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Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Andrew Cole After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, T… OL11885949W
Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 M. Susan Anthony "This first full-length study of early American Gothic drama examines the relationship between Gothic plays and the developing society in which they flourished. It discusses topics ranging from the n… OL11989091W
Burn This Book Burn This Book Paul Auster,Ed Park,Nadine Gordimer,Russell Banks,Salman Rushdie,John Updike,Francine Prose,Toni Morrison,David Grossman,Pico Iyer,Orhan Pamuk Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see th… OL15191496W
Romantic cosmopolitanism Romantic cosmopolitanism Esther Wohlgemut "Romantic Cosmopolitanism shows how cosmopolitanism in the early nineteenth century offers a non-unified formulation of the nation that stands in contrast to more unified models such as Edmund Burke'… OL15441268W
The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction The counter-memorial impulse in twentieth-century English fiction Sarah Henstra "A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson de… OL15596940W
Roman republican theatre Roman republican theatre Gesine Manuwald "Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus an… OL15884237W
The social space of language The social space of language Farina Mir This rich cultural history set in Punjab examines a little-studied body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance… OL16818258W
Legitimacy and illegitimacy in law, literature, and history Legitimacy and illegitimacy in law, literature, and history Margot Finn,Michael Lobban "Animated by scandals, scoundrels and imposters, this collection, with contributions from prominent scholars of literature, history and law, seeks to address issues of identity, trust and deception i… OL16982490W
Under the Cover Under the Cover Clayton Childress Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration to its reception by reviewers and readers. The subject is Jarrettsville, a historical novel by Cor… OL17814188W
The English novel in history, 1700-1780 The English novel in history, 1700-1780 John J. Richetti The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eighteenth-century Britain. It traces the social and moral re… OL1830261W
Harvesting thistles Harvesting thistles Mary Rubio xi, 185 p. : 23 cm OL18418391W
Cultural diversity in Latin American literature Cultural diversity in Latin American literature David William Foster "Foster continues the same line of study initiated in 1985 with the publication of Alternative voices in the Latin American narrative (see HLAS 48:5657). Questions body of literary criticism devoted … OL1863050W
Shakespeare's festive comedy Shakespeare's festive comedy C. L. Barber In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C.L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare's comedies. Brilli… OL19662780W
Victorian pain Victorian pain Rachel Ablow "The nineteenth century introduced developments in science and medicine that made the eradication of pain conceivable for the first time. This new understanding of pain brought with it a complex set … OL19746857W
Latin American science fiction Latin American science fiction M. Elizabeth Ginway,J. Andrew Brown "Combining work by critics from Latin America, the US and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all o… OL19959124W
Rocket and lightship Rocket and lightship Adam Kirsch "A collection of essays from a "great poet-critic-intellectual" (Daily Beast). In these brilliant, wide-ranging essays, published over the last seven years in the New Republic, The New Yorker, and el… OL19995521W
Participatory reading in late-medieval England Participatory reading in late-medieval England Heather Blatt This book explores how modern media practices can illuminate participatory reading in England from the late-fourteenth to the early-sixteenth centuries. Nonlinear apprehension, immersion and embodime… OL20578670W
Antony and Cleopatra in context Antony and Cleopatra in context Keith Linley "This engaging book provides in-depth discussion of the various influences that an audience in 1607 would have brought to interpreting 'Antony and Cleopatra'. How did people think about the world, ab… OL23227157W
John Reed & the writing of revolution John Reed & the writing of revolution Daniel W. Lehman "John Reed and the Writing of Revolution examines Reed's writing from a different critical perspective - one informed by a theoretical and practical understanding of literary nonfiction. In both poli… OL2692365W
The Ten-Cent Plague The Ten-Cent Plague David Hajdu An informal and personal description of the rise and fall of comic books in the '40s and '50s, with a focus on the Educational Comics (E.C.) company run by Gains, father then son (M.C. then William)… OL2972637W
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