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Questing Fictions was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Questing Fictions analyzes twentieth-century Latin American fiction in the light of contemporary literary theory.

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At his death in 2000, R S Thomas was widely considered to be one of the major poets of the English-speaking world, having been nominated for the Nobel prize for Literature. This title provides an introduction to Thomas' life and work, as well as fresh perspectives and insights for those already familiar with the poetry.

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At his death in 2000, R. S. Thomas was widely considered to be one of the major poets of the English-speaking world, having been nominated for the Nobel prize for Literature. With Dylan Thomas, R. S. Thomas is probably Wales's best-known poet internationally.

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R. S. Thomas and Rowan Williams enjoy an international reputation. This book demonstrates how the spiritual poetry of both has its roots in a remarkable late twentieth-century bicultural tradition that was unique to Wales.

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"One of America's most intelligent, politically committed and challenging performance artists."--Village Voice

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A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatistand, according to many, its greatest and most representative authorMitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination.

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A redrawing of the lineage of Brazilian and Spanish-American literatures, this book advocates an understanding of the relationships between cultures as a process of "transculturation" rather than "acculturation"-a process that emphasizes the often- ignored impact of the peripheral culture on the one that assumes.

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Following studies of Lovecraft and Stephen King, this book pays overdue attention to Kings equally prolific contemporary, Britains Ramsey Campbell. Focusing on neglected longer fictions, the book Ramsey Campbell discusses the writers prose style and treatment of Gothic, interpreting his work theoretically.

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Reading Across the Pacific is a study of literary and cultural engagement between the United States and Australia from a contemporary interdisciplinary perspective.

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This study applies the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, to novels by contemporary British writers. The first monograph-length study of postmemory in British fiction, it focuses on a group of texts about the World Wars. -- .

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David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

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David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

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The fourteen contributors to this volume address de Man's theory and practice of reading, the nature of those readings and what they signify for reading in general, not just literary texts.

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In this book, Marilynn Desmond reveals how a constructed and mediated tradition of reading Virgil has conditioned various interpretations among readers responding to medieval cultural and literary texts.

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Mack offers a wide-ranging exploration of the creative power of literary tradition, from the middle ages to the 21st century, revealing in new ways how it helps writers and readers make new works and meanings.

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Covers the practice of feminist criticism in the context of Latin American literature, bringing together Latin American materialist and feminist criticism. The female body is at the centre of this analysis and is tied to a political movement dedicated to the eradication of gender oppression.

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Barack Obama, Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Gates on the importance of reading, books, and...

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