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Through unwavering hope, faith, and love and against all earthly odds, divine intervention mystically bestows upon a young sea maiden a magnificent transformation. Desire, belief, and strong conviction enable a miracle beyond human comprehension. In the classical tradition of literary excellence, this poetic tale is reminiscent of many faerie tales of centuries ago. This is more than a story. It is a mystical experience beyond compare. It is also a tale of extraordinary literary merit. The reader will transcend ordinary reality and travel through a realm of beauty, magic, and...

Continuum Contemporaries will be a wonderful source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and readings groups, as well as for literature students.The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed, and most influential novels of recent years. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question. The books in the series will all follow the same structure: a biography of the novelist,...

Since Barbara Kingsolver published The Bean Trees in 1988, her work has been of great interest to readers--first, American readers; then British and South African readers; and finally to readers the world over. With incredible speed, Kingsolver became one of the best-known United States writers, a person who collected honors and awards as if she were a much more mature literary producer.

From the beginning Kingsolver touched an elbow of keen interest in her readers: hers was the voice of world awareness, a conscientious voice that demanded attention for the narratives of the...

Wagner-Martin, a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, offers a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. A bibliographic essay is also included.

A landmark of American literature, Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (1929) is one of the most widely read and studied novels of the 20th century. Written by a respected scholar of American modernism and...

• The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century
• Covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels
• Features discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics

• The History of American Literature from 1950 to the Present offers a comprehensive analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century
• Covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels
• Features discussion of American works within the context of such 21st-century issues as globalization, medicine, gender, education, and other topics