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Jacques Derrida(1st Edition)
(Routledge Critical Thinkers)
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2003 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-22931-9, ISBN: 0-415-22931-6

"There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, covering such topics as: deconstruction, text and difference; literature and freedom; law, justice and the 'demo ..."






How to Read Shakespeare(1st Edition)
(How to Read)
by Nicholas Royle, Simon Critchley
Paperback, 131 Pages, Published 2005 by W. W. Norton
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32839-4, ISBN: 0-393-32839-2

"Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading-- ..."






Quilt
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2006 by Myriad Editions
ISBN-13: 978-0-9562515-4-1, ISBN: 0-9562515-4-4

"Facing the disarray and disorientation around his father’s death, a man contends with the strange and haunting power of the house his parents once lived in. He sets about the mundane yet exhausting process of sorting through the remnants of his father’s life – clearing away years of accumulated objects, unearthing forgotten memories and the haunted realms of everyday life. At the same time, he embarks on an eccentric side-project. And ..."






White Spines
Confessions of a Book Collector: Editor’s Choice, The Bookseller
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 245 Pages, Published 2021 by Salt
ISBN-13: 978-1-78463-213-7, ISBN: 1-78463-213-9

"It explores the bookshops and charity shops, the books themselves, and the way a unique collection grew and became a literary obsession."






E.M. Forster
(Writers and Their Work (Paperback))
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2005 by Northcote House Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-7463-0841-7, ISBN: 0-7463-0841-8

"What kind of novel conception is Maurice? Initially at least, one might be tempted to describe it as Forster's least queer novel. That is to say, if, as I have been trying to suggest, 'queer' in the context of Forster's work cannot ultimately be ..."






The Best British Short Stories 2011
by Professor Nicholas Royle, Nicholas Royle, Alan Beard, Christopher Burns, Mr John Burnside, S.J. Butler, Robert Edric, Philip Langeskov, Heather Leach, Kirsty Logan, Hilary Mantel, Adam Marek, Claire Massey, Bernie Mcgill, Alison Moore, Michèle Roberts, David Rose, Leone Ross, Lee Rourke, Dai Vaughan, Salley Vickers
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2011 by Salt Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-907773-12-9, ISBN: 1-907773-12-6

""Best British Short Stories" invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the best of the bunch to reprint all in one volume. Neither g ..."






First Novel
by Nicholas Royle, Joe Royle
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Random House Uk
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-224-09698-0, ISBN: 0-224-09698-2

"Either First Novel is a darkly funny examination of the relative attractions of creative writing courses and suburban dogging sites, or it's a twisted campus novel and possible murder mystery that's not afraid to blend fact with fiction in its exploration of the nature of identity. Paul Kinder, a novelist with one forgotten book to his name, teaches creative writing in a university in the north-west of England. Either he's researching h ..."






The Best British Short Stories 2012
by Professor Nicholas Royle, A. K. Benedict, Socrates Adams, Neil Campbell, Ramsey Campbell, Stella Duffy, Stuart Evers, Julian Gough, Joel Lane, Jo Lloyd
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2012 by Salt Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-907773-18-1, ISBN: 1-907773-18-5






Best British Short Stories 2017 2017
by Nicholas Royle, Jay Barnett, Peter Bradshaw, Rosalind Brown, Krishan Coupland, Claire Dean, Niven Govinden, Françoise Harvey, Andrew Michael Hurley, Daisy Johnson, James Kelman, Giselle Leeb, Vesna Main, Courttia Newland, Eliot North, Irenosen Okojie, Laura Pocock, David Rose, Deirdre Shanahan, Sophie Wellstood, Lara Williams, Salt Publishing
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Salt Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-78463-112-3, ISBN: 1-78463-112-4

"The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year. Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere., The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, ne ..."






Deconstructions
A User's Guide
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2000 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-333-71761-5, ISBN: 0-333-71761-9

"Deconstructions: A User's Guide is a new and unusual kind of book. At once a reference work and a series of inventive essays opening up new directions for deconstruction, it is intended as an authoritative and indispensable guide. With a helpful introduction and specially commissioned essays by leading figures in the field, Deconstructions offers lucid and compelling accounts of deconstruction in relation to a wide range of topics and d ..."






Best British Short Stories 2021
(Paperback)
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2021 by Salt Publishing, United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-1-78463-231-1, ISBN: 1-78463-231-7

"This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere."






An English Guide to Birdwatching
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2018 by Myriad Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-908434-94-4, ISBN: 1-908434-94-5

"Silas and Ethel Woodlock have retired from the business of undertaking to spend their twilight years by the sea but things are not as easy as they’d hoped, and it’s all to do with herring gulls. Stephen Osmer and Lily Lynch are a glamorous young couple on the London literary scene. While Lily pursues an ambitious public art project about ‘cinematic intentions’, we encounter Osmer’s brilliance as an arts journalist, writing a dangerously ..."






This Thing Called Literature(1st Edition)
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-4082-5401-1, ISBN: 1-4082-5401-8

"What is this thing called literature What is the point of studying literature How do I study literature Relating literature to timeless topics such as dreams politics life death the ordinary and the crazy this beautifully written book establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study Bennett and Royle delicately weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do how ..."






In Memory of Jacques Derrida(1st Edition)
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by Edinburgh University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-3296-1, ISBN: 0-7486-3296-4

"Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was the most original and inspiring writer and philosopher of our time. In a series of distinctive essays that are at once self-contained and intricately linked, Royle explores the legacies of Derrida's thinking in the context of philosophy, language, globalisation, war, terrorism, justice, the democracy to come, poetry, literature, memory, mourning, the gift, friendship and dreams. Lucid, inventive and at ti ..."






The Director's Cut(Updated)
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2001 by Abacus
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-11430-9, ISBN: 0-349-11430-7






THE MATTER OF THE HEART - uncorrected proof
by Nicholas. Royle
Paperback, 305 Pages, Published 1997 by Abacus
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-10956-5, ISBN: 0-349-10956-7

"Dangerous and dark connections of the heart reveal themselves in Nick Royle's new novel - a gripping narrative of loss and redemption."






COUNTERPARTS. .(Updated)
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-024386-4, ISBN: 0-14-024386-0






After Derrida
by Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Manchester Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4379-6, ISBN: 0-7190-4379-4

"Reactions to Derrida vary dramatically: some regard him as a charlatan, as simply nihilistic and irrationalist; others as an extraordinarily clear and patient thinker, concerned with the affirmation and elaboration of a new enlightenment. However construed, his work in the field of deconstruction has been a decisive point of reference and orientation for cultural and intellectual debate in the English-speaking world. This study of Derri ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism, and Theory
Key Critical Concepts
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by Prentice Hall (Uk)
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-355215-7, ISBN: 0-13-355215-2

"Organized around key critical concepts rather than around schools of criticism, this book is designed as an introduction to the fundamental concepts of literary theory and literary criticism. Each chapter begins by asking fundamental questions about a concept, explaining why such questions are important and relevant for discussions of literary texts, and then goes on to discuss the concept in greater detail with references and text exam ..."






The Art of the Novel
by Professor Nicholas Royle, Sarah Butler, Kerry Hudson, Toby Litt, Livi Michael, James Miller, Alice Thompson, Graeme Shimmin, Will Wiles, Joe Stretch, A. J. Dalton, Jenn Ashworth, Tom Bromley, Stella Duffy, Alison Moore, Mark Morris, Nikesh Shukla, Leone Ross, Salt Publishing
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2015 by Salt Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-907773-65-5, ISBN: 1-907773-65-7

"How do you write a novel? Practising novelists and teachers of creative writing reveal their working methods and offer practical advice. Subjects covered range from magic realism to characterisation, surrealism to historical fiction, via perspective, plot twists and avoiding being boring, among many others. This book is for creative writing students writers and readers of novels teachers of creative writing With contributions from ..."



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