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Dette er en dansk litteraturhistorie, men det særlige er, at den ser sit emne fra så højt et fugleperspektiv, at detaljerne forsvinder og hovedkonturen - hovedsporet - træder frem. I én bog på 700 sider når vi fra Vølvens spådom og de islandske sagaer over Kingo, Holberg, Oehlenschläger og Hauch til Brandes, Blixen, Brøgger og Guldager. Arbejdsgruppen bag Hovedsporet - Jens Anker Jørgensen, Johnny Kondrup, Peter Olivarius, Bjarne Sandstrøm, Svend Skriver, Marianne Stidsen og Knud Wentzel - har skåret en principielt grænseløs historie ned til en stor, spændende fortælling om dansk litteratur.Denne e-bogsudgave er uden illustrationer.

“Hvad skal jeg læse på min næste rejse?” Det er spørgsmålet Turen går til bøgernes Verden svarer på. Bogen indeholder omtaler af skønlitteratur og rejsebeskrivelser fra en række populære og mindre populære destinationer. Det er berigende at opleve destinationen gennem bøger, der udspiller sig netop dér, hvor man befinder sig. Litteratur lægger nye dimensioner til oplevelsen af rejsemålet, fra Paul Austers New York til Orhan Pamuks Istanbul. En anderledes guidebog, der stimulerer lysten til at rejse – og til at læse. TUREN GÅR TIL har eksisteret siden 1952 og er blandt verdens hyppigst opdaterede rejsebogsserier. Serien dækker hele verden fra Nordatlanten til Australien. Bøgerne skrives på dansk af forfattere og journalister med et særligt indgående kendskab til de enkelte destinationer. Med nøje udvalgte attraktioner, herunder spisesteder, viser vi vej til de største oplevelser. Kathrine Tschemerinsky (f. 1988) er uddannet antropolog på Columbia University i New York, men har også boet i San Francisco, Jerusalem, Paris og Berlin. Hun har tidligere arbejdet for Politikens Boghal samt ATLAS Magasin og var i 2015 med til at lancere ATLAS Bogtillæg. I dag arbejder hun som redaktør for Politikens Rejsebøger og er desuden fast bidragsyder til Weekendavisens Bøger.

Den ultimative bog for alle Marvel-fans - uanset alder!Denne store bog fyldt med illustrerede Marvel-kort begynder i New York og bevæger sig derefter ud til Amerika, Jorden, solsystemet og hele universet.Bogen er fyldt med detaljerede illustrationer af velkendte bygninger, som fx Avengers Mansion og Xavier Instituttet. Desuden stiller bogen skarpt på alle de største Marvel-karakterer: se fx alle Spider-Mans dragter, hele X-Men holdet og Hulks forskellige inkarnationer, læs historien om Black Widow og meget, meget mere.Dette er uden tvivl den ultimative bog for alle fans, i alle aldre, af det unikke Marvel-univers.

A major new examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece 'The Hobbit', including his complete unpublished draft version of the story, and many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps by Tolkien himself.For the first time in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete unpublished text of the original manuscript of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. As well as recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, it examines - chapter-by-chapter - why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its successor, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that "e;grew in the telling"e;, and many characters and story threads in the published text are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their "e;fireside reads"e;.As well as reproducing the original version of one of literature's most famous stories, both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings, this new book includes many little-known illustrations and previously unpublished maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive annotations and commentaries on the date of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.Like Christopher Tolkien's The History of The Lord of the Rings before it, this is a thoughtful yet exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature. Long overdue for a classic book now celebrating 75 years in print, this companion edition offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight those who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) er en af det tyvende århundredes mest indflydelsesrige forfattere. Han, der var både rig og feteret, og så let som ingenting kunne have gjort livet bekvemt for sig selv, ofrede sig fuldkommen for sit romanværk À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-27).Med denne bog får man for første gang mulighed for at læse om Proust i Danmark – gennem 100 år – og en enestående introduktion til forfatteren og værket.Proust i Danmark byder på et stykke dansk litteraturhistorie om modtagelsen af Proust og hans roman. Her er desuden oversættelseshistorien og beskrivelser af de danske anmelderes, kritikeres, skønlitterære forfatteres og forskeres forhold til Proust – fra Christian Rimestad over Jacob Paludan og Margrethe Møller til Søren Ulrik Thomsen, Jens Christian Grøndahl, Henning Goldbæk, Bjørn Bredal, Kirsten Thorup og Suzanne Brøgger. Dette er 2. stærkt reviderede udgave – med N.A.C. Things afhandling I dialog med Proust (Lunds Universitet, 2015) indlejret. Det bibringer læseren indsigt i det forskningsmæssige grundlag for den passionerede receptionsundersøgelse.

Mikkel Fønsskov og Anders Magelund har interviewet ni af landets absolutte topledere og en kendt og elsket forfatter. Resultatet er en inspirerende bog, der ikke alene stimulerer læselysten, men også blotlægger, hvorfor læsning af skønlitteratur er det mentale brændstof, som driver disse ledere.I Hvem er bange for Moby Dick? hører vi fra lederne selv, hvorfor de til hver en tid hellere læser en god roman end en ledelsesbog – hvordan det styrker deres empati, gør dem bedre til at kommunikere og motivere, og hvordan skønlitteratur lærer dem at træde i karakter.Det er de gode historier, der gør dem klogere på værdier, trends, og hvad der egentlig driver mennesker og medarbejdere, og på hvordan man leder gennem store transformationer og forløser potentialer. Hvem skulle have troet, at nogle af Danmarks vigtiste topledere baserer deres lederskab på Karen Blixen, John Steinbeck og Henrik Pontoppidan?Samtalepartnere:Knud Bartels, Marianne Dahl, Mette Frederiksen, Christian Jensen, Morten Hesseldahl, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Henrik Mulvad, André Rogaczewski, Sine Sunesen og Margrethe Vestager

A definitive account of newspaper and periodical press history across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales covering 1650 to the present day.

"Surgical Magician", an operating room inside joke, is a 100-page blank preference card book for those that work in the OR. This book has space to list all the possible needs of each surgeon for each surgery. Each page features key sections to remind the user what is need for each case, while other pages give to the opportunity to draw related anatomy, surgical setups, or take additional notes related to the case. This is a great book for traveling surgical technologist, however, can be used by firsts assistants, physician assistants, circulating nurses, and even medical students. If you are a manager of an OR, program director of surgical technologist, or just knows a person who loves to take notes, this is the book for you. Get one today for the note taker in your life so they can always be prepared for what's next. But remember.....the surgeon does it the same way each time......lol! So have fun, be confident, and remember that you got this! Scalpels and Scissors, TravelingBoop

If you want to get published, read this book! Jeff Hermans Guide unmasks nonsense, clears confusion, and unlocks secret doorways to success for new and veteran writers! This highly respected resource is used by publishing insiders everywhere and has been read by millions all over the world. Countless writers have turned to this book to figure out how to decipher the hidden codes to getting published. It reveals: tools to discern and exploit the rapidly changing publishing environment the crucial differences between independent houses and the Big 5 publishers hard truths about self-publishing names, interests, and contact information of hundreds of agents and editors how writers unwittingly disqualify themselves from the consideration they deserve, and how to optimize chances with agents critical thinking skills for outside-the-box publishing strategies the nuts and bolts of superior query letters and proposals how to spot and avoid ever-more-prevalent scams the value of book doctors and when to consider hiring them what to do and not do once youve got an editor or publisher interested Hermans book remains the go-to guide for everything anyone ever wanted to know about book publishing. Comprehensive index lists dozens of subjects and categories to help you find the perfect publisher or agent.

Latin American Literature in Transition 1930-1980 explores the literary landscape of the mid-twentieth-century and the texts that were produced during that period. It takes four core areas of thematic and conceptual focus - solidarity, aesthetics and innovation, war, revolution and dictatorship, metropolis and ruins - and employs them to explore the complexity, heterogeneity and hybridity of form, genre, subject matter and discipline that characterised literature from the period. In doing so, it uncovers the points of transition, connection, contradiction, and tension that shaped the work of many canonical and non-canonical authors. It illuminates the conversations between genres, literary movements, disciplines and modes of representation that underpin writing form this period. Lastly, by focusing on canon and beyond, the volume visibilizes the aesthetics, poetics, politics, and social projects of writing, incorporating established writers, but also writers whose work is yet to be examined in all its complexity.

Latin American Literature in Transition 1800-1870 uses affect as an analytical tool to uncover the countervailing forces that shaped Latin American literatures and cultures during the first six decades of the nineteenth century. Chapters provide perspectives on colonial violence and its representation, on the development of the national idea, on communities within and beyond the nation, and on the intersectional development of subjectivity during and after processes of cultural and political independence. This volume includes interdisciplinary approaches to nineteenth-century Latin American cultures that range from visual and art history to historiography to comparative literature and the study of literary and popular print culture. This book engages with the complex and sometimes counterintuitive relationship between felt ideas of community and the political changes that shaped these affective networks and communities.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page' Jenny Colgan, SpectatorA joyful celebration of books the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who's ever wondered, should you judge a book by its cover? We love the words in books but what about the words on them? How do they work their magic? Here is a book about the ways books entice us to read them: their titles, quotes, covers and, above all, blurbs via authors from Jane Austen to Zadie Smith, writing tricks, classic literature, bonkbusters, plot spoilers and publishing secrets. It's nothing less than the inside story of the outside of books.And it answers questions like: Why do some authors hate blurbs so much they burn their own books? Should all adjectives be murdered? Is blurbing sometimes maybe lying? Is it true that (checks jacket) you need an animal on a book's cover to make it a bestseller? What are the most terrible blurbs of all time? Join Penguin publishing word wizard Louise Willder five thousand blurbs written, mostly avoiding the phrase ';unputdownable tour-de-force' to discover why we should judge a book by its cover. Even this one. (It's an unputdownable tour-de-force.)';The bookiest book about books you'll ever read I loved it' Lucy Mangan ';Truly delightful...I couldn't have had more fun' Benjamin Dreyer ';Very funny, erudite and profound. A delight!' Nina Stibbe

A moving and personal anthology from the Sunday Times bestseller, encompassing melancholy, morality, mortality and more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which tells the tale of Mikael Blomkvist who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a young girl that happened 37 years earlier. In his search to uncover the shocking truth, he discovers horrifying secrets about rape, murder and the fraudulent activities of a Swedish millionaire. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an international bestseller and has been adapted twice for the big screen, both in Sweden and the United States. As well as being the author of these acclaimed novels, Larsson was a renowned journalist and independent researcher, and he has had a prize named in his honour, which is granted by his family to a person or organisation that is considered to be working in his spirit. Find out everything you need to know about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:¿ A complete plot summary¿ Character studies¿ Key themes and symbols¿ Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Lover with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Lover by Marguerite Duras, an autobiographical novel which tells the story of a teenage girl who embarks on a forbidden relationship with a wealthy Chinese man twelve years her senior. They are eventually separated when the young girl is forced to go back to France, where she will once again encounter her lover many years later. The Lover was a commercial and critical success: the novel won France¿s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1984, and it has sold almost three million copies and been translated into more than 40 languages. Marguerite Duras was a French writer, playwright and filmmaker. She often moved away from the structure and style of traditional fiction in favour of a more abstract approach, making her one of the most influential and innovative authors of the 20th century. Find out everything you need to know about The Lover in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:¿ A complete plot summary¿ Character studies¿ Key themes and symbols¿ Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Man Who Planted Trees with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, which is centred around the efforts of a solitary shepherd to transform a barren and deserted landscape simply by planting trees. Through The Man Who Planted Trees, Giono appeals to readers to respect and preserve their natural surroundings, while at the same time promoting the humanist values of generosity, selflessness and hard work. Jean Giono, was a French writer and filmmaker. He wrote a number of novels and short stories, as well as essays, poetry, theatre, screenplays and translations. His writing stands out for its rich imagery and celebration of the natural world, and also reflects his commitment to pacifism following his experience of the horrors of the First World War.Find out everything you need to know about The Man Who Planted Trees in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:¿ A complete plot summary¿ Character studies¿ Key themes and symbols¿ Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Meursault Investigation with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, which is a sort of epilogue to Camus¿ novel The Stranger. It raises interesting questions about the Algerian identity and the French occupation, as it focuses on the family of ¿the Arab¿ killed by Meursault, and their attempts to uncover the truth behind this murder. The book has been listed by Publishers Weekly as one of the 150 best novels of the year and has been awarded the Prix Goncourt for first novels, one of the most coveted French prizes for literature. Daoud is is an Algerian writer and, while The Meursault Investigation is his only novel, he is known for his popular newspaper column. This debut novel is an interesting take on a classic piece of literature, and is a must-read for anybody who enjoyed The Stranger. Find out everything you need to know about The Stranger in a fraction of the time!This easy-to-follow reading guide brings you:   ¿ A complete plot summary   ¿ Character studies   ¿ Key themes and symbols   ¿ Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Map and the Territory with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq, which tells the story of an artist¿s rise to preeminence and subsequent downfall, focusing on the capitalist aspect of the art market and the sexual poverty of the modern man. It is written in a darkly ironic style, which is a key characteristic of the author¿s works. Houellebecq is French writer whose hard-hitting works have made him popular with modern audiences, and he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, a prestigious and coveted award in France. Find out all you need to know about The Map and the Territory in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:   ¿ A complete plot summary   ¿ Character studies   ¿ Key themes and symbols   ¿ Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!