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This is the first study to cover Tan's entire oeuvre, and offers students and general readers an accessible, probing analysis of Tan's highly successful novels within broader debates about the representation of identity, history and reality.

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The bulk of the Companion comprises alphabetically arranged entries on Bierce's major works and characters and on historical persons and writers who figured prominently in his life and career.

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Alphabetically arranged entries for Anne Tyler's works, characters, and themes.

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Albert provides a survey of the impact of jazz on both American and foreign fiction, along with an annotated listing of almost 400 short stories, novels, plays, and jazz fiction criticism.

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Since 1965 Geoffrey Shepherd's edition of Philip Sidney's "Apology" has been the standard, and this revision, with a new introduction and extensive notes, is designed to introduce the soldier-poet's work to a new generation of readers at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Bring favorite authors and children together in your classroom with these three acclaimed books. Each book includes biographical information, a photo page, booklists, and numerous activities designed to build reading skills by stimulating reading fun.

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a mystery in her own lifetime, and her poems continue to challenge their readers.

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H.P. Lovecraft is commonly regarded as the leading author of supernatural fiction in the 20th century. This encyclopedia is a guide to many aspects of Lovecraft's life and work, codifying the detailed research on Lovecraft conducted by many scholars since the 1970s.

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George Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth is one of the Elizabethan theatre's most successful comedies. In his new Revels edition, Charles Edelman presents a play that will delight today's readers and audiences as much as it did those of 1597. -- .

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George Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth is one of the Elizabethan theatre's most successful comedies. In his new Revels edition, Charles Edelman presents a play that will delight today's readers and audiences as much as it did those of 1597. -- .

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"This book will be useful to students of Ibsen and therefore belongs in the reference collections of all but the smallest public and academic libraries. . . . In all respects admirable." Reference Books Bulletin

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There has been an explosion of interest in Francophone studies, as postcolonial and diaspora literatures more generally have gained recognition both within and outside the academy. The number of Francophone Caribbean women writers has increased, and the contributors explore this trend.

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This book provides an informative, critical and concise introduction to the literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, contextualising the literature and introducing the pre-eminent authors of the period.

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This book provides an informative, critical and concise introduction to the literature of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, contextualising the literature and introducing the pre-eminent authors of the period.

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The significant developments as trends in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish literature are outlined and characterized in this history of Old Norse to modern Scandinavian writing.

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This book provides a detailed listing of titles authored by William Taylor Adams under his own name, as well as under his various pseudonyms. the title index lists the titles and title variations of books, series, magazines, and serializations, and provides cross-references to pertinent entry numbers throughout the work.

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This encyclopedia mixes shorter entries conveying specific information for foraging readers with longer, more discursive articles for readers wanting more reflective engagement with Pratchett's novels.

Entries on novels and characters not only highlight Pratchett's celebrated inventiveness but also analyse the underlying meanings.

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With its subtle literary readings and its philosophical commentary, this volume will be a significant resource for courses in West Indian and Third World literature, literature and culture, and race and gender in literature.

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A unique anthology devoted to a single story-"Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov-which exposes the way we read and interpret short stories.

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A unique anthology devoted to a single story-"Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov-which exposes the way we read and interpret short stories.