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  • The Complete Romances of Chrétien de Troyes

    Edición de David Staines ...
    "Eminently readable. . . . a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style." — SpeculumThis new translation brings to life for a new generation of readers the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Perceval, Yvain, and the other "knights and ladies" of Chrétien de Troyes' famous chivalric romances."A pleasure to read." — Library ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Worlds of Michael Ondaatje

    Essays

    Edición de David Staines ...
    David Staines's The Worlds of Michael Ondaatje introduces a wide-ranging exploration of the life and work of one of today's most original literary figures.Opening with Ondaatje's Golden Man Booker Prize win for The English Patient, the book traces the author's remarkable life—from his Sri Lankan childhood and English schooling to his creative awakening in Canada—and his evolution as poet, novelist ... Leer más

    $19.95 USD

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  • My Financial Career and Other Follies

    de Stephen Leacock, David Staines ...
    Series series New Canadian Library
    This original NCL collection brings together Leacock’s comic masterpieces, the many varieties of his remarkable humour. In one story a young man is seized by fear as he attempts to open his first bank account. In another, Lord Ronald, the beloved of Gertrude the Governess, “flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.” In a third, the Mariposa Belle sinks in the shallow ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A History of Canadian Fiction

    de David Staines ...
    A History of Canadian Fiction is the first one-volume history to chart its development from earliest times to the present day. Recounting the struggles and the glories of this burgeoning area of investigation, it explains Canada's literary growth alongside its remarkable history. Highlighting the people who have shaped and are shaping Canadian literary culture, the book examines such major figures ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Stephen Leacock: A Reappraisal

    Edición de David Staines ...
    Series series Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
    This collection of essays explores the many dimensions of the writings of Stephen Leacock, the well-loved Canadian author of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections

    Edición de David Staines ...
    Series series Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
    This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today. ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Watchman of Kerioth

    de David Staines ...
    There is a door that lies between the worlds of men and angels.When orphans Joshua and Lucy are summoned by their grandfather, who has disowned them, they feel convinced that his intentions are far from charitable, Sure enough, they soon find themselves each on a dangerous quest - one in the world of angels, the other in the world of men - but who is orchestrating the events that unfold?About the ... Leer más

    $3.22 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Alice Munro

    Edición de David Staines ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This Companion is a thorough introduction to the writings of the Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro. Uniting the talents of distinguished creative writers and noted academics, David Staines has put together a comprehensive, exploratory account of Munro's biography, her position as a feminist, her evocation of life in small-town Ontario, her non-fictional writings as well as her short stories, and her ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Worlds of Carol Shields

    Edición de David Staines ...
    Series series Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
    "Carol was a very fine writer and a remarkable human being, a wonderful person whose work I closely followed for more than 20 years. I interviewed her frequently over those years, with virtually every work she produced —novel, radio drama, play, book of stories. So I had a good sense of the span of her work and also her evolution as a stylist. But the key reason I wanted to make a book focusing on ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Selected Letters of Stephen Leacock

    Edición de David Staines ...
    Widely recognized as Canada's finest literary humorist, Stephen Leacock was a prolific author, publishing over sixty books during his lifetime, in addition to countless articles and pamphlets. He was also a devoted correspondent, writing hundreds of letters to friends, relatives, and business associates. Illustrated with several original photographs, The Letters of Stephen Leacock brings together ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Digging Up the Mountains

    de Neil Bissoondath, David Staines ...
    This dazzling collection of short stories, originally published in 1985, marks the brilliant debut of Neil Bissoondath, a major voice in Canadian fiction. Focusing on contemporary themes of cultural dislocation, revolution, and the shifting politics of the Third World, the stories resonate with Bissoondath’s compassion for people threatened by circumstances beyond their control. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Tennyson’s Camelot

    The Idylls of the King and its Medieval Sources

    de David Staines ...
    As the principal narrative poem of nineteenth-century England, Tennyson's Idylls of the King is an ambitious and widely influential reworking of the Arthurian legends of the Middle Ages, which have provided a great body of myth and symbol to writers, painters, and composers for the past hundred years. Tennyson's treatment of these legends is now valued as a deeply significant oblique commentary on ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD