Showing results for "Das Signal" in Literary History & Criticism

"The Signal-Man" is a first-person horror/mystery story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round. The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of an apparition that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signal-box in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on a lonely stretch of the railway line, and he controls the movements of passing trains.

Step away from the bestseller charts and into the undiscovered. This curated collection of podcast episodes focuses exclusively on the "sleeping giants" of the literary world—books that possess massive narrative power but haven't yet detonated in the mainstream.We bypass the celebrity book clubs and marketing hype to feature deep dives from literary scouts, indie critics, and industry insiders who are championing the underdogs. These are the novels, thrillers, and memoirs that the algorithm missed, but are destined to define the next cultural moment. Listen to this playlist to find your next...

A slow, reflective podcast for those who still listen. Stone and Signal explores storytelling, technology, grief, ecology, and identity in a world unraveling. Created by writer and documentarian Lawrence Nault, each episode offers quiet essays, poetry, and moments of presence—spoken not to perform, but to connect. No urgency. No algorithms. Just a signal sent out slowly, in hopes it finds you when you need it most.

A fiercely intelligent, funny, and much-needed reality check on the state of heterosexual women. The Last Straight Woman is a call to set aside the baggage of what female heterosexuality evokes, in favour of a definition of what it actually entails: women liking men. No more, no less. That a...