American Literary Scholarship - 1983

American Literary Scholarship - 1983

Author: American Literary Scholarship

Publisher: American Literary Scholarship

Published: 1985-06

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13:

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Essayists survey the recent thought and research concerning outstanding authors, trends, and movements in American literature.


A Companion to American Literary Studies

A Companion to American Literary Studies

Author: Caroline F. Levander

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 1119062519

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A Companion to American Literary Studies addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject. Offers up-to-date accounts of major new critical approaches to American literary studies Presents state-of-the-art essays on a full range of topics central to the field Essays explore critical and institutional genealogies of the field, increasingly diverse conceptions of American literary study, and unprecedented material changes such as the digital revolution A unique anthology in the field, and an essential resource for libraries, faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates


On Melville

On Melville

Author: Louis J. Budd

Publisher: Best from American Literature

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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“Many of the selections have become standard studies and interpretations: Sherman Paul on “The Town-Ho’s Story,’ R. W. B. Lewis on Melville and Homer, Merton Sealts on Melville’s “I and My Chimney,’ to name only a few. The quality of the selections is very high indeed, as was true of earlier volumes in this series. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice


Free at Last?

Free at Last?

Author: Juan Battle

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1351519131

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As this volume indicates, the issues facing black America are diverse, and the tools needed to understand these phenomena cross disciplinary boundaries. In this anthology, the authors address a wide range of topics including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, globalism, migration, health, politics, culture, and urban issues-from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives.


Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

Author: William S. Powell

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0807867136

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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.


Flawed Texts and Verbal Icons

Flawed Texts and Verbal Icons

Author: Hershel Parker

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780810106673

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An evaluation of the importance of textual criticism in evaluation of important literary works, based on his study of important American literary works by authors such as James, Crane, and Mailer.


Finding Colonial Americas

Finding Colonial Americas

Author: Joseph A. Leo Lemay

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9780874137224

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The stories now being told about the colonial American past represent an "America" newly found, as scholars continue to evaluate and revise the longer-standing stories that have, across the centuries, held particular cultural and critical sway. This collection is a celebration of the widening of scholarly inquire in early American studies, and a tribute to a leading early Americanist whose scholarly career continues to contribute to the opening up of crucial questions of canon.