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Theodore Dreiser and the Cultures of Travel

by Gary Totten ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature
Theodore Dreiser and the Cultures of Travel examines Dreiser’s three published travel narratives, A Traveler at Forty (1913), A Hoosier Holiday (1916), and Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928), along with his 1916–26 travel diaries for trips to Georgia, New Jersey, California, and Florida, and his impressions of his early days as a journalist in New York, captured in Newspaper Days (1922, 1931) and ... Read more

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Theodore Dreiser and the Cultures of Travel examines Dreiser’s three published travel narratives, A Traveler at Forty (1913), A Hoosier Holiday (1916), and Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928), along with his 1916–26 travel diaries for trips to Georgia, New Jersey, California, and Florida, and his impressions of his early days as a journalist in New York, captured in Newspaper Days (1922, 1931) and
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Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom

by Jennifer Ann Ho, Joanne Lipson Freed, Yadira Gamez, C. A. Snyder, Lauren J. Gantz, Crystal R. Perez, Kristen Brown0, Norell Martinez1, Luis Cortés2, Emily R. Rutter3, Sarah Minslow4, Ariel Santos5, Kevin Pyon6, Shermaine M. Jones7, Marilyn Edelstein8, Nancy H. Carranza9, Naomi Edwards0, Martha J. Cutter1 ...

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional contexts.The authors draw on their own racial and ethnic backgrounds to examine race ... Read more

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The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional contexts.The authors draw on their own racial and ethnic backgrounds to examine race
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A Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States

Edited by Gary Totten ...

Series series Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Provides the most comprehensive collection of scholarship on the multiethnic literature of the United StatesA Companion to the Multiethnic Literature of the United States isthe first in-depth reference work dedicated to the histories, genres, themes, cultural contexts, and new directions of American literature by authors of varied ethnic backgrounds. Engaging multiethnic literature as a distinct ... Read more

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Provides the most comprehensive collection of scholarship on the multiethnic literature of the United StatesA Companion to the Multiethnic Literature of the United States isthe first in-depth reference work dedicated to the histories, genres, themes, cultural contexts, and new directions of American literature by authors of varied ethnic backgrounds. Engaging multiethnic literature as a distinct
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Haunting Realities

Naturalist Gothic and American Realism

by Monika Elbert, Wendy Ryden, Stephen Arch, David Greven, Donna M. Campbell, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Steve Marsden, Christine A. Wooley, Dennis Berthold0, Alicia Mischa Renfroe1, Charlotte L. Quinney2, Gary Totten3, Dara Downey4, Daniel Mrozowski5, Kenneth K. Brandt6, Patricia Luedecke7, Lisa A. Long8 ...

Series series Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
An innovative collection of essays examining the sometimes paradoxical alignment of Realism and Naturalism with the Gothic in American literature to highlight their shared qualitiesFollowing the golden age of British Gothic in the late eighteenth century, the American Gothic’s pinnacle is often recognized as having taken place during the decades of American Romanticism. However, Haunting Realities ... Read more

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An innovative collection of essays examining the sometimes paradoxical alignment of Realism and Naturalism with the Gothic in American literature to highlight their shared qualitiesFollowing the golden age of British Gothic in the late eighteenth century, the American Gothic’s pinnacle is often recognized as having taken place during the decades of American Romanticism. However, Haunting Realities
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Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors

Edith Wharton and Material Culture

by Jamie Barlowe, Jacqueline Wilson-Jordan, Karin Roffman, J. Michael Duvall, Linda S. Watts, Deborah Zak, Lyn Bennett, Jennifer Shepherd, Carol Sapora, Dr. Emily J. Orlando ...

Series series Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
In Edith Wharton’s works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which she lived and about which she wrote. Furthermore, her meditations about issues of architecture, design ... Read more

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In Edith Wharton’s works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art and objects are for Wharton evidence of cultural belief and reflect the values, assumptions, and customs of the burgeoning consumer culture in which she lived and about which she wrote. Furthermore, her meditations about issues of architecture, design
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Politics, Identity, and Mobility in Travel Writing

Edited by Miguel A. Cabañas, Jeanne Dubino, Veronica Salles-Reese, Gary Totten ...

Series series Routledge Research in Travel Writing
This collection examines the intersections between the personal and the political in travel writing, and the dialectic between mobility and stasis, through an analysis of specific cases across geographical and historical boundaries. The authors explore the various ways in which travel texts represent actual political conditions and thus engage in discussions about national, transnational, and ... Read more

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This collection examines the intersections between the personal and the political in travel writing, and the dialectic between mobility and stasis, through an analysis of specific cases across geographical and historical boundaries. The authors explore the various ways in which travel texts represent actual political conditions and thus engage in discussions about national, transnational, and
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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott ...

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March — and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted ... Read more

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Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March — and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Collection

by Edgar Allan Poe ...

"Dive into Darkness: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Await Your Imagination!" Step into the mysterious world of Edgar Allan Poe with this comprehensive collection. Explore the depths of his genius as you traverse through tales that will intrigue, captivate, and leave you yearning for more. Experience the joy of unraveling enigmatic stories, the surprise of unexpected twists, and the comfort ... Read more

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"Dive into Darkness: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Await Your Imagination!" Step into the mysterious world of Edgar Allan Poe with this comprehensive collection. Explore the depths of his genius as you traverse through tales that will intrigue, captivate, and leave you yearning for more. Experience the joy of unraveling enigmatic stories, the surprise of unexpected twists, and the comfort
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Rilla of Ingleside Complete Text [with Free AudioBook Links]

(Anne of Green Gables #8)

by L. M. Montgomery ...

Series Book 8 - The Collected Novels of L.M. Montgomery
Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside ... Read more

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Anne's children were almost grown up, except for pretty, high-spirited Rilla. No one could resist her bright hazel eyes and dazzling smile. Rilla, almost fifteen, can't think any further ahead than going to her very first dance at the Four Winds lighthouse and getting her first kiss from handsome Kenneth Ford. But undreamed-of challenges await the irrepressible Rilla when the world of Ingleside
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The Great Escape

Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

by Angus Deaton ...

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the ... Read more

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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, some parts of the
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Pride and Prejudice

With Austen for Beginners A Memoir of Jane Austen, illustrations, Free Audiobook Links

by Jane Austen ...

IllustrationsFree Audiobook LinksPride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and ... Read more

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IllustrationsFree Audiobook LinksPride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet household at Longbourn in Hertfordshire when young, eligible Mr. Charles Bingley rents the fine house nearby. He may have sisters, but he also has male friends, and
... Read more
The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft ...

”The Call of Cthulhu” is the story of a man who uncovers evidence of otherworldly beings residing in a state of hibernation deep beneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans. Though the image of Cthulhu is by no means original, as it is heavily borrowed from Scandinavian lore among other sources, Lovecraft’s descriptions–in this case of a basrelief carved in its likeness–are still nothing short of ... Read more

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”The Call of Cthulhu” is the story of a man who uncovers evidence of otherworldly beings residing in a state of hibernation deep beneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans. Though the image of Cthulhu is by no means original, as it is heavily borrowed from Scandinavian lore among other sources, Lovecraft’s descriptions–in this case of a basrelief carved in its likeness–are still nothing short of
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