Literary reference works

The literary study of emotion is part of an important revisionary movement among scholars eager to recast emotional politics for the twenty-first century.

First published in 1902, this volume contains an extensive, technical scholarly introduction, followed by three Middle-English versions of the Rule of St.

Travelling Ideas in the Long Nineteenth Century is about how ideas travel on the waves of cultural transfer.

Arranged in chronological order, the novelist's lives are opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking.

The Sultana was a sidewheel Mississippi steamboat carrying almost two thousand recently-released Union prisoners-of-war back north at the end of the Civil War.

Adopting a unique historical approach to its subject and with a particular focus on the institutions involved in the creation, dissemination, and reception of literature, this handbook surveys the way in which the Cold War shaped literature and literary production, and how literature affected the course of the Cold War.

Explains the ancient astrological system sacred to the Cherokee and how to use it in the modern world *; Provides easy-to-use format for determining what signs and numbers rule the day of your birth and what influence they have on your destiny *; Includes a traditional Cherokee ephemeris through 2015 An essential aspect of Cherokee religion is the belief that everything on Earth is the reflection of a star.

Leading international experts provide an essential framework for the interdisciplinary study of Dante and the late Middle Ages.

Das Buch gibt Lehramtsstudierenden der neusprachlichen Fächer einen Überblick über die Grundlagen der Fremdsprachendidaktik.

Few events have sparked more legends and stories of the supernatural than America's Civil War.

An indispensable reference tool for Shakespeare students and enthusiasts, this compact guide provides authoritative summaries of each of Shakespeare''s works.

This book offers a wide-ranging international history of environmental writing from ancient Mesopotamian and Asian works to the present.

Modern Chinese literature has been flourishing for over a century, with varying degrees of intensity and energy at different junctures of history and points of locale.

In the lead-up to the Civil War, Virginia, like other southern states, amassed a large public debt while striving to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate economic development.

As with viewing a mosaic, the more closely the reader examines this book, the more it shows forth rich meaning and inspiration for preachers, lay readers, and all who desire to encounter Jesus Christ in the scriptures.

The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Textual Studies is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and textual studies by an international team of leading scholars.

At Fault is an exhilarating celebration of risk-taking in the work of James Joyce.

In the early 1800s, American critics warned about the danger of literature as a distraction from reality.

This encyclopedia-style dicitonary explores early modern social life, legal thought, and the interactions within Shakespearean drama.

What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies?

The nineteenth century was a period of prolific literary production from women writers, including figures such as Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Jacobs, and Zitkala-Sa, who played pivotal roles in American literary history.

The well known Austrian poet and spiritual writer, Rainer Maria Rilke encouraged his young friend not to be a "e;waster of sorrows,"e; but to use them in a positive way as a means to help him grow in holiness.

According to nineteenth-century racial uplift ideology, African American women served their race best as reformers and activists, or as "e;doers of the word.

Despite its fascinating cast of characters, host of combats large and small, and its impact on the course of the Civil War, surprisingly little ink has been spilled on the conflict’s final months in the Carolinas.

Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality is a comprehensive collection which provides, for the first time in one volume, many texts unavailable outside specialised academic libraries.

Ein detaillierter Wegweiser durch Prousts JahrhundertromanDieser Band gibt einen Überblick über Prousts Leben und familiären Hintergrund, über die Entstehung von »Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit«, über die Struktur, Rezeption und zeitgeschichtlichen Grundlagen des Werks.

This volume traces the history of travel writing in several national and linguistic traditions from antiquity to the Internet age.

In Island Bodies, Rosamond King examines sexualities, violence, and repression in the Caribbean experience.

Most criticism of The Lord of the Rings trilogy emphasizes the most likely heroes in the tales: Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, and even Sam.

Cervantes in Seventeenth-century England garners well over a thousand English references to Cervantes and his works, thus providing the fullest and most intriguing early English picture ever made of the writings of Spain's greatest writer.

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

This special edition of The Oxford Companion to the Brontes commemorates the bicentenary of Emily Bronte's birth in July 1818 and provides comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontes - the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, their father, and their brother Branwell.

Walt Whitman has long been regarded as the quintessential American bard, the poet who best represents all that is distinctive about life in the United States.

Seeking to live a Christian life in this American society can often evoke a wide range of emotions, and the precipitation sometimes looks like poetry.

An entirely new analysis of the battle for Fox's Gap during the battle for South Mountain.

In this book, Hertha D.

Pericles: Critical Essays brings together the most essential critical essays and theatrical reviews of Shakespeare's play from the late 17th century to the present, providing a representative gathering of critical opinion of Pericles over the centuries.

Asian American literature is one of the most recent forms of ethnic literature and is already becoming one of the most prominent, given the large number of writers, the growing ethnic population from the region, the general receptivity of this body of work, and the quality of the authors.

The book examines trends in American literature and sheds new light on the legal history of race relations during the Progressive Era.

Provides a new account of the years that formed the crucible of Irish writing in English.

The Battle of Shepherdstown and the End of the Campaign is the third and final volume of Ezra Carman’s magisterial The Maryland Campaign of September 1862.

Different international relations theorists have studied political change, but all fall short of sufficiently integrating human reactions, feelings, and responses to change in their theories.

Emerging from a matrix of Old Left, black nationalist, and bohemian ideologies and institutions, African American artists and intellectuals in the 1960s coalesced to form the Black Arts Movement, the cultural wing of the Black Power Movement.

Between 1878 and 1881, Standish O'Grady published a three-volume History of Ireland that simultaneously recounted the heroic ancient past of the Irish people and helped to usher in a new era of cultural revival and political upheaval.

First published in 1967.