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Virginia Woolf
English novelist, essayist, diarist, epistler, publisher, feminist, and writer of short stories. Well-known as a modernist. -
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James A. A. Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce's life. Joyce is a key figure in the development of the modernist novel. Some popular works: "Ulysses" (1922) the short story collection "Dubliners" (1914), and the novels "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" (1916) and "Finnegans Wake" (1939). -
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Christie
Crime/ detective novels. -
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Children's Stories
"Winnie the Pooh", "Dr. Dolittle" (Lofting), "Secret Garden" (Burnett), "The Hobbitt" (Tolkien), etc. -
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Science Fiction
Wells, Ballard, Pratchett, Moorcock, Arthur Clarke -
"The First Men on the Moon" - H G Wells
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The Edwardian Period
Authors: H. G. Wells, John Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, E. M. Forster, Kenneth Grahame. This was a period when an enormous number of novels and short stories were being published and consumed, and a significant distinction between highbrow literature and popular fiction was emerging. -
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Feminism
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Graham Greene
English author, playwright and literary critic. Catholic religious themes are at the root of much of his writing. Examples: "The Man Within" (1929), "Stamboul Train" (1932) -
"The Wind in the Willows" - Kenneth Grahame
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The Georgian Period
Georgian society was well portrayed in the novels of writers such as Henry Fielding, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen. -
"The Secret Garden" - Frances H Burnett
A marvellous piece of children's literature, also known as Mistress Mary. -
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The Modern Period
Authors: Gissing, Greene, Hardy, Aldous Huxley, Woolf. A lot of experimenting with subject matter, form and style. -
The Thirty-Nine Steps
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"Of Human Bondage" - W Somerset Maugham
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"The Voyage Out" - Virginia Woolf
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"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" - A Christie
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Dadaism (movement)
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Roald Dahl
Genres: children's, adults' literature, horror, mystery, fantasy; works: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda -
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John Burgess Wilson aka Anthony Burgess
English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. Most well known work: "A Clockwork Orange" -
"Winnie the Pooh"
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Spy Thrillers (genre)
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"The Murder at the Vicarage"
Miss Marple's first appearance in a novel. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who acts as an amateur detective - a fictional character by Agatha Christie -
"Hercule Poirot's Christmas"
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The Postmodern Period
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"Animal Farm"
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"Waiting for Godot"
Samuel Beckett' most well known play. Considered one of the most prominent works of the absurdist movement -
"Nineteen Eighty-Four"
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Kitchen sink realism
A British cultural movement which developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art , novels, film and television plays. It used a style of social realism which often depicted the domestic situations of working class Britons to explore political and social issues. -
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Absurdist (theatrical movement)
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Fantasy
Mostly written for children, though even grown-ups like(d) to read fantasy sometimes :) -
"The Lord of the Rings"
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A Clockwork Orange
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Guardian Fiction Prize
Used to be given to fiction authors, not any more (since 1999). worth £10,000. -
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J. K. Rowling
Twelfth richest woman in Britain, writer of the Harry Potter series. -
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The (Man) Booker Prize
Given to the best novel of the year, worth £50,000. Winners: Paul Scott, Iris Murdoch, Kingsley Amis, Pat Barker, Ian McEwan -
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Martian Poetry
In the 1960s and 1970s, Martian poetry aimed to break the grip of 'the familiar', by describing ordinary things in unfamiliar ways, as though, for example, through the eyes of a Martian. This drive to make the familiar strange was carried into fiction by Martin Amis. -
"Monsignor Quixote"
A novel by Graham Greene. A comedy that offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith. -
"Monsignor Quixote" - Graham Greene
A novel written with the intention to imitate the Spanish classic Don Quixote by Cervantes. Quite a comical work. -
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" - J K Rowling
The first book in the series that made her a millionaire!
(They see her Rowling, they hatin')
