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1. Characters in fictional worlds
: understanding imaginary beings in literature, film, and other media
by Eder, Jens and Jannidis, Fotis and Schneider, Ralf, 1966
2010, Revisionen. Grundbegriffe der Literaturtheorie, ISBN 3110232413, Volume 3, ix, 596
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Fictitious characters | Characters and characteristics in mass media
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2. Character focalization in children's novels
by Philpot, Don K., author
2017, ISBN 9781137558091, x, 314 pages
History and criticism | Children's stories | Characters and characteristics in literature | Fiction
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3. Fan fiction and copyright
: outsider works and intellectual property protection
by Schwabach, Aaron
2011, 1, ISBN 0754679039, vi, 177
Copyright | Fan fiction | Law and legislation | Fictitious characters | American Studies | Socio-Legal Studies | 20th Century Literature | Cultural Studies | Intellectual Property Law | Copyright-Characters-United States | Copyright-Characters | Fan fiction-Law and legislation | United States | Characters | Law and literature
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4. Full Text Conceptualisation and Exposition
: A Theory of Character Construction
by Varotsi, Lina
2019, 1, Literary criticism and cultural theory, ISBN 9780367183165, 188
Poetry | Creative Writing | Literary History | Literary/Critical Theory | Interdisciplinary Literary Studies | Characters and characteristics in literature | Fictitious characters | Fiction
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5. Sherlock Holmes, a study in sources
by Redmond, Donald Aitcheson, 1922
1982, ISBN 9780773503915, xviii, 357
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Sources | Names, Personal, in literature | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Characters | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 CharactersSherlock Holmes | Doyle, Arthur Conan, - Sir, - 1859-1930 - Characters | Language and Literature | Doyle, Arthur Conan, - Sir, - 1859-1930 - Characters - Sherlock Holmes | Holmes, Sherlock | Doyle, Arthur Conan, - Sir, - 1859-1930 - Sources | Language & Literature | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859–1930 | Sources | Criticism and interpretation | Characters | Detective and mystery stories, English
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6. Disordered heroes in opera
: a psychiatric report
by Cordingly, John, author and Seymour, Claire, 1970- editor
2015, Defining opera, ISBN 9780993198335, xi, 203 pages
Heroes in opera | Faust (Legendary character) | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Death in Venice | Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 Werther | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Pikovai͡a dama | Aschenbach, Gustav von (Fictitious character) | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov | Psychological aspects | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 Billy Budd | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Peter Grimes | Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Evgeniĭ Onegin | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni | Juan, Don(Legendary character) | Onegin, Evgeniĭ (Fictitious character) | Iago (Fictitious character) | Opera
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7. The spectacular sisterhood of superwomen
: awesome female characters from comic book history
by Nicholson, Hope, author
2017, ISBN 9781594749483, 240 pages
Comic books, strips, etc | Women in popular culture | History and criticism | Women superheroes
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8. Character and person
by Frow, John, 1948
2014, 1st ed., ISBN 0198704518, xi, 331
Human body in literature | Literature | Characters and characteristics in literature | History and criticism | Body image in literature | Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
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9. Wrestling with Shylock
: Jewish responses to The Merchant of Venice
by Nahshon, Edna editor and Shapiro, Michael, 1938- editor
2017, ISBN 1107010276, xxiv, 431 pages
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 CharactersShylock | Jews in literature | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice | Antisemitism in literature | Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William) | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 CharactersJews | Shylock (Fictitious character) | Shylock
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10. Novel characters
: a genealogy
by DiBattista, Maria, 1947
2010, ISBN 9781405159517, xv, 192
History and criticism | Fiction | Characters and characteristics in literature | LITERARY CRITICISM | General
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11. The Cambridge companion to Frankenstein
by Smith, Andrew, 1964- editor
2016, Cambridge companions to literature, ISBN 1107450608, xx, 265 pages
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Characters | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein | Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) | Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Adaptations
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12. Is Shylock Jewish?
: citing scripture and the moral agency of Shakespeare's Jews
by Coodin, Sara, author
2017, Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy, ISBN 9781474418386, xv, 256 pages
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 CharactersJews | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 KnowledgeBible | Shylock (Fictitious character)
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13. Dictionnaire Frankenstein
by Aziza, Claude, author
2018, Bibliomnibus, ISBN 9782258150409, 205 pages, 1 unnumbered page
Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) In motion pictures | Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) In literature | Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) In motion pictures | Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) | Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) | Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) In literature
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14. Snark
: being a true history of the expedition that discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock ... and its tragic aftermath
by Elliot, David, 1952- author,illustrator and Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
2016, ISBN 9781877578946, 219 pages
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Hunting of the snark | Snark (Fictitious character) | Characters and characteristics in literature | Quests (Expeditions) | Jabberwock (Fictitious character)
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15. Rosalind
: a biography of Shakespeare's immortal heroine
by Thirlwell, Angela, author
2016, ISBN 9781783198542, ix, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (some color)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters | Rosalind (Fictitious character)
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16. Heartbreak Hotel
: an Alex Delaware novel
by Kellerman, Jonathan, author
2017, First edition., An Alex Delaware novel, ISBN 034554143X, Volume bk. 32, 351 pages
Investigation | Delaware, Alex (Fictitious character) | Psychologists | Police | Murder | Sturgis, Milo (Fictitious character)
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17. Insidious intent
by McDermid, Val, author
2017, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition., A Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel, ISBN 0802189288, Volume 10, 424 pages
Women | Investigation | Hill, Tony, Doctor (Fictitious character) | Jordan, Carol, Detective Chief Inspector (Fictitious character) | Crimes against | Murder
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18. The Wife of Bath in afterlife
: ballads to Blake
by Bowden, Betsy author
2017, Studies in text and print culture., ISBN 9781611462432, xxiii, 391 pages
Wife of Bath (Fictitious character) | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 CharactersWife of Bath | Women in popular culture | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 CharactersWomen | Women in music | Women in literature | Women in art
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19. Vampyres
: Genesis and resurrection from Count Dracula to Vampirella
by Frayling, Christopher, author
2016, New edition., ISBN 9780500252215, 464 pages, 16 pages of plates
Vampires in literature
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20. Full Text Characters Before Copyright
: The Rise and Regulation of Fan Fiction in Eighteenth-Century Germany
by Birkhold, Matthew H
04/2019, Law and Literature, ISBN 9780198831976, 307
Literary Studies (European) | German fiction-18th century-History and criticism | Copyright | Law and literature | German fiction | Fan fiction
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