Bøger af Stephen Wade

Recounts the history of the Yorkshire coast and its lost communities through the centuries

The history of the British detective

London, 1890: A group of seven amateur criminologists based at the Septimus Club in Piccadilly set out to investigate a series of mysterious crimes committed in the capital. In these, their first six adventures, the society take on some challenging cases, relishing the thrill of the chase as enemies mount against them and old vendettas return.

An overview of 19th- and 20th-century writing from the British Isles shows a constant interplay between metropolitan centers and regional peripheries-an interplay that points to the basic importance of place and belonging in literary creation and evaluation. This volume examines the relationship between British literature-including poetry, fiction, biography, and drama-and regional consciousness in the Victorian and modern periods, introducing the reader to a range of responses to the profound feelings of belonging engendered by the sense of place. The works covered are a mixture of familiar classics and less well-known writings from working-class writers or forgotten writers who were successful in their era. After accounting for the emergence of regional writing in the early 19th century, the author analyzes the development of regional writing in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, focusing on issues such as the sociopolitical context of the regional novel, the print and literary cultures around regional presses, and the place of documentary in regional consciousness.

The A-Z of curious Lincolnshire

This new book brings together Stephen Wade's two areas of interest, focusing on the writers in the reigns of Anne to Victoria. The essays here recount and explore the prison experience of writers, both famous and obscure, who came to know the insides of Britain's prisons.

A guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. Wade (English, U. of Huddersfield, England) also explores the various theoretical underpinnings of the literature, including the postmodern, the masternarrative, and the metafiction. Annotation c. Book

Revisiting murder cases from Lincoln's past

Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria.

Hanged at York

Lincolnshire Murders is a collection of the stories behind some of the murders in the county since about 1850.