Описание: Noted scholars of Latin American and Spanish literature here explore the literary history of Latin America through the representation of iconic female characters. Focusing both on canonical novels and on works virtually unknown outside their original countries, the essays discuss the important ways in which these characters represent nature, history, race and sex, the effects of globalization, and the unknowable ""other."" They examine how both male and female writers portray Latin American women, reinterpreting the dynamics between the genders across boundaries and historical periods. Supported by recent theories in literary criticism, gender, and Latin American studies, this compendium provides a deep understanding of the role of women as conduits for the appreciation of their countries and cultures.
Описание: Few institutions seem more opposed than African American literature and J. Edgar Hoover`s white-bread Federal Bureau of Investigation. But behind the scenes the FBI`s hostility to black protest was energized by fear of and respect for black writing. Drawing on nearly 14,000 pages of newly released FBI files, F.B. Eyes exposes the Bureau`s intimate
Автор: Aldridge Alfred Owen Название: Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach ISBN: 0691614148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691614144 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7128.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the disti
Описание: This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the vibrant and expansive literature of the American West. Essays cover a diverse group of key texts and authors - including major figures in the Native American, Hispanic, Asian American, and African American movements - with treatments ranging from environmental and ecopoetic to transnational and transcultural.
Описание: Provides original essays that suggest ways to engage students in the classroom with the cultural factors of American literature. Some of the essays focus on individual authors` works, others view American literature more broadly, and still others focus on the application of culturally based methods for reading.
Автор: Downes Название: Hobbes, Sovereignty, and Early American Literature ISBN: 1107085292 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107085299 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15048.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hobbes, Sovereignty, and Early American Literature explores the development of ideas about sovereignty and democracy in the early United States. It looks at Puritan sermons and poetry, founding-era political debates and representations of revolutionary and anti-slavery violence to reveal how Americans imagined the elusive possibility of a democratic sovereignty.
Автор: Bien Peter Название: Kazantzakis and Linguistic Revolution in Greek Literature ISBN: 0691619794 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691619798 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Peter Bien focuses on Kazantzakis` obsession with the demotic, the language "on the lips of the people," showing how it governed his writing, his ambition, and his involvement in Greek politics and educational reform. Kazantzakis` obsession worked against him in his Odyssey and found its natural vehicle only in his translation of Homer`s Iliad and
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