Brett Cooke (68 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. Cooke, Andy (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Signed by the author with brief inscription. Bright & clean copy in newlooking red covers. Missing jacket. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail. Cooke, Andy (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Original publisher's sewn paperback, title spine and frontcover, large 8vo: xvi, 288pp., 15 contributions, footnotes, references. CONTRIBUTIONS: 1. Brett Cooke: Introduction: Deception, Self-Deception and the Other. 2. Eric S. Rabkin: Imagination and Survival: The Case of Fantastic Literature. 3. Michael Beehler: Speculation's Fiasco: Lem, Ethics, and Alterity. 4. Stephen H. Daniel: The Lure of the Other: Hegel to Kristeva. 5. Lance Olsen: Narrative Overdrive: Postmodern Fantasy, Deconstruction and Cultural Critique in Beckett and Barthelme. 6. Stephen Miller: Structuring Probability, Possibility, and Ultimate Questions: Theory and Practice of Fantastic Fiction in Torrente Ballester. 7. Gerald Prince: Narratology and Genre: The Case of The Monkey's Paw. 8. Suzette Haden Elgin: The Feminist Pragmatics of Applied Fantasy. 9. Brett Cooke: Constraining the Other in Kvapil and Dvorák's Rusalka. 10. Wulf Koepke: Nothing but the Dark Side of Ourselves? The Devil and Aesthetic Nihilism. 11. H. Bruce Franklin: The Vietnam War as American Science Fiction and Fantasy. 12. Gary Westfahl: Marxism, Science Fiction, and "The Fantastic Other". 13. Frank Dietz: The Doppelgänger Motif in Speculative Fiction. 14. David H. Rosen: Archetypes of Transformation: Healing the Self/Other Split through Creative Active Imagination. 15. Margaret Wise Petrochenkov: Castration Anxiety and the Other in Zamyatin's We. 16. Judith Lee: Freed from Certainty: Toward a Feminist Theory of the Literary Fantastic. Very fine copy - as new., Volume 11: Critical Studies. A Journal of Critical Theory, Literature & Culture. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Springing boards. No dustjacket. Includes references and index. 180pp. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Book.

8°, IX/276 S./pp., Originalbroschur (publisher's paper covers), gutes Exemplar (fine), (Critical Studies 11), Sprache: englisch.

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Cooke, Andy (illustrator).…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. What were the consequences of Tolstoys unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Did affection for close relatives influence depictions of these real prototypes in his fictional characters? Tolstoy used these models to consider his origins, to ponder alternative family histories, and to critique himself. Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with the writers family history reveals increasing preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to him: kin altruism, i.e., nepotism. This pattern helps explain many of Tolstoys choices amongst plot variants he considered, as well as some of the curious devices he utilizes to get readers to share his biases, such as coincidences, notions of fate, and aversion to incest. Did affection for members of his family influence Tolstoys characterizations in War and Peace? Comparison of the novel with the writers family history reveals preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to himexcluding his autoportraits. It also explains many narrative gaps and curious devices, including coincidences, fate, and incest. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. This volume examines Tolstoys unique achievement through a number of thought-provoking essays, and the interplay of the many genres of the text, including historical fiction, war drama, romance and realism. Editor(s): Cooke, Brett. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . . 2014. Har/Psc. Hardcover. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. har/psc edition. 271 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Signed by the author with brief inscription. Very clean & newlooking. With illustrations, including a comparison of actual Tolstoy genealogy charts with the fictional one in his great novel. In sturdy thick boards. No jacket, if it came with one. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library. Signed by Author(s).…

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