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This work examines the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a critique and chronicle of American society during the Jazz Age. The five novels covered are: "This Side of Paradise"; "The Beautiful and Damned"; "The Great Gatsby"; "Tender is The Night"; and "The Last Tycoon".

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Discusses Orwell's works in the context of his life and times and traces the impact Orwell's writings have continued to exert.

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Student Companion to Herman Melville provides a critical introduction to the life and literary works of Herman Melville, the nineteenth-century American author of Moby-Dick, as well as nine other novels and numerous short stories and poems.

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The Student Companion to James Fenimore Cooper At the dawn of America's continental empire, James Fenimore Cooper in the early 1800s became the new nation's first major novelist, inaugurating a great period in American literature and bequeathing a number of classic texts including the Leather-Stocking Tales.

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A critical presentation of Jane Austen's six major works of fiction, including perrenial favourites "Emma" and "Pride and Predjudice". It examimes Austen's own background and the historical context of the characters and events in the novels.

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An examination of the humour and humanity in Mark Twain's short stories, travel narratives and five novels. A biographical account traces Twain's life, and then the text discusses his writing's thematic concerns, plot structure, character development and historical background.

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A critical introduction to the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne designed for high school students and general readers.

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Examining Richard Wright's autobiographical and fictional works, this study also serves students of literature and social history as it explores the themes of racism and all types of institutionalized oppression that Wright exposed in his provocative writings

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Born into a family of writers, Stephen Crane wrote his first poem, I'd Rather Have when he was eight, and his first short story, Uncle Jake and the Bell-Handle, at around the age of 13.

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From his earliest success in 1945 with the poignant 'The Glass Menagerie', until his final curtain call with the 1979 production of 'The Two-Character Play', Tennessee Williams never stopped experimenting with theatrical techniques and striving to explain his richly provocative ideas.

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In the mid- late 1800s and early 1900s, Thomas Hardy produced a plethora of eclectic works that were considered too candid and even sacrilegious for their time.

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Written especially for students, this critical introduction offers criticism of Cather's most widely read novels. A full chapter examines each work, with discussions of character development, thematic concerns, plot, critical reception, and historical contexts.

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An introduction to the Nobel-Prize-winning author's life and work, this book devotes opening chapters to his biography and literary heritage and subsequent chapters to each of his major works.

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A study of Zora Neale Hurston, examining her contributions to the Harlem Renaissance as well as her role as mediator between the black and white worlds in which she lived. A full chapter is devoted to analyzing each of Hurston's major works of fiction and biographical facts are included.

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This book helps students learn about the African literary achievement.

Written expressly for students, this book is far more accessible than other reference works on the subject.

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A collection of studies in German literature presented to John T. Essays written in English and German were contributed by friends of Professor Krumpelmann, including fellow students at Harvard, former colleagues and pupils, as well as associates in professional organizations.

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This book explores ways to study and teach the literary works of William Clark Falkner and William Faulkner to ESL students in todays digital environment. Through these activities, ESL students are expected to comprehend the literature of the American South as the cultural phenomenon that is connected to their own social formations.

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Offers a link between pre-degree study and undergraduate study by introducing students to: the history of English literature from the Renaissance onwards; the key literary genres (poetry, prose, and drama); a range of techniques, tools and terms useful in the analysis of literature; and, critical and theoretical approaches to literature.

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Offers a link between pre-degree study and undergraduate study by introducing students to: the history of English literature from the Renaissance onwards; the key literary genres (poetry, prose, and drama); a range of techniques, tools and terms useful in the analysis of literature; and, critical and theoretical approaches to literature.

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This guide offers an introduction to the basic skills and intellectual tools required for making a study of fiction. It presents an explanation of the most common features of prose, using practical examples drawn from six short stories which are included as part of the study programme. -- .

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This book provides an accessible introductory guide to some of the most important aspects of literary theory, linking them to more traditional terms and approaches.

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