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The essays in this groundbreaking collection stage conversations between the thought of the controversial feminist philosopher, linguist and psychoanalyst Luce Irigaray and premodern writers, rangin……続きを見る

This collection explores the contributions of Hispanic women writers to ongoing Western debates on gender, power, ethics, and the environment, offering a wide range of essays that specifically portr……続きを見る

Bringing together poststructuralist ethical theory with late Victorian debates about the morality of literature, this book reconsiders the ways in which novels engender an ethical orientation or res……続きを見る

**An illuminating new biography of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bishop "Love Unknown points movingly to the many relationships that moored Bishop, keeping h……続きを見る

Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple Alice Walker made history in 1983 ……続きを見る

Sostiene Ana Urkiza que el sistema literario vasco, en permanente esfuerzo por ofrecer una imagen de modernidad, no ha alcanzado aún la madurez. A partir de esa hipótesis, y con el doble objetivo de……続きを見る

A masterful study by a preeminent scholar that situates Cather as a visionary practitioner of literary modernism Willa Cather is often pegged as a regionalist, a feminine and domestic writer, or a s……続きを見る

Dorothy Richardson (1873-1957) was an English novelist who pioneered the "stream of consciousness" technique in her long novel "Pilgrimage," which was published in 13 volumes over the 1920s and 1930……続きを見る

In Spatializing Social Justice: Literary Critiques Maryann P. DiEdwardo uses seven literary critiques and seven reflections to share her newest research about the healing power of literature. DiEdwa……続きを見る

Modernist Women Writers and American Social Engagement explores the role of social and political engagement by women writers in the development of American modernism. Examining a diverse array of ge……続きを見る

Jane Austen and Comedy takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen’s books are funny; they induce laughter, and that laughter is worth attending to for a variety of reasons. Second, Ja……続きを見る

This book examines the emotions expressed in Hausa women’s prose fiction in northern Nigeria, showing how Hausa Muslim women writers use fiction in their indigenous language to demonstrate and expre……続きを見る

Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Paule Marshall, and Mary Prince represent the best of African American women writers who draw on the tortuous legacy of their people as a source for their art, revealing……続きを見る

Hermione Lee sees Virginia Woolf afresh, in her historical setting and as a vital figure for our times. Her book moves freely between a richly detailed life-story and new attempts to understand cruc……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Beloved with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Beloved by Toni Morrison, which tells the story o……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Song of Solomon with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, which t……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the……続きを見る

Arab women's writing in the modern age began with 'A'isha al-Taymuriya, Warda al-Yaziji, Zaynab Fawwaz, and other nineteenth-century pioneers in Egypt and the Levant. This unique study-first publish……続きを見る

The contributors to this wide-ranging work of scholarship and analysis include mentors, colleagues, friends, and students of the late Magda al-Nowaihi, an outstanding scholar of Middle East studies ……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Gone Girl with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a high-tension nove……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Their Eyes Were Watching God with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of The God of Small Things with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The God of Small Things by Arundh……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Cuckoo’s Calling with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbr……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Normal People, the book that became the popular serie of the same name, with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents ……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of Homegoing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which tells the story o……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird……続きを見る

Arguing that sound is integral to Virginia Woolf's understanding of literature, Elicia Clements highlights how the sonorous enables Woolf to examine issues of meaning in language and art, elaborate ……続きを見る

'Hardwick's sentences are burned in my brain.' - Susan Sontag Sidelined. Betrayed. Killed off. Elizabeth Hardwick considers the history of women and literature. She imagines the lives of the Brontes……続きを見る

The Queer Limit of Black Memory: Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution identifies a new archive of Black women’s literature that has heretofore been on the margins of literary scholarship and Af……続きを見る

In Conversation with Bessie Head shows how reading the novels and letters of Botswana's most influential writer, Bessie Head, fosters an ongoing conversation between reader and writer and is in fact……続きを見る