Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

The hilarious new collection of stories and observations from Jeremy Clarkson - setting our off-kilter world to rights with thigh-slapping wit once again.

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.

In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville s works in the twenty-first century.

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.

This inspiring survey challenges conventional ways of viewing the Victorian novel.

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.

This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer s life with an examination of his works.

This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it.

Gothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others.

Utopias fail.

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite.

The Political Poetess challenges familiar accounts of the figure of the nineteenth-century Poetess, offering new readings of Poetess performance and criticism.

What do we mean when we say that a novel's conclusion "e;feels right"e;?

How African American writers used Victorian literature to create a literature of their ownTackling fraught but fascinating issues of cultural borrowing and appropriation, this groundbreaking book reveals that Victorian literature was put to use in African American literature and print culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in much more intricate, sustained, and imaginative ways than previously suspected.

How the digital revolution has shaped our languageIn the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself.

At a time when the bulwarks of the music industry are collapsing, what does it mean to be a successful musician and artist?

A classic of British cultural studies, Profane Culture takes the reader into the worlds of two important 1960s youth cultures-the motor-bike boys and the hippies.

Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature.

Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches?

What is the best way to understand black political ideology?

A wide variety of problem-solving courts have been developed in the United States over the past two decades and are now being adopted in countries around the world.

"e;Violent scenes in American fiction are not only brutal, bleak, and gratuitous,"e; writes Michael Kowalewski.

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Descubre la esencia del 'hygge', el secreto danés para una vida más feliz y significativa, en esta guía práctica y acogedora que te llevará por un viaje transformador hacia el bienestar y la felicidad cotidiana.

Es gibt mehrere gute Gründe, vergleichende Blicke auf die Schriftsteller Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) und Karl May (1842 – 1912) zu werfen.

This vast illustrated collection presents Henry James in extraordinary breadth: 22 novels, 112 short stories, 12 plays, travel writings, essays, autobiographies, and biographies.

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Coffee: Emerging Health Benefits and Disease Prevention presents a comprehensive overview of the recent scientific advances in the field.

Coffee: Emerging Health Benefits and Disease Prevention presents a comprehensive overview of the recent scientific advances in the field.

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.

In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville s works in the twenty-first century.

This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club .

This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club .

To gain an understanding of any literary era, one should be exposed to the language of its time and place in history.

To gain an understanding of any literary era, one should be exposed to the language of its time and place in history.

Written by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collection of essays provides the most up-to-date scholarship on James s writings available today.

This companion to America's greatest woman poet showcases the diversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field of Dickinson studies.

Reading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional genres produced in the United States from the late 18th century until the Civil War, and helps introductory students to interpret and understand the fiction from this popular period.

Reading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional genres produced in the United States from the late 18th century until the Civil War, and helps introductory students to interpret and understand the fiction from this popular period.

A BRONT ENCYCLOPEDIA This lively, absorbing, meticulously researched compendium is a rich resource both for the general reader and for the specialist Bront scholar.

Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel is a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815.

Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel is a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815.

By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet s most creative period of life and writing.

By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet s most creative period of life and writing.

Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s.

Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s.

This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism.

This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism.

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.

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.