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Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context: Reformer and Social Critic, 1869-1910

Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context: Reformer...

Author: Leslie Diane Myrick ,  Gary Scharnhorst
ISBN: 9780817361044
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The first book-length treatment of Mark Twain’s public persona as depicted in newspaper and magazine illustrations....  Read More >>

Sex Work, Text Work: Mapping Prostitution in the Nineteenth-Century French Novel

Sex Work, Text Work: Mapping Prostitution in the Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Jessica Tanner
ISBN: 9780810145849
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Explores how prostitutes depicted by Emile Zola, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Edmond de Goncourt, Adolphe Tabarant, and...  Read More >>

The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield, Volume 3: Letters to John Middleton Murry 1912-1918

The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Katherine...

Author: Claire Davison ,  Gerri Kimber
ISBN: 9781474445528
Format: Hardback
$452.81

Volume 3 of the new authoritative edition of Katherine Mansfield's complete correspondence  Read More >>

Pushkin, the Decembrists, and Civic Sentimentalism

Pushkin, the Decembrists, and Civic Sentimentalism

Author: Emily Wang
ISBN: 9780299345808
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Through careful readings of the literature of Pushkin and others...  Read More >>

Anything but Novel: Pushing the Margins in Latin American Post-Utopian Historical Narrative

Anything but Novel: Pushing the Margins in Latin American...

Author: Jennie Irene Daniels
ISBN: 9780817321734
Format: Hardback
$290.40

The first in-depth study in English to analyse post-utopian historical novels written during and in the wake of...  Read More >>

The Turn of Rhythm: How Victorian Poetry Shaped a New Concept

The Turn of Rhythm: How Victorian Poetry Shaped a New...

Author: Ewan Jones
ISBN: 9780813950303
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Incredibly, until the cusp of the nineteenth century, the word rhythm was not widely used. It likewise had no cultural...  Read More >>

Zen Moments in Verses: A Haiku and Tanka Poetry Collection

Zen Moments in Verses: A Haiku and Tanka Poetry Collection...

Author: Gracy Judith
ISBN: 9798873243433
Format: Paperback
$19.98

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The Contemporary Leonard Cohen: Response, Reappraisal, and Rediscovery

The Contemporary Leonard Cohen: Response, Reappraisal,...

Author: Kait Pinder ,  Joel Deshaye
ISBN: 9781771125611
Format: Hardback
$152.90

Essay collection on Leonard Cohen's work organized by the concept of ‘the contemporary’, which helps to explain...  Read More >>

Linguistic Stratigraphy: Recovering Traces of Lost Languages in the Central Andes

Linguistic Stratigraphy: Recovering Traces of Lost Languages...

Author: Matthias Urban
ISBN: 9783031421013
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book examines the historical linguistic panorama of Western South America, focusing on the minor languages...  Read More >>

Proverbs Are Never Neutral

Proverbs Are Never Neutral

Author: Marina Yu. Kotova ,  Outi Lauhakangas
ISBN: 9783031326455
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book examines how proverbs can carry ethnonyms and contradictory oppositions in everyday speech, and interrogates...  Read More >>

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Lived Between 1990 and 1999, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535873086
Format: Hardback
$1970.10

"""This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures...  Read More >>

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535872683
Format: Hardback
$1470.48

"""his series presents critical views on the most widely studied writers of short fiction. Each volume includes...  Read More >>

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion of the Works of Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth-Century Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Philosophers, and Other Creative Writers

Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800: Critical Discussion...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028685007
Format: Hardback
$1425.60

Presents literary criticism on the works of writers of the period 1400-1800. Critical essays are selected from leading...  Read More >>

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535872690
Format: Hardback
$1063.92

Presents literary criticism on the works of short-story writers of all nations, cultures, and time periods. Critical...  Read More >>

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, and Other Creative Writers Who Lived Between 1990 and 1999, from the First Published Critical Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535873093
Format: Hardback
$1425.60

Presents literary criticism on the works of twentieth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical...  Read More >>

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Nineteenth-Century Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short-Story Writers, & Other Creative Writers

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism: Excerpts from...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9781535871853
Format: Hardback
$1875.72

A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  Read More >>

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028684529
Format: Hardback
$1356.96

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other...  Read More >>

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers

Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028684536
Format: Hardback
$1425.60

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other...  Read More >>

The Cat that Walked by Himself and Other Cat Stories

The Cat that Walked by Himself and Other Cat Stories...

Author:
ISBN: 9780008619930
Format: Paperback
$9.99

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American...

Author: Yogita Goyal (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781009159722
Format: Paperback
$59.49

African American literary production has changed in astounding ways since the 1970s. This book provides a systematic...  Read More >>

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