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The Afterlife of Property: Domestic Security and the Victorian Novel
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The Afterlife of Property: Domestic Security and the Victorian Novel
by Jeff Numokawa

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In The Afterlife of Property, Jeff Nunokawa investigates the conviction passed on by the Victorian novel that a woman's love is the only fortune a man can count on to last. Taking for his example four texts, Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit and Dombey and...
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Philosophy of Literature
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Philosophy of Literature
by Christopher New

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Lucid,,well-organised and free of jargon, Philosophy of Literature: An Introduction offers fresh approaches to traditional issues and raises new questions about the nature of philosop- hical problems which literature gives rise to....
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The Robert B. Parker Companion
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The Robert B. Parker Companion
by Dean James

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'Finally, here is the complete guide to Robert B. Parker's novels from Spenser to Jesse Stone to Sunny Randall, plot summaries, cast of characters, Boston locations and maps, and more. Even before he was named Grand Master for Lifetime Achievement by the...
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Marxist Shakespeares
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Marxist Shakespeares
by Jean E. Howard

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"Marxist Shakespeares" uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare's plays afresh. The essays collected here reveal the continuing power of Marxist thought to address many issues including: * the relationship of...
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U in My Soul
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U in My Soul
by Kam Patel

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U in My Soul is an exceptional collection of love poems, trying to bring out...
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The American Puritan Elegy
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The American Puritan Elegy
by Jeffrey A. Hammond

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This book is a critical study of the Puritan funeral elegies of early New England....
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Out of Place: Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity
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Out of Place: Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity
by Ian Baucom

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In a 1981 debate on the British Nationality Act, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend. Ian Baucom...
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CliffsNotes The Taming of the Shrew
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CliffsNotes The Taming of the Shrew
by Kate Maurer

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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the...
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The Twentieth Century in Poetry
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The Twentieth Century in Poetry
by Peter Childs

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The Twentieth Century in Poetry examines both 'English' poetry through the events of the twentieth century and British history through its representations in recent poetry....
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The Anti-Jacobin Novel
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The Anti-Jacobin Novel
by M. O. Grenby

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Offers new insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels....
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Space, Time, and Infinity: Essays on Fantastic Literature
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Space, Time, and Infinity: Essays on Fantastic Literature
by Brian, Stableford

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This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature features the following pieces: "Setting Ideas in Space, Time, and Infinity," "The Necessity of Science Fiction," "The British and American Traditions of Speculative Fiction,"...
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Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran
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Jasmine and Stars: Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran
by Fatemeh Keshavarz

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In a direct, frank, and intimate exploration of Iranian literature and society, scholar, teacher, and poet Fatemeh Keshavarz challenges popular perceptions of Iran as a society bereft of vitality and joy. Her fresh perspective on present day Iran...
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Intertextuality
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Intertextuality
by Graham Allen

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This book follows all the major turns in intertextuality's history, and explains how intertextuality is employed. It will prove invaluable for any student studying literature and culture....
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Outsiders Together: Virginia and Leonard Woolf
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Outsiders Together: Virginia and Leonard Woolf
by Natania Rosenfeld

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The marriage of Virginia and Leonard Woolf is best understood as a dialogue of two outsiders about ideas of social and political belonging and exclusion. These ideas infused the written work of both partners and carried over into literary modernism...
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Romanticism
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Romanticism
by Aidan Day

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Day considers the history and usage of the term and the changing views and debates which surround it. A range of writers - canonical and non-canonical - are included, as are contemporary debates such as feminism and new historicism....
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What's Left of Theory?
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What's Left of Theory?
by Judith P. Butler

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A debate on the politics of theory is being conducted within literary studies. What is meant by politics? What is meant by theory? This book brings together not only outstanding questioners, but outstanding questions....
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Magical Worlds of Lord of the Rings, The: The Amazing Myths, Legends, and Facts Behind the Masterpiece
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Magical Worlds of Lord of the Rings, The: The Amazing Myths, Legends, and Facts Behind the Masterpiece
by David Colbert

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"J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit have enthralled readers for more than half a century. The realm of Middle-earth is one of the most fully realized worlds in literature, yet the remarkable mythology upon which Tolkien...
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Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison
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Identifying Fictions of Toni Morrison
by Duvall

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Although all published biographical information on Toni Morrison agrees that her birth name was Chloe Anthony Wofford, John Duvall's book challenges this claim. Using new biographical information, he explores the issue of names and naming in Morrison...
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Posie Meets The Soap People- A Story Samphlet
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Posie Meets The Soap People- A Story Samphlet
by Time Stories That Rhyme Story

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Posie Meets The Soap People- A Story Samphlet introduces the reader to many natural plants that contain soap. Some of the plants are bouncing bet, soap berry, and horse chestnut just to name a few....
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After the War: Contents, Introduction, Biographies
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After the War: Contents, Introduction, Biographies
by Martha King

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Martha King's introduction to the new generation of Italian women writers she has selected for the Italica press anthology: 'After the War: A Collection of Short Fiction by Postwar Italian Women.'...
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