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Building on aesthetic, sociological, and literary theories, the author focuses on a selection of novelists from the early 1800s to the early 1900s and their contribution to the sociological imagination. Throughout the text, the book considers these stories that are telling in light of social issues today.

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As more works of African Literature are being incorporated into the Language Arts and Cultural Studies curriculum, it becomes increasingly important to offer students and educators a meaningful context in which to explore these works.

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Going beyond the usual literary criticism, this book considers works of Latin American literature not only in terms of literary merit, but also with regard to their place in the literary heritage.

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The Caribbean is an exotic but not too distant land, full of rich cultural traditions. Students in literature courses will value this book as a guide to popular works by Caribbean writers, while students in social studies courses will learn how to use literature to study Caribbean culture.

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A study of how three important European thinkers - Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot - use the Binding of Isaac to illuminate the sacrificial situation of the literary writer. It shows that literature plays a vital and heretical role in these three writers' highly idiosyncratic accounts of the Akedah.

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Shows how Kierkegaard, Kafka and Blanchot develop heretical accounts of the sacrifice of Isaac in order to illuminate the sacrificial situation of the literary writer.

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"Originally published in Dutch as Literatuur, autonomie en engagement. Pleidooi voor een nieuw paradigm by Amsterdam University Press . . . Amsterdam, the Netherlands."

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Addresses the interface between literature and theory. This book examines a wide range of authors, from Dickens to Joyce, and engages directly with a number of major theorists - including Derrida, Miller, Bloom, Heidegger, Agamben. It takes the reader on a journey through the issues and ideas involved in reading literature, in theory.

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Addresses the interface between literature and theory. This book examines a wide range of authors, from Dickens to Joyce, and engages directly with a number of major theorists - including Derrida, Miller, Bloom, Heidegger, Agamben. It takes the reader on a journey through the issues and ideas involved in reading literature, in theory.

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Offers an account of political change since 1945, and how such change shaped the cultural output of our time. This book looks at how and when literature intersects with other cultural forms - including jazz and rock music, television, journalism, commercial and "mass" cultures - and the growth of American cultural dominance.

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Assessing the accomplishments and failings of literary theory, this work defends the methods and goals of a theoretical commitment tempered by the wisdom of common sense. It is organized not by school of thought but around seven central questions: literariness, the author, the world, the reader, style, history, and value.

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Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory.

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Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory.

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Famous phrases, literary terms, memorable characters, the secret lives and loves of authors--facts, fiction, and fundamentals to delight every reader. This entertaining compendium covers thousands of years of literary endeavors in compact and informative question-and-answer format. Each answer puts the work or author into a historical and literary context. Bibliography. Index.

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This volume demonstrates how the Hundred Years War (13371453) provides a necessary context for late-medieval literature. It shows how war impacted the lives and works of major writers like Geoffrey Chaucer, Christine de Pizan, and Catherine of Siena, while also arguing for a transnational approach that moves beyond the Anglo-French core.

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A young scholar goes to Grandmother's house--and beyond--to uncover the surprisingly complex and contradictory morals we've learned from this seemingly simple folk tale