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Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4.

A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language.

In Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Garcia Marquez 's life and ideas, and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand

George Orwell was more than just a writer. He was a political and social sage who valued, above all else, individual freedom.

While short stories exist in traditions all over the world, Americanshort stories are a genre all their own.

Dix-huit collaborateurs parlent de la façon dont l’œuvre et la personnalité de Gabrielle Roy les a touchés personnellement.

Twelve essays are presented by outstanding authorities in Nordic medieval studies and range from treatment of broad aspects of the Edda, to consideration of single poems, to analysis of parts of sp

Un livre que l’on gardera à portée de la main parce qu’il nous renseigne sur des mots anciens que nous utilisons toujours, des mots anglais dont la traduction française nous échappe, ou encore

In this long-awaited book from one of the most recognized and respected scholars in Native Studies today, Emma LaRocque presents a powerful interdisciplinary study of the Native literary response t

Traditional approaches to Prairie literature have focussed on the significance of "the land" in attempts to make a place into a home.

The books of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy are among the most beloved in Canadian literature.

These are a collection of 20 stories, dictated in 1941 to Bloomfield's linguistics class, edited from manuscripts now in the National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution, a

Margaret Laurence remains one of Canada’s best-known and most beloved writers.

There are two Icelands. One is the island in the North Sea, settled since Viking times.

Margaret Laurence’s much admired Manawaka fiction — The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and The Diviners -– has achieved remarkable recognition for its compassio