A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James, Agatha Christie, and Haruki Murakami and draws together original essays by prestigious contributors.
A collection that explores how libraries have been represented in English-language fiction, drama, and poetry from the early modern period to the present day. This accessible volume covers literature from Don Quixote to the work of M. R. James, Agatha Christie, and Haruki Murakami and draws together original essays by prestigious contributors.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alice Crawford has worked as a university administrator, tutor in English Literature, and as an academic librarian at the universities of Glasgow, Dundee, and St Andrews. She retired in 2018 as Digital Humanities Research Librarian at the University of St Andrews Library. Robert Crawford has held posts at the universities of Oxford, Glasgow, and St Andrews. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1: Robert Crawford: Rabelais, Cervantes, and Libraries in Fiction * 2: Robert Crawford: Dramatic Libraries * 3: Tom Jones: Battle-Sites of Books * 4: Fiona Stafford: What Are Books For? Darcy's Library, Crabbe's The Library, and Shillito's The Country Book Club * 5: J. Louise McCray: Libraries and the Formation of Character in Nineteenth-Century Novels * 6: Elisabeth Jay: Margaret Oliphant's 'The Library Window' * 7: Darryl Jones: M. R. James's Libraries * 8: Nicola Humble: The Body in the Library: Christie and Sayers * 9: Alice Crawford: On the Shelf? Women, Librarians and Agency in Twentieth-Century Fiction * 10: Kristen Treen: The Act of Borrowing; or, Some Libraries in American Literature * 11: Robyn Marsack: 'Modified Bliss': Libraries in Modern Poetry * 12: Edwin Williamson: Borges's Libraries * 13: Kylie Murray: Library and Scriptorium in The Name of the Rose * 14: Chris Perkins: Murakami's Strange Library * 15: Sara Lodge: Fantastic Books and Where to Find Them: Libraries in Fairytale and Fantasy * Coda: Libraries and Political Identities * Works Cited
* Introduction * 1: Robert Crawford: Rabelais, Cervantes, and Libraries in Fiction * 2: Robert Crawford: Dramatic Libraries * 3: Tom Jones: Battle-Sites of Books * 4: Fiona Stafford: What Are Books For? Darcy's Library, Crabbe's The Library, and Shillito's The Country Book Club * 5: J. Louise McCray: Libraries and the Formation of Character in Nineteenth-Century Novels * 6: Elisabeth Jay: Margaret Oliphant's 'The Library Window' * 7: Darryl Jones: M. R. James's Libraries * 8: Nicola Humble: The Body in the Library: Christie and Sayers * 9: Alice Crawford: On the Shelf? Women, Librarians and Agency in Twentieth-Century Fiction * 10: Kristen Treen: The Act of Borrowing; or, Some Libraries in American Literature * 11: Robyn Marsack: 'Modified Bliss': Libraries in Modern Poetry * 12: Edwin Williamson: Borges's Libraries * 13: Kylie Murray: Library and Scriptorium in The Name of the Rose * 14: Chris Perkins: Murakami's Strange Library * 15: Sara Lodge: Fantastic Books and Where to Find Them: Libraries in Fairytale and Fantasy * Coda: Libraries and Political Identities * Works Cited
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