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Celebrating the wealth of quality multicultural literature recently published for children and young adults, this valuable resource examines the fiction, oral tradition, and poetry from four major ethnic groups in the United States.

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Professor Quinones describes significant stages in the development of literary Modernism, redefining the period as extending from about 1900 to 1940, and beyond, and not as an entity centered on the 1920s. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-o

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Traces the evolution of Russia's onetime capital from a 'conceptual hierarchy' to a living cultural system. This book seeks to revise the literary monumentalization of St Petersburg - with Pushkin and Dostoevsky representing two traditional albeit opposing perspectives - to offer a view of an urban landscape.

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Discussing the work of Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, John Cowper Powys and Mary Butts, this title maps various districts of the 'west country' to redefine the 'parochial'; while being keenly aware of their own status as natives locked into complex histories of self-exile and return, estrangement and ardent identification.

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Considers four regional writers and their complex relationship with concepts of space and place at a time of seismic social change.

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Explores the study of literature and literary history in light of global changes, looking at what defines world literature in the 21st century. Surveying ideas of literature from Goethe onwards, the author devises a compelling concept of literary constellations.

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Explores the study of literature and literary history in the light of globalization and argues that international canonization of books and authors can be used as an instrument for textual analysis of world literature. This title also offers a nuanced understanding of the mechanism of canonization in the international sphere.

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Although William James was a significant presence in Paris in the early 20th century, the role he played in the creation of Marcel Prousts ground-breaking novel la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars. Much of what made Prousts novel so original stems from Jamess writings, which were available to Proust in translation.

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An accessible, irreverent guide to one of the most admired--and entertaining--novels of the past century. There is no other guide like this: a user-friendly and enticing entry into the marvelously enjoyable world of Proust.

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Provides an introduction to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. This is a guide for understanding this Stoic author - the only philosopher who was also an emperor.

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Provides an introduction to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. This title presents an exploration of the life and philosophical reflections of this complex Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor.

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The book offers close scrutiny of three illustrative works: Cat's Eye as the artist novel, The Handmaid's Tale as a dystopian novel, and The Blind Assassin as a villainess novel. This book extends the dialogue surrounding Atwood's work in several important ways.

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In Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Margaret Atwood.

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Features a collection of essays that offers contemporary critical readings and assessments of three Atwood texts - "The Robber Bride", "The Blind Assassin", and "Oryx and Crake".

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A collection of original essays offering contemporary critical readings and assessments of three well known Atwood texts - "The Robber Bride", "The Blind Assassin", and "Oryx and Crake". It reveals not only Atwood's engagement with the issues that have long preoccupied her, but also her increasing formal complexity as a novelist.

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Margaret Cavendish was the most extraordinary seventeenth-century Englishwoman, refusing to be silent when exiled by the Crowmellian regime, she fought to make her voice heard through her fascinating publications. -- .

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This collection places the life and work of Margaret Harkness at the heart of a broader consideration of the socially turbulent decades around the turn of the twentieth century in order to illuminate historical forms of women's political activism. -- .

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A bibliography of annotated entries for all published English-language materials by or about Marge Piercy from her first poem in 1956 to her latest novel in 1996 including print and electronic sources. Works by Piercy are arranged chronologically and annotations include publilcation history and list of contents for poetry collections.

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Offers an approach to contemporary literature, emphasising the links in the depiction of marginalized groups in contemporary fiction. This study provides readings of a wide range of contemporary British novels that represent characters or communities at the margin of society.