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One of the most enduring and prolific American authors of the latter half of the 20th century, John Updike has long been recognized by critics for his importance as a social …
In Conrad and Empire, Stephen Ross challenges the orthodoxy of the last thirty years of Conrad criticism by arguing that to focus on issues of race and imperialism in Conrad's work …
Leading Conradian scholar Daniel Schwarz assembles his work from over the past two decades into one crucial volume, providing a long overdue look at an author who is finding …
Mark Twain once claimed that he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River, and he studied his fellow humans with the same devoted attention. In both …
In Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor James Cox analyzes the humor of the man known as Mark Twain. Now with a new introduction and an additional essay written as a follow-up to the …
Provides a detailed look at the artistic origins of one of America's most accomplished writers. Chronicling James Dickey's scrutiny of a variety of works, the notebooks serve as a …
Featuring 12 critical investigations of influential Spanish female essayists, this text illustrates their command of the genre, their incorporation of both the ideological and the …
An edited collection of over 250 letters exchanged between Cleanth Brooks and Allen Tate between 1933 and 1976. The text sheds light on their friendships with writers such as T.S. …
Manuel Zapata Olivella and the ""Darkening"" of Latin American Literature is an examination of the fictional work of one of Latin America's most prolific, yet overlooked, writers. …
This volume seeks to expand the scope of the study of the English Renaissance by examining the interpretations of both men and women who represent a range of ecclesiastical and …