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Oxford University Press, Oxford
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ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan
A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James,...
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Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, Landesbibliothek und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel
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No inter-library loan
A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James, Agatha Christie, and Haruki Murakami and draws together original essays by prestigious contributors.
A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James,...
more
Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
Inter-library loan:
No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James, Agatha Christie, and Haruki Murakami and draws together original essays by prestigious contributors. Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Rabelais, Cervantes, and Libraries in Fiction -- 2. Dramatic Libraries -- 3. Battle-Sites of Books -- 4. What Are Books for? Darcy's Library, Crabbe's The Library, and Shillito's The Country Book-Club -- 5. Libraries and the Formation of Character in Nineteenth-Century Novels -- 6. Margaret Oliphant's 'The Library Window' -- 7. M. R. James's Libraries -- The Demon in the Library -- 'The Tractate Middoth' -- 8. The Body in the Library: Christie and Sayers -- 9. On the Shelf? Women, Librarians, and Agency in Twentieth-Century Fiction -- 10. The Act of Borrowing -- or, Some Libraries in American Literature -- 11. 'Modified Bliss': Libraries in Modern Poetry -- 12. Borges's Libraries -- 13. Library and Scriptorium in Eco's The Name of the Rose -- 14. Murakami's Strange Library -- 15. Fantastic Books and Where to Find Them: Libraries in Fairy Tale and Fantasy -- Coda: Libraries and Political Identities -- Works Cited -- Index.
