In Louis Bayard's brilliantly imagined novel, Tiny Tim of 'Christmas Carol' fame has cast his crutches aside. Determined to cut his financial ties to his Uncle Ebenezer, he now spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasure hidden in their pockets. One day he comes across a girl's body, branded with a mysterious 'G'.
Robert Louis Stevenson is the famous Scottish author of 'Kidnapped', 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', and 'Treasure Island'. This collection of critical essays on his major works is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, and notes on the contributors, as well as an introductory essay by noted literary scholar Harold Bloom.
Each volume of Poetry for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 poems that teachers and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses. Some of the poems covered in this volume include:
"Bidwell Ghost" by Louis Erdrich "Last Request (Exactly What Happened)" by Joel Brouwer "In the Suburbs" by Louis Simpson "Courage" by Anne Sexton "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron And more
Supplement XII centers on contemporary writers from various genres and traditions who have had little sustained attention from critics, although most are well known. Among the poets discussed are Fleur Adcock, Kamau Brathwaite, G.F. Dutton, Peter Fallon, Hugh MacDiarmid, and R.S. Thomas. A fair number of contemporary fiction writers are considered, including Peter Carey, Louis De-Bernières, Janice Galloway, Philip Kerr, David Malouf, and Patrick O’Brian.
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