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Modern Asian Literature American Stories (Paperback)

Nagai Kafu is one of the greatest modern Japanese writers but until now his classic collection American Stories based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State Michigan and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century has never been... more

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures: Hispanic Baroque Ekphrasis: Gngora Camargo Sor Juana (Hardcover)

Analyses of early modern Latin American literature have often portrayed it either as a continuation of the Iberian tradition or as a reaction against Spanish imperialism. However such overgeneralisations cannot account for the complex corpus of... more

Modern American Literature and the New Twentieth Century: The Little Art Colony and Us Modernism (Paperback)

Explores the little art communities and their aesthetic products in the early twentieth century Historicizes and theorizes the role and function of the little art community as a geo-social formation Comparative place-based study of three... more

Pre-Owned The Lives and Stories of Early Asian Americans: An Anthology of Asian American Literature from 1887 to 1923 (Paperback) 1943115338 9781943115334

It would be incorrect to say that Asian American literature began during the Civil Rights Movement. Since the late nineteenth century Chinese American immigrants such as Yan Phou Lee and Yung Wing wrote autobiographies about their lives in China and... more

Cambridge Studies in American Literature Poetics of the Feminine: Authority and Literary Tradition in William Carlos Williams Mina Loy Denise Levertov and Kat Book 74 (Hardcover)

This book examines the early work of William Carlos Williams in relationship to a women s tradition of American poetry as represented by Mina Loy Denise Levertov and Kathleen Fraser--three generations of women poets working in or directly from a... more

Pre-Owned Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture (Paperback) 0807842273 9780807842270

In this book Jack Greene reinterprets the meaning of American social development. Synthesizing literature of the previous two decades on the process of social development and the formation of American culture he challenges the central assumptions... more

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Atlantic Literatures and Cultu: American Snobs: Transatlantic Novelists Liberal Culture and the Genteel Tradition (Hardcover)

Reassesses American elitisms of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Arguing that Henry Adams Henry James and Edith Wharton articulated their political thought in response to the liberalism that reigned in Boston and more specifically at... more

American Studies - A Monograph: Civilizing America : Manners and Civility in American Literature and Culture (Series #178) (Hardcover)

Papers from a conference held 2004 at the University of Heidelberg. The past three decades have seen a surge of interest in forms of social analysis arising out of the study of conduct and manners - particularly among historians of early modern... more

Pre-Owned The Linwoods: Or sixty Years Since in America (Paperback) 1584651539 9781584651536

A story of familial and national discord conciliation and redemption The Linwoods is perhaps the major work of one of the leading writers of early American literature. Set during the American Revolution Catharine Sedgwick s last historical romance... more

American authors; a hand-book of American literature from early colonial to living writers 1894 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned The Color Purple (Mass Market Paperback) 0156031825

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker s iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early... more

History Through Literature The Early Republic and Rise of National Identity (Hardcover)

The Early Republic and the Rise of National Identity a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices American Themes provides insights and analysis regarding the history literature and cultural climate of the... more

American World Literature: An Introduction (Hardcover)

A scholarly review of American world literature from early times to the postmodernist era American World Literature: An Introduction explores how the subject of American Literature has evolved from a national into a global phenomenon. As the author... more

Symbolism in American Literature (Paperback)

In this book an attempt has been made to shed light on symbols to decode the symbols and to identify the various interpretation it stand for. American literature in general is full of symbols from the days of early settlement to the present day.... more

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (Hardcover)

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville published in the early part of 1846 when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature the narrative is based on the author s... more

Latin American Literatures In The World / Literaturas Latino: Relating Continents: Coloniality and Global Encounters in Romance Literary and Cultural History (Hardcover)

During early modern European expansion America emerged as dynamic meeting ground continuously forging multidirectional global encounters. Relating Continents dismisses the semantics of encounter which in the politics of naming euphemistically... more

Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture: Determined Spirits: Eugenics Heredity and Racial Regeneration in Anglo-American Spiritualist Writing 1848-1930 (Hardcover)

Examines the Spiritualist movement s role in disseminating eugenic and hard hereditarian thought.Studying transatlantic spiritualist literature from the mid-19th to the early 20th century Christine Ferguson focuses on its incorporation and... more

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance : The Essential Guide to the Lives and Works of the Harlem Renaissance Writers 9780816069255 Used / Pre-owned

The Harlem Renaissance a broad artistic movement of the 1920s and early 30s was one of the most productive eras in American literary history. This title provides coverage and insight into the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. It has more than... more

Pre-Owned Behold the Child: American Children and Their Books 1621-1922 (Hardcover) 0801850665 9780801850660

In Behold the Child Gillian Avery offers an engaging account of children s literature in America from colonial times to the early twentieth century. Exploring a variety of social cultural and practical forces Avery shows how the literature of the... more

Pre-Owned The Heath Anthology of American Literature Volume B: Early Nineteenth Century: 1800-1865 (Paperback 9781133310235) by Paul Lauter Richard Yarborough John Alberti

9781133310235. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 7th ed. Language: English. Pages: 1904. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 1904 p. Contains: Maps. Heath Anthology of American Literature. Unrivaled diversity and ease of use have made THE... more

Interventions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture: Liminal Whiteness in Early Us Fiction (Paperback)

Hannah Lauren Murray shows that early US authors repeatedly imagined lost challenged and negated White racial identity in the new nation. In a Critical Whiteness reading of canonical and lesser-known texts from Charles Brockden Brown to Frank J.... more

Pre-Owned American Literature (Student): Cultural Influences of Early to Contemporary Voices (Paperback) by Stobaugh James

9780890516713. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 544. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 544 p. A well-crafted presentation of whole-book or whole-work selections from the major genres of classic literature... more

Latin American Literatures In The World / Literaturas Latino: Literatur und Unabhängigkeit (Hardcover)

The study writes a cultural history of transatlantic relations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Using the example of the Neo-Spanish Dominican fray Servando Teresa de Mier (1763-1827) it examines how Hispanic American writers of the... more

Pre-Owned Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest Literature 1790-1860 Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in good condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help. ISBN-10: 0415924448 ISBN-13:... more

American Literature Readings in the 21st Century: Reading W.S. Merwin in a New Century: American and European Perspectives (Hardcover)

This edited collection explores the work of highly awarded and twice American Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin. Spanning Merwin s early career his mid-career success his Hawaiian epic his eco-poetry his lesser-known later poetry and the influence of... more

The Leisure Ethic : Work and Play in American Literature 1840-1940 (Paperback)

This literary and cultural history of the rise of modern leisure shows how American writers from Henry David Thoreau to Zora Neale Hurston both responded to and helped shape19th- and early-20th-century ideas of work and play. more

Pre-Owned My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature (Paperback 9780345455666) by John Edgar Wideman

9780345455666. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 1280. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 1280 p. Pen/Faulkner Award-winning novelist Wideman presents the best of early African-American writing featuring such... more

Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literat Bees in Early Modern Transatlantic Literature: Sovereign Colony (Paperback)

This book examines bees in the early modern English and American literary and cultural traditions exploring the works of Shakespeare Pastorius Hopi and Wyandotte cultures Milton and Pulter. It argues that the hive plays a central role in shaping... more

Pre-Owned Stephen King s Contemporary Classics: Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror (Hardcover 9781442244900) by Philip L. Simpson Patrick McAleer

9781442244900. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Contemporary American Literature. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Many readers know Stephen King for his early works of horror from his fiction debut Carrie... more

Pre-Owned We Are All Leaders: The Alternative Unionism of the Early 1930s (Paperback 9780252065477) by Staughton Lynd Rosemary Feurer Janet Irons

9780252065477. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 360. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 360 p. Working Class in American History. Contains the Bryant Spann Memorial Prize in Literature for 1997 an award-winning... more

Hemingway: Early Works (Hardcover)

Ernest Hemingway s mark on American literature cannot be overstated. Under the modernist poet Ezra Pound s mentorship Hemingway s early writings show him developing his unique style of sparse objective prose. With the success of his first novel The... more

Pre-Owned The Yellow Wallpaper (Paperback 9781684222278) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

9781684222278. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 18. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 18 p. 2018 Reprint of 1892 Edition. This short story is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature... more

Pre-Owned My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature (Hardcover 9780762410354) by John Edgar Wideman

9780762410354. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 1270. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1270 p. This powerful compilation of African-American literature through the centuries focuses on classic works by notable authors... more

The Albert A. Bieber collection of American plays poetry and songsters; A most unusual gathering of early and modern American literature covering a variety of themes... 1923 [Lea

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Early American literature; 1916 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned Into the Wilderness Dream: Exploration Narratives of the American West 1500-1805 (Hardcover) 0874804434 9780874804430

Not just an exploration of our early Western European roots these rich chronicles read as literature first-person narratives of the greatest exploration adventures in historic times. From the Platonic vision of Atlantis to Arthur s Avalon... more

American Lutheranism Volume 1 : Early History of American Lutheranism and the Tennessee Synod (Paperback)

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe... more

In Byron s Shadow: Modern Greece in the English and American Imagination (Paperback)

Modern Greece constructed by the early nineteenth-century ideals and ideas associated with Byron has been haunted holy ground in English and American literature for almost two centuries. In Byron s Shadow analyzes how authors employ ideas about... more