Despite all the biographical studies devoted to William Faulkner, there are still many fundamental contradictions in the way he is perceived. He has been described as a creator of worlds a la Dickens
Vladimir Nabokov insisted that a writer's biography should concentrate on what he called the story of a style. In his case this means not only an account of elaborate metaphorical patterns, distinctiv
Vladimir Nabokov was always a controversial writer. Long before the furore that attended the publication of Lolita, controversy raged over the virtues of his work. His detractors insisted that, althou
More than fifty years after the publication of Anatomy of Criticism, Northrop Frye remains one of Canada's most influential intellectuals. This reappraisal reasserts the relevance of his work to the s
In Western populations the prevalence of ulcerative colitis is approximately 1:1000 and of Crohn's disease, 1:1500, these being the two most common IBDs. David Rampton has assembled an excellent team
Crohn's Disease represents a substantial burden of sickness not only in hospital wards but also in the community. However, there have been major advances in treatment in recent years, and the time is
