Dialogue and Literature: Apostrophe, Auditors, and the Collapse of Romantic Discourse
Extending and reframing the works of Bakhtin, Gadamer, Ong, and Foucault--with particular emphasis on Bakhtin's late essays --Macovski constructs a theoretical model of literary dialogue and applies it to a range of Romantic texts. In reconsidering specific works within the context of cultural heuristics, rhetorical theory, and literary history, Macovski redefines Romantic discourse as both extratextual and agonistic.
Ivan Connor's publisher has just turned down his wonderful new novel, CHAPTER AND VERSE. His agent is out of ideas, and the only person to turn up at his latest reading is his mum. He's desperately jealous of the marketable Francesa Brady, a hugely successful author of fat romantic books for fat romantic people, whose expansive hair and bright red lipstick attack him from posters everywhere he goes. He's also living at home since his marriage broke up, and his ex-wife is furious that he collected the wrong child from school.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 24 October 2010
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And Then You Die
Iris Johansen is no prose artist. She is an expert storyteller, pure and simple. And Then You Die... is a page-turner of a novel, and would make a terrific movie. From its opening moments, it is pure action and suspense, with the romantic aspects of the story arising naturally as the thrills increase.
A collection of breathtaking wedding and celebration cakes from an internationally acclaimed cake stylist. Sure to delight, Romantic Wedding Cakes includes engagement and groom cakes, making this the ideal wedding cake design source book for brides-to-be and cake decorators alike.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 12 October 2010
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The Romantic Guide to Popping the Question
The Romantic's Guide to Popping the Question is based on a contest which Michael Webb did. He asked people to send him their proposal ideas and offered a vacation to the person with the most original and creative idea. The offers poured in and he took the 101 best ideas and made a digital book out of them. This is the Romantic's guide to Popping the Question. By the way, the amazing thing was that the proposal which eventually won the competition cost around 20 dollars to make, which makes it clear that as far as proposals go, expensive doesn't necessarily mean better.
