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Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist offers the first critical appraisal of the work of Marie Duval 18471890), one of the most unusual, pioneering and visionary cartoonists of the later nineteenth century, focusing on new types of cultural work by women and establishing Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a transformational period of the nineteenth century.

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Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist offers the first critical appraisal of the work of Marie Duval 18471890), one of the most unusual, pioneering and visionary cartoonists of the later nineteenth century, focusing on new types of cultural work by women and establishing Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a transformational period of the nineteenth century.

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"This book outlines the foundational theology of Marilynne Robinson's work through sustained analysis of her novels, essays, unpublished notebooks, drafts, and an original interview with the author"--

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A collection of essays on the theme of youth in Mark Twain's work and life.

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A collection of essays on the theme of youth in Mark Twain's work and life.

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The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twains audience as a unique reading communityhow his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality and humor that Twain brought to their lives.

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The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twains audience as a unique reading communityhow his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality and humor that Twain brought to their lives.

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Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. This title provides an overview - for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature - of the chief themes of his sardonic writings.

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Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. This title provides an overview - for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature - of the chief themes of his sardonic writings.

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Considers the eco-feminist fiction of the inter-war British writer Mary Butts in the context of the neo-Romantic movement of the mid-Twentieth Century.

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Focusing on the cultural politics of eating and drinking and the importance of cafes and teashops to the literary culture of the time, Masculinities, modernist fiction and the urban public sphere charts the changing representations of masculinity in modernist fiction in the context of London, Dublin, Paris and Prague. -- .

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The Romantic movement led to some of the greatest works of 19th-century American literature.

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The writers of the Beat Generation wrote during a particularly chaotic period in modern history. The writers of the Beat Generation wrote during a particularly chaotic time in modern American history, as they confronted the threat of a nuclear war, the rise of anti-Communist hysteria, and the growing pressure to conform to social conventions.

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Flourishing during the first 2 decades of the 20th century, British Modernism gave birth to some of the world's most influential literary works. An introductory essay surveys and defines Modernism, and a bibliography cites works for further reading.

Included are chapters on:

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

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While American and European writers are still central to the high school curriculum, more and more students and teachers are discovering the great literary works outside the Western tradition.

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Some works of philosophy also stand as significant contributions to literature, and some works of literature have profoundly influenced philosophy.

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An absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a crucial period in Russian cultural history--all are combined in Edward J. Brown's literary biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It is the only book to reveal the whole Mayakovsky, not just aspects of his tortured personality or artist

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