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Recovers the lost social, and literary history of the belief that the beauty of the environment in which one is raised influences or even determines one's fate. This title shows that English-language writing of the period was informed in crucial but previously unrecognized ways by the possibility that environments might produce better people.

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This book studies the development of expressions of female adolescent sexuality in the United States from 1850 to 1965. It suggests that during this time, adolescent girls went from being perceived as innocent, asexual beings to beings that were considered primarily sexual in nature.

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In examining the works of these writers, the author concludes that women writers continue to attempt to define themselves in their own voices. Marrone finds that postmodern writers participate in innovative experimentation in life writing: hybrid texts, creative auto/biographies, and collective life stories.

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In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville prophesied that American writers would slight, even despise, form--that they would favor the sensational over rational order. He suggested that this attitude was linked to a distinct concept of democracy in America. Exposing the inaccuracies of such claims when applied to poetry, Stephen Cushman maintains that Ame

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The first book-length study of fictions of radical life extension, this book recovers a major but as-yet unrecognized trend in literature and culture from 1878-1918, taking the form of literary thought experiments that pose the question: what would it mean to live forever

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"Traces how eminent writers--including Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy, and Oscar Wilde--wrestled with the religious and social meanings of forgiveness in an age of theological controversy and increasing ethical pluralism."--Back cover.

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"A collection of essays on Frankenstein written by distinguished and younger scholars of Romantic studies, utilizing ambitious critical theories in literary and cultural studies"--

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Takes stock of the extraordinary range of book-based adaptations of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, comprising reimaginings, sequels and coquels following the novel's original publication up to the 21st century.

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Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is one of the widely read novels. This study includes: an introductory overview of the novel, including a brief account of its historical and literary contexts, and reception history; discussion of the major themes and narrative structure; and, chapters analysing in detail the representation of key characters.

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Includes an introductory overview of "Frankenstein", including a brief account of its historical and literary contexts, and reception history. This study provides a discussion of the major themes and narrative structure.

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The rich and fascinating life of Lou Andreas-Salome (1861-1937) has been reconstructed by Professor Binion on a vast documentary basis, and his findings contradict all earlier versions of her life. Frau Lou was a woman of prodigious intellect, a woman of letters, and a powerful personality. She was closely linked with many of the great cultural fig

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Through literary and historical readings, this book explores how France was haunted by the violence of its colonial effortsin Algeria. Employing literary, philosophical, and archival analyses, it provides a new perspective on literary works from the French colonial period, while addressing questions of history, trauma, memory, and culture.

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Through literary and historical readings, this book explores how France was haunted by the violence of its colonial effortsin Algeria. Employing literary, philosophical, and archival analyses, it provides a new perspective on literary works from the French colonial period, while addressing questions of history, trauma, memory, and culture.

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Literary translation can be retranslated into new ways of thinking about music and the other arts. In artistic transduction, Woolf called the word the poetical cry, Berlioz the singing lyric, and Brecht the rhyming slang.

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Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) was one of Spain's outstanding novelists and the author of two vast cycles of novels and a number of plays. In this critical study of Galdos in English, Stephen Gilman relates the writer and his work to the nineteenth century novel as a genre and traces his artistic growth during a twenty-year period, from his initia

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The description for this book, Gogol From the Twentieth Century: Eleven Essays, will be forthcoming.

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