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Shows, through close readings of three major novelists, how Modernist fiction developed new ways of expressing thought.

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Shows, through close readings of three major novelists, how Modernist fiction developed new ways of expressing thought.

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This collection introduces the reader to third-generation Holocaust narratives, exploring the unique perspective of third-generation writers and demonstrating the ways in which Holocaust memory and trauma extend into the future.

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With his genius for research and his mastery of many cultures, James Michener cuts to the heart of the issues that threaten to fragment and undermine America today: racial conflict, the widening gulf between rich and poor, the decline of education, the inadequacies of our health-care system. Then he offers a detailed program that will help America sustain what he terms its "outstanding success".

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"Explores and assesses the impact of Thomas Bernhard on writers around the world since his death in 1989"--

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"Examines the recent resurgence of folk horror and argues that Thomas Hardy is one of its progenitors by analysing his prose (in particular his rarely examined short fiction) and its adaptations as foundational in the development of folk horror in literature, film and television"--

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"Examines the recent resurgence of folk horror and argues that Thomas Hardy is one of its progenitors by analysing his prose (in particular his rarely examined short fiction) and its adaptations as foundational in the development of folk horror in literature, film and television"--

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A comprehensive study of the most influential figure in postwar American literature, Thomas Pynchon -- .

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A comprehensive study of the most influential figure in postwar American literature, Thomas Pynchon -- .

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For Jacobean society, witchcraft was a potent force, an area of controversy in which King James 1 participated and a phenomenon that attracted many dramatists and writers. The three plays in this book "Sophonisba", "The Witch" and "The Witch of Edmonton" reflect the variety of beliefs in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period.

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Formalist criticism of the modern novel has concentrated on its spatial aspects. Patricia Tobin focuses, instead, on the modern novel's temporal structure. She notes that the "genealogical imperative" that dominated the nineteenth-century novel, in which one event gave birth to another, has broken down in the twentieth-century novels she studies. F

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Sheds new light on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictive mythology and gives scholars and lay readers an increased understanding of the scope and philosophical background of his major works.

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In Clancy's eight novels, discussed and analyzed in separate chapters, we see both the emerging hero and the changing author.

Garson provides close examination of each of Clancy's eight novels, helping the reader with explication of Clancy's wide-ranging and often difficult subject matter.

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A study of the popular novelist Tom Robbins. Hoyser and Stookey show how Robbins deftly uses style and humour to depict the absurdities and injustices of our world. His novels constantly challenge perceptions of the world that people automatically label as normal.

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This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel.

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Morrison describes herself as a black woman novelist, and all her novels deal with African American characters and communities. This is the only book-length study to discuss all of Morrison's novels published to date.

This study analyzes in turn each of Morrison's novels.

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Cutting-edge scholarly guide to Toni Morrison's most recent work with emphasis on Morrison's examination of African-American progress and leadership at key moments in American history.

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Cutting-edge scholarly guide to Toni Morrison's most recent work with emphasis on Morrison's examination of African-American progress and leadership at key moments in American history.

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This is a study of the narrative techniques and thematic investigations of Hillerman's detective fiction which illuminates the way he has crafted a new and profound method for understanding the conditions of modern life. Areas such as setting, plot, generic conditions and themes are covered.