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Investigates the crucial question of 'restitution' in the work of W. G. Sebald. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplines, with a foreword by his English translator Anthea Bell. -- .

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Frankenstein is one of the most popular classroom texts in high school and college, and Shelley's other works are attracting renewed attention.

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This is the most extensive account of Moore's fiction to date that considers his many works from the early stories to the recent novel, No Other Life.

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At one time, Mickey Spillane had authored seven of the top ten bestsellers in history, and may have been the most widely read author in the world. Lengthier entries summarize the plots of his works, including I, the Jury; Select entries list works for further reading, and the volume concludes with a brief bibliography.

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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied comedies. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, and film versions as well as opera and ballet. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of research on the play.

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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied comedies. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, and film versions as well as opera and ballet. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of research on the play.

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Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding.

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Louisa May Alcott has always been associated with literature for young adults and children. This unique book marks the first general printing of an Alcott story and the first reprinting in some 75 years of a neglected Alcott novel.

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Using a broad range of literature to examine the political culture of white South Africa, Peck finds both a preoccupation with political issues and a dislike for politics.

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An investigation of a wide range of contemporary sources, from domestic conduct guides to emblem books, this study offers fresh perspectives on both culture and literature. -- .

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A guide to primary and secondary data on the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. It comprises around 1500 entries, identifying all of Hawthorne's characters, summarizing the plots of his fiction and the substance of his essays, and introducing his family members, friends and associates.

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Novelist Isabel Colegate explores the lives and works of those who've followed the call of solitude, from Lao Tzu and the Desert Fathers to Wordsworth and Thoreau.

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Defining the picture book and describing its history and technological evolution, this title discusses various points of interest about picture books: anatomy, types of illustration, layouts, design elements, typography, types of picture books (genres, formats), and the art of the story.

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There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century.

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In this comprehensive analysis, Richard Ruppel, a former president of the Joseph Conrad Society of America, reveals the radical contingency of the politics in Conrads major fiction. A Political Genealogy of Joseph Conrad is the first full-length analysis of Conrads politics since the 1960s.