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This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb

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Sophocles' "Women of Trachis" tells the tragic tale of Herakles return home from his labours. This companion to the play provides the social and historical background and employs a number of critical approaches to interpret the major thematic and dramatic issues of the play.

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Concerns the way we read - or rather, imagine we are listening to - ancient Greek and Latin poetry. This book shows how an understanding of the effects of word order and meter is vital for appreciating the meaning of classical poetry, composed for listening audiences.

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Focusing on the interplay of "text" and "subtext", this book is a comparative study of 12 works of fiction broadly representative of the Western canon. Its aim is to discover what gives these 12 works their lasting appeal and vitality over and beyond their formal qualities.

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Focusing on the interplay of "text" and "subtext", this book is a comparative study of 12 works of fiction broadly representative of the Western canon. Its aim is to discover what gives these 12 works their lasting appeal and vitality over and beyond their formal qualities.

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Based on the author's dissertation, Yale University.

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South African London studies literary responses to London by exiled and migr South Africans between 1948 and 2005 and traces the role London played in the development of South African letters.

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South African London studies literary responses to London by exiled and migr South Africans between 1948 and 2005 and traces the role London played in the development of South African letters.

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This book argues that memory functions as a key element in contemporary South African re-imagining of historical events and in constructing new definitions of national and personal identity. It compares two ways in which memory is embodied: in repertoires of practices, songs, dance, rituals, and in material archives, texts, documents, buildings.

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This is a study of the local and global networks which affected the publication, promotion, and reception of a series of key 'South African' writers and their works between 1883 and 2005 (Olive Schreiner, Roy Campbell, William Plomer, Alan Paton, Alex La Guma, J.M. Coetzee, Zakes Mda), and asking why their work was construed as 'South Africa'

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The first reference of its kind, this encyclopedia covers topics related to literature written in English by authors who were either born in South Asia or who identify themselves with that region.

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This book offers a timely exploration of the rapidly growing field of ecocriticism and gives prominence to the writers, creators, theorists, traditions, concerns, and landscapes of Southeast Asia. The contributors emphasize the transnational flows between Southeast Asian countries and Australia, England, Taiwan (Formosa), and the United States.

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Treats publication and critical reception of U.S. writing, especially fiction, in Russia in the first four decades of the Soviet regime, analyzing it in terms of aesthetic and political theory. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print book

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Although the exploration of space has long preoccupied authors and filmmakers, the development of an actual space program, discoveries about the true nature of space, and critical reconsiderations of America's frontier experiences have challenged and complicated conventional portrayals of humans in space.

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Spaces of Creation examines the creative and synergistic potential of mothers and daughters in diverse Francophone societies. The study reveals that problematic issues of dynamic, postcolonial societies can and do fuel creative acts on the part of women.

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Spaces of Creation examines the creative and synergistic potential of mothers and daughters in diverse Francophone societies. The study reveals that problematic issues of dynamic, postcolonial societies can and do fuel creative acts on the part of women.

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Spaces of Madness examines the role of the insane asylum in Argentine prose works published between 1889 and 2011. The authors studied in Spaces of Madness include Manuel T. Podest, Roberto Arlt, Leopoldo Marechal, Julio Cortzar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Juan Jos Saer, Abelardo Castillo, Ricardo Piglia, and Luisa Valenzuela.