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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist Comprises...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville’s works in the twenty-first century. Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville Considers Melville in a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets. Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field. Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. An engaging introduction toGreek tragedy, its history, and its...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
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This book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period. A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC Provides overviews of the social, political,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature
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This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. Written by a panel of international experts Focuses on religious...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD. Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latin literary history, major genres, and key...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies. A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers. Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This book explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people from the 50s BC through to the twenty-first century. This interdisciplinary volume explores the significance of Julius Caesar to different periods, societies and people. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Comprises 31 original...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. Written by a panel of international experts Focuses on...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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