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This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel, or the Bildungsroman. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and...

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American Literature in Context after 1929 American Literature in Context after 1929 is the perfect companion for readers who want to familiarize themselves with the historical events and literary movements that shaped American literature from the Great...

A collection of the essays of art critic and poet Peter Schjeldahl, which explores his thoughts on individual contemporary artists, their work, events and ethics in the art world and new, creative directions.About the AuthorPeter Schjeldahl is art critic...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The text of Ernest Hemingway's best-known novel. Introduction and explanatory footnotes by Michael Thurston. A rich selection of background and contextual materials carefully chosen to enhance the reader's...

This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475935127Author Robert DemottFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825351960Author Michaela KeckFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 4450g

This book discusses how and why American modernist writers turned to Ireland at various stages during their careers. By placing events such as the Celtic Revival and the Easter Rising at the centre of the discussion, it shows how Irishness became a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832537784Author Ana Fernandez GuerraFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513206776Author Harriet Beecher StoweFormat HardbackPage Count 652Imprint Mint EditionsPublisher Mint EditionsWeight(grams) 127g

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Everything you've ever wanted to know about The Simpsons and were afraid to ask is revealed as the Simpson family dusts off their private scrapbook and allows a small gift facsimile edition to be published at last... In full colour throughout, the gory...

Of all contemporary American writers, Philip Roth is perhaps the most ambitious, yet he is one of the most underrepresented in terms of critical attention given his place in American letters. Unlike many aging novelists, whose production and creative...

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Hemingway's two extended African safaris, the first in the 1930s and the second in the 1950s, gave rise to two of his best-known stories ("The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"), a considerable...

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Challenging the standard periodization of American literary history, Reconstituting the American Renaissance reinterprets the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman and the relationship of these two authors to each other. Jay Grossman argues that...

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Indian Nation documents the contributions of Native Americans to the notion of American nationhood and to concepts of American identity at a crucial, defining time in U.S. history. Departing from previous scholarship, Cheryl Walker turns the...

Machine Art and Other Writings presents previously unpublished and rare writings by one of the literary giants of the modernist period, Ezra Pound. Written from the late 1920s to the early part of the 1940s, these essays, selected by Maria Luisa...

From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. The journal has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from...

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Essayists survey the recent thought and research concerning outstanding authors, trends, and movements in American literature.Book InformationISBN 9780822306405Author American Literary ScholarshipFormat HardbackPage Count 551Imprint Duke University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780931432934Author Henry David ThoreauFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World LibraryWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825369163Author Nathalie AghoroFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 721g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385471695Author Beverly GuhlFormat PaperbackImprint Main Street BooksPublisher Main Street BooksWeight(grams) 127g

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Written in a letter-and-response form, this is a guide on how not to do the right thing. A host of situations are covered, including what to do when guests show up with their manic five-year-old, and how to avoid small talk.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558531222Author J. R. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Rutledge Hill Press,U.S.Publisher Rutledge Hill Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 201g

This series features themed joke books for children. From animals to outer space, the fun books have every joke you will ever need!Book InformationISBN 9781445114903Author Sean ConnollyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Franklin Watts LtdPublisher...

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