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Sabourin, Conrad. Optical character recognition and document segmentation: Character preprocessing, thinning, isolation, segmentation, feature extraction, cursive and multi-font recognition, writer/scriptor identification : bibliography. Infolingua, 1994.

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Roth, Philip A. The ghost writer. Vintage Books, 1995.

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Cavarnos, Constantine. Saint Athanasios Parios: Eminent theologian, philosopher, educator, hymnographer, and writer of lives of saints; an account of his life, character, and teachings, together with a comprehensive list of his writings, discussions of them and selections from them. Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 2006.

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Death of a Sunday writer. Foul Play Press, 1996.

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Death of a Sunday writer. Thorndike Press, 1997.

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Nichols, Joan Kane. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's creator: First science fiction writer. Conari Press, 1998.

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illustrator, Allen Joy, ed. Cam Jansen and the mystery writer mystery. Puffin Books, 2008.

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Joy, Allen, ed. Cam Jansen and the mystery writer mystery. Viking, 2007.

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Cavarnos, Constantine. Blessed Elder Philotheos Zervakos (1884-1980): Remarkable confessor and spiritual guide, vigorous defender of the Orthodox Christian faith, itinerant preacher, illuminating writer, and for half a century abbot of the holy Monastery of Longovarda on Paros; a comprehensive account of his life, character, thought, and works. Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1993.

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Triumph of the imagination: The story of writer J.K. Rowling. Chelsea House Publishers, 2002.

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Cavarnos, Constantine. Blessed elder Gabriel Dionysiatis (1886-1983): Remarkable confessor and spiritual guide, profound analyst of twentieth century society, inspiring writer on many vital topics, and for forty years Abbot of the Monastery of Dionysiou at the Holy Mountain of Athos : a comprehensive account of his life, character, thought, and works. Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1999.

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Cavarnos, Constantine. St. Nikephoros of Chios: Outstanding writer of liturgical poetry and lives of saints, educator, spiritual striver, and trainer of martyrs; an account of his life, character and message, together with a comprehensive list of his publications, selections from them, and brief biographies of eleven neomartyrs and other Orthodox saints who are treated in his works. 2nd ed. Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1986.

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M, Price Robert. H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos: Essays on America's classic writer of horror fiction. 2nd ed. Borgo Press, 1996.

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Carol Geronès, Lídia. Un bric-à-brac de la Belle Époque. Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-434-9.

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Fortuny (1983) by Pere Gimferrer is the only novel (at least to date) that the author has written in Catalan and it represents one of the most unique novels of contemporary Hispanic narrative. The aims of the present study are mainly two: to shed light on one of the most important, but least studied, works by Pere Gimferrer, the greatest representative of Hispanic creativity for the Post-War Generation, and to analyse critical reception of the work and show how the novel has evolved from the time of publication in 1983 until today. This essay consists of three major parts: the study of critical reception, the narratological analysis of the text and the unveiling of the textual, but above all visual, references that make up the novel. The latter allows us to explain two essential elements of the novel: the imaginary Fortuny on the one hand and, on the other, the novel’s intertextual concrete figure of speech, its ekphrasis. The study of this intentionally visual character of the novel not only wanted to highlight the importance of two arts to which Gimferrer has always paid special attention – we refer to cinema and painting – but has also demonstrated the desire of the writer to innovate the Catalan narrative scene, using different literary devices to push the limits of the genre novel.

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engineer), Li Xin (Computer, ed. Ji suan ji bi ji jian bie yu yan zheng de li lun he fang fa: Computer Writer Identification and Verification Theory and Method. Qing hua da xue chu ban she, 2012.

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Roth, Philip A. The Ghost Writer. Vintage, 2005.

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Roth, Philip A. The Ghost Writer. Vintage, 2005.

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Slusser, George. Fictional Directions. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038228.003.0004.

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This chapter considers how Gregory Benford became a scientist-writer by focusing on the two directions that his subsequent fiction will take. As a writer, Benford came up through the science fiction pathway. The goal from the outset was to write serious fiction about the new world that science offered to mankind, and to present, in fictional works, the role of scientists in shaping and understanding that brave new world. Benford published his first novel in 1970, to be followed by a formative period of intense creative activity from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. This chapter examines how the interweaving of fictional directions in Benford's career as a scientist-writer find their common focus in the defining of a single character type—the scientist, or person of scientific vision, at work doing science. To this end, the chapter analyzes two “bookend” novels: Deeper than the Darkness (1970) and Against Infinity (1983).

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Mack, Peter. Reading Old Books. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691194004.001.0001.

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In literary and cultural studies, “tradition” is a word everyone uses but few address critically. In this book, the author offers a wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from the middle ages to the twenty-first century, revealing in new ways how it helps writers and readers make new works and meanings. The book argues that the best way to understand tradition is by examining the moments when a writer takes up an old text and writes something new out of a dialogue with that text and the promptings of the present situation. The book examines Petrarch as a user, instigator, and victim of tradition. It shows how Chaucer became the first great English writer by translating and adapting a minor poem by Boccaccio. It investigates how Ariosto, Tasso, and Spenser made new epic meanings by playing with assumptions, episodes, and phrases translated from their predecessors. It then analyzes how the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell drew on tradition to address the new problem of urban deprivation in Mary Barton. And, finally, it looks at how the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, in his 2004 novel Wizard of the Crow, reflects on biblical, English literary, and African traditions. Drawing on key theorists, critics, historians, and sociologists, and stressing the international character of literary tradition, the book illuminates the not entirely free choices readers and writers make to create meaning in collaboration and competition with their models.

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Death of a Sunday Writer. Castle Street Mysteries, 2000.

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Raubicheck, Walter, and Walter Srebnick. Final Drafts. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252036484.003.0004.

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This chapter examines the characters and themes of the shooting scripts rather than of the three films themselves. It considers whether or not the screenwriters had written for Hitchcock in ways that suited his own particular visual style. These scripts represent the fullest extent of the collaborative process that began when the writer first sat with the director in his office to discuss the possibilities for narrative and character development inherent in the source material; they also highlight the particular verbal talents of the writers, talents that Hitchcock himself did not possess; and they demonstrate how the characters existed in Hitchcock's mind before the actors began to mold them to their own styles and personalities.

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Dahl, Michael. Ghost Writer (Return to the Library of Doom). Raintree, 2012.

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Cam Jansen and the Mystery Writer Mystery. Penguin USA, Inc., 2009.

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Cam Jansen and the Mystery Writer Mystery. Scholastic Inc., 2007.

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Wodehouse, P. G. Inimitable Jeeves: 'The Funniest Writer Ever to Put Words to Paper'. Penguin Random House, 2008.

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Zierler, Wendy. Midrashic Adaptation. Edited by Thomas Leitch. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199331000.013.7.

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An enduring mode of retelling and interpretation, the genre of rabbinic midrash can be adopted as a model for the study of biblical adaptation as well as adaptation writ large. This approach is source-centered, always emphasizing the relationship of the new text to the original text. At the same time, the midrashic approach allows for a radical reshaping of the materials to fit contemporary concerns. This essay explores several forms of midrashic adaptation of the stories the biblical Moses—exegetical, homiletic, narrative and running commentary, and figurative. In Hebraic tradition, Moses is not merely a character in a story: he is the speaker, writer, and transmitter of the Torah. Adaptations of Moses thus do not merely function as discrete re-enactments or interpretations but also provide commentary on the very idea of biblical adaptability and the unfolding nature of Torah.

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Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. Edited by Valerie Alderson. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/owc/9780199538119.001.0001.

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Little Women has remained enduringly popular since its publication in 1868, becoming the inspiration for a whole genre of family stories. Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War, and Meg, Jo,Beth, and Amy experience domestic trials and triumphs as they attempt to supplement the family's small income. In the second part of the novel (sometimes known as Good Wives) the girls grow up and fall in love. The novel is highly autobiographical, and in Jo's character Alcott portrays a strong-minded and independent woman, determined to control her own destiny. The introduction to this edition provides a fascinating history of the Alcotts,and of Louisa Alcott's own struggles as a writer.

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Boutcher, Warren. Montaigne in England and America. Edited by Philippe Desan. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190215330.013.18.

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This article begins by summarizing the foundational work of Pierre Villey on the reception of Montaigne in England and America. Villey argued that studies of influence should rest on carefully documented proof of reception. He found that no other French writer had enjoyed such a strong reception in England, and that no other European country had welcomed him with such consistent admiration across the centuries. Villey explained this in terms of a fundamental but variously inflected sympathy between the essayist and the English mentality or character. The rest of the article surveys how research has developed in the one hundred years since Villey’s time and argues that we need both a wider range of data and new ways of analyzing continuity and change over long periods. The article concludes with a comparison of the contexts of John Florio’s Montaigne (1603) and William Hazlitt’s first English edition of Montaigne’s complete Works (1842).

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Fögen, Thorsten. Ancient Approaches to Letter-Writing and the Configuration of Communities through Epistles. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198804208.003.0002.

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The chapter explores reflections on the practice of letter-writing, with equal attention to instructional handbooks (esp. Demetrius’ Περὶ ἑρμηνείας‎, Iulius Victor’s Rhetorica, Pseudo-Demetrius’ Τύποι ἐπιστολικοί‎, Pseudo-Libanius’ Ἐπιστολιμαῖοι χαρακτῆρες‎, and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s De conscribendis epistolis) and the meta-generic statements that letter-writers routinely embed in their correspondence (with a special focus on Cicero, Ovid, Seneca, and Pliny the Younger). In both types of sources, what one might call the social dimension of style registers as a primary concern: in order for the letter to fulfil its purpose, namely to generate a special bond between sender and recipient, the chosen idiolect has to be ‘appropriate’ (πρέπον‎/aptum) to the interpersonal relationship and its specific circumstances and exigencies. Shared stylistic values and the willingness of the letter-writer to adjust his character to that of the recipient generate a sense of community between the correspondents.

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An Unlikely Prophet: A Metaphysical Memoir by the Legendary Writer of Superman and Batman. Destiny Books, 2006.

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Dark Is Rising: 'A Writer of Great Intergity and Skill'. Penguin Random House, 2010.

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A Gathering of Selves: The Spiritual Journey of the Legendary Writer of Superman and Batman. Destiny Books, 2006.

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Roth, Philip A. Zuckerman Bound : The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, the Anatomy Lesson, Epilogue : The Prague Orgy. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1985.

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It Doesn't Need to Rhyme, Katie: Writing a Poem with Katie Woo (Katie Woo: Star Writer). Picture Window Books, 2013.

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Wickerson, Erica. The Architecture of Narrative Time. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198793274.001.0001.

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Time matters to all of us. It dominates everyday discourse: diaries, schedules, clocks, working hours, opening times, appointments, weekdays and weekends, national holidays, religious festivals, birthdays, and anniversaries. But how do we, as unique individuals, subjectively experience time? The slowness of an hour in a boring talk, the swiftness of a summer holiday, the fleetingness of childhood, the endless wait for pivotal news: these are experiences to which we all can relate and of which we commonly speak. How can a writer not only report such experiences but also conjure them up in words so that readers share the frustration, the excitement, the anticipation, are on tenterhooks with a narrator or character, or in melancholic mourning for a time long since passed which we never experienced ourselves? This book suggests that the evocation of subjective temporal experience occurs in every sentence, on every page, at every plot turn, in any narrative. It offers a new template for understanding narrative time that combines close readings with analysis of the structural overview. It enables new ways of reading Thomas Mann, but also suggests new ways of conceptualizing narrative time in any literary work, not only in Mann’s fiction and not only in texts that foreground the narration of time. The range of Mann’s novels, novellas, and short stories is compared with other nineteenth- and twentieth-century works in German and in English to suggest a comprehensive approach to considering time in narrative.

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Nadel, Ira. Philip Roth. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199846108.001.0001.

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This account of Philip Roth traces the psychological and artistic origins of his creative life. It examines the major events of his career, while identifying a series of personal themes in his writing, from his relationship with Judaism to family, marriage, Eastern Europe, and America. It addresses his private challenges, from romance and health to surviving as a writer burdened with success. The book also reflects how living outside the United States, initially in Italy and then England, plus his visits to Eastern Europe and exposure to their oppressed writers, affected his writing. In particular, it primed him for a new engagement with American political and social history, resulting in a renewed determination to rewrite America through his American trilogy and The Plot Against America. Although chronology is the framework, this is a thematic reading of Roth’s life and career with attention to family, self-identity, and success. A set of contrasting angles form this approach, beginning with his prolonged sense of discontent yet public image of success, his search for sustained relationships but then decision to end them, his idealization of his parents but persistent undercurrent of criticism. Three overlapping issues provide the impetus for this reading: the aesthetic, the emotional, and the historical. The lasting importance of such themes as anger, betrayal, and failure has a vital role in understanding Roth’s character and work. So, too, does his sense of performance on and off the page.

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Hart, D. G. Benjamin Franklin. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198788997.001.0001.

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Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called “providence”), Franklin became one of Philadelphia’s most prominent leaders, a world-recognized scientist, and the United States’ leading diplomat during the War for Independence. Along the way, Franklin embodied the Protestant ethics and cultural habits he learned and observed as a youth in Puritan Boston. This book follows Franklin’s remarkable career through the lens of the trends and innovations that the Protestant Reformation started (both directly and indirectly) almost two centuries earlier. The Philadelphian’s work as a printer, civic reformer, institution builder, scientist, inventor, writer, self-help dispenser, politician, and statesman was deeply rooted in the culture and outlook that Protestantism nurtured. Through the alternatives to medieval church and society, Protestants built societies and instilled habits of character and mind that allowed figures such as Franklin to build the life that he did. Through it all, Franklin could not assent to all of Protestantism’s doctrines or observe its worship. But for most of his life, he acknowledged his debt to his creator, reveled in the natural world guided by providence, and conducted himself in a way (imperfectly) to merit divine approval. This biography recognizes Franklin as a cultural or non-observant Protestant, someone who thought of himself as a Presbyterian, ordered his life as other Protestants did, sometimes went to worship services, read his Bible, and prayed, but could not go all the way and join a church.

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Smith, Gary Scott. Mark Twain. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894922.001.0001.

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Mark Twain is one of the most fascinating figures in American history. His literary works have intrigued, illuminated, inspired, and irritated millions from the late 1860s to the present. Twain was arguably America’s greatest writer from 1870 to 1910. In an era of mostly lackluster presidents and before the advent of movie, radio, television, and sports stars, Twain was probably the most popular person in America during the 1890s and competed with only Theodore Roosevelt for the title in the 1900s; his celebrity status exceeded that of European kings. Twain’s varied experiences as a journeyman printer, riverboat pilot, prospector, journalist, novelist, humorist, businessman, and world traveler, combined with his incredible imagination and astonishing creativity, enabled him to devise some of American literature’s most memorable characters and engaging stories. Twain was mesmerized, perplexed, frustrated, infuriated, and inspired by Christianity. He strove to understand, critique, and promote various theological ideas and insights. Twain’s religious perspective was complex, inconsistent, and sometimes even contradictory and constantly changed. While many scholars have ignored Twain’s strong focus on religious matters, others disagree sharply about his religious views, with most labeling him a secularist, an agnostic, or an atheist. The evidence indicates, however, that throughout his life he engaged in a lover’s quarrel with God. Twain was an entertainer, a satirist, novelist, and reformer, but he also functioned as a preacher, prophet, and social philosopher. He tackled universal themes with penetrating insight and wit including the character of God, human nature, sin, providence, corruption, greed, hypocrisy, poverty, racism, and imperialism. Moreover, Twain’s life provides a window into the principal trends and developments in American religion from 1865 to 1910.

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Roth, Philip A. Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985: The Ghost Writer / Zuckerman Unbound / The Anatomy Lesson / The Prague Orgy (Library of America #175). Library of America, 2007.

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Melville, Herman. Moby Dick: Moby-Dick; or, the Whale Is an 1851 Novel by American Writer Herman Melville. Independently Published, 2020.

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