Jason Childs & Christy Wampole 
Cambridge History of the American Essay [EPUB ebook] 

A handbook in three volumes to a choice of essential books, writers and subjects in order to try to understand the world we live in, about "big questions" and possible answers, about books …

In Part III of Marjorie Bowen’s ”The Rake’s Progress ”, the narrative reaches its climax and resolution. This volume focuses on the theme of redemption, as the protagonist grapples with the consequ …

This is the first book-length study to read women of the Beat Generation as feminist writers. The book focuses on one author from each of the three generations that comprise the groups of female writ …

In the Alexander Lectures for 1965-66 at the University of Toronto, Dr. Frye describes the basis of the tragic vision as "being in time, " in which death as "the essential event that g …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 This book examines the connections between the growth of”terror fiction” – the genre now known as ”Gothic” – in the late eighteenthcentury, and the simultan …

Uncovering the role of literature, late imperialism, and the rise of new models of internationalism as integral to the invention of Global English, this book focuses on three key figures from the “Vo …

First published in 1996, Explorations in Difference explores how contemporary debates over identity and difference come into play within the workings of cultural, legal, and political institutions. T …

This book challenges the status quo of studies in literature and religion by returning to “experience” as a bridge between theory and practice. Essays focus on keywords of religious experience and de …

Based on readings of some of the leading literary voices in contemporary Irish writing, this book explores how these authors have engaged with the events of Ireland”s recent economic ”boom” and th …

This book examines the writings of the American novelist Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), which Rand considered her definitive statement about the need for an u …