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In a series of humorous observations, this work explores the art of writing, its relationship to place and its importance in our lives. The author also reflects on being a women writer.

This is an analysis of selected texts viewed as cultural responses to military tyranny, and especially to the military dictatorship in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. The work goes on to study the process of institutional redemocratisation.

Wit is one of the fundamental keys to the theory and practice of 17th-century English poetry. The 12 essays collected in this volume argue that to study the wit of 17th-century poetry is to address concerns at the heart of the period's literary culture.

Treating the sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson as an autobiographical text, this book establishes that his years in the pulpit were pivotal and that his sermons are key texts in revealing the essential development of his thought, particularly his conception of self-reliance and the heroic ideal.

This work attacks the foundational principles of poststructuralism and offers in their stead a new theory that situates literary criticism within the matrix of evolutionary theory. Opposing textualism and indeterminacy, the author affiliates himself with a realist and naturalist perspective.

This critical text examines the work of six anti-slavery novelists from 19th-century Cuba and analyses the authenticity of the slave protagonists' testimony. Williams incorporates recent narrative theory and original historical documents, such as the correspondence of Domingo del Monte.

Originally published in 1889, ""Asolando"" was Browning's final volume of poetry. This book is a combination of biography and Kennedy's critical commentary on Browning's personal poems, his love poems, and those on religion, philosophy, and art.

Offers a set of photographs which are intended to enhance the reader's knowledge of the largely autobiographical work of Thomas Wolfe. The photographs are of Wolfe's family and close associates (his strong-willed father and Aline Bernstein, the older woman he loved), his childhood and so on.

In this study, four writers and committed conservationists team up with photographers to capture the compelling history, beauty and recreational value of Missouri's unique state park system. The geology, physical geography and historic geographical aspects of the parks are detailed.

A selection of 12 essays examining the work of respected poets from the 16th and 17th centuries. The two main themes which are developed analyze the context of religious controversy within which this poetry developed, and the relationship of poetry to the visual arts.

Originally published in German in 1966, this is the first English paperback version of this text. It is an overview of the author's philosophy of human consciousness and the effect that it has had on history.

Lamb, Hazlitt and Coleridge were often repelled by contemporary productions of Shakespeare that were decked out to appeal primarily to the senses. Heller examines their own theories of drama which conceived of a medium which would transcend the senses and engage the imagination.

Considers Spanish literature written during the Spanish golden age as expressions of ideological and epistemological concerns articulated throughout Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The author examines the major genres, the numerous canonical authors and their works in this context.

From the decline of the Greek Polis to Saint Augustine, this text provides an account of Apostolic Christianity's political implications and the work of the early church fathers. It considers the political philosophy of Rome and includes an analysis of Greek and early Roman law.

By focusing on the deeper aspects of Twain's intellectual makeup, Robinson, Brahm, and Cartstroem supplement the traditional appreciation of the forces that drove Twain's creativity and the dynamics of his humour.

Examines parable and allegory in nine of Dickens's novels as an entry into understanding the complexities of the relationship between Dickens and his reader.

Beginning with an overview of the state during 1929, Lisa L. Ossian describes Iowa's particular rural dilemmas, evoking, through anecdotes and examples, the economic, nutritional, familial, cultural, industrial, criminal, legal, and political challenges that engaged the people of the state. The following chapters analyse life during the early Depression.

American society did not suffer the consequences of the Great War that virtually all European countries knew - a lack of perspective that the World War I Museum seeks to correct. This book celebrates that effort, helping readers feel the excitement and the moral seriousness of historical scholarship in this field.

Provides a philosophical investigation stretching over several traditions, such as analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and existentialism. This book draws on the thought of Tolstoy, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Camus and explores the insights these thinkers offer regarding their own difficulties concerning the meaning of life.

This text provides an analytical look at politics, leadership and the effect that each has on the other. In what he calls the ""crisis syndrome"", the author examines problems such as population growth, resource depletion and environmental degradation with respect to leadership.

Originally published in 1945 as ""They seek a city"", this book was revised and expanded in 1966 to include chapters on Marcus Garvey, the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, and the racial disturbances in Detriot, Chicago and Watts. It is detailed with stories of African-Americans searching for a home.

This volume confronts the disintegration of traditional sources of meaning and the correlative attempts to generate new sources from within the self. Voegelin allows the reader to contemplate the crisis in its starkest terms - as the apocalypse of man that seeks to replace the apocalypse of God.

Offers tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to the city, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This anthology includes stories that take up such themes as marital infidelity and passing for black.

"Born in 1972, twins who share this life-threatening disease give an honest portrayal of their struggle to live normal lives, their interdependence, day-to-day health care, the impact of chronic illness on marriage and family, and the importance of a support network to continuing survival"--Provided by the publisher.