"The American Novel" series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction. Each volume begins with a substantial introduction by a distinguished authority on the text, giving details of the novel's composition, publication history, and contemporary reception, as well as a survey of the major critical trends and readings from first publication to the present. This overview is followed by a group of new essays, each commissioned from a leading scholar in the field, which together constitute a forum of interpretive methods and...
"The American Novel" series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction. Each vo...
This Companion consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. They provide a series of new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and widely read American writers. These essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Dickinson's writings, letters and criticism, and place her work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students. It features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading.
This Companion consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. They provide a series of new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and wid...
Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style, the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War, the suffrage movement, and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson's personal struggles with romantic love, religious faith, friendship and community shape her...
Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misund...
Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich share nationality, gender, and an aesthetic tradition, but each expresses these experiences in the context of her own historical moment. Puritanism imposed stringent demands on Bradstreet, romanticism both inspired and restricted Dickinson, and feminism challenged as well as liberated Rich. Nevertheless, each poet succeeded in forming a personal vision that counters traditional male poetics. Their poetry celebrates daily life, demonstrates their commitment to nurturance rather than dominance, shows their resistance to the control of both...
Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich share nationality, gender, and an aesthetic tradition, but each expresses these experiences in the...
Late twentieth and early twenty-first century America has been labeled as -The New Gilded Age, - a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface. Identifying some of the sparkling moments of humanity interwoven between the moments of crisis, Best of Times, Worst of Times features short stories by such renowned writers as Junot Diaz, George Saunders, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tobias Wolff, and many others, whose distinctive authorial voices lend urgency and a...
Late twentieth and early twenty-first century America has been labeled as -The New Gilded Age, - a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of on...
The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers considers the important literary, historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of American women authors from the seventeenth century to the present and provides readers with an analysis of current literary trends and debates in women s literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics, such as:
the transatlantic and transnational origins of American women's literary traditions
the colonial period and the Puritans
the early national period and the rhetoric of...
The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers considers the important literary, historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of American ...
The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers considers the important literary, historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of American women authors from the seventeenth century to the present and provides readers with an analysis of current literary trends and debates in women s literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics, such as:
the transatlantic and transnational origins of American women's literary traditions
the colonial period and the Puritans
the early national period and the rhetoric of...
The Routledge Introduction to American Women Writers considers the important literary, historical, cultural, and intellectual contexts of American ...
Later years are changing under the impact of demographic, social and cultural shifts. No longer confined to the sphere of social welfare, they are now studied within a wider cultural framework that encompasses new experiences and new modes of being. Drawing on influences from the arts and humanities, and deploying diverse methodologies visual, literary, spatial and theoretical perspectives Cultural Gerontology has brought new aspects of later life into view. This major new publication draws together these currents including: Theory and Methods; Embodiment; Identities and Social...
Later years are changing under the impact of demographic, social and cultural shifts. No longer confined to the sphere of social welfare, they are ...
For her 3rd intricate and detailed coloring book, Wendy Martin brings you a collection of full page Art Nouveau-styled illustrations in a wide variety of whimsical images that will serve to challenge your coloring skills and spark your creativity. Most appropriate for the intermediate to advanced colorist. Subjects include lovely ladies, animals, steampunk, fairy tales and myths, florals, plus more.
This generously sized book will bring you many hours of coloring fun while you enjoy selected line-art from Wendy's personal images created over the past 5 years including more recent...
For her 3rd intricate and detailed coloring book, Wendy Martin brings you a collection of full page Art Nouveau-styled illustrations in a wide variety...