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UNINA9910807449403321 |
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Autore |
Alfer Alexa <1968-> |
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Titolo |
A.S. Byatt : critical storytelling / / Alexa Alfer & Amy Edwards de Campos |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
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©2010 |
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1-84779-482-3 |
1-78170-175-X |
1-84779-259-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : digital file(s) |
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Contemporary British Novelists |
Contemporary British novelists |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Literature |
Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers |
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Ireland |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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9780719066528; 9780719066528; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright acknowledgements; A. S. Byatt: biographical outline; Abbreviations; Introduction; Fathers, sisters and the anxietyof influence: The Shadow of theSun and The Game; Writing the contemporary:The Virgin in the Garden andStill Life; Two cultures: Babel Tower andA Whistling Woman; Tradition and transformation:Possession and fairytales; The dark side of the tale:The Children's Book,The Biographer's Tale andAngels and Insects; Critical storytelling: peoplingthe paper house; Bibliography; Index |
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This is a study of Byatt's fictional and non-fictional work. It provides contextualising commentary and devotes an entire chapter to Byatt's role as critic and public intellectual. |
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UNINA9910154647603321 |
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Autore |
Clarke Arthur C (Arthur Charles), <1917-2008.> |
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2010 : odyssey two / / Arthur C. Clarke |
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New York, : RosettaBooks, 2012, c1982 |
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0-7953-3256-4 |
0-7953-2481-2 |
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[Electronic ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Arthur C. Clarke Collection : The Odyssey ; ; v.2 |
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Science fiction, English |
Space flights |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""AUTHOR�S NOTE""; ""I. LEONOV""; ""1. MEETING AT THE FOCUS""; ""2. THE HOUSE OF THE DOLPHINS""; ""3. SAL 9000""; ""4. MISSION PROFILE""; ""5. LEONOV""; ""II. TSIEN""; ""6. AWAKENING""; ""7. TSIEN""; ""8. TRANSIT OF JUPITER""; ""9. THE ICE OF THE GRAND CANAL""; ""10. A CRY FROM EUROPA""; ""11. ICE AND VACUUM""; ""III. DISCOVERY""; ""12. DOWNHILL RUN""; ""13. THE WORLDS OF GALILEO""; ""14. DOUBLE ENCOUNTER""; ""15. ESCAPE FROM THE GIANT""; ""16. PRIVATE LINE""; ""17. BOARDING PARTY""; ""18. SALVAGE"" |
""19. OPERATION WINDMILL""""20. GUILLOTINE""; ""21. RESURRECTION""; ""IV. LAGRANGE""; ""22. BIG BROTHER""; ""23. RENDEZVOUS""; ""24. RECONNAISSANCE""; ""25. THE VIEW FROM LAGRANGE""; ""26. PROBATION""; ""27. INTERLUDE: TRUE CONFESSIONS""; ""28. FRUSTRATION""; ""29. EMERGENCE""; ""V. A CHILD OF THE STARS""; ""30. HOMECOMING""; ""31. DISNEYVILLE""; ""32. CRYSTAL SPRING""; ""33. BETTY""; ""34. VALEDICTION""; ""35. REHABILITATION""; ""36. FIRE IN THE DEEP""; ""37. ESTRANGEMENT""; ""38. FOAMSCAPE""; ""39. IN THE POD BAY""; ""40. “DAISY, DAISY��""; ""41. GRAVEYARD SHIFT"" |
""VI. DEVOURER OF WORLDS""""42. THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE""; ""43. THOUGHT EXPERIMENT""; ""44. VANISHING TRICK""; ""45. ESCAPE MANEUVER""; ""46. COUNTDOWN""; ""47. FINAL FLYBY""; ""48. OVER THE NIGHTSIDE""; ""49. DEVOURER OF WORLDS""; ""VII. LUCIFER RISING""; |
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""50. FAREWELL TO JUPITER""; ""51. THE GREAT GAME""; ""52. IGNITION""; ""53. A GIFT OF WORLDS""; ""54. BETWEEN SUNS""; ""55. LUCIFER RISING""; ""EPILOG: 20,001""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""POSTSCRIPT"" |
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"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001 ."--Carl Sagan Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft--to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong...and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, a Chinese expedition targets the same objective, turning the recovery mission into a frenzied race for the precious information Discovery may hold about the enigmatic monolith that orbits Jupiter. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman--the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith--streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . . "Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play."-- Time " 2010 is easily Clarke's best book in over a decade."-- The San Diego Tribune |
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