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Through the lens of ecocriticism, history, memory, and gender studies, this book studies the many ways in which the image of the river has been integrated into Latin/o American literature from the period of exploration and colonization to modern times, examining the imagery and symbolism tied to rivers in the writings of the region.

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In this speculative treatment of literature as a social institution, Alvin B. Kernan explores the inability of contemporary writers and critics to maintain a literary vision in a society that denies their values and methods. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availab

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A monograph investigating the way in which detective fiction reflects wider issues in society.

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Examines detective fiction and its complex relationship to the modern and to modernity. This monograph focuses on two key themes: the moral relationship of detection to a particular social world and the attempt to restore and even improve the social world that has been threatened and fractured by a crime, usually that of murder.

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An analysis of a range of American literature reflecting the experience of European and non-western immigrant groups. This work draws broad conclusions about the changes in American attitudes toward immigration and adverse cultures that are reflected in the literature.

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American literature is typically seen as something that inspired its own conception and that sprang into being as a cultural offshoot of America's desire for national identity. This title revisits the landscape of early American literature and radically revises its features.

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Investigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed in phenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. This book examines the interest that Joyce and Proust share in the concept of incarnation.

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This volume examines literature for young people concerning the Indian subcontinent and associated areas: Bangladesh; the Himalayan kingdoms of Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim and Tibet; India; Pakistan; and Sri Lanka. It presents the perspective of native and non-native, mainly Western, authors.

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The Influence of the European Culture on Hemingway's Fiction is an essential companion to those who study Hemingway. The Europe that Hemingway experienced and recorded in his writing is arguably one of the most important elements in his fiction. This study will provide insight into the European settings of some of Hemingway's most iconic fiction.

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The Influence of the European Culture on Hemingways Fiction is an essential companion to those who study Hemingway. The Europe that Hemingway experienced and recorded in his writing is one of the most important elements in his fiction. This study will provide insight into the European settings of some of Hemingways most iconic fiction

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The first truly international collection of essays on Dickinson covering her reception in Europe, South America, Israel and Japan.

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Emily Dickinson's poetry is known and read worldwide but there have been no studies of her reception and influence outside America. This title presents a collection of essays on Dickinson covering her reception in abroad including translations, circulation and the responses of private and professional readers to her poetry in different countries.

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Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century. This book brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett's international critical reception.

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A collection of research by leading scholars on the international reception of Beckett.

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Brings together a wide range of international perspectives on TS Eliot, an influential twentieth-century author, who as poet, critic, and editor did much to shape modernist poetics, not only in Europe and North America, but also world-wide.

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