Notable Native American Writers & Writers of the American West, 

Автор: James
Название: The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature
ISBN: 0521728738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521728737
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Since Tolkien, Pratchett, Rowling, Pullman and Meyer, fantasy literature has become one of the most popular genres in the English-speaking world. This book puts this publishing phenomenon in a historical context, suggests different ways of reading and appreciating this literature, and examines some of its varieties and subgenres.

Автор: Steven Moore
Название: William Gaddis: Expanded Edition
ISBN: 1628926449 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781628926446
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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In 1989, Steven Moore published the first scholarly study of all three of William Gaddis's novels and since then it has been generally regarded as the best book on this difficult but major writer's work. This revised and expanded edition includes new chapters on the novels Gaddis published after 1989, the National Book Award-winning A Frolic of His Own and the posthumous novella Agape Agape, along with updated introductory and concluding chapters.

This introduction offers a clear discussion of all five of Gaddis's novels, providing essential biographical information, two chapters each on his most significant novels, The Recognitions and J R, and a chapter each devoted to his later three novels. A concluding chapter locates his place in American literature and notes his influence on younger writers. Each chapter focuses on the main themes of each novel and discusses the literary techniques Gaddis deployed to dramatize those themes. Since Gaddis is an erudite, allusive novelist, Moore clarifies his references and explains how they enhance his themes.

Автор: David
Название: The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel
ISBN: 0521182158 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521182157
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Описание: This second edition has been updated fully, taking account of new research and critical methodologies, and includes four brand new chapters. Designed to appeal to students, teachers and readers, these essays reflect the very latest approaches to reading and understanding Victorian fiction.

Автор: Warner, Marina
Название: Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 019953215X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199532155
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan`s Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.

Автор: Edgar Allan Poe
Название: Collected Tales, Poems, and Other Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 1350226459 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350226456
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Описание: This collection brings together more than fifty of Edgar Allan Poe’s most important stories, poems, and critical writings, which established him as one of the most distinctive voices in American Literature, in a single accessible volume.Alongside annotated texts of each work, it also includes a complete Reader’s Guide to Poe’s work to help readers explore the contexts, style, and reception of his writing from his own time to today.An essential resource for students and teachers of Poe, this book includes stories such as ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, and ‘The Purloined Letter’ as well as his Gothic narrative poem ‘The Raven’ and some of his most significant critical writings.

Автор: Monti Della Corte Beatrice, Cunningham Michael
Название: A Tower in Tuscany: Or a Home for My Writers and Other Animals
ISBN: 0847870103 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780847870103
Издательство: Rizzoli
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Описание: A glimpse inside a magical Tuscan villa rustic yet urbane, old-world elegant yet bohemian, accessible yet personal that nurtures the world s finest literary talents.

Автор: Garth, John
Название: Worlds of j.r.r. tolkien
ISBN: 0711241279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780711241275
Издательство: Frances Lincoln
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Описание: An expertly written investigation of the places that shaped the work of one of the world`s best loved authors, exploring the relationship between worlds real and fantastical.

Автор: Cooke Brett
Название: Tolstoy`s Family Prototypes in War and Peace
ISBN: 1644694085 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644694084
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: What were the consequences of Tolstoy`s unusual reliance on members of his family as source material for War and Peace? Comparison of the novel and its fascinating drafts with the writer`s family history reveals increasing preferential treatment of those with greater relatedness to him.

Автор: Armitage Phillip
Название: Personae Vectenses: Isle of Wight Notables
ISBN: 1999728327 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781999728328
Издательство: Неизвестно
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This book is a fascinating collection of short biographies of people who were born on the Isle of Wight or who lived there for some period of their life and had a significant influence on the wider society.

They come from all walks of life ranging from two queens (one is Queen Victoria, of course) to a pirate and a chimney sweep. They cover all periods of history and spheres of influence.

Some were famous but most have been forgotten. Of the 246 whose biographies are included 74 were Island-born including Uffa Fox, Robert Hooke, Sheila Hancock, and Jeremy Irons.

Includes a Location Index of where on the Isle of Wight the notable lived, had influence or was born.

Автор: Cox James H.
Название: The Red Land to the South: American Indian Writers and Indigenous Mexico
ISBN: 0816675988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816675982
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Описание: The forty years of American Indian literature taken up by James H. Cox--the decades between 1920 and 1960--have been called politically and intellectually moribund. On the contrary, Cox identifies a group of American Indian writers who share an interest in the revolutionary potential of the indigenous peoples of Mexico--and whose work demonstrates a surprisingly assertive literary politics in the era.

By contextualizing this group of American Indian authors in the work of their contemporaries, Cox reveals how the literary history of this period is far more rich and nuanced than is generally acknowledged. The writers he focuses on--Todd Downing (Choctaw), Lynn Riggs (Cherokee), and D'Arcy McNickle (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)--are shown to be on par with writers of the preceding Progressive and the succeeding Red Power and Native American literary renaissance eras.

Arguing that American Indian literary history of this period actually coheres in exciting ways with the literature of the Native American literary renaissance, Cox repudiates the intellectual and political border that has emerged between the two eras.

Название: Notable Mystery & Detective Fiction Writers
ISBN: 1637000316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781637000311
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: An incredibly popular genre, crime fiction encompasses both mystery stories that keep readers in suspense and detective fiction which is usually marked by a struggle between good and evil. Each of the more than 300 essays includes a comprehensive overview of the lives of the featured author as well as a detailed look at his or her works.

Автор: Mark Asquith
Название: Lost in the New West: Reading Williams, McCarthy, Proulx and McGuane
ISBN: 150134952X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501349522
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Lost in the New West investigates a group of writers – John Williams, Cormac McCarthy, Annie Proulx and Thomas McGuane – who have sought to explore the tensions inherent to the Western, where the distinctions between old and new, myth and reality, authenticity and sentimentality are frequently blurred. Collectively these authors demonstrate a deep-seated attachment to the landscape, people and values of the West and offer a critical appraisal of the dialogue between the contemporary West and its legacy. Mark Asquith draws attention to the idealistic young men at the center of such works as Williams's Butcher's Crossing (1960), McCarthy's Blood Meridian (1985) and Border Trilogy, Proulx's Wyoming stories and McGuane's Deadrock novels. For each writer, these characters struggle to come to terms with the difference between the suspect mythology of the West that shapes their identity and the reality that surrounds them. They are, in short, lost in the new West.