San Antonio College Library

"The collection provides a fascinating glimpse into Forster's abiding interest in paganism and mythology, the mysteries of nature and the possibilities of magical transformation. Here too are fantasies of the afterlife ... an ambitious experiment in science-fiction ... [and] a realistic study of self-delusion and compromise."--Jacket.

Joseph Conrad's Polish background, his extensive travels and his detached view of his adopted country, Britain, gave him a perspective unique among English writers of the 20th century. This volume examines the biographical, historical, cultural and political contexts that fashioned his works.

"In his compelling new biography, David Nokes has reexamined Austen's life and presents a picture of her which is less perfect but more full of dangerous excitement."--Inside cover.

"This critical study looks at the first four decades of Charles Tomlinson's poetic career, and is the only published full-scale, exclusive treatment of Tomlinson's poetry." "The purpose of the study is to increase understanding and appreciation of the exceptional achievement of the work of a major poet. Professor Kirkham emphasizes both the startling originality of Tomlinson's vision, a unified vision of a natural-human world, and the subtlety of...

"Through the Night ... a hospital provides the most pathetic spectacle of people being bullied into abandoning their free will ... a young woman who goes into hospital for what she believes to be a routine cancer test, and ... wakes up from the operating table to find she is minus a breast. It was not the necessity of removing the breast which was in question, but the unwillingness of the hospital staff to engage personally with a patient faced with,...

What is t first believed to be falling stars or harmless meteorites turns out to be cylindrical Martian ships filled with nightmarish, tentacled invaders and their robotic war machines. When curious Englanders come to inspect the massive containers imbedded in the still-smoking countryside, metallic appendages emerge from the pits to kill every living thing in their path with strange heat rays. Then as the surrounding townships slowly devolve into...

The Victorian age if often portrayed as an era of repressive social mores. Yet this simplified view ignores the context of Great Britain's profound shift, through rapid industrialization, from rural to metropolitan life during this time. Throughout his career, Charles Dickens addressed the numerous changes occurring in Victorian society. His portrayals of organized religion, class distinction, worker's rights, prison reform and rampant poverty resonated...