{"title":"Nicholas Royle","description":"\u003cp\u003eNicholas Royle's works delve into the rich intersections of art, culture, and the unexpected. His writing often explores the nuances of identity and creativity, blending scholarly insight with a unique narrative voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can anticipate thoughtful examinations of cultural icons and the complexities behind artistic expression. Royle's books invite reflection on the uncanny elements that shape our understanding of the arts and society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"david-bowie-enid-blyton-and-the-sun-machine-by-nicholas-royle-9781526173638","title":"David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid Blyton and David Bowie. His exploration of their lives and work delves deeply into questions about the value of art, music and literature, as well as the role of universities in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending elements of memoir and cultural commentary, Royle creates a tender and often hilarious portrait of family life during the pandemic, weaving it together with musings on dreams, second-hand bookshops and unpublished photos of Bowie taken by Stephen Finer. He also shares previously unrecorded details about Blyton's personal life, notably her love affair with Royle's grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine\u003c\/i\u003e offers a singular perspective on the cultural significance of two iconic figures. In doing so, it makes a compelling case for the power of storytelling and music to shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430464995564,"sku":"9781526173638","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526173638.jpg?v=1774520659"},{"product_id":"the-uncanny-by-nicholas-royle-9780719055614","title":"The uncanny","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis study is of the uncanny; an important concept for contemporary thinking and debate across a range of disciplines and discourses, including literature, film, architecture, cultural studies, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and queer theory. Much of this importance can be traced back to Freud's essay of 1919, \"The Uncanny\" (Das Unheimliche), where he was perhaps the first to foreground the distinctive nature of the uncanny as a feeling of something not simply weird or mysterious but, more specifically, as something strangely familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a concept and a feeling, however, the uncanny has a complex history going back to at least the Enlightenment. Royle offers a detailed historical account of the emergence of the uncanny, together with a series of close readings of different aspects of the topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing a major introductory historical and critical overview, there are chapters on the death drive, déjà-vu, \"silence, solitude and darkness\", the fear of being buried alive, doubles, ghosts, cannibalism, telepathy, and madness, as well as more \"applied\" readings concerned, for example, with teaching, politics, film, and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559057113324,"sku":"9780719055614","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719055614-the-uncanny.jpg?v=1776928955"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nicholas-royle.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}