Great Sayings by Various
$35.00 AUD
Category: Literary Criticism
Over three hundred pages containing some of the most memeorable lines ever spoken. From the most familiar - 'A man who is tired of London...' - to unexpected discoveries, few books can unite so many well-chosen words. Arranged by theme from Love, to Death, to Eating, Great Sayings is a book for enjoyabl ...Show more
Kafka by Ritchie Robertson
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Category: Literary Criticism | Series: Very Short Introductions
"When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect..." So begins Franz Kafka's most famous story "Metamorphosis". Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is among the most intriguing and influential writers of the twentieth century. During his lifet ...Show more
Mind the Country: Tim Winton's Fiction by Salhia Ben-Messahel
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Category: Literary Criticism
The book is divided into three parts. The first looks at the themes in Winton's novels and the nature of the Wintonian character: a rootless being wandering in a hostile geographic and social space a fragmented but unique universe. The main themes are: family tales, loneliness, emptiness and voids, and ...Show more
Language Most Foul by Ruth Wajnryb
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Category: Literary Criticism
A meticulously researched, highly entertaining, idiosyncratic look at the how, why and what of bad language around the world.Have we always sworn like troopers? Has creative cursing developed simply because we can't thump someone when they make us mad? And if verbal aggression is universal, why is it th ...Show more
The Household Tips of the Great Writers by Mark Crick
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Category: Literary Criticism
'As with the commander of an army, or the leader of any enterprise, so it is with a Great Writer and his house.' Great Writer's Household Tips covers all your household needs, indoors and outdoors, from pruning a rose bush with Pablo Neruda to mending a dripping tap with John-Paul Sartre. Throwing a tea ...Show more
Curiosities of Literature: A Book-lover's Anthology of Literary Erudition by John Sutherland
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Category: Literary Criticism
How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And, while we're at it, who wrote the first Western, is there any link between asthma and literary genius, and what really happe ...Show more
Fight for English by David Crystal
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Category: Literary Criticism
This is the story of a thousand years of argument about 'correct' English, as world renowned expert David Crystal provides the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively and accessible approach, Crystal charts the battles, past and present. He combines a chronological survey of ...Show more
Peng's Complete Treasury of Chinese Idioms by Tan Huay Peng
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Category: Literary Criticism
Peng's Complete Treasury of Chinese Idioms, comprises 250 commonly used idioms. The idioms are classified thematically and sentence examples are given to show their application. Each entry is supported by an illustration which makes learning the idioms ever more interesting!
Dictionary of Word Origins by Linda Flavell
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Category: Literary Criticism
Words are the building blocks of language, but their derivations are often stories in themselves. Have you ever wondered why we wear perfume, read magazines, vote for candidates, speak in jargon? With entries from accolade to zoo and including such disparate items as blackmail, fiasco, influence and rig ...Show more
Troublesome Words (PB) by Bill Bryson
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Category: Literary Criticism
What's the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words, Bill Bryson offers a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage that has been an indispensable companion to t ...Show more
Reading the Oxford English Dictionary by Ammon Shea
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Category: Literary Criticism
Who among us does not know a wine-knight (a person who drinks valiantly), or someone who obaginates (to annoy by repeating over and over and over)? Who has not felt mumpish (sullenly angry) or appreciated the apricity (the warmth of sun in winter)? And who can honestly say they have not constulted (acte ...Show more