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Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to
Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary
studies. Starting at 'The Beginning' and concluding with 'The End',
chapters range from the familiar, such as 'Character', 'Narrative'
and 'The Author', to the more unusual, such as 'Secrets',
'Pleasure' and 'Ghosts'. Now in its sixth edition, Bennett and
Royle's classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by
engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane
Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, for
example, while Chaucer, Raymond Chandler and Monty Python are all
invoked in a discussion of literature and laughter. The sixth
edition has been revised and updated throughout. In addition, four
new chapters - 'Literature', 'Loss', 'Human' and 'Migrant' - engage
with exciting recent developments in literary studies. As well as
fully up-to-date further reading sections at the end of each
chapter, the book contains a comprehensive bibliography and an
invaluable glossary of key literary terms. A breath of fresh air in
a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this
book will open the reader's eyes to the exhilarating possibilities
of reading and studying literature.
The ‘shadow line’ is a term Royle uses to describe the faint
line on the top edge of the text block that allows him to see
whether a book on a shelf contains an inclusion – those items
inserted into books and long forgotten. The shadow line is a
constant reminder of how Royle started to think of books as more
than just the printed stories or information they contain. He is
always looking for shadow lines when scanning the shelves of
second-hand bookstores, charity shops, hotels, Little Free
Libraries and Airbnbs. He’s no longer only looking for books that
are just books. He’s looking for the book that contains a
hand-drawn map of an unnamed town in Ireland that he can try to
identify so he can read the book while walking the streets depicted
on the map. He’s looking for the book that contains a 1957
delivery note for an address in Bristol, so that he can send the
book, complete with delivery note, to whoever lives there now and
invite them to welcome it back into its former home. He's also
looking, beyond the bookshelves, for books dumped in the street,
for books used as props in art installations, for books left on
bedside tables in films. He’s looking for books that are
Doppelgängers of other books, for books that are named after
places (where they might not be set), for books with two-word
titles the first of which is London. He’s looking for books that
don’t exist. This follow-up to White Spines, Royle’s instant
classic published in 2021, shows his search takes many forms,
giving a shape and a structure to this compelling new work, just as
the search for the Picadors informed the former. Strange, haunting,
comic and poignant, Shadow Lines is the perfect book for those who
love physical books and the stories beyond their pages.
What is this thing called literature? Why study it? And how?
Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life,
death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature
establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and
rewarding subject to study. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle
expertly weave an essential love of literature into an account of
what literary texts do, how they work and the sort of questions and
ideas they provoke. The book’s three parts reflect the
fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking
and writing. The authors use helpful and wide-ranging examples and
summaries, offering rich reflections on the question ‘What is
literature?’ and on what they term ‘creative reading’. The
new edition has been revised throughout with extensive updates to
the further reading, and a new chapter on creative non-fiction.
Bennett and Royle’s accessible and thought-provoking style
encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. This essential
guide to the study of literature is as an eloquent celebration of
the value and pleasure of reading.
Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to
Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary
studies. Starting at 'The Beginning' and concluding with 'The End',
chapters range from the familiar, such as 'Character', 'Narrative'
and 'The Author', to the more unusual, such as 'Secrets',
'Pleasure' and 'Ghosts'. Now in its sixth edition, Bennett and
Royle's classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by
engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane
Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, for
example, while Chaucer, Raymond Chandler and Monty Python are all
invoked in a discussion of literature and laughter. The sixth
edition has been revised and updated throughout. In addition, four
new chapters - 'Literature', 'Loss', 'Human' and 'Migrant' - engage
with exciting recent developments in literary studies. As well as
fully up-to-date further reading sections at the end of each
chapter, the book contains a comprehensive bibliography and an
invaluable glossary of key literary terms. A breath of fresh air in
a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this
book will open the reader's eyes to the exhilarating possibilities
of reading and studying literature.
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Jacques Derrida (Hardcover)
Nicholas Royle; Series edited by Robert Eaglestone
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There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, covering such topics as: *deconstruction, text and difference *literature and freedom *law, justice and the 'democracy to come' *drugs, secrets and gifts. Nicholas Royle's unique book, written in an innovative and original style, is an outstanding introduction to the methods and significance of Jacques Derrida.
In this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle
brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid
Blyton and David Bowie. His exploration of their lives and work
delves deeply into questions about the value of art, music and
literature, as well as the role of universities in society.
Blending elements of memoir and cultural commentary, Royle creates
a tender and often hilarious portrait of family life during the
pandemic, weaving it together with musings on dreams, second-hand
bookshops and unpublished photos of Bowie taken by Stephen Finer.
He also shares previously unrecorded details about Blyton’s
personal life, notably her love affair with Royle’s grandmother.
David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine offers a singular
perspective on the cultural significance of two iconic figures. In
doing so, it makes a compelling case for the power of storytelling
and music to shape our lives. -- .
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Swedenborg Review 0.04 2022, 4 (Pamphlet)
Avery Curran; Edited by (ghost editors) Gareth Evans; Edited by (associates) Jonathan Sellers; Series edited by Stephen McNeilly; Editing managed by James Wilson; Text written by …
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What is this thing called literature? Why study it? And how?
Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life,
death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature
establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and
rewarding subject to study. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle
expertly weave an essential love of literature into an account of
what literary texts do, how they work and the sort of questions and
ideas they provoke. The book’s three parts reflect the
fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking
and writing. The authors use helpful and wide-ranging examples and
summaries, offering rich reflections on the question ‘What is
literature?’ and on what they term ‘creative reading’. The
new edition has been revised throughout with extensive updates to
the further reading, and a new chapter on creative non-fiction.
Bennett and Royle’s accessible and thought-provoking style
encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. This essential
guide to the study of literature is as an eloquent celebration of
the value and pleasure of reading.
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The Art of the Novel (Paperback)
Nicholas Royle; Contributions by Jenn Ashworth, Tom Bromley, Sarah Butler, A. J. Dalton, …
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R225
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How do you write a novel? Practising novelists and teachers of
creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical
advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to
characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via
perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among many
others. This book is for creative writing students writers and
readers of novels teachers of creative writing With contributions
from Leone Ross, Tom Bromley, Jenn Ashworth, AJ Dalton, Nikesh
Shukla, Stella Duffy, Mark Morris, Alison Moore, Nicholas Royle,
Alice Thompson, Kerry Hudson, Toby Litt, Livi Michael, Joe Stretch,
James Miller, Sarah Butler, Will Wiles, Graeme Shimmin Featuring
Eighteen specially commissioned essays Creative writing exercises
Top tips Lists of recommended novels
This is the first book-length study of the uncanny, an important
topic for contemporary thinking on literature, film, philosophy,
psychoanalysis, feminism and queer history. Much of this importance
can be traced back to Freud's extraordinary essay of 1919, 'The
Uncanny' (Das Unheimliche). As a ghostly feeling and concept,
however, the uncanny has a complex history going back to at least
the Enlightenment. Royle offers a detailed account of the emergence
of the uncanny, together with a series of close readings of
different aspects of the topic. Following a major introductory
historical and critical overview, there are chapters on literature,
teaching, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, film, the death drive,
deja vu, silence, solitude and darkness, the fear of being buried
alive, the double, ghosts, cannibalism, telepathy, madness and
religion. -- .
This book provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date critical
introduction to the writings of Helene Cixous (1937-), focusing on
key motifs, such as dreams, the supernatural, literature,
psychoanalysis, creative writing, realism, sexual differences,
laughter, secrets, the 'Mother unconscious', drawing, painting,
life writing, telephones, non-human animals, telepathy and the 'art
of cutting'. There are close readings of Shakespeare, Bronte,
Shelley, Poe, Carroll, Freud, Woolf, Joyce, Beckett and Derrida,
for example, alongside in-depth explorations of her own writings,
from Inside (1969) and 'The Laugh of the Medusa' (1975) up to the
present. Royle's book will be useful to students and academics
coming to Cixous's work for the first time, but it will also appeal
to readers interested in contemporary literature, creative writing,
life writing, narrative theory, deconstruction, psychoanalysis,
trauma studies, feminism, queer theory, ecology, drawing and
painting. -- .
The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its
eleventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a
book by its cover - or, more accurately, by its title. This
critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories
published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether
based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging,
covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web
sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one
volume. This new anthology includes stories by Julia Armfield, A.J.
Ashworth, Iphgenia Baal, Emma Bolland, Tom Bromley, Gary Budden,
Jen Calleja, Robert Dewa, John Foxx, Josephine Galvin, Uschi
Gatward, Meave Haughey, Hilaire, Alice Jolly, Isha Karki, Yasmine
Lever, Simon Okotie, Mel Pryor, Douglas Thompson and Matthew
Turner.
There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, covering such topics as: *deconstruction, text and difference *literature and freedom *law, justice and the 'democracy to come' *drugs, secrets and gifts. Nicholas Royle's unique book, written in an innovative and original style, is an outstanding introduction to the methods and significance of Jacques Derrida.
The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its
tenth year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book
by its cover - or, more accurately, by its title. This new series
aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous
calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or
elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering
anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites,
looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume.
Featuring: Richard Lawrence Bennett, Luke Brown, David Constantine,
Tim Etchells, Nicola Freeman, Amanthi Harris, Andrew Hook, Sonia
Hope, Hanif Kureishi, Helen Mort, Jeff Noon, Irenosen Okojie, KJ
Orr, Bridget Penney, Diana Powell, David Rose, Sarah Schofield,
Adrian Slatcher, NJ Stallard, Robert Stone, Stephen Thompson and
Zakia Uddin.
This book provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date critical
introduction to the writings of Helene Cixous (1937-), focusing on
key motifs, such as dreams, the supernatural, literature,
psychoanalysis, creative writing, realism, sexual differences,
laughter, secrets, the 'Mother unconscious', drawing, painting,
life writing, telephones, non-human animals, telepathy and the 'art
of cutting'. There are close readings of Shakespeare, Bronte,
Shelley, Poe, Carroll, Freud, Woolf, Joyce, Beckett and Derrida,
for example, alongside in-depth explorations of her own writings,
from Inside (1969) and 'The Laugh of the Medusa' (1975) up to the
present. Royle's book will be useful to students and academics
coming to Cixous's work for the first time, but it will also appeal
to readers interested in contemporary literature, creative writing,
life writing, narrative theory, deconstruction, psychoanalysis,
trauma studies, feminism, queer theory, ecology, drawing and
painting. -- .
In this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle
brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid
Blyton and David Bowie. His exploration of their lives and work
delves deeply into questions about the value of art, music and
literature, as well as the role of universities in society.
Blending elements of memoir and cultural commentary, Royle creates
a tender and often hilarious portrait of family life during the
pandemic, weaving it together with musings on dreams, second-hand
bookshops and unpublished photos of Bowie taken by Stephen Finer.
He also shares previously unrecorded details about Blyton’s
personal life, notably her love affair with Royle’s grandmother.
David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine offers a singular
perspective on the cultural significance of two iconic figures. In
doing so, it makes a compelling case for the power of storytelling
and music to shape our lives. -- .
This book reflects on the figure of veering to form a new theory of
literature. Contrary to a widespread sense that literature has
become increasingly irrelevant to our culture and everyday life,
Royle brilliantly traces a strangely compelling 'literary turn'.
Starting with an 'Advertisement' (which literally means a 'turning
towards') like an 18th-century novel, he explores images of
swerving, loss of control, digressing and deviating to form this
new theory of literature. Royle's study ranges from Montaigne to
Stephen King, from the 'dance of atoms' in Lucretius to the 'human
veer' in Don DeLillo. With wit and irony he investigates 'veering'
in the writings of Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Melville, Hardy, Proust, Lawrence, Bowen, J.H. Prynne and many
others. Veering provides new critical perspectives on all major
literary genres: the novel, poetry, drama, the short story and the
essay, as well as 'creative writing'. It proposes a new term for
understanding post-1960s cultural and intellectual history: 'the
literary turn'. It transverses different disciplines and discourses
including verse, vertigo, the dinameu, detournement,
transversality, environmentalism, the linguistic, the ethical and
the political turn.
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Scar City (Paperback)
Joel Lane; Introduction by Nicholas Royle
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R307
R280
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Joel Lane (1963-2013) was one of the UK's foremost writers of dark,
unsettling fiction, a frank explorer of sexuality and the
transgressive aspects of human nature. With a tight focus on the
post-industrial Black Country and his home city of Birmingham, he
created a distinct form of British urban weird fiction. Scar City
is one of the final collections put together before his death in
2013 - with his home city of Birmingham as their nucleus, these are
intense, haunting and often painful stories from a master of the
short form. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY NICHOLAS ROYLE
Editor's Choice, The Bookseller A mix of memoir and narrative
non-fiction, White Spines is a book about Nicholas Royle's passion
for Picador's fiction and non-fiction publishing from the 1970s to
the end of the 1990s. It explores the bookshops and charity shops,
the books themselves, and the way a unique collection grew and
became a literary obsession. Above all a love song to books,
writers and writing.
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was the most original and inspiring
writer and philosopher of our time. In a series of distinctive
essays that are at once self-contained and intricately linked,
Royle explores the legacies of Derrida's thinking in the context of
philosophy, language, globalisation, war, terrorism, justice, the
democracy to come, poetry, literature, memory, mourning, the gift,
friendship and dreams. Lucid, inventive and at times funny, Royle
allows us to appreciate how much Derrida's work has altered the
ways we read and think. Autobiography, children's literature, the
Gothic and modernist fiction, for example, figure together with
philosophy, queer studies, speech act theory and psychoanalysis.
The writings of Horace Walpole, Herman Melville, E. M. Forster,
Elizabeth Bowen, Joe Brainard and David McKee are illuminatingly
put in play alongside Shakespeare. Royle's book suggests that one
of Derrida's most profound legacies has to do with the combination
of responsibility and freedom his work inspires for both reading
and writing. In Memory of Jacques Derrida offers an exceptionally
clear overview of Derrida's work, while also tracing directions in
which it might productively be read in the future.
In this touching, funny and beautifully written portrait of family
life, mother-son relationships and bereavement, Nicholas Royle
captures the spirit of post-war parenting as well as of his mother
whose dementia and death were triggered by the tragedy of losing
her other son-Royle's younger brother-to cancer in his twenties. At
once poetic and philosophical, this extraordinary memoir is also a
powerful reflection on climate crisis and 'mother nature', on
literature and life writing, on human and non-human animals, and on
the links between the maternal and memory itself.
Nicholas Royle's highly praised debut novel recalls David
Mitchell's lyrical bravado: in a world where our very language is
being appropriated by advertising, propaganda and whatever new
technologies can do to mangle it, Royle asserts that the novel has
to survive by adapting, staying fresh-and undergoing bizarre
metamorphoses. Quilt confronts the mad hand of grief while
embracing the endless possibilities of language. Tender, absorbing
and at times shockingly funny, this extraordinary novel is both
mystery and love story. His challenge to and experiments with
literary form forge a new mode of storytelling that is both playful
and inquisitive. He sets about the mundane yet exhausting process
of sorting through the remnants of his father's life - clearing
away years of accumulated objects, unearthing forgotten memories
and the haunted realms of everyday life. At the same time, he
embarks on an eccentric side-project. And as he grows increasingly
obsessed with this new project, his grip on reality seems to slip.
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