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Women's poetry and popular culture Women's poetry and popular culture Marsha Bryant "Women's Poetry and Popular Culture brings a fresh approach to the field by showing that poems by women do not always subvert the mainstream, the media, and the marketplace. Bridging feminist and cul… OL15933338W
Bringing Light to Twilight Bringing Light to Twilight Giselle Liza Anatol "Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has met with astonishing commercial success--not just amongst adolescent girls, but with college students, middle-aged women, and writers and publishers who hope to… OL15999032W
Reading the American novel 1865-1914 Reading the American novel 1865-1914 Gary Richard Thompson "An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to the American novel in the post-civil war period.… OL16002494W
Richard Wright Richard Wright Alice Mikal Craven "Richard Wright : New Readings in the 21st Century positions Wright studies in the 21st century in the best way possible. Richard Wright's legacy is updated in order to meet the needs of a growing in… OL16125955W
Atlantic worlds in the long eighteenth century Atlantic worlds in the long eighteenth century Tita Chico,Toni Bowers "Innovative and multidisciplinary, this collection of essays marks out the future of Atlantic Studies, making visible the emphases and purposes now emerging within this vital comparative field. The c… OL16152171W
Henry James and the supernatural Henry James and the supernatural Anna Despotopoulou,Kimberly Capps Reed "This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost story as a subgenre and the difficult theoretical issues that James's texts p… OL16183703W
Writing at the limit Writing at the limit Daniel Punday "An examination of the relationship between contemporary fiction and new media from a narratological perspective"-- OL16263302W
The Cambridge history of American women's literature The Cambridge history of American women's literature Dale M. Bauer "The field of American women's writing is one characterized by innovation: scholars are discovering new authors and works, as well as new ways of historicizing this literature, rethinking contexts, c… OL16521495W
So we read on So we read on Maureen Corrigan "The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby -- "The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't." Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who… OL17077383W
Amnesia Amnesia Peter Carey When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into Australia's prison computer system, hundreds of asylum-seekers walk free. And because the Americans run the prisons, the doors of some five thousand j… OL17726207W
The haunted life The haunted life Jack Kerouac "In late 1944, under rather mysterious circumstances, aspiring writer Jack Kerouac lost a novella-length manuscript titled The Haunted Life. Set in Galloway, a fictionalized version of Kerouac's home… OL19707533W
On reading the Grapes of Wrath On reading the Grapes of Wrath Susan Shillinglaw "Today's foremost Steinbeck scholar writes an extended meditation on the influence of The Grapes of Wrath, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its first publication In this compelling biography of… OL19976337W
The whole harmonium The whole harmonium Paul L. Mariani "A perceptive, insightful biography of perhaps the most important American poet of the twentieth century, Wallace Stevens, by an accomplished biographer and poet who traces Stevens's lifelong artisti… OL20022387W
Learning Legacies Learning Legacies Sarah Robbins Learning Legacies explores the history of cross-cultural teaching approaches, to highlight how women writer-educators used stories about their collaborations to promote community-building. Robbins de… OL20927040W
Dreaming of Babylon Dreaming of Babylon Richard Brautigan 1 online resource OL21151708W
Melville Melville Stephen Matterson "Melville: Fashioning in Modernity considers all of the major fiction with a concentration on lesser-known work, and provides a radically fresh approach to Melville, focusing on: clothing as sociall… OL23181175W
American sea literature American sea literature Shin Yamashiro "Implementing a never-before-seen approach to sea literature, American Sea Literature: Seascapes, Beach Narratives, and Underwater Explorations explores the role of American maritime activities and t… OL23200205W
The kid who missed the bus The kid who missed the bus Matt McCoy In 1969, Lily and Nolan Doyle put the bombs and bastards of Belfast behind them and fled The Troubles in Northern Ireland to raise their family in the seclusion of small-town British Columbia, Canada… OL24690270W
The brief The brief Simon Michael In the 60s London of gangsters, prejudice and terrifying gang wars, Barrister Charles Holborne spends his life dealing with the worst examples of violent criminality. After successfully winning a num… OL27291656W
Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Louisa May Alcott Though best known for the lighthearted look at family life and sisterly relationships in Little Women, some of Louisa May Alcott's work touched on more socially significant themes. Behind a Mask, Or … OL30010W
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