Literary reference works

It is the not-too-distant future, and the rapture has occurred.

Examines the effect of prescribed multilingualism as expressed by women writers in colonial contexts What does it mean to be an heir, as a woman writer, to colonial and postcolonial cultures in which European language has become so thoroughly ingrained?

In the aftermath of America's centennial celebrations of 1876, readers developed an appetite for chronicles of the nation's past.

What should Lolita look like?

Alle Literatur arbeitet mit begrifflich vermitteltem Schein, der Sachverhalte bildhaft vor Augen stellt.

This volume examines the concerns – political, literary, and identity-based – of contemporary Asian American literatures in neoliberal times.

This collection analyzes and explains the central contexts and themes relevant to Thomas Pynchon''s fiction.

The first full scholarly edition of Desperate Remedies (1871), Thomas Hardy''s first published novel.

This Companion shows in new ways how Orwell''s most famous work continues to be a novel for our times.

The first one-volume history of Canadian fiction covering its growth and development from earliest times to the present day.

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years.

Young people who feel marginalized due to physical differences or disabilities may benefit from discovering fictional characters who face similar difficulties.

Between the late 1890s and the early 1900s, the young Irish writer John Millington Synge journeyed across his home country, documenting his travels intermittently for ten years.

First published in 1940.

Contradictory ideals of egalitarianism and self-reliance haunt America's democratic state.

As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and social sciences by examining how Black women's cultural production engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in global society during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance in Augustan literature.

This book, first published in 1950, could best be described as a combination of literary, psychological and social criticism.

Die Vorverlegung des Fremdsprachenerwerbs in den Elementarbereich ist eines der erklärten Ziele der europäischen Sprachenpolitik zur Förderung der individuellen Mehrsprachigkeit.

The desire to engage and confront traumatic subjects was a facet of Irish literature for much of the twentieth century.

Was ist das Geheimnis des guten Stils, wie wird aus Sprache Literatur?

Examining the origins of the Arthurian legend and major trends in the portrayal of Arthur from the Middle Ages to the present, this collection focuses on discussion of literature written in English, French, Latin, and German.

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.

This unique collection of essays applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor.

This history of the Union XII Corps “skillfully weaves firsthand accounts into a compelling story about the triumphs and defeats of this venerable unit” (Bradley M.

Race mixture has played a formative role in the history of the Americas, from the western expansion of the United States to the political consolidation of emerging nations in Latin America.

This volume traces the formation of the Asian American literary canon and the field of Asian American Studies from 1965–1996.

First published in 1959, Outlines of Classical Literature is a guide for students of English literature who too often come to this difficult and complex subject with little or no knowledge of one of its principal sources.

Winner, 2018, Unit History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book AwardWith the publication of Under the Crescent Moon with the XI Corps in the Civil War: Volume.

The fact that Eliot disapproved of Romanticism is clear from his critical essays, where he often appears to reject it absolutely.

In these turbulent times we need a strong anchor.

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism.

It is a special joy to have the complete text of The Gift, a stunning work in the H.

This book deals with all aspects of the Merlin legend, from its origins to its expression in medieval and modern literature, film, and popular culture.

A Companion to the Bront s brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Bront family.

The prophet Jeremiah, mourning his people in the city of Zion, spoke of the balm that could heal them.

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

Given a life spent in scholarship and controversy, it is easy to forget how much energy Martin Luther devoted to helping the common person understand and take comfort from Gods word.

Michael J.

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

The first comprehensive examination of the nineteenth-century Ku Klux Klan since the 1970s, Ku-Klux pinpoints the group's rise with startling acuity.

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.

A longtime military history professor at Virginia Military Institute and prolific author, Spencer Tucker examines the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War.

Anne Spencer's identity as an artist grew from her relationship to the natural world.

Walt Whitman "e;is America,"e; according to Ezra Pound.

The poems in Things Not Seen are by turns playful, witty, and serious.