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Amid the Alien Corn

A Son’s Memoir

by Dennis Walder ...

Amid the Alien Corn is a vivid, stylishly written memoir that takes its narrator from the bewilderment of childhood and youth towards the unfolding of a mother’s secrets, long suspected from a pervasive sense of something missing at the heart of his family.The book charts the journey from personal and political disorientation in apartheid Cape Town to professional fulfilment in Britain, where the ... Read more

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Amid the Alien Corn is a vivid, stylishly written memoir that takes its narrator from the bewilderment of childhood and youth towards the unfolding of a mother’s secrets, long suspected from a pervasive sense of something missing at the heart of his family.The book charts the journey from personal and political disorientation in apartheid Cape Town to professional fulfilment in Britain, where the
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Little Dorrit

by Charles Dickens, Dennis Walder ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets.' Introspective and dreamy, Arthur Clennam returns to England from many years abroad to find a people gripped in their self-made social and mental prisons. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, he searches for the key ... Read more

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'Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets.' Introspective and dreamy, Arthur Clennam returns to England from many years abroad to find a people gripped in their self-made social and mental prisons. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, he searches for the key
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Dombey and Son

by Charles Dickens, Dennis Walder ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
"Dom-bey and Son"...Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombey's life. The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light. The hopes of Mr Dombey for the future of his shipping firm are centred on his delicate son Paul, and Florence, his devoted daughter, is unloved and neglected. When the firm faces ruin, and Dombey's second marriage ... Read more

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"Dom-bey and Son"...Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombey's life. The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light. The hopes of Mr Dombey for the future of his shipping firm are centred on his delicate son Paul, and Florence, his devoted daughter, is unloved and neglected. When the firm faces ruin, and Dombey's second marriage
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Print Culture in Southern Africa

Edited by Caroline Davis, Archie Dick, Elizabeth le Roux, Dennis Walder ...

Series series Southern African Studies
Print Culture in Southern Africa is concerned with the institutions and processes informing textual production, circulation and consumption in the region, over a broad historical period from the late 18th century to the present day. The book is organised around three closely related themes. Firstly, it presents original research into the formation of reading publics and the impact of reading ... Read more

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Print Culture in Southern Africa is concerned with the institutions and processes informing textual production, circulation and consumption in the region, over a broad historical period from the late 18th century to the present day. The book is organised around three closely related themes. Firstly, it presents original research into the formation of reading publics and the impact of reading
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Sketches by Boz

by Charles Dickens ...

'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire TomalinCharles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he knew in all its complexity - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons and, of course, the river Thames. His descriptions of ... Read more

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'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire TomalinCharles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he knew in all its complexity - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons and, of course, the river Thames. His descriptions of
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The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities

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The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities provides an ideal starting point for understanding gender in the novels of this period. It explores the place of fiction in constructing gender identity within society at large, considering Madame Bovary, Portrait of a Lady and The Woman in White. The book continues with a consideration of the novel at the fin de siecle, examining Dracula, The Awakening and ... Read more

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The Nineteenth-Century Novel: Identities provides an ideal starting point for understanding gender in the novels of this period. It explores the place of fiction in constructing gender identity within society at large, considering Madame Bovary, Portrait of a Lady and The Woman in White. The book continues with a consideration of the novel at the fin de siecle, examining Dracula, The Awakening and
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The Realist Novel

Edited by Dennis Walder ...

Series series Approaching Literature
This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and ... Read more

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This book guides the student through the fundamentals of this enduring literary form. By using carefully selected novels and discussing a wide range of authors including Emily Dickinson and John Kincaid, the authors provide a lively examination of the particular themes and modes of realist novels of the period. This is the only book currently available to provide such a wide range of primary and
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Postcolonial Nostalgias

Writing, Representation and Memory

by Dennis Walder ...

Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
This book offers an original and informed critique of a widespread yet often misunderstood condition — nostalgia, a pervasive human emotion connecting people across national and historical as well as personal boundaries. Often seen as merely escapist, nostalgia also offers solace and self-understanding for those displaced by the larger movements of our time.Walder analyses the writings of some of ... Read more

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This book offers an original and informed critique of a widespread yet often misunderstood condition — nostalgia, a pervasive human emotion connecting people across national and historical as well as personal boundaries. Often seen as merely escapist, nostalgia also offers solace and self-understanding for those displaced by the larger movements of our time.Walder analyses the writings of some of
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Dickens and Religion

by Dennis Walder ...

The importance of understanding Dickens's religion to obtain a full appreciation of his achievement has long been admitted; but this is the first critical study of the interaction between Dickens's religious beliefs and his creative imagination throughout his career.The novelist's religious beliefs are a pervasive and deeply felt presence in his works even if they are not always clearly thought ... Read more

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The importance of understanding Dickens's religion to obtain a full appreciation of his achievement has long been admitted; but this is the first critical study of the interaction between Dickens's religious beliefs and his creative imagination throughout his career.The novelist's religious beliefs are a pervasive and deeply felt presence in his works even if they are not always clearly thought
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Martin Chuzzlewit:

by Dickens Charles ...

The story centers on wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit. His many relatives believe that he is at death's door so they swarm about him like bees angling to get a piece of his fortune. The main theme of the novel is selfishness which is portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. ... Read more

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The story centers on wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit. His many relatives believe that he is at death's door so they swarm about him like bees angling to get a piece of his fortune. The main theme of the novel is selfishness which is portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family.
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The Chimes:A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year out and a New Year In

by Charles Dickens ...

The story follows the character of Trotty Veck, a poor and elderly ticket-porter, as he experiences a series of supernatural visions on New Year's Eve. Trotty becomes disillusioned with the state of society and believes that the poor are inherently bad and unworthy. However, through a series of encounters with goblins and spirits, he is shown the true nature of humanity and is given the chance to ... Read more

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The story follows the character of Trotty Veck, a poor and elderly ticket-porter, as he experiences a series of supernatural visions on New Year's Eve. Trotty becomes disillusioned with the state of society and believes that the poor are inherently bad and unworthy. However, through a series of encounters with goblins and spirits, he is shown the true nature of humanity and is given the chance to
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Sketches by Boz

by Charles Dickens ...

Series series THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY
Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section ... Read more

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Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People (commonly known as Sketches by Boz) is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section
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