Literary companions books

Mark Twain enthusiasts will welcome this study of the great writer's attitude toward the Bible -- and of the influence...  Read More >>

In so doing they make an important contribution to our understanding of how Flannery O'Connor arrived at the eternal...  Read More >>

In William Golding: Some Critical Considerations, fourteen scholars assess various aspects of the Nobel Prize-winning...  Read More >>

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In 1976 a dozen hopeful young Mexican dramatists -- most of them studying with Emilio Carballido -- began staging...  Read More >>

Examines how Latina/o cultural production has engaged with US militarism in the post-Vietnam era. Analysing literature...  Read More >>

Examines how Latina/o cultural production has engaged with US militarism in the post-Vietnam era. Analysing literature...  Read More >>

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Collects eleven essays in which contributors query the status of Faulkner's literary text in contemporary criticism...  Read More >>

Fairy-tale and folklore scholars as well as readers interested in literary history and translation will appreciate...  Read More >>

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Investigates the reactions of five important Polish diarists-writers - Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Maria Dabrowska, Aurelia...  Read More >>

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Brill’s Companion to Valerius Flaccus is the first English-language survey on all key aspects of this Flavian poet....  Read More >>

The ""Los Angeles Review of Books"" launched in April of 2011 as a humble Tumblr, with a 2600-word essay by Ben...  Read More >>

Offers an introduction to the most important works of Russian literature of the last fifty years. Organised both...  Read More >>

Surveys Eudora Welty's fiction during the most productive period of her long writing life. The study shows how the...  Read More >>

Provides a historical overview of women writers who anticipated issues about women's oppression and the intersections...  Read More >>

The statement, “The civil rights movement changed America,” though true, has become something of a cliché. Civil...  Read More >>

The first collection of essays to examine the breadth of Everett's creative output  Read More >>

The third volume of essays produced as part of the TransCanada conferences project. The essays gathered in Critical...  Read More >>

Broadens the way in which Indigenous poetry is examined, studied, and discussed in Canada. Breaking from the parameters...  Read More >>

The 1980s and 1990s are a historically crucial period in the development of Asian Canadian literature. Slanting...  Read More >>

Island Bodies analyzes cultural production from Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora writers that flouts sexual norms....  Read More >>