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Tag Archives: English novel
De-fleshing out Characters in the Modern Novel
As we live in an age where we are producing novels and stories en masse it would seem that we should be somewhere near to perfecting the art of characterization in our fictions. Any writer worth their salt will know … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Alan Moore, Alan Richardson, Aristotle, British Literature, British Novel, character, character development, character study, characterisation, coil, contemporary novel, corporeal, Daniel Staniforth, Dark Light, David Mitchell, disembodiment, E. M. Forster, English literature, English novel, essence, fiction, Ghostwritten, History, intelligence, Literature, Modern Novel, narrative, novel, personality, plot, severed heads, Storytelling, The Collector Collector, Tibor Fischer, Tom Jones, voice, Voice of the Fire
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The Fat Git by Alan Richardson
Those that are familiar with Alan Richardson’s first two novels, The Giftie and On Winsley Hill, will know that as well as having a rather delightful turn of phrase this author can also tell a rip-roaring story. Richardson’s The Fat … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Allegory, Arthur, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, burlesque, comedic purposes, comedy, English fiction, English novel, esoteric, Fable, fairytale, fiction, humour, Malory, Merlin, Myth, mythology, novel, Occult, Parody, postmodern, psychic, sardonic wit, satire, thomas love peacock, Western Mysteries
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The Passenger by Richard Froude
Identity is so often bound up in where we’ve been, where we’re going, and where we are. Basho once said something to the effect that man travels around seeking so much that the journey itself becomes home. This is never … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged American literature, American Poetry, Beat literature, Bristol, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Baudelaire, Colorado, Cross-genre literature, Denver, English novel, fiction, hybrid literature, iain sinclair, Jack Kerouac, Literature, novel, poetry, Prose poems, Richard Brautigan, Richard Froude, San Francisco Renaissance
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Richard Froude on Skylight Press
Richard Froude is an up-and-coming British poet-novelist, an erstwhile Bristolian now living and working in Colorado, USA. Although adopted by an enthusiastic Denver poetry community, Froude still has a bit of the old West Country charm about him and makes … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, Literature, New authors, Poetry
Tagged American literature, Beat literature, Bristol, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Baudelaire, Colorado, Cross-genre literature, Denver, English novel, fiction, hybrid literature, Jack Kerouac, Literature, novel, poetry, Prose poems, Richard Brautigan, Richard Froude, San Francisco Renaissance
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