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  • Navigating Souths

    Transdisciplinary Explorations of a U.S. Region

    Series series
    The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.S. South in regional, national, and global contexts is an intellectual project that has been going on for some time. Scholars in history, literature, and other disciplines have developed an advanced understanding of the historical, social, and cultural forces that have helped to shape the U.S. South. However, most of the debates on these ... Leer más

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  • Dear Appalachia

    Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878

    Much criticism has been directed at negative stereotypes of Appalachia perpetuated by movies, television shows, and news media. Books, on the other hand, often draw enthusiastic praise for their celebration of the simplicity and authenticity of the Appalachian region.Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878 employs the innovative new strategy of examining fan mail, ... Leer más

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    How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures

    The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby—"The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't."Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover ... Leer más

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  • Still Wild

    Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Pre

    Larry McMurtry—the preeminent chronicler of the American West—celebrates the best of Western short fiction in this anthology that represents the coming-of-age of the legendary American frontier, featuring authors such as Jack Kerouac, Annie Proulx, and more.Featuring a veritable Who’s Who of the century’s most distinctive writers, this collection effectively departs from the standard superstars of ... Leer más

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  • Chic Ironic Bitterness

    A brilliant and timely reflection on irony in contemporary American culture“This book is a powerful and persuasive defense of sophisticated irony and subtle humor that contributes to the possibility of a genuine civic trust and democratic life. R. Jay Magill deserves our congratulations for a superb job!”—Cornel West, University Professor, Princeton University“A well-written, well-argued ... Leer más

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  • Neobaroque in the Americas

    Alternative Modernities in Literature, Visual Art, and Film

    de Monika Kaup ...
    Series series New World Studies
    In a comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of modern and postmodern literature, film, art, and visual culture, Monika Kaup examines the twentieth century's recovery of the baroque within a hemispheric framework embracing North America, Latin America, and U.S. Latino/a culture. As "neobaroque" comes to the forefront of New World studies, attention to transcultural dynamics is overturning the ... Leer más

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy

    Edición de Steven Frye ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Cormac McCarthy both embodies and redefines the notion of the artist as outsider. His fiction draws on recognizable American themes and employs dense philosophical and theological subtexts, challenging readers by depicting the familiar as inscrutably foreign. The essays in this Companion offer a sophisticated yet concise introduction to McCarthy's difficult and provocative work. The contributors, ... Leer más

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  • Walt Whitman

    Series series Lives and Legacies Series
    From the great events of the day to the patient workings of a spider, few poets responded to the life around them as powerfully as Walt Whitman. Now, in this brief but bountiful volume, David S. Reynolds offers a wealth of insight into the life and work of Whitman, examining the author through the lens of nineteenth-century America. Reynolds shows how Whitman responded to contemporary theater, ... Leer más

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  • Editing Emily Dickinson

    The Production of an Author

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    Editing Emily Dickinson considers the processes through which Dickinson's work has been edited in the twentieth century and how such editorial processes contribute specifically to the production of Emily Dickinson as author. The posthumous editing of her handwritten manuscripts into the conventions of the book and the electronic archive has been informed by editors' assumptions about the literary ... Leer más

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  • Melville

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    If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates thatMelville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with friends like Nathaniel Hawthorne and with his ... Leer más

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Henry James

    Edición de Jonathan Freedman ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Henry James provides a critical introduction to James's work. Throughout the major critical shifts of the last fifty years, and despite suspicions of the traditional high literary culture which was James's milieu, he has retained a powerful hold on readers and critics alike. All essays are written at a level free from technical jargon, designed to promote accessibility ... Leer más

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  • Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches

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