John Mullan Bücher

Spielen Sie Karten mit den Held*innen und Schurk*innen aus Dickens´ Romanen! Dieses wunderschöne Kartendeck zeigt die berühmtesten Figuren aus Dickens´ Welt und enthält zudem ein Booklet mit spannenden Erläuterungen zu den Personen und den Kartenspielen, die immer wieder in Dickens´ Romanen beschrieben werden. Ein Muss nicht nur für Bücherwürmer!

This study examines the autobiographical writing of Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, and David Hume, who chronicled the peculiarly intimate relationships between the texts they produced and the social lives they lived. Each relied on a language of feeling to represent social bonds they considered necessary, discovering, through their writing, a sociability dependent on the communication of passions and sentiments. This discovery, Mullan argues, played a critical role in the development of the eighteenth-century fiction now called sentimental.

An essential guide to the fictional world of Charles Dickens. In thirteen entertaining and insightful essays, Mullan explores the literary machinations of Dickens's eccentric genius, from his delight in cliches to his rendering of smells and his outrageous use of coincidences

Exploring the nuances of marriage proposals, this book delves into the cultural, emotional, and practical aspects of asking for a partner's hand. It highlights various approaches, from traditional to modern, and emphasizes the significance of personal touch and understanding in crafting the perfect moment. Readers will discover insights on timing, creativity, and the importance of considering their partner's preferences, ensuring a memorable and meaningful proposal experience.

Exploring the techniques of contemporary fiction, this book utilizes insights from the author's Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction.' By analyzing examples from popular recent novels, it enhances the reader's understanding of narrative elements and expands their vocabulary. The work also highlights connections between modern storytelling and classic literature, offering a comprehensive look at how fiction operates across different eras.

A fascinatingly rich and entirely original study of why many of the greatest authors of English literature chose to publish their work anonymously.We have forgotten that the first readers of "Gulliver's Travels" or "Sense and Sensibility" had to guess who their authors might be, and that writers like Sir Walter Scott and Charlotte Brontë went to elaborate lengths to keep secret their authorship of the bestselling books of their times. But in fact, anonymity is everywhere and no history of English literature is complete without it. Donne, Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Fanny Burney, Austen, Byron, Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson, George Eliot, Sylvia Plath and Doris Lessing - all chose to conceal their names. Why was it so important to authors that they remain unidentified? What was it like to read their books without knowing for certain who had written them?From the sixteenth century to the present, from Edmund Spenser to "Primary Colors," John Mullan explores how the disguises of writers were firsts used and eventually penetrated, how anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics - and how, when books reviews were also anonymous, critics played tricks in return. With great wit and lucidity, "Anonymity" presents a new and engaging way of enjoying English literature.

Roxana (1724), Defoes letzte und dunkelste Roman, ist die Autobiografie einer Frau, die ihre Tugend zunächst zum Überleben und später für Ruhm und Reichtum eingetauscht hat. Die Erzählerin berichtet von ihrem eigenen `verwerflichen' Leben als Geliebte reicher und mächtiger Männer. Das Drama des Romans liegt nicht in der `großen Vielfalt des Schicksals' der Heldin, sondern in ihren Versuchen, die manchmal bitteren Lektionen ihres Lebens als `begünstigte Geliebte' zu verstehen. Defoes Leistung bestand darin, in `Roxana' sowohl eine fesselnde Geschichtenerzählerin als auch eine fesselnde Geschichte zu erschaffen.