Literary reference works

Interrogates and explains 1960s writers and artists popular embrace of blackness as a source of power, as it confronts racism.

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

The novels of Charlotte and Emily Bronte have become canonical texts for the application of twentieth century literary and cultural theory.

In this book, which was first published in 1983, Frank Kermode looks in particular at the revived Russian Formalism, a highly original body of literary theory that flourished in the years immediately following the Revolution, and at the work of Roman Jakobson, one of its most distinguished exponents.

First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller.

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Five months after the election of Abraham Lincoln, which had revealed the fracturing state of the nation, Confederates fired on Fort Sumter and the fight for the Union began in earnest.

Children's literature comes from a number of different sources-folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for children, and material authored specifically for them-and its audience ranges from infants through middle graders to young adults (readers from about 12 to 18 years old).

Finalist, 2018, Reference, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardThe Maps of Fredericksburg: An Atlas of the Fredericksburg Campaign, Including all Cavalry Operations, September 18, 1862 - January 22, 1863 continues Bradley M.

Dieser Band bietet erstmals die vollständige "Apologie" des Lukian von Samosata (2.

Celebrating the spirit of songIn A Song to Sing, a Life to Live, Don and Emily Saliers help readers see the connections between Saturday night music and Sunday morning music by exploring the spiritual dimensions of music itself.

Canada's rich literary heritage, dominated by a multicultural and multilingual presence, reflects the country's unique history and experience.

Adoption allows families to modify, either overtly or covertly, what is considered to be the natural order.

Abundance from the Desert provides a comprehensive introduction to classical Arabic poetry, one of the richest of poetic traditions.

Winner of the 2023 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for best book in the category of Jewish literature and linguistics Traditionally the scene of some of London's poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods, the East End of London has long been misunderstood as abject and deviant.

In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures.

Üben und Übungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht stehen heute in einem Spannungsfeld, das weit über die vor einigen Jahrzehnten formulierte Dichotomie des pattern drill und der offenen Lernaufgabe hinausreicht.

Elizabeth Ham's 1845 novel, The Ford Family in Ireland, provides a snapshot, based on the personal experiences of the author, of a pivotal period in that country's history.

This set reissues 8 books on James Joyce originally published between 1966 and 1991.

Accessible and informative account of Dante''s great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.

In Praying Psalms Ian Stackhouse offers daily reflections on all 150 psalms.

Originally published in 1983, this title lists and annotates reference sources which will help readers select primary materials useful in studies of the literary portraits of women and their societal roles.

An account of the origins and development of literary criticism in the turbulent seventeenth- and eighteenth-century print marketplace.

Finalist, 2018, Reference, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardThe Maps of Fredericksburg: An Atlas of the Fredericksburg Campaign, Including all Cavalry Operations, September 18, 1862 - January 22, 1863 continues Bradley M.

Featuring three original and 14 classic essays, this volume examines literary representations of women in Arthuriana and how women artists have viewed them.

In this book, Stephanie J.

The Ave Treasury of Catholic Prayers is an indispensable keepsake of classic and contemporary prayers that every Catholic should know.

Gives a comprehensive critical picture of the development of British fiction from the election of Thatcher to the present.

Loving finds in the lives and works of the two writers a symbiosis of spirit that transcends the question of literary influence.

Die dreibändige Fontane-Bibliographie, die in einer mehrjährigen Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Fontane-Archiv in Potsdam und der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin entstanden ist, dokumentiert erstmals das gesamte Schrifttum von und über Fontane im Berichtszeitraum von 1839-2004.

Strangers in Blood explores, in a range of early modern literature, the association between migration to foreign lands and the moral and physical degeneration of individuals.

During the economic depression of the 1890s and the speculative frenzy of the following decade, Wall Street, high finance, and market crises assumed unprecedented visibility in the United States.

This book looks at an allegation of betrayal made against a young Foreign Office clerk, Victor Buckley, who, it was claimed, leaked privileged information to agents of the southern States during the American Civil War.

In this study of racial passing literature, Julia S.

Disciplines from literary studies to environmentalism have recently undergone a spectacular reorientation that has refocused entire fields, methodologies, and vocabularies on the world and its sister terms such as globe, planet, and earth.

Most Americans think of the Civil War as a series of dramatic clashes between massive armies led by romantic-seeming leaders.

This book features 27 integrated essays that offer access to the art, life, and legacy of one of the world''s most influential artists.

This is the first collection of criticism on Shakespeare's romances to register the impact of modern literary theory on interpretations of these plays.

The first comprehensive and continuous account of all five thousand years of the history of lexicography.

Networks are a category of study that cuts across traditional academic barriers, uniting diverse disciplines.

Madre Ana's account of her life gives insight into the nature of female monasticism at the turn of the seventeenth century.

The Dooleys of Richmond is the biography of two generations of a dynamic and philanthropic immigrant family in the urban South.

This Companion examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the development of this art form globally.

This book demonstrates the complexity of Bellow''s work by emphasizing the ways in which it reflects the changing conditions of American identity.

This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving into what we now know as science fiction.

Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.

The messages in this book contain words of encouragement for anyone who is struggling with a physical affliction or a wide variety of other life altering challenges.