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<b>A complete edition, including much previously uncollected and unpublished material</b><br/><br/>The <i>Collected Prose </i>stands alongside the <i>Journals</i> (2000) and the two volume <i>Letters</i> (2017 and 2018) to support a more complete understanding of Sylvia Plath's ambition and achievement as a writer. Expanding on the selection published as <i>Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams </i>(1977), this volume draws together all of Sylvia Plath's shorter prose, much of which is previously uncollected and unpublished. The volume embraces her experiments with the short story and pieces of non-fiction from the 1940s through to her more polished compositions of the fifties and early sixties, including fragments of fiction as well as her journalism and book reviews. Themes and associations become apparent as the volume offers new, intertextual ways of reading across Plath's oeuvre, colouring and shading our understanding and appreciation of her extraordinary talent.

Lucinda Williams, the beloved and iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner, opens up about her traumatic childhood in the Deep South, her years of being overlooked in the music industry, and the stories that inspired her enduring songs.

The Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer have developed from a bookseries into a powerful phenomenon with an astonishing impact. Not only have the books been adapted for the screen, but they have also spawned a huge number of works by fans, readers, reviewers, and scholars. The multifaceted Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines in order to address the key themes in the complex global phenomenon that is Twilight; a phenomenon that transcends the boundaries between continents, generations, and producers and consumers and not least between different genres and media. The authors present in-depth literary and film analyses, and shed new light on perspectives on gender, fandom, vampire fiction and the economics of the book market. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight fills a void in Twilight research, and, linked by their cutting-edge research and unique theoretical and analytical perspectives, the authors compellingly map a massive global experience that speaks to the realities of contemporary culture. Stephenie Meyers Twilight började som en serie ungdomsromaner men har blivit ett växande globalt fenomen. Romanerna har filmatiserats och gett upphov till en mängd sidomaterial skapat av medieindustri, fans och recensenter. I Interdisciplinary Approaches to Twilight undersöker en tvärvetenskaplig grupp forskare nyckelteman i och kring Twilight. De kartlägger en komplex företeelse som överskrider gränser mellan kontinenter, generationer, producenter, konsumenter och medieformer och genrer. Författarna gör analyser av exempelvis genus, fankultur, bokmarknaden och vampyrfiktionen som genre. Förenade av skarpsynta teoretiska resonemang, kunnighet om populärkultur och analytiska ståndpunkter fördjupar skribenterna kunskapen om den samtida kulturella massupplevelse som är Twilight.

Bästsäljare är böcker som säljer i stora upplagor, som får ett stort antal läsare och är omtalade i medier och bland läsare. Trots att bästsäljare kan anses vara den mest synliga litteraturen på bokmarknaden har forskning om hur de skapas, framställs och mottas varit begränsad, likaså forskning kring bästsäljares kulturella och sociala betydelse. I forskningsantologin Hype är bästsäljaren som fenomen i fokus, inte minst utifrån perspektivet att populära berättelser bevisligen spelar stor roll för miljoner läsare. Bästsäljaren, betraktad som ett globalt fenomen, befinner sig i ett kraftfält mellan producenter och konsumenter, något som belyser det ömsesidiga beroendet mellan kultur, marknad och individ. Antologin behandlar en rad olika frågor som hänger samman med bästsäljande skönlitteratur såsom hur hajp skapas, bokmarknadens utveckling och fokus på stora böcker, författarens position i det samtida mediala landskapet, historiska perspektiv och förhållandet mellan bästsäljare och forskning. - Bestsellers are the books that sell well, are read by large numbers of people, and are widely talked about in the media and among readers. Yet there has been little research on the creation, reception, and cultural and social significance of bestsellers. Recognizing that popular narratives play an important role in the lives of millions of readers, Hype Bestsellers and Literary Culture looks closely at the literature so many people read. As global market phenomena, situated in between the power spheres of producers and consumers, bestsellers also highlight the interdependency of culture, market, and the individual. This volume addresses such diverse questions as the creation of hype, the role and the meaning of the author in the presentday media landscape, changes in the book trade, historical perspectives on bestselling literature, and the relationship between bestsellers and literary research.

Dream-playing Across Borders [Bok / Danskt band]

From urgently scribbling out his debut Killing Floor in pencil (the stub of which he still owns), to taking a step back with Blue Moon, and everything in between, here are 24 honest, witty and wise personal reflections on his life and work, crafted across decades. Whether it is through Lee&apos;s moving account of meeting a fan years after her mother brought her to a book signing; facing his first computer and the coming of the internet; writing about New York just before - and just after - 9/11, to later seeing his novels adapted for the big screen, each riveting piece deftly evokes where he was psychologically and physically when he wrote each novel. Lee has clearly felt unwavering gratitude for his readers since 1997. And these stories were originally designed for fans of Reacher who may be interested in a &apos;behind-the-scenes&apos; - or, in Lee&apos;s words: &apos;why the books turned out the way they did&apos;. But this collection is also so much more. It is the story of a man who once put pencil to paper in an attempt to turn his luck around . . . and who made every word count.

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to explore 50 of Australia and New Zealand's most epic hikes. Ranging from one-day walks to multi-day treks, each route is graded according to challenge and features a first-person account from a writer that has completed it, accompanied by a map, inspiring photos and practical advice to do it yourself.