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"This essay collection explores mystery fiction as a genre that renders moral judgments not only about detectives and criminals but also concerning the cultural structures within which these mysteries unfold"--

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Alban Forcione analyzes the problem which has most troubled modern readers of the Persiles, its episodic character and confusing proliferation of action. Examining closely the structure of the romance Cervantes considered his masterpiece and boldest contribution to literature, Mr. Forcione discerns in it a simple pattern: a coherent cycle of catast

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"Don Quijote" emerges as a work that charts and reflects upon the historical transition from feudalism to the modern times of a moneyed, commercial society. This book offers a fresh reading of "Don Quijote", understanding it as a whole much greater than the sum of its famous parts.

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Based on the author's thesis, Princeton University.

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This book offers a thematically oriented reading of the Novelas ejemplares with relevant asides to Cervantes other works. It takes into account the recent scholarship on the Novelas, and it also reflects the authors experience of teaching Cervantes works in recent years.

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Cervantes's Novelas ejemplares: Reading their Lessons from His Time to Ours offers a thematically oriented reading of the Novelas ejemplares with relevant asides to Cervantes' other works. It takes into account the recent scholarship on the Novelas, and it also reflects the au...

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By examining in depth not only the spiritual elements but also the literary components that make works such as My Name Is Asher Lev (1972) best-sellers, this Critical Companion helps readers gain an appreciation for the considerable literary achievements of Potok.

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Examines the ways mid-twentieth century writers represent chance, arguing that their depictions of, and anxieties about, chance mark a new relationship between author and narrative.

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This book, new in paperback, offers new readings of novels by major British and American postwar novelists.

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Part of a series, which provides concise introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. This book provides a short introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.

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Part of a series, which provides concise introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. This book provide a short introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.

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This stimulating study takes a fresh look at two of Dickens' most widely-studied texts. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Dickens' novels for the first time.

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This thought-provoking study takes a fresh look at two of Dickens' most popular texts. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Dickens' novels for the first time.

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Charlotte Bront: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronts life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Bronts first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has endured in so many different forms and contexts.

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Charlotte Bront: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronts life and work. The new essays in this volume, which cover the period from Bronts first publication to the twenty-first century, explain why her work has endured in so many different forms and contexts.

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By analyzing Chaucer's major poetic works, Robert Burlin succeeds in isolating thematic undercurrents with a bearing on the poet's process of composition. He is thus able to relate individual poems to Chaucer's view of himself as a writer, and to assess the internal evidence for a Chaucerian theory of fiction. Professor Burlin contends that a logic

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Takes Chesterton's 'natural theology' through fairytales as a theological project appropriate to an intellectual attempt to return to faith in a secular age. This book argues that Tolkien's fiction makes sense also as the work of a Catholic writer steeped in Chestertonian ideas and sharing his literary-theological poetics.

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Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds draws on childhood studies scholarship to contextualize childrens agentic entanglements with fantasy. Fantasy offers children opportunities for greater peer connectivity, identity exploration, holistic citizenry, and creative empowerment.

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A major new study of Africa's most important writer, offering a comprehensive reassessment of Achebe's work as a novelist, broadcaster and political thinker -- .