Authors: Aiping Zhang ,Zhenwu Zhu

Description: Since the Chinese translation of The Da Vinci Code was released in China in 2004, the “Dan Brown Craze” has swept across the country. All of Brown’s novels have subsequently been translated into Chinese and sold millions of copies. No living foreign writer has generated so much media coverage and scholarship in China within such a short period of time; not even Toni Morrison or J.K. Rowling. Brown’s rendering of dichotomies, such as science and religion, humanity and divinity, good and evil, and liberty and privacy, resonates well with his Chinese readers because they feel that these issues are no longer irrelevant to them. They see an urgent need for a revision, if not an entire redefinition, of their existing beliefs and values. This book examines the plot, characterization, themes, setting, codes, knowledge, institutions, and techniques in his novels, and delivers a careful textual analysis, a selective dissemination of relevant information on different subjects, and a perceptive comparison between Brown and other Chinese and Western writers. As such, it shows how his thrillers have been appreciated and studied in China, and what kinds of discoveries, challenges, controversies, and insights have surfaced in the Chinese appreciation of Brown’s novels. Furthermore, the book explores why the “Dan Brown Craze” has lasted this long and exerted a broad and far-reaching impact upon the reading, writing, studying, translating, publishing, and marketing of fiction in China.

Langue: en

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Authors: Isabelle Ost ,Pierre Piret ,Laurent Van Eynde

Description: La notion de représentation demeure plus que jamais sujette à caution : imprécise, elle manque de tranchant conceptuel ; idéologiquement marquée, elle charrie une anthropologie implicite que l'ère du soupçon n'a pas manqué de dénoncer. Dans le même temps, elle est constamment utilisée, dans des acceptions d'ailleurs très diverses, ...

Langue: fr

Publisher: Presses universitaires Saint-Louis Bruxelles

Categories: Philosophy

Authors: Stephen Matterson ,Bernice M. Murphy

Description: Provides a unique snapshot of themes and trends within popular fiction in the twenty-first centuryThis groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres, providing chapter-length discussions of major post-2000 works of contemporary popular fiction. The lively, accessible and academically rigorous essays presented here cover a wider range of established popular fiction genres such as fantasy, horror and the romance, as well as more niche areas such as Domestic Noir, Steampunk, the New Weird, Nordic Noir and Zombie Lit. The collection will primarily appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students but general readers may also find the focus on many of today's most prominent and influential authors to be of interest.Key FeaturesProvides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fictionIncludes timely reassessments of recent fiction by established figures such as Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Larry McMurtry, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Jodi Picoult, China Mieville, Grant Morrison, Terry Pratchett and Nora Roberts as well as consideration of authors who have emerged more recently, amongst them Stephenie Meyer, Gillian Flynn, E.L. James, Hugh Howey, Cherie Priest, and Max BrooksIncludes supplementary material such recommended further reading at the end of each chapter

Langue: en

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: François Julien-Labruyère

Description: D'un pays à l'autre et à travers les âges, plonger dans la littérature provoque d'étranges rencontres avec le cognac : son image est toujours ambiguë, souvent défavorable, parfois même détestable. Ancien alcool-roi et leader mondial des spiritueux, le cognac aujourd'hui hésite entre une légende entretenue par sa région de production et le positionnement d'un alcool de qualité. De l'histoire au récit, de la littérature à la publicité, de l'anecdote la plus légère aux légendes les plus mensongères, découvrons la "Cognac story".

Langue: fr

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Categories: Alcoholic beverages in literature

Authors: Mark D. Bowles

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Langue: en

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Categories: Nuclear energy

Authors: Don D'Ammassa

Description: Covers some of the very best of adventure fiction, from literary classics such as Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent to tales that have enthralled younger readers for many years, such as Treasure Island and The Wizard of Oz.

Langue: en

Publisher: Facts on File

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Clifford Thompson ,Hw Wilson

Description: This volume looks at noteworthy individuals in a variety of fields. Included are actors Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, political figures John Kerry and Arnold Schwarzenegger, musical groups OutKast and Coldplay, sports figures Tom Brady and Floyd Mayweather, and many more.

Langue: en

Publisher: H. W. Wilson

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Authors: Geoff Hamilton ,Brian Jones

Description: Covers contemporary authors and works that have enjoyed commercial success in the United States but are typically neglected by more "literary" guides. Provides high school and college students with everything they need to know to understand the authors and works of American popular fiction.

Langue: en

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Categories: Fiction

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Langue: en

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Categories: Audiobooks

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Description: The aim of Current Biography Yearbook is to provide reference librarians, students, and researchers with objective, accurate, and well-documented biographical articles about living leaders in all fields of human accomplishment. Whenever feasible, obituary notices appear for persons whose biographies have been published in Current Biography. - Publisher.

Langue: en

Publisher:

Categories: Biography

Authors: Bernard A. Drew

Description: This reference can be used by adult and teen readers seeking information about their favorite writers, and is a useful source for student reports and research papers."--BOOK JACKET.

Langue: en

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

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Langue: fr

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Categories: Book industries and trade

Authors: Nancy M. Tischler

Description: A biographical encyclopedia of American and British Christian-themed writers from World War II to the present, covering acclaimed literary works and popular evangelical fiction. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction: From C.S. Lewis to Left Behind spans the entire breadth of Christian-themed British and American writing from World War II to the present—well-known and less familiar authors, acclaimed literary novels, and popular writing in a variety of genres (mysteries, thrillers, romances), works that explore matters of faith, works that challenge orthodoxy and church practices, and works wholly written by and for devout evangelicals. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction offers 90 alphabetically organized entries covering the field's most important writers. Each entry includes a brief biography, religious and educational background, a survey of major works and themes, and a summary of critical response, as well as a bibliography of major works and criticism. By examining evocative, sometimes overlooked Christian elements in modern fiction, and by exploring the depth and scope of popular evangelical fiction, Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction offers the richest, most complete portrait of the role of faith in modern English writing ever published.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Rose Arny

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Langue: en

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Categories: American literature

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Langue: fr

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Categories: Europe

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Description: Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Langue: en

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Categories: Libraries

Authors: Perseus

Description: Draws on the works of theologians, art historians, and other experts to explore the sources, ideas, and major themes of the novel "The Da Vinci Code."

Langue: en

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Categories: Literary Criticism

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Langue: fr

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Categories: France

Authors: Michael B. Gannon

Description: Hooked on adventure and suspense fiction? This comprehensive guide of over 2,000 annotations addresses the genre and its subgenres and includes titles published between 1941 and 2004. Each annotation describes and evaluates the best and most popular titles in the genre indicating the titles that are highly recommended and providing icons denoting the books that have been turned into films. A concise history and detailed guidelines for advising readers are included, along with subgenre definitions and related critical literature. Indexes let readers browse and search by author and title, subject, main character, page-turner, and works-to-film. Grades 6-Adult.

Langue: en

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

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Langue: en

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