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This guide explores the dominant methodologies, theories and debates surrounding the emergence of the novel during the eighteenth century. Covering key criticism on authors such as Defoe, Fielding, Richardson and Austen, the emphasis is on how critical work is interrelated, allowing readers to discern trends in the critical conversation.

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With the full cooperation of Stephen King himself, Vincent examines the epic journey of the author to complete his seven-part Dark Tower series--a journey began in 1970 that threatened to overwhelm him. Vincent presents a book-by-book analysis of each volume that would become the crowning achievement of King's literary career.

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A complete and comprehensive guide to the science fiction (sf) field for literature students.

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A complete and comprehensive guide to the science fiction (sf) field for literature students.

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Five essays address topics connected to Tusquets' newest work, Para no volver, on which almost no published critical work exists.

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This work examines the dialectic of desire and value, as it affects the protagonist's identity, in fiction from Dickens and George Eliot through Hardy and Conrad to Lawrence and Joyce. Philip Weinstein describes the growing sexualization of the imagined body--the transformation of the protagonistic self from a figure defined by semantics, significa

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The Sexual Imperative in the Novels of Sir Henry Rider Haggard offers a detailed and previously undocumented account of how the writers emotional experiences, primarily in the sexual arena, consistently informed and enriched his fiction.

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'The Sexual Imperative in the Novels of Sir Henry Rider Haggard' offers a detailed and previously undocumented account of how the writer's emotional experiences, primarily in the sexual arena, consistently informed and enriched his fiction.

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David Bethea examines the distinctly Russian view of the "end" of history in five major works of modern Russian fiction. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These ed

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Despite the fact that a number of Rudolph Fisher's works appeared in national magazines such as Atlantic Monthly and McClure's, little critical attention has been devoted to his short fiction over the years.

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Introduces us to an extraordinary masterpiece of Hebrew literature S Y Agnon's "Only Yesterday". This collection includes an essay on the essence of his ideology and poetics.

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Three interrelated aspects of detective fiction are addressed: the mystery story as a vehicle for social criticism, women crime writers, and the American hard-boiled detective story--its origins in cowboy fiction, recent trends, and whether the mean streets still belong exclusively to men.

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Individual chapters explore the varieties of social Christian novels, the effect of social change on theology as represented in the social Christian novel, and the social Christian novel as literature.

The only book of its kind about social gospel fiction, the work surveys the subject from divergent points of view.

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The novel has proven to be the premier literary form in the exploration of social ideas and protest. This reference guide offers concise information on 200 landmark novels and their impacts on society throughout history and around the world.

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A study tracing issues of race, class and imperialism in the South Pacific through the work of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London.

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This valuable compilation of articles offers original, historical, biographical and literary perspectives on the works of Stendhal.

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Sexuality and erotic desire were important components of Victorian culture, and the novels of the Victorian era reflect the sexual attitudes of the authors and culture of that period.