adaptations-- the volume includes never-before translated early reviews of the novel in the European press along with an unpublished parody of Wilde's novel in the form of an "examination paper" by the English writer Max Beerbohm. Edited by Richard Kaye, this volume offers multiple and fascinating perspectives on Oscar Wilde's classic in fourteen highly readable essays.

New Essays on Oscar Wilde's Classic Novel

The Picture of Dorian Gray in the Twenty-First Century

Oxford World's Classics

'The poem I had planned to write on the banks of the Ganga was never written. But it materialized in my life.'

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Laureate and polymath, is one of the most eminent Indian writers of world literature. This volume presents new English translations of twenty of his short stories. Taking in a wide variety of registers (comedies, tragedies, the mundane and the fantastical), the selection showcases Tagore as one of the earliest practitioners of the short story genre in the Bengali language, influenced by both Indian and Western traditions. In particular, Tagore added a unique style of his own to Western conventions of the short story form, allowing him to present the everyday in literary vignettes, seamlessly weaving in the rhythms of daily life, unfolding in rural landscapes. The stories also offer social critiques--of colonialism, dowry, and immolation of widows. A highly sensitive and thoughtful observer of life, Tagore's vision transcends regional boundaries, embracing a universal humanity that resonates across cultures, while never denouncing a deep indigeneity. 

These authoritative translations by a team of expert scholars are accompanied by Sumit Chakrabarti's introduction, reflecting on the literary and historical implications of Tagore's stories. 

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Selected Short Stories

Studia Aarhusiana Neotestiamentica - SANt

The rise of early Christianity was accompanied by a period of impressive literary production. Early Christian authors combined literary forms from Greco-Roman writings with the style and content of Hellenistic Jewish literature to create a tertium quid. Their literary works are therefore comparable to both Jewish and Greco-Roman contemporary writings, but they adopt, modify and transform literary conventions according to their needs and interests to communicate their message showing signs of literary innovation and creativity. This volume shows the innovative aspect of early Christian literature, by integrating adjacent fields of research as ancient history, classical studies, Jewish studies, patristics and religious studies. The analyses explore how and why early Christian literature unexpectedly established itself as a literary force in the early imperium.

Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres

Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christian Literature

Sinners- Reihe

Plötzlich scheint alles, was wir glaubten, zu wissen, eine Lüge gewesen zu sein. Cassidy lebt! Doch wir haben keine Ahnung, ob sie noch auf unserer Seite ist, nachdem sie Aspen dem sicheren Tod überlassen hat.Während Aspen sich erholen muss, hofft einer von uns, seine große Liebe zurückzubekommen, und ein anderer ist von Misstrauen zerfressen. Zu Recht?Auch die Beziehung zu Aspen wird für jeden von uns intensiver. Vielleicht so intensiv, dass Eifersucht das Verhältnis von unserer brüderlichen Verbindung entzweien könnte. Wie stark ist unser Brüderband wirklich und werden wir die Wahrheit herausfinden oder plötzlich einen neuen Gegner haben?Lies jetzt den Folgeband der heißen und intensiven Reverse-Harem-Suspence-Reihe und erhalte endlich ein paar Antworten. Oder tappst du vielleicht am Ende doch nur noch mehr im Dunkeln?

&nbsp;+++ Aufwendig gestaltete Ausgabe mit limitiertem Farbschnitt +++&nbsp;Plötzlich scheint alles, was wir glaubten, zu wissen, eine Lüge gewesen zu sein. Cassidy lebt! Doch wir haben keine Ahnung, ob sie noch auf unserer Seite ist, nachdem sie Aspen dem sicheren Tod überlassen hat.Während Aspen sich erholen muss, hofft einer von uns, seine große Liebe zurückzubekommen, und ein anderer ist von Misstrauen zerfressen. Zu Recht?Auch die Beziehung zu Aspen wird für jeden von uns intensiver. Vielleicht so intensiv, dass Eifersucht das Verhältnis von unserer brüderlichen Verbindung entzweien könnte. Wie stark ist unser Brüderband wirklich und werden wir die Wahrheit herausfinden oder plötzlich einen neuen Gegner haben?Lies jetzt den Folgeband der heißen und intensiven Reverse-Harem-Suspence-Reihe und erhalte endlich ein paar Antworten. Oder tappst du vielleicht am Ende doch nur noch mehr im Dunkeln?

Ich bin euer Untergang | Mit wunderschönem limitierten Farbschnitt

Sinners - Band 3

My Reading

A book on the experience of reading the works of Samuel Beckett.

After a life of writing about Victorian novelists, Rosemarie Bodenheimer found herself entranced by the work of Samuel Beckett. In this book she shares her journey of discovery with readers who may or may not be familiar with Beckett's novels and stories. She follows his trajectory from the first unpublished novel, Dream of Fair to Middling Women, through the great postwar trilogy of Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable, and on to the ever more experimental inventions in the shorter, later fictions and monologues. Through readings of his work alongside extracts from his published correspondence, Beckett emerges as a sympathetic human figure, a poet of productive doubt, and a brilliant stylist of mood changes and second thoughts. 

Professor Bodenheimer considers Beckett's treatments of memory, nostalgia, and grief, and the forms he finds to convey those essential human experiences while avoiding melodrama or sentimentality. His dramatized relationship with his own writing is a crucial part of that emotional landscape. His playful jousts with the conventions of novel-writing show how, from the start, Beckett challenged the notion of character and other inherited novel conventions. The book also emphasizes his dismantling of the autobiographical "I," his moving narratives of attachment and loss, and the inimitable mixture of comedy and pathos he creates by inventing outlandish situations to which his characters respond in very recognizable human ways.

Samuel Beckett

Is she solving a murder . . . or walking into a trap?The gripping and claustrophobic new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE RUMOUR, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, B.A. Paris, and Claire Douglas! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour 'One of my absolute favourite reads of the year' ANDREA MARA, author of No One Saw a Thing She witnessed a murder.Storm used to be just like her name. Wild and strong. A force to be reckoned with. No one believes her.But ever since her younger brother was killed in a violent mugging, she has led a very different life: quiet and cautious, seeing danger everywhere. Storm's tendency to panic has resulted in several false alarms, so when she witnesses a murder with uncanny similarities to the way her brother was killed, and yet no body is found and no one is reported missing, the police don't take her seriously.Now she's a target.But Storm knows what she saw. And the murder is only the start - the killer will stop at nothing to keep Storm quiet. But how can she solve the murder and stay out of danger when no one believes her?Praise for Lesley Kara and Troublemaker'Lesley Kara keeps you guessing until the final page' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Blue Hour'Tension mounts by the page in this exhilarating 'girl who cried wolf' thriller - a riveting, read-in-one-sitting treat' LOUISE CANDLISH, author of The Other Passenger'Lesley Kara is brilliant. I read TROUBLEMAKER in one sitting - it just would not let me put it down!' PETER JAMES, author of Dead Simple'I raced through TROUBLEMAKER, desperate to know what on earth was going on. Twisty, compelling and full of heart' LAURA MARSHALL, author of Friend Request'This deliciously chilling suspense thriller is an absolute treat. Kara combines her astute grasp of human psychology with her observational skills to create a twisty and compelling story. I was up way too late reading and I can't recommend this enough' CHRIS BRIDGES, author of Sick to Death'A twisty thriller that had me gripped right from the very start . . . A fabulous read!' NIKKI SMITH, author of The Beach Party'Creepy and tense. I devoured this in two sittings . . . Five huge stars from me.' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿'Clever, compelling and intricately plotted . . . read it for yourself! You won't be disappointed' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿'I had to know how it ended, which meant reading into the early hours of the morning to finish it' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿'Very fast paced and gripping' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿'Wow! What a book, totally hooked from the start' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿** Have you read Lesley Kara's debut novel, THE RUMOUR? Now a major TV series on Channel 5! **

Troublemaker

A personal approach to Dickens's art that pays attention to what magnetizes Federico or strikes her as newly relevant to our own world, and to her life, as she explores what Dickens' works are emotionally about.

Dickens's first concern in all his fiction is with people's feelings and their imaginations. Everything else-the social criticism, the satire, the comedy-flows from that spring. How does a person begin to imagine, to enter vividly into the life he or she has been given, and into the lives of others? How does someone change, how do they love, give their trust, look forward to the future? These questions make their way into all of Dickens's novels, including the four discussed in this volume: Oliver Twist (1837-39), David Copperfield (1849-50), Little Dorrit (1855-57), and A Tale of Two Cities (1859). This book takes a personal approach to Dickens's art. Federico follows her own responses, paying attention to what magnetizes her or strikes her as newly relevant to our own world, and to her life. What is the story emotionally about? This becomes the important question as she reads through Dickens's works. It is the question that opens the door to her own memories, her own stories, as she grows from being an innocent reader of Dickens to a more critical, professionalized one-while still listening confidentially to what Dickens has to teach her about hope, love, and the limits of knowledge.

But for you, dear stranger

Charles Dickens

An Untalented Mr. Ripley, a Dumb American Psycho: A young man combines boundless self-confidence with perpetual failure and ineptitude as he tries to manipulate his way into a better life, preying on women in New York City in the early ’90s. Robert Doughten Savile, aka “Doughty,” is the son of a once-wealthy, now hard-up family from Darien, Connecticut. Doughty lives in a perpetual cloud of delusion, convinced of his own genius and status. While he has little capacity to accurately assess his own abilities or prospects, he cruises through life on the sheer force of his own sense of entitlement, dropping out of college and landing in the early ’90s in New York City, a place brimming with both prosperity and desperation. He cons his way from a bed at the YMCA into the posh Soho loft of a middle-aged book editor, while pursuing a young bartender, whom he also abuses and gaslights. He spins elaborate tales about his imaginary high-power job in real estate while, in reality, he passes his days watching comedy specials on VHS, smoking crack in Tompkins Square Park, and engaging in occasional sex work in the restrooms of Grand Central Station. His many failures, however, only serve to sharpen his one true gift: Doughty is a skilled predator, and the damage he inflicts on the women around him is real and remorseless. As shocking as it is illuminating, The Stalker confirms Paula Bomer as a contemporary master of the pitch-black comic novel.

An Untalented Mr. Ripley, a Dumb American Psycho: A young man combines boundless self-confidence with perpetual failure and ineptitude as he tries to manipulate his way into a better life, preying on women in New York City in the early ’90s. Robert Doughten Savile, a.k.a. “Doughty,” is the son of a once-wealthy, now hard-up family from Darien, Connecticut. Convinced of his own genius, Doughty lives in a perpetual cloud of delusion, cruising through life on the sheer force of his own sense of entitlement. After a brief, lackluster stint in college, he heads to the New York City of the early ’90s to make his fortune. He cons his way from a bed at the YMCA into the posh Soho loft of a middle-aged book editor, even as he pursues a young bartender, and abuses and gaslights both women. He spins elaborate tales about his imaginary high-power job in real estate while, in reality, he passes his days watching comedy specials on VHS, smoking crack in Tompkins Square Park, and engaging in occasional sex work in the restrooms of Grand Central Station. His many failures, however, only serve to sharpen his one true gift: Doughty is a skilled predator, and the damage he inflicts on the women around him is savage and remorseless.

The Stalker

Sunny Randall

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series. World famous author&nbsp;Melanie Joan Hall asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an enormously popular book reviewer, who has trolled her with a deeply insulting one-star review. This usually wouldn’t matter except that Book Babe has thousands of followers, and her unwarranted blast has Melanie's publisher threatening to pull all her books. But Sunny's investigation reveals that the reviewer and Melanie have a rich history—in fact, she may even have good reason to hate the torn-up author. And when Book Babe suddenly turns up dead, casting Melanie as a possible suspect, Sunny finds herself in a complicated web, which, if she can't untangle fast enough, might just put a target on her back.

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series. World famous author&nbsp;Melanie Joan Hall asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an enormously popular book reviewer, who has trolled her with a deeply insulting one-star review. This usually wouldn’t matter except that Book Babe has thousands of followers, and her unwarranted blast has Melanie's publisher threatening to pull all her books. But Sunny's investigation reveals that the reviewer and Melanie have a rich history—in fact, she may even have good reason to hate the torn-up author. And when Book Babe suddenly turns up dead, casting Melanie as a possible suspect, Sunny finds herself in a complicated web, which, if she can't untangle fast enough, might just put a target on her back.

Robert B. Parker's Booked

A witty, refreshing, and fun book on the experience of reading Marcel Proust.

What would the world be like without this work? Where would we be if it hadn't happened? This is how Michael Wood found himself writing about Proust's work as an event and about events in relation to that work itself. The event that created the figure we know as Proust in one sense took a whole lifetime; in another sense we can date it to within certain months, perhaps certain weeks, of a certain year, 1908. That was when Proust the interesting occasional writer and full-time socialite turned into an ostensible hermit and a real novelist. 

This short book says something about the event as a lifetime affair and shows what the sudden change of 1908 looks like. It explores the work of Marcel Proust as an event in the world, something that happened to literature and culture and our understanding of history. This event has more aspects than we can count, but this book offers detailed critical snapshots of seven of them: the birth of Proust as a novelist, what he teaches us about the mythology of beginnings, about metaphor as a kind of rebellion, about love as a permanent anxiety attack, about the Dreyfus Affair, about the concept of justice, and about the mythology of endings.

Marcel Proust

The Classic Crime Companion

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