Supplemented with useful and wide-ranging author and subject indexes, this bibliography surveys the enormous quantity of books published on language and literature between 1989 and 1995. In addition to its emphasis upon the multiculturalism and interdisciplinarity that mark contemporary literature study, this volume assembles a host of scholarly works from a broad range of discourses and genres, including cultural studies, philosophy, anthropology, women's studies, theology, linguistics, popular culture, political science, psychology, sociology, biology, and other fields. Entries are...
Supplemented with useful and wide-ranging author and subject indexes, this bibliography surveys the enormous quantity of books published on languag...
This invaluable guide offers an accessible introduction to two important movements in the history of 20th century literary theory. A complementary text to the Palgrave volume Postmodern Narrative Theory by Mark Currie, this new title addresses a host of theoretical concerns, as well as each field's principal figures and interpretive modes. As with other books in theTransitions series, Formalist Criticism and Reader-Response Theory includes readings of a range of widely-studied texts, including Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great...
This invaluable guide offers an accessible introduction to two important movements in the history of 20th century literary theory. A complementary tex...
Divided into four descriptive sections---Theory and the Ethics of Literary Text, - -Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power, - -Making Darkness Visible: The Ethical Implications of Narrative as Witness, - and -Ways of Seeing: The Diversity of Applied Ethical Criticism---this unprecedented collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic, and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics, and modes of criticism. Wayne C. Booth's -Why Ethical Criticism Can Never Be Simple, - J. Hillis Miller's -How to Be 'in Tune with the Right' in The Golden Bowl, -...
Divided into four descriptive sections---Theory and the Ethics of Literary Text, - -Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power, - -Mak...
Divided into four descriptive sections---Theory and the Ethics of Literary Text, - -Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power, - -Making Darkness Visible: The Ethical Implications of Narrative as Witness, - and -Ways of Seeing: The Diversity of Applied Ethical Criticism---this unprecedented collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic, and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics, and modes of criticism. Wayne C. Booth's -Why Ethical Criticism Can Never Be Simple, - J. Hillis Miller's -How to Be 'in Tune with the Right' in The Golden Bowl, -...
Divided into four descriptive sections---Theory and the Ethics of Literary Text, - -Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power, - -Mak...
In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to life-from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. By mapping the group's development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles' creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through Abbey Road and the twilight of their career.
In order to communicate the nature...
In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to life-from their salad day...
In Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Todd F. Davis and Kenneth Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholarship and the reading experience itself. For Davis and Womack, the idea of reconciling the void - the locus of our sociocultural disillusionment and despair in an increasingly uncertain world - concerns explicit artistic attempts to represent the ways in which human beings seek out meaning, hope and community in spite of the void's immutable shadow.
In Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Todd F. Davis and Kenneth Womack investigate the emerging gaps between literary scholar...
As a literary genre, academic fiction has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular modes for satirizing the cultural conflicts and sociological nuances inherent in campus life. Drawing upon recent insights in ethical criticism and moral philosophy, Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community offers new readings of fictional and nonfictional works by such figures as Kingsley Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Joyce Carol Oates, David Lodge, David Mamet, Ishmael Reed, Sandra M.Gilbert and Susan Gubar and Jane Smiley.
As a literary genre, academic fiction has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular modes for satirizing the cultural conflicts and sociologi...
From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles the creation of the band, their musical influences, and their cultural significance, with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians, songwriters, and recording artists. Through detailed biographical and album analyses, the book uncovers the background of each band member and provides expansive readings of the band's music. Traces the group's creative output from their earliest recordings through their career Pays particular attention to the social and historical factors which...
From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles the creation of the band, their musical infl...
When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the first animated scoreboard. Yet there were memorable problems such as outfielders' inability to see fly balls and failed attempts to grow natural grass--which ultimately led to the development of Astroturf. The Astrodome nonetheless changed the way people...
When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride...
