彼得·阿克罗伊德（Peter Ackroyd）（1949—），当代英国文坛成就斐然的小说家、传记作家和诗人，1949年生于伦敦，先后就读于剑桥和耶鲁。22岁在耶鲁求学期间就完成了《新文化札记》（Notes for a New Culture： An Essay on Modernism），并于1976年正式出版。曾任《旁观者》（The Spectator）文学编辑多年，亦曾担任《泰晤士报》（The Times）首席书评家，1984年入选英国皇家文学学会成员。2003年，他因对英国文学所做出的杰出贡献而获得第三级英国爵位的头衔（Commander of the Order of the British Empire，常略作CBE）。2006年成为美国人文与科学院（又译美国艺术与科学院或美国文理科学院，American Academy of Arts a...(展开全部)

Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world’s greatest writers. It is published to tie-in with a 3-part BBC-TV series on Dickens with Peter Ackroyd, part drama (based on Ackroyd’s Simon Callow play), part documentary, part biography.

彼得·阿克罗伊德（Peter Ackroyd）（1949—），当代英国文坛成就斐然的小说家、传记作家和诗人，1949年生于伦敦，先后就读于剑桥和耶鲁。22岁在耶鲁求学期间就完成了《新文化札记》（Notes for a New Culture： An Essay on Modernism），并于1976年正式出版。曾任《旁观者》（The Spectator）文学编辑多年，亦曾担任《泰晤士报》（The Times）首席书评家，1984年入选英国皇家文学学会成员。2003年，他因对英国文学所做出的杰出贡献而获得第三级英国爵位的头衔（Commander of the Order of the British Empire，常略作CBE）。2006年成为美国人文与科学院（又译美国艺术与科学院或美国文理科学院，American Academy of Arts a...(展开全部)

Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world’s greatest writers. It is published to tie-in with a 3-part BBC-TV series on Dickens with Peter Ackroyd, part drama (based on Ackroyd’s Simon Callow play), part documentary, part biography.

Are fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes real? What can fiction tell us about the nature of truth and reality? In this excellent introduction to the problem of fictionalism R. M. Sainsbury covers the following key topics: what is fiction? realism about fictional objects, including the arguments that fictional objects are real but non-existent; real but non-factual; real...(展开全部)

Can my character fake being blind? How long does it take blood to clot when spilled on a tile floor? In this lively and informative follow-up to "Murder and Mayhem", PD.P. Lyle, M.D., answers new and challenging questions that every mystery, suspense, and thriller writer will want to know. A frequent adviser to published mystery authors and television writers, Dr. Lyle tackles ...(展开全部)

Are fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes real? What can fiction tell us about the nature of truth and reality? In this excellent introduction to the problem of fictionalism R. M. Sainsbury covers the following key topics: what is fiction? realism about fictional objects, including the arguments that fictional objects are real but non-existent; real but non-factual; real...(展开全部)

In Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction, Quentin Meillassoux addresses the problem of chaos and of the constancy of natural laws in the context of literature. With his usual argumentative rigor, he elucidates the distinction between science fiction, a genre in which science remains possible in spite of all the upheavals that may attend the world in which the tale takes pla...(展开全部)