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"Provides a historical and theoretical account of how the point of view of minorities has affected and complicated the dominant representation of reality in Latin America"--

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Examines Shakespeare's role in contemporary culture -- .

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This text traces the intellectual and institutional deployment of the culture concept in England and America in the first half of the 20th century. It works across disciplinary lines to embrace literary, literary critical, and anthropological writing.

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This critical anthology examines the place of the sublime in the cultural history of the late eighteenth century and Romantic period. Cultures of the Sublime recovers a broad context for engagements with, and writing about, the sublime, offering a selection of texts from a wide range of areas which both generate and investigate sublime effects.

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This critical anthology examines the place of the sublime in the cultural history of the late eighteenth century and Romantic period. Cultures of the Sublime recovers a broad context for engagements with, and writing about, the sublime, offering a selection of texts from a wide range of areas which both generate and investigate sublime effects.

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How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's Which novels do American soldiers read When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature And is there any link between asthma and literary genius This title contemplates the import of questions such as these, and attempts a few answers in a series of essays.

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This is a structured guide to the work and life of D.H. Lawrence. The biographical essay is by John Worthen. The other information on his poems, writing, paintings characters and settings are set out so as to facilitate easy access for the reader. Coverage of films of Lawrence's work is included.

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A detailed examination of how certain Gothic bodies have taken on mythical status within western culture. -- .

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A detailed examination of how certain Gothic bodies have taken on mythical status within western culture. -- .

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Focuses on the life and literary art of Graham Greene, one of the last century's most celebrated authors. This title brings together writers, journalists and scholars to investigate as well as to assess Greene's prolific oeuvre and intense personal interests.

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This study takes a fresh and candid look at Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and a sample of criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Defoe's work for the first time.

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This study takes a fresh and candid look at Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and a sample of criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Defoe's work for the first time.

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Investigates the influence of Danish literature on world literature, from Hans Christian Andersen to modern Scandinavian crime fiction.

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A significant modern biography of the Italian master.

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A psychological approach to Dante, based on the Jungian concept of the night journey.

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William Franke reads Dante's poetic language in the Paradiso in the light of contemporary critical theory by such thinkers as Derrida, Blanchot and Bataille.

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William Franke reads Dante's poetic language in the Paradiso in the light of contemporary critical theory by such thinkers as Derrida, Blanchot and Bataille.

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Groundbreaking, erudite and interdisciplinary volume on the influence of Dante throughout the Victorian period -- .

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Unearthing previously unseen manuscript and print evidence, the book redefines the notion of Dantes reception by conducting the first material and book-historical inquiry into the formation and popularisation of the the critical and scholarly discourse on Dante in Victorian culture.

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Unearthing previously unseen manuscript and print evidence, the book redefines the notion of Dantes reception by conducting the first material and book-historical inquiry into the formation and popularisation of the the critical and scholarly discourse on Dante in Victorian culture.