Author: Robert S. Levine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This new collection offers timely, critical essays specially commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career.
The New Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville
Author: Robert S. Levine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This new collection offers timely, critical essays specially commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023130
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This new collection offers timely, critical essays specially commissioned to provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career.
The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville
Author: Robert Steven Levine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521555715
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Specially commissioned essays provide a critical introduction to one of the most significant writers of nineteenth-century America.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521555715
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Specially commissioned essays provide a critical introduction to one of the most significant writers of nineteenth-century America.
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.
A Companion to Herman Melville
Author: Wyn Kelley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119045274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville’s works in the twenty-first century. Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville Considers Melville in a global context, and looks at the impact of global economies and technologies on the way people read Melville Takes account of the latest and most sophisticated scholarship, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives Locates Melville in his cultural milieu, revising our views of his politics on race, gender and democracy Reveals Melville as a more contemporary writer than his critics have sometimes assumed
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119045274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
In a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville’s works in the twenty-first century. Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville Considers Melville in a global context, and looks at the impact of global economies and technologies on the way people read Melville Takes account of the latest and most sophisticated scholarship, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives Locates Melville in his cultural milieu, revising our views of his politics on race, gender and democracy Reveals Melville as a more contemporary writer than his critics have sometimes assumed
The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists
Author: Timothy Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107013135
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the novel in America. It explores the work of the most influential American novelists of the past 200 years, including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, and Morrison.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107013135
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the novel in America. It explores the work of the most influential American novelists of the past 200 years, including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, and Morrison.
The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Poetry
Author: Kerry Larson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494257
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This Companion is the first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to American poetry of the nineteenth century. It covers a wide variety of authors, many of whom are currently being rediscovered. A number of anthologies in the recent past have been devoted to the verse of groups such as Native Americans, African-Americans and women. This volume offers essays covering these groups as well as more familiar figures such as Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow and Melville. The contents are divided between broad topics of concern such as the poetry of the Civil War or the development of the 'poetess' role and articles featuring specific authors such as Edgar Allan Poe or Sarah Piatt. In the past two decades a growing body of scholarship has been engaged in reconceptualizing and re-evaluating this largely neglected area of study in US literary history - this Companion reflects and advances this spirit of revisionism.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494257
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This Companion is the first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to American poetry of the nineteenth century. It covers a wide variety of authors, many of whom are currently being rediscovered. A number of anthologies in the recent past have been devoted to the verse of groups such as Native Americans, African-Americans and women. This volume offers essays covering these groups as well as more familiar figures such as Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow and Melville. The contents are divided between broad topics of concern such as the poetry of the Civil War or the development of the 'poetess' role and articles featuring specific authors such as Edgar Allan Poe or Sarah Piatt. In the past two decades a growing body of scholarship has been engaged in reconceptualizing and re-evaluating this largely neglected area of study in US literary history - this Companion reflects and advances this spirit of revisionism.
The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy
Author: Steven Frye
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107018153
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book provides a sophisticated introduction to the life and work of Cormac McCarthy appropriate for scholars, teachers and general readers.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107018153
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This book provides a sophisticated introduction to the life and work of Cormac McCarthy appropriate for scholars, teachers and general readers.
The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521797276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521797276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon
Author: Inger H. Dalsgaard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521769744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521769744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master.
Herman Melville in Context
Author: Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316766969
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Herman Melville in Context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of Herman Melville, a towering figure in nineteenth-century American and world literature. The book grounds the study of Herman Melville's writings to the world that influenced their composition, publication and recognition, making it a valuable resource to scholars, teachers, students and general readers. Bringing together contributions covering a wide range of topics, the collection of essays covers the geographical, social, cultural and literary contexts of Melville's life and works, as well as its literary reception. Herman Melville in Context will enable readers to approach Melville's writings with fuller insight, and to read and understand them in a way that approximates the way they were read and understood in his time.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316766969
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Herman Melville in Context provides the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of Herman Melville, a towering figure in nineteenth-century American and world literature. The book grounds the study of Herman Melville's writings to the world that influenced their composition, publication and recognition, making it a valuable resource to scholars, teachers, students and general readers. Bringing together contributions covering a wide range of topics, the collection of essays covers the geographical, social, cultural and literary contexts of Melville's life and works, as well as its literary reception. Herman Melville in Context will enable readers to approach Melville's writings with fuller insight, and to read and understand them in a way that approximates the way they were read and understood in his time.