Ian Littlewood Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? The Literature Student’s Survival Kit gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. Designed to help literature students stay afloat in their studies Brings together the biblical, classical, historical and academic information that literature students need Provides an overview of the Bible, its books, characters, episodes and places. Contains a guide to classical mythology Features timelines that situate literary figures in relation to historical events and key social, cultural and linguistic changes Presents essential information on individuals, events, movements, and concepts that had an impact on the literature of each period Includes glossaries of literary and critical terms, and a list of key literary critics Offers advice on how to write essays and how to avoid common linguistic and stylistic errors Enables students to approach their studies with self-assurance.

Here, said the reviewer for Salon.com, is a book that is "lively and accessible and erudite. . . the perfect companion for anyone who wouldn't be cauth dead with an airport paperback -- though I wouldn't want to wager which one provides more juice."Historically, the sexual motives of travel have rarely been spelled out in travel guides and brochures. Sultry Climates is an alternative history of tourism, made up of precisely the details that usually go unmentioned. As Ian Littlewood demonstrates with dazzling elegance and wit, if we want to make sense of the celebrated "Grand Tour" of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for example, it's as important to take account of travelers' visits to Dresden streetwalkers and Venetian courtesans as it is to reckon with their visits to the Picture Gallery and the Doge's Palace. To understand the Victorian passion for the Mediterranean is to be aware of Greek and Italian attractions that extended far beyond the historical. From Byron in Greece to Isherwood in Germany, from American expatriates on the Left Bank to Orton in Morocco and right up to the present day, what emerges from these experiences is a continuing motif of tourism, previously neglected or ignored, that comes into full view only with the twentieth century's cult of the sun. Suffice it to say that after reading Sultry Climates , you'll never look at tourists in quite the same way again.

Slavný román Jane Austenové vykresluje, jak může nový mladý soused převrátit vzhůru nohama život v rodině s pěti dcerami. V ovzduší se vznáší pýcha, láska, předsudky, společenské konvence, zlomená srdce i společenský skandál, ale také sebepoznání a pochopení. Příběh lásky a hodnot odkrývá vztahy mezi společenskými vrstvami Anglie na přelomu 18. a 19. století a s jemnou, avšak nepřehlédnutelnou ironií líčí prostředí anglického venkova, tamní rodinné vztahy a snahy matek najít svým dcerám vhodné ženichy. Autorka se pohybuje na hraně odlehčeného a vážného tónu, její vtipné postřehy prozrazují bystrou a nemilosrdnou pozorovatelku. Nový překlad Kateřiny Hilské dává vyprávění svěží tempo, přičemž nic neubírá na zmíněné ironičnosti, a svět Elizabeth Bennetové a pana Darcyho je v jejím podání barevnější a jasnější, než jak jsme ho znali doposud.