Literary companions, book reviews and guides

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As Manifest Destiny took hold in the national consciousness, what did it mean for African Americans who were excluded from its ambitions for an expanding American empire that would shepherd the Western Hemisphere into a new era of civilization and prosperity?

Throughout the Civil War, newspaper headlines and stories repeatedly asked some variation of the question posed by the New York Times in 1862, "e;What shall we do with the negro?

Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.

This book comprehensively covers the wide geographical range of the northern home fronts during the Civil War, emphasizing the diverse ways people interpreted, responded to, and adapted to war by their ideas, interests, and actions.

An exploration of the elusive nature of representation in Plath''s poetry and the various versions of her that readers encounter.

This text presents a comprehensive dictionary of characters, places, objects and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Most observers and historians rarely acknowledge the history of civil rights predating the twentieth-century.

Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes and moments of great beauty.

John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839' is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States.

This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials.

The Great Famine radically transformed Ireland; nearly one million people of the rural countryside died, and the eviction of farmers led to massive emigration.

First published in 1986.

This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.

This Companion addresses an exciting emerging field of literary scholarship that charts the intersections of postcolonial studies and travel writing.

At two o'clock in the morning on 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the sidewheel steamboat Sultana's boilers suddenly exploded.

This title, first published in 1970, consists of essays on the individual tales and novels of George Eliot, with two general essays that discuss the novels as a whole and cuts across the individual works.

Colloquial Yoruba: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Yoruba as it is written and spoken today.

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An examination of an important campaign between these two generals that set the scene for the pending war.

This book explores traditional approaches to the play, which includes an examination of the play in light of current history, in the context of Renaissance England, and in relation to Shakespeare's other Roman plays as well as structural examination of plot, language, character, and source material.

Winner of the 2013 Eudora Welty PrizeEudora Welty and Surrealism surveys Welty's fiction during the most productive period of her long writing life.

These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved-a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln.

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William Shakespeare's Hamlet (c.

This chief aim of this title, first published in 1965, is to present a comprehensive picture of Yeats's achievement and some of the means for an evaluation of that achievement.

In this study of racial passing literature, Julia S.

Wilson Harris is one of the outstanding literary innovators of the century.

Two novellas by S.

First published in 1951, this book is based on a course of lectures on poetry and prose given at Cambridge University during the long vacations of 1946-1950.

A state-of-the-field review of critical perspectives on the work of Anthony Trollope.

Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades.

First published in 1988, this book aims to provide keys to the study of Gothicism in British and American literature.

In late 1872, the New York Herald named James J.

This volume of fourteen interviews covers the prolific and rich career of author Jerome Charyn (b.

The Civil War tends to be remembered as a vast sequence of battles, with a turning point at Gettysburg and a culmination at Appomattox.

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Gettysburg battle's fateful final day.

An international team of scholars covers every aspect of one of the most famous books in the English language.

Sir Isaac Newton's publications, and those he inspired, were among the most significant works published during the long eighteenth century in Britain.

Stereotypical images of African American Christian spirituality eclipse the profound diversity of Black preaching.

The Diary of a Civil War Marine: Private Josiah Gregg is a rare firsthand account of a United States Marine during the Civil War, written within hours of the events described.

For a whole year on his train to work, Stig Abell read books from across genres and time periods.

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"e;An important and timely expansion of American racial discourse.

This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.

That the works of the ancient tragedians still have an immediate and profound appeal surely needs no demonstration, yet the modern reader continually stumbles across concepts which are difficult to interpret or relate to - moral pollution, the authority of oracles, classical ideas of geography - as well as the names of unfamiliar legendary and mythological figures.

This Companion is an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the key works, genres, and movements of postmodern American fiction.

Finalist, 2016, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardThe Maps of the Wilderness: An Atlas of the Wilderness Campaign, May 2-7, 1864 continues Bradley M.

In 1979, the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement under Maurice Bishop overthrew the government of the Caribbean island country of Grenada, establishing the People's Revolutionary Government.