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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

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The Pushcart Prize XXVI : Best of the Small Presses 2002 Edition 9781888889314 Used / Pre-owned

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The American Tradition in Literature 9780072491562 Used / Pre-owned

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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

The Origins of African American Literature : A History of the African American Literary Presence 1680-1865 9780813920672 Used / Pre-owned

The Origins of African American Literature is an invaluable revelation of the emergence and sources of the specifically African American literary tradition and the forces that helped shape it. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... 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

Anniversary Collection: American Designs: The Late Novels of James and Faulkner (Hardcover)

American Designs addresses three major literary critical issues: the hermeneutics of the novel genre; the intense importance of this genre for American literature; and the way James and Faulkner; by writing within hermeneutic traditions of the... more

Reexamining World Literature: Challenging Current Assumptions and Envisioning Possibilities (Paperback)

Serrano calls for a reassessment of the practice of World Literature with six case studies taken from the Arabic Chinese French German Korean and Latin American traditions. Although in recent years the field has adopted more inclusive and... more

Studies in Medieval Literature Dante Satiro: Satire in Dante Alighieri s Comedy and Other Works (Paperback)

This collection of essays explores the concept and tradition of satire in relation to Dante s Comedy and his other works and the modern reception of Dante s satire in contemporary American culture. It is the first comprehensive study on Dante and... more

Studies in Medieval Literature Dante Satiro: Satire in Dante Alighieri s Comedy and Other Works (Hardcover)

This collection of essays explores the concept and tradition of satire in relation to Dante s Comedy and his other works and the modern reception of Dante s satire in contemporary American culture. It is the first comprehensive study on Dante and... more

American Tradition in Literature (Volume Two): With American Ariel 0073221538 (Paperback - Used)

Widely known as the anthology that best unites tradition with innovation The American Tradition in Literature is proud to enter its fifth decade of leadership among textbook anthologies of American literature. Each volume continues to offer a... more

African American Literature in Transition: African American Literature in Transition 1960-1970 (Hardcover)

This volume considers innovations transitions and traditions in both familiar and unfamiliar texts and moments in 1960s African American literature and culture. It interrogates declarations of race authenticity personal and collective empowerment... more

Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics: Literature and Race in the Democracy of Goods: Reading Contemporary Black and Asian North American Poetry (Paperback)

Examining three literary traditions - post-1960 Asian American Asian Canadian and Black experimental poetry - this book reframes contemporary scholarly accounts of post-war North American comparative racial group formation demonstrating how such... more

The Norton Anthology of American Literature (Edition 6) (Paperback)

The best-selling survey of American literature from its beginnings to the present day is now brought to readers in an innovative revision. Here are the classic writers in the American tradition--from Wheatley and Franklin to Poe and Dickinson to... more

Understanding Contemporary American Literature: Understanding Michael S. Harper (Paperback)

A fresh examination of Harper s body of work as an archive of Black life thought and culture The first book devoted to the groundbreaking poet s work Understanding Michael S. Harper locates Harper s poetic project within Black expressive tradition.... more

Pre-Owned Native American Literature: An Anthology (Paperback) 0844259853 9780844259857

Representing more than fifty tribes from the US and Canada this title gives readers opportunities to explore the diversity of authors experiences through poetry fiction and non-fiction including the oral tradition. It includes two maps that provide... more

Pre-Owned The American Tradition in Literature (Hardcover) 0075572044 9780075572046

Widely known as the anthology that best unites tradition with innovation The American Tradition in Literature is proud to enter its fifth decade of leadership among textbook anthologies of American literature. Each volume continues to offer a... more

Pre-Owned Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Hardcover 9780393040012) by Henry Louis Gates

9780393040012. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 2665. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 2665 p. A dazzling and comprehensive overview of the African American literary tradition. This landmark anthology includes the... more

Pre-Owned African American Literature and the Classicist Tradition: Black Women Writers from (Hardcover 9780230600225) by T Walters

9780230600225. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2007 ed. Language: English. Pages: 197. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 197 p. This is a groundbreaking study exploring the significant relationship between western classical... more

Sterling A. Brown : Building the Black Aesthetic Tradition (Paperback)

Sterling A. Brown s achievement and influence in the field of American literature and culture are unquestionably significant. His poetry has been translated into Spanish French German and Russian and has been read in literary circles throughout the... more

Reading Trauma and Memory Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature (Hardcover)

This book expands on a literary tradition where Black writers articulate the impact of slavery s legacy over time. Along with Black Feminist studies this book demonstrates how trauma studies can transcend Eurocentric roots by encompassing traumatic... 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

Truth Stranger Than Fiction: Race Realism and the U.S. Literary Marketplace (Hardcover)

Using the lens of business history to contextualize the development of an American literary tradition Truth Stranger than Fiction shows how African American literature and culture greatly influenced the development of realism which remains one of... more

Pre-Owned Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children s Literature (Hardcover 9780230618756) by M Stewart Y Atkinson

9780230618756. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2009 ed. Language: English. Pages: 256. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. Esteemed contributors expand the range of possibilities for reading... more

Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition (The EMC Masterpiece Series) 9780821921647 0821921649 - Used/Very Good

Title: Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition (The EMC Masterpiece Series) Condition: Used/Very Good SKU: G0821921649932 ISBN-13: 9780821921647 ISBN-10: 0821921649 Author: N Publisher: EMC Paradigm Publishing Pub Year: 2001 Media:... more

Journey Through American Literature (Paperback)

A vivid snapshot of America s kaleidoscopic literary tradition A Journey Through American Literature illuminates the authors works and events that have shaped our cultural heritage. Kevin J. Hayes charts this history through a series of approachable... more

Pre-Owned The American Tradition in Literature Vol. 2 : Walt Whitman Through the Present 9780070493445 Used

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Eudora Welty: Thirteen Essays (Paperback)

Eudora Welty: Thirteen Essays edited by Peggy W. Prenshaw This collection of essays about the writings of Eudora Welty a southern writer in the grand tradition of American literature reflects the range of Welty criticism. Themes forms and stylistic... more

Cormac McCarthy and the Ghost of Huck Finn (Paperback)

Mark Twain once wrote We are nothing but echoes. Despite this pronouncement Twain s voice continues to reverberate in the 21st century. Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn helped define modern American literature creating The Huck Finn Tradition... more

New Directions in Latino American Cultures: Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration: Narratives of Displacement (Paperback)

This collection explores the literary tradition of Caribbean Latino literature written in the U.S. beginning with José Martí and concluding with 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Díaz. The contributors consider the way that spatial... more

Cambridge Studies in American Literature The Logic of Slavery (Paperback)

In American history and throughout the Western world the subjugation perpetuated by slavery has created a unique culture of slavery. That culture exists as a metaphorical artistic and literary tradition attached to the enslaved - human beings whose... more

Cambridge Studies in American Literature The Logic of Slavery (Hardcover)

In American history and throughout the Western world the subjugation perpetuated by slavery has created a unique culture of slavery. That culture exists as a metaphorical artistic and literary tradition attached to the enslaved - human beings whose... more

Pre-Owned American Tradition in Literature (Volume Two): With American Ariel (Paperback 9780073221533) by George Perkins

9780073221533. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 11th ed. Language: English. Pages: 2353. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 2353 p. more

Pre-Owned Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition (The EMC Masterpiece Series) (Hardcover) 0821921649 9780821921647

The EMC Masterpiece Series Literature and the Language Arts program is carefully structured to teach all students even those who are struggling to read great literature-and even be transformed by it. See the difference! Classic and contemporary... more

A History of Southern Literature (Paperback)

Travel through time and explore the rich literary traditions of the American South in this comprehensive volume. From William Faulkner to Flannery O Connor Carl Holliday traces the evolution of Southern literature and examines the cultural... more

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American Literature American Culture (Paperback)

American Literature American Culture is the first comprehensive anthology of American literary criticism to appear in many years and the first collection to bring together the tradition of American literary criticism as cultural critique. This... more