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By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing with German, French and American authors, this guide demonstrates the development of the genre in many areas of art and includes original research on Gothic theatre, spiritualism, 'ghost seeing' and spirit photography and the central impact of penny-dreadful writers on the genre.

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Challenges dominant accounts of gender and sexuality in Gothic literature by demonstrating the complexities of the incest thematic through interdisciplinary readings of incest in texts from 1764-1847. -- .

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This reference provides an introduction to Gothic literature and its abundant criticism and summarizes contemporary developments and critical opinion in Gothic studies. The volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for more than 50 Gothic writers from Horace Walpole to Stephen King.

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The most comprehensive work of its kind, Great Themes of Science Fiction looks at the most important elements of the genre and shows how each has evolved over time.

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A study of the politics and philosophy of writers contributing to the Little Magazine, "The New Age" during 1907 and 1922. It demonstrates the need to interpret modernism not merely as an aesthetic phenomenon, but inherently linked to politics and philosophy. It examines a wartime modernism that embraced socialist and political views.

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Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. Through systematic readings of a wide range of ancient Greek texts, Stamatia Dova offers innovative hermeneutic approaches to heroic character and a comprehensive overview of the theme of descent to the underworld in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's Symposium, and Euripides' Alcestis.

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Greek Heroes in and out of Hades is a study on heroism and mortality from Homer to Plato. Through systematic readings of a wide range of ancient Greek texts, Stamatia Dova offers innovative hermeneutic approaches to heroic character and a comprehensive overview of the theme of descent to the underworld in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Bacchylides 5, Plato's Symposium, and Euripides' Alcestis.

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An investigation of the political imagery found in ancient Greek history, literature and culture.

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An investigation of the political imagery found in ancient Greek history, literature and culture.

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An established school text on the composition of ancient Greek.

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Greenery blends current ecological concerns with informed analysis of medieval literature to arrive at new readings of late medieval English texts. At the same time, this process offers ways to evaluate eco-criticism and expand its remit from its predominant focus on Romantic and Modern English and American texts. -- .

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A memoir of the gay literary circles which emerged in New York in the 1940s, California in the 1950s, and Europe in the 1960s. It comprises of anecdotes and character sketches of influential writers of the mid-20th century, such as Tennessee Williams, Aldous Huxley, W.H. Auden, and Gore Vidal.

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Named for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d 645 BC), the "Guanzi" is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings in existence. It was compiled in its present form about 26 BC by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. This volume presents a translation of the "Guanzi" into English.

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Trollope fans and all who want to increase their knowledge of that great Victorian novelist will welcome this guide to the worlds he created. In alphabetical entries on the multitude of characters and places in his novels the reader can quickly find the material to follow the career of a favorite--Lady Glencora, perhaps, or Mr. Harding. Frequent us

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