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The Glass Castle features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, including: strength from hardship; abuse; fire; compassion vs. boundaries; the glass castle; and the Joshua tree.

Volume I: Overviews and the History Plays Volume II: The Comedies Volume III: The Tragedies Volume IV: The Romances and Poetry.

While other works cover individual ethnic literary traditions, this encyclopedia is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the spectacularly diverse range of ethnic American writing.

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"Smoothly written and liberally sprinkled with helpful illustrations and photographs. . . . A handy, thoughtful, and substantive reference tool. Highly recommended for secondary, undergraduate, graduate, and public libraries." Choice

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A student guide to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel. It includes chapter-by-chapter analysis and instructions on how to write a literary essay.

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The HumanAnimal Boundary shifts the traditional anthropocentric focus of philosophy and literature by combining the question what is human with the question what is animal The objective is to expand the imaginative scope of humananimal relationships by combining perspectives from different disciplines, traditions, and cultural backgrounds.

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When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

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Features explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols and detailed analysis of important characters.

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A bravura exploration of politics and writing in dark times - part of Radical Thinkers set 14.

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In this collection recognized writers and scholars discuss and analyze Stephen Kings contemporary works. The contributors comment on and critique numerous aspects of Kings literature, including his take on violent criminals, his craft, and his use of the Gothic.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

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When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

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This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writingsmany appearing in English for the first timeoffer explorations into the social, political, and philosophical debates among Japanese literary elites that shaped the countrys literary culture in the aftermath of defeat.

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Reconstructing transnational identities in postcolonial migration, The Postcolonial Subject in Transit highlights the complexities of cultural hybridity in contemporary African diasporic literature. It captures migrants desire for cultural inclusivity in disputed borders and locations of the West.

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An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.

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When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.

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