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The Absurd in Literature

The Absurd in Literature

Neil Cornwell

Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism.
Incidences

Incidences

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Daniil Kharms Neil Cornwell ... Plummeting Old Women and Other Stories, Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1989 The translation of 'Yelizaveta Bam' first appeared in Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd, edited by Neil Cornwell, Macmillan Press, ...
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Neil Cornwell

Professor Neil Cornwell's study, published for the Nabokov centenary, examines five of Nabokov's major novels including Lolita (ranked 4 in the 1998 New York Modern Library list of the 100 best novels of the century published in English), ...
V.F. Odoevsky: His Life, Times and Milieu

V.F. Odoevsky: His Life, Times and Milieu

Neil Cornwell

Based upon published and unpublished sources in Russia and the West, Cornwell paints a portrait of one of Russia's central figures, though little known in the West.
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Bernard Cornwell Untitled 1

Bernard Cornwell

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
Unnatural Exposure

Unnatural Exposure

Patricia Cornwell

The circumstances of death broadcast a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on earth - smallpox. For more about Patricia Cornwell and her books visit her website on www.patricia-cornwell.com
Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC

Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC

Bernard Cornwell

A novel by Bernard Cornwell that follows the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur) tells the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that creates the great temple.
Second Calvary Cemetery: New Yorkers carved in stone

Second Calvary Cemetery: New Yorkers carved in stone

Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina

... O'Mara Bridget O'Mara Catherine O'Mara Daniel O'Mara John O'Mara Kate O' Mara Margaret O'Mara Michael O'Mara ... Catherine O'Neil Charles O'Neil Ellen O 'Neil Jeremiah O'Neil John O'Neil John O'Neil Mary E. O'Neil Michael O'Neil ...
The Fort

The Fort

Bernard Cornwell

‘Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy’ was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell.
James Joyce and the Russians

James Joyce and the Russians

Neil Cornwell

This original three-part study examines Russia, Russians and their culture in Joyce's life and establishes a Russian theme running through his work as a whole, from the earliest writings to Finnegans Wake.
Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays

Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays

Neil Cornwell

Vladimir Odoevsky (1804-1869) was a fascinating and encyclopedic figurein nineteenth-century Russian culture, who in his day was mentioned in the same breath as Pushkin and Gogol.
An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities ...

An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities ...

Sylvester O'Halloran

The nobility raifed regiments, private gentlemen troops and companies, which they fupported, and paid out of their own finances. Such were the regiments of Sir Donnel 6 Neil, Cormoc 6 Neil, Felix 6 Neil, Brien 6 Neil, Gordon 6 Neil, Ma Guire,  ...
Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc. ...

Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc. ...

New York (N.Y.).

OCCUPATION. Olsson, Oscar. Olsson, Otto J . Oltmanns, George H. O'Malley, Patrick A. . O'Mara, John J O'Mealia, Charles O'Mera, James. . O'Neil, Michael O' Neil, Alfred E O'Neill, Bernard F. . O'Neil, Christopher. O'Neil, Cornelius. . . . O'Neil  ...
The Empty Throne: A Novel

The Empty Throne: A Novel

Bernard Cornwell

With this eighth entry in the epic Saxon Tales series, we are reminded once again why New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is “the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal).
Seminary Boy

Seminary Boy

John Cornwell

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.
Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood

Patricia Cornwell

No.1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta—a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.
Breaking Faith: Can the Catholic Church Save Itself?

Breaking Faith: Can the Catholic Church Save Itself?

John Cornwell

In Breaking Faith, Cornwell explains why he left the Church but returned to it after twenty years because he 'couldn't do without it' and because he is convinced that Catholicism still has the power to make the world a better place.
Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd: Essays and ...

Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd: Essays and ...

Neil Cornwell

This volume of essays and other materials offers an assessment of the short prose, verse and drama of Daniil Kharms, Leningrad absurdist of the 1920s and 1930s, who was one of the last representatives of the Russian literary avante-garde.
The literary fantastic: from Gothic to postmodernism

The literary fantastic: from Gothic to postmodernism

Neil Cornwell

Om den fantastiske roman fra midten af 1700-tallet til idag med en gennemgang af litteraturkritikkens syn på genren, om udviklingen af den i England, Europa og Amerika, og endelig om dens betydning for moderne litteratur og dagens samfund.
Odoevsky's Four Pathways into Modern Fiction: A Comparative ...

Odoevsky's Four Pathways into Modern Fiction: A Comparative ...

Neil Cornwell

This book takes four stories by the Russian Romantic author Vladimir Odoevsky to illustrate 'pathways', developed further by subsequent writers, into modern fiction.
The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 10)

The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 10)

Bernard Cornwell

The brand new novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. BBC2’s major TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series.
Congressional Edition

Congressional Edition

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O'Mara, John O'Meara, Stephen. Omohundro.Wm.T Omstead, Levi Onderdonk, Thos. O'Neal ... O'Neil, Francis, Jr. O'Neil, John O'Neil, Michael... O'Neil, Phil O' Neil, Simon O'Neill.John O'Neill, Thomas.. Opperman, Fred . . Opperman,John H  ...
Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact

Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact

John Cornwell

In a rich and fascinating history John Cornwell tells the epic story of Germany's scientists from the First World War to the collapse of Hitler's Reich.
American Biography: A New Cyclopedia

American Biography: A New Cyclopedia

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David Conwell was born in Province- town, October 27, 1818, the son of David Service and Eleanor (Perry) Cornwell. The name was originally spelled with an "r ," Cornwell, but David Conwell-s mother, after the death of her young husband, ...
Neil Gaiman And Charles Vess' Stardust:

Neil Gaiman And Charles Vess' Stardust:

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess would like to dedicate this book to BTlGfi and Wendy Fraud and Alan Lee. Other Books by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.' THE BOOKS OF MAGIC Neil Galflxarlflolr.rl Bolton/Seen Hmupfm/Cllmles ...
The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession

The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession

John Cornwell

The Dark Box is an erudite and personal history; Cornwell draws on his own memories of Catholic boyhood, and weaves it with the story of confession from its origins in the early church to the current day, where its enduring psychological ...
Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Neil Cornwell

“Sokhanskaia, Nadezhda Stepanova”, by Mary Zirin, in Dictionary of Russian Women Writers, edited by Marina Ledkovsky, Charlotte Rosenthal, and Mary Zirin , Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1994, 613-16. “Women's Prose Fiction ...
Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History, ...

Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History, ...

Daniel Durchholz

John Barbata Drums With Neil: Stray Gators; CSNY Others: The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Dave Mason Jeff Blackburn Bass With Neil: The Ducks Tom Bray Trumpet With Neil: The Bluenotes, Ten Men ...
Neil Armstrong: The First Man on the Moon

Neil Armstrong: The First Man on the Moon

Ann Byers

Aviation had become an obsession for Neil. By the age of eight or nine, he knew that he wanted to do something with airplanes when he grew up. Neil loved the idea of being in the sky. As a child, he often dreamed that he could make himself  ...
Annual Report of the New York Catholic Protectory to the ...

Annual Report of the New York Catholic Protectory to the ...

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O'Mara, Joseph O'Neil, Francis.... O'Neil, John O'Neil, Joseph O'Connell, Eug. P. O'Connell ... O'Grady, John O'Connor, Charles.., O'Neil, Michael. ... O'Halloran, Thomas O'Connor, Daniel... O'Connor, Fenton.. O'Mahony, Michael. O'Donnell ...

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