Author: Eric Bulson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107156211
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This Companion focuses on the novel as a global genre and examines its role, impact and development.
The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
Author: Leslie Howsam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023734
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023734
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York
Author: Cyrus R. K. Patell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A portrait of the diverse literary cultures of New York from its beginnings as a Dutch colony to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A portrait of the diverse literary cultures of New York from its beginnings as a Dutch colony to the present.
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction
Author: Edward James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521016575
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521016575
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Table of contents
The Cambridge Companion to Theodore Dreiser
Author: Leonard Cassuto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894654
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The specially commissioned essays collected in this volume establish new parameters for both scholarly and classroom discussion of Dreiser. This Companion provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classics, Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Dreiser's representation of the city and his prose style. The volume investigates topics such as his representation of masculinity and femininity, and his treatment of ethnicity. It is the most comprehensive introduction to Dreiser's work available.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521894654
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The specially commissioned essays collected in this volume establish new parameters for both scholarly and classroom discussion of Dreiser. This Companion provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classics, Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Dreiser's representation of the city and his prose style. The volume investigates topics such as his representation of masculinity and femininity, and his treatment of ethnicity. It is the most comprehensive introduction to Dreiser's work available.
The Cambridge Companion to the American Modernist Novel
Author: Joshua L. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This Companion offers a comprehensive analysis of U.S. modernism as part of a global literature. Recent writing on U.S. immigration, imperialism, and territorial expansion has generated fresh reasons to read modernist novelists, both prominent and forgotten. Written by a host of leading scholars, this Companion provides unique approaches to modernist texts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This Companion offers a comprehensive analysis of U.S. modernism as part of a global literature. Recent writing on U.S. immigration, imperialism, and territorial expansion has generated fresh reasons to read modernist novelists, both prominent and forgotten. Written by a host of leading scholars, this Companion provides unique approaches to modernist texts.
The Cambridge Companion to the Modernist Novel
Author: Morag Shiach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052185444X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The novel is modernism's most vital and experimental genre. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this 2007 Companion is an accessible and informative overview of the genre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052185444X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The novel is modernism's most vital and experimental genre. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this 2007 Companion is an accessible and informative overview of the genre.
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen
Author: Edward Copeland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521498678
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world and present-day criticism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521498678
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world and present-day criticism.
The Cambridge Companion to the Postcolonial Novel
Author: Ato Quayson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107132819
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the sublime and the city, this Companion reveals the myriad traditions that have shaped the postcolonial literary landscape.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107132819
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the sublime and the city, this Companion reveals the myriad traditions that have shaped the postcolonial literary landscape.
The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction
Author: Joshua Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction
Author: Martin Priestman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494508
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the thriller and spy fiction. It also includes chapters on the treatment of crime in eighteenth-century literature, French and Victorian fiction, women and black detectives, crime on film and TV, police fiction and postmodernist uses of the detective form. The collection, by an international team of established specialists, offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading. The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of crime fiction and its critical reception.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494508
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction where crime plays a substantial part, such as the thriller and spy fiction. It also includes chapters on the treatment of crime in eighteenth-century literature, French and Victorian fiction, women and black detectives, crime on film and TV, police fiction and postmodernist uses of the detective form. The collection, by an international team of established specialists, offers students invaluable reference material including a chronology and guides to further reading. The volume aims to ensure that its readers will be grounded in the history of crime fiction and its critical reception.