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Provides an insight into the original context, qualities and influence of George Orwell's essays. This title presents the examination of his genius as an essayist. It unravels the variety, complexity and, occasional inconsistency, of essays.

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"A portrait of George Orwell that gives centre-stage to his deep commitment to freedom of speech and thought, and to speaking truth to power"--

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George Sand was admired by Dostoevsky, Whitman, and others as a great writer. But in modern times, she is remembered mainly as a 'femme fatale' who wore trousers, smoked cigars and lived with Chopin. Talking about the myths about her, this book offers insights into her writings, sexuality and the relationship between these two spheres of her life.

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This book contains key writings by early 20th century German playwrights, which are the source of Expressionist art both in literature and film, including Georg Kaiser, Gottfried Benn and Carl Sternheim.

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Includes Adalbert Stifer's Preface to Many-Colored Stones, Granite and Limestone; Annette von Droste-Hulshoff's The Jews Beech; Jeremias Gotthelf's The Black Spider; Franz Grillparzer's The Poor Musician; and Eduard Morike's Mozart on the Way to Prague.

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In a fascinating study of what, during the last decade, rekindled an avid readership, Judith Wilt proposes a new theory of Gothic fiction that challenges its reputation as merely a formula to be outgrown or a stock of images for the creation of terror. Emphasizing instead its status as an enduring component of the imagination, she establishes the G

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This collection of essays redefines what gothic has become in the contemporary world, examining the idea of an emerging gothic that is inextricable from the broader global context in which it circulates. Globalgothic expands the horizons of the genre in diverse new and exciting ways. -- .

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This collection of essays redefines what gothic has become in the contemporary world, examining the idea of an emerging gothic that is inextricable from the broader global context in which it circulates. Globalgothic expands the horizons of the genre in diverse new and exciting ways. -- .

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A consideration of the literary contribution of Gloria Naylor within the context of the African American narrative traditions, using analysis of her five novels. It shows how she links the trials of her African American characters to the struggles of any human being facing large obstacles.

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A pathbreaking work which draws out Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society.

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A pathbreaking work which draws out Goethe's pivotal influence on the development of Western society.

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Alone of the great Russian novels of the nineteenth-century, Dead Souls has remained almost as profound a mystery to critics as it was when it first appeared. James Woodward disputes the traditional view of Gogol's work, contending that it is not a sprawling mass of loosely connected episodes, details, and digressions. His close reading of the text

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Examines Celine's entire oeuvre of the interwar years and the occupation, and places it in the literary and intellectual context of contemporary France.

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Hunter S Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. This work looks at Hunter S Thompson's complex relationship with America. It examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11.

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Hunter S Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist. This work looks at Hunter S Thompson's complex relationship with America. It examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11.

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Exploring traditional and more contemporary depictions of romantic heroines, as well as changing approaches to sexuality, she assesses the degree to which the values of the sexual revolution and women's movement have penetrated this form of popular culture.

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Baker and Gibson show that while Vidal's novels are tremendously entertaining, they are also serious examinations of a recurring themethe decline of the West in general and the decline of the United States in particular.

A biographical sketch of the writer precedes a general discussion of Vidal's early novels.

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This book is a study of the powers of Gothic in late twentieth-century fiction film. Susanne Becker argues that the Gothic, two hundred years after it emerged, exhibits unchanged vitality in our media age with its obsession for incessant stimulation and excitement.