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A Guide to Twentieth-Century Women Novelists
by Kathleen Wheeler  Publisher Comments Kathleen Wheeler's critical guide is a major work of reference analysing the narrative practices and stylistic devices of women novelists all over the English-speaking world....
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Critical Terms for Literary Study 2ND Edition
by Frank Lentricchia Publisher Comments Since its publication in 1990, Critical Terms for Literary Study has become a landmark introduction to the work of literary theory—giving tens of thousands of students an unparalleled encounter with what it means to do theory and criticism...
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The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time
by Daniel S Burt Publisher Comments Author Daniel S. Burt has compiled a compelling assessment of the 100 most influential...
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Invitation To the Classics
by Louise (edt) Cowan Synopsis Here are concise, readable, and stimulating introductions to about seventy of the greatest books and authors in human history. The editors believe that Christians need to read the classics in order to see Christ in the context of the human situation....
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A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms, Second Edition (Facts on File Writer's Library)
by Edward Quinn Publisher Comments This dictionary explores more than 1,000 literary terms and themes-with 200 new to this edition. New entries include traditional literary terms and themes; terrorism and prison literature, and more; and popular subjects such as alcoholism, baseball, and...
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Nobel Prize Winners: Supplement, 1987-1991
by Paula Mcguire Book News Annotation Updates Nobel Prize Winners (1987), to provide biographical sketches of the 49 men, women, and institutions who have received the Nobel Prize through 1991. The 1,200-1,500 word essays are arranged alphabetically. Also includes lists of winners 1901-91...
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Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism
by Paul Poplawski Publisher Comments Modernism is still widely acknowledged as perhaps the most important and influential artistic and cultural phenomenon of the 20th century. Written by expert scholars from around the world and covering hundreds of different topics in a clear, incisive...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
by Oxford Publisher Comments From Jacques Derrida's differance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. To help remedy the average reader's bafflement, this new Third Edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Literary...
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Concise Glossary of Cultural Theory
by Peter Brooker Publisher Comments This glossary of key terms is an indispensable guide to the changing meanings and issues in cultural studies and the broader study of culture. Written with the student and general reader in mind, the entries present cultural theory as an active and...
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Contributions to the Study of World Literature #11: Lowell Mason: A Bio-Bibliography
by Carol A. Pemberton Publisher Comments This comprehensive reference is a study of Lowell Mason, the pioneer music educator and composer/arranger who became known primarily for his wide influence on American musical culture. As in other volumes of the bio-bibliography series, this book...
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Concise Oxford Companion To English Lite
by Oxford Publisher Comments A superb reference for readers of English literature, this abridgement of Harvey's Oxford Companion to English Literature is now in its second edition, with revisions based on the fourth edition of the Companion. All of Harvey's principal entries on...
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Novelists and Novels: A Collection of Critical Essays
by Harold Bloom Publisher Comments Harold Bloom is America's most esteemed literary critic and one of the greatest critical minds of our time. Gathered here are his writings on the indispensable novels and novelists in the Western tradition. Novelists and Novels contains the best of Bloom'...
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Cambridge Guide To Literature in English 3RD Edition
by Cambridge Publisher Comments The most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available....
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The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France
by Constant J. Mews Publisher Comments "The Lost Letters of Heloise and Abelard" looks at the earlier correspondence between these two famous individuals, revealing the emotions and intimate exchanges that occurred between them....
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William Empson Against the Christians V2
by John Haffenden Publisher Comments Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century. <BR>Against the Christians...
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Oxford Guide To Literature in English Translat
by Peter France Publisher Comments This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literatures of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an...
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Literature Reading Reacting Writing 5TH Edition
by Kirszner Publisher Comments This compact edition retains all the features that have made the full edition so successful in a smaller, affordable volume: The first compact three-genre introduction to literature text to address the changing canon is now the first to include a guide...
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New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Vol
by M Thomas Inge Publisher Comments Offering a comprehensive view of the South's literary landscape, past and present, this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates the region's ever-flourishing literary culture and recognizes the ongoing evolution of the southern...
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The Princeton Handbook of Multicultural Poetries
by Princeton Publisher Comments Drawn from the acclaimed New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, the articles in this concise new reference book provide a complete survey of the poetic history and practice in every major national literature or cultural tradition in the world....
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Masterpieces of African American Litera
by Frank N Magill Book News Annotation This companion volume to Masterpieces of World Literature (1989) highlights the literary achievements of African-American authors from the 18th century to the present with individual articles on 149 major works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and...
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