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An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early...
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2008-04-15
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Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
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This introduction to American literature and culture from 1900 to 1960 is organized around four major ideas about America: that is it "big", "new", "rich", and "free". Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period. Juxtaposes discussion of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
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This Concise Companion is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms. Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American...
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2008-04-15
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This Companion presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. Draws heavily on historical and cultural contexts in its consideration of American fiction Relates the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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The Blackwell Companion to American Regional Literature is the most comprehensive resource yet published for study of this popular field. The most inclusive survey yet published of American regional literature. Represents a wide variety of theoretical and historical...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer’s life with an examination of his works. · An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman. · Weaves together the writer’s life with an examination of his works. · Focuses especially on Whitman’s...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This Concise Companion gives readers a rich sense of how the poetry produced in the United States during the twentieth century is connected to the country’s intellectual life more broadly. Helps readers to fully appreciate the poetry of the period by tracing its...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. Introduces debates about how to read this literature. Combines an overview of the evolution of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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A COMPANION TO ‘TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA Contributors to this volume: Thomas P. Adler, Sarah Bay-Cheng, Annemarie Bean, Deanna M. Toten Beard, Murray Biggs, Stephen J. Bottoms, Mark Evans Bryan, Peter Civetta, Jerry Dickey, Jill Dolan, Harry J. Elam, Jr., Mark...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist Comprises...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville’s works in the twenty-first century. Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville Considers Melville in a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets. Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing. ...
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2008-04-15
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This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. An engaging introduction toGreek tragedy, its history, and its...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period. A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC Provides overviews of the social, political,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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