McFarland Companions to 19th Century Literature – serie
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Alfred Tennyson
A Companion
Häftad, 2020
823 kr
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Alfred Tennyson was a poet all his life, writing more than a thousand works in virtually every poetic genre. Considered by his Victorian contemporaries the pre-eminent poet of the age, he has become a canonical figure who is widely read and studied today. Consequently, his poems appear on the …
Thomas Hardy
A Companion to the Novels
Häftad, 2021
823 kr
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Thomas Hardy enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a novelist before devoting his talents to writing poetry for the remainder of his life. This book focuses on Hardy's remarkable achievements as a novelist. Although Victorian readers considered some of his works controversial, his novels …
Jane Austen
A Companion
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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Written for readers at all levels, this book situates Jane Austen in her time, and for all times. It provides a biography; locates her work in the context of literary history and criticism; explores her fiction; and features an encyclopedic, readable resource on the people, places and things of …
Herman Melville
A Companion
Häftad, 2021
805 kr
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This reference work covers both Herman Melville's life and writings. It includes a biography and detailed information on his works, on the important themes contained therein, and on the significant people and places in his life. The appendices include suggestions for further reading of both …
Emily Dickinson
A Companion
Av Ann Beebe
Häftad, 2022
677 kr
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The public is familiar with the Emily Dickinson stereotype--an eccentric spinster in a white dress flitting about her father's house, hiding from visitors. But these associations are misguided and should be dismantled. This work aims to remove some of the distorted myths about Dickinson in order to …
Walt Whitman
A Companion
Häftad, 2022
823 kr
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Walt Whitman created, in various editions of Leaves of Grass, what is arguably the most influential book of poems anywhere in the past 200 years. Whitman absorbed the world, transmuting it into poems that address a spectrum of topics--from democracy and religion to sexuality, gender, class, and …
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Companion
Häftad, 2022
691 kr
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In his 1837 speech "The American Scholar," Ralph Waldo Emerson noted, "life is our dictionary," encapsulating a body of work that reached well beyond the American 19th century. This comprehensive study explores Emerson as a preacher, poet, philosopher, lecturer, essayist and editor. There are …
Anthony Trollope
A Companion
Av Nicholas Birns, John F. Wirenius
Häftad, 2021
823 kr
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Anthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to subvert conventions, exploring the lives of women, as well as men, and choosing as heroes and heroines outsiders who would be viewed with suspicion by his …
British Children's Literature of the 19th Century
A Companion
Häftad, 2025
677 kr
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Many beloved classics of children's literature, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit, were written at the end of the nineteenth century, an era known as the "Golden Age" of children's literature. Notable figures like William Godwin, Harriet Martineau, …
Victorian Nonfiction Prose
A Companion
Av Kathy Rees
Häftad, 2022
823 kr
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The Victorian Era saw a revolution in communication technology. Millions of texts emerged from a complex network of writers, editors, publishers and reviewers, to shape and be shaped by the dynamics of a rapidly industrializing society. Many of these works offer fundamental, often surprising …
James Fenimore Cooper
A Companion
Häftad, 2023
799 kr
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Although often overlooked today, James Fenimore Cooper's novels represent the very beginnings of American literature. Singlehandedly, the gentleman farmer from upstate New York created the American historical, spy, sea, frontier, science fiction, and courtroom novels. His books became both national …
American Women Writers of the 19th Century
A Literary Companion
Häftad, 2025
805 kr
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The nineteenth century was a period of prolific literary production from women writers, including figures such as Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Jacobs, and Zitkala-Ša, who played pivotal roles in American literary history. Despite facing societal forces aimed at silencing them, women writers found …
