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Despite the boring titles often forced upon high school students, classics of British literature that have well-paced plots and interesting stories do exist. Surely every high school student has had to read at one time or another one of the interminably long and dry books that English teachers love to call "classics" and make a class read agonizingly slowly over a period of months. (Suite101.com)
Enfant terrible turns professor Feb 16, 2007
Today, Manchester University will announce an academic coup: Amis has agreed to take up his first teaching role as its professor of creative writing, a decision that will bring the one-time enfant terrible of British literature, author of 11 novels, including Money and London Fields, firmly into the literary establishment. Speaking exclusively to the Guardian ahead of today's announcement, Amis admitted that he hopes a new novel will germinate during his time as a professor. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
USF Teacher Was A Classic Feb 7, 2007
D. and have been teaching ever since," she said. "It feels like I've come home. Bill Heim was a gentleman, a wise soul and guiding light for so many people. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Enter 'House of Meetings' Feb 1, 2007
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY Martin Amis may be most widely known as the bad boy of British literature. He has been tabloid fodder for his literary feuds and opinions that take no prisoners, the latest one an essay attacking what he calls "Islamist horrorism.". (USA Today -- Life)
Renee Zellweger Says Body Talk Is Boring Jan 19, 2007
A: "I guess the difference was that there are clearly more people to disappoint. I won't say that Helen Fielding didn't create a character that wasn't embraced by popular British culture but I guess Beatrix was part of the fiber of British literature in a very substantial way.". Q: Why do you take so well to British roles. (Newsmax)
Literary prize bows to pressure over racial discrimination Jan 18, 2007
Writing in the Times, the novelist Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal called the prize "a special pat on the head for Britain's ethnic minorities," and asked "Am I alone in finding this wholly patronising?" More recently, the Conservative MP Philip Davies has criticised the award's patron, the culture minister David Lammy, and commented to the Evening Standard: "We should celebrate the best of British literature, irrespective of the author's racial heritage.". Last year's winner, the novelist Diana Evans,... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Literature proves the appeal of a slender waist is timeless Jan 10, 2007
Dr Singh said a narrow waist in both British literature and the ancient Indian and Chinese text link feminine beauty with a narrow waist ... " The study found three body parts breasts, waist and thighs were most often referred to as beautiful, with waist size always described as narrow or small. Among 66 romantic descriptions of waist in British literature, every one of them referred to a narrow waist. In contrast while breasts had the most romantic references at 219 entries, there were... (Scotsman)
Slim waists may top the list Jan 10, 2007
A team in the United States surveyed accounts of female beauty in British literature from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and found that the only feature that consistently got authors' pulses racing was a slender midriff. "The waist does not sound an intuitively sexy body part," admits Devendra Singh of the University of Texas, Austin, who led the study. (Nature News Service)
Taking an advisory role on the Falcons new coach Jan 10, 2007
He can t cook a piece of toast, but ask him something on 19th century British literature and he ll answer it for $800 Alex. Since he has no other talent, he always falls back on the few things he s good at. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Eight on faculty receive DSPs, Named Chairs Jan 5, 2007
His broad scholarly interests include 18th- and 19th-century British Literature, Irish Literature, critical theory and film. Chandler, who began teaching at the University in 1976 while completing his Ph. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Zellweger responds to Potter criticism Jan 2, 2007
"I won't say that [Bridget Jones' creator] Helen Fielding didn't create a character that was embraced by British culture, but Beatrix was a part of the fibre of British literature in a very substantial way.". . (Digital Spy)
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