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The State Of The Novel : Britain And Beyond

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Dominic Head
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Book, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008
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Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · English literature · Theory, etc · 21st century · Globalization in literature · Criticism · Great Britain · History · Head, Dominic
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR881 .H435 2008 AVAILABLE

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Experiencing Fiction : Judgments, Progressions, And The Rhetorical Theory Of Narrative

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James Phelan
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Book, Ohio State University Press, 2007
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Phelan contends that focusing on the three main kinds of judgment?interpretive, ethical, and aesthetic?and on the principles underlying a narrative?s movement from beginning to end reveals the experience of reading fiction to be potentially sharable. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Narration (Rhetoric) · American fiction · 20th century · History and criticism · Theory, etc · English fiction · Reader-response criticism · American literature · Explication · English literature · Phelan, James, 1951-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS374.N285 P47 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS374.N285 P47 2007	AVAILABLE

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Speaking Of Gender

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edited by Elaine Showalter
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Book, Routledge, 1989
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English literature · History and criticism · Sex role in literature · Feminism and literature · Theory, etc · American literature · Authorship · Sex differences · Showalter, Elaine
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR408.S49 S64 1989 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR408.S49 S64 1989	AVAILABLE

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Rosemond Tuve : A Life Of The Mind

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Margaret Carpenter Evans
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Book, P.E. Randall Publisher, 2003
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This is the biography of Rosemond Tuve, a remarkable woman scholar, who began life on the prairies of South Dakota and rose to honor and acclaim in the United States and abroad. A tenured professor at Connecticut College, she was the first visiting professor to Harvard University in 1958, and to Princeton University in 1961. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Tuve, Rosemond, · 1903-1964 · Critics · United States · Biography · English teachers · Literary historians · English philology · Study and teaching · English literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Evans, Margaret Carpenter
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR55.T888 E88 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR55.T888 E88 2003	AVAILABLE

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The Scholar’s Art : Literary Studies In A Managed World

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Jerome McGann
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 2006
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For Jerome McGann, the purpose of scholarship is to preserve and pass on cultural heritage, a feat accomplished through discussion among scholars and interested nonspecialists. The Scholar?s Art asks what could be gained by reimagining the way scholars have codified the literary and cultural history of the past two hundred years and goes on to provide a series of case studies that illustrate how scholarly method can help bring about such reimaginings. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English literature · History and criticism · American literature · Literature · Theory, etc · Literary historians · English-speaking countries · Criticism · McGann, Jerome J
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR99 .M26 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR99 .M26 2006	AVAILABLE

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Defining Literary Criticism : Scholarship, Authority, And The Possession Of Literary Knowledge, 1880-2002

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Carol Atherton
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Book, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
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Outlining the controversies that have surrounded the academic discipline of English Literature since its institutionalization in the late nineteenth century, this important book draws on a range of archival sources. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Study and teaching (Higher) · Great Britain · Criticism · Great Britain · History · 20th century · 19th century · Atherton, Carol, 1972-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR27 .A86 2005 AVAILABLE

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Voices In The Past : English Literature And Archaeology

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John Hines
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Book, D.S. Brewer, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Professor Hines shows how material and literary artefacts are related, arguing for a fully interdisciplinary approach as a means of gaining a deeper understanding of their meaning and value. Key topics considered are the functions and meanings of references and objects, the physical surroundings of literary performances, the emergence of books as commodities and authorship as a profession, and the role of literature in responses to accelerating material change in the modern world. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Archaeology and history · Great Britain · Literature and history · Archaeology · Archaeology in literature · Hines, John, 1956-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR25 .H56 2004 AVAILABLE

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Why Does Literature Matter?

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Frank B. Farrell
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Book, Cornell University Press, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Farrell here opposes some recent theoretical trends and, through a mix of philosophical and literary studies, tells us why in his view literature does truly matter. In addition to his close readings of literary, philosophical, and critical texts, Farrell considers cultural studies and postcolonial studies more generally and speculates on the possible contributions of object-relations theory in psychology to the study of literature. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · 20th century · History and criticism · Theory, etc · English literature · Literature · Philosophy · Farrell, Frank B
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS221 .F37 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS221 .F37 2004	AVAILABLE

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The Future Of Environmental Criticism : Environmental Crisis And Literary Imagination

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Lawrence Buell
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Written by one of the world?s leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement. Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Environmental protection in literature · English literature · Criticism · English-speaking countries · Environmental policy in literature · Nature conservation in literature · Landscape in literature · Ecology in literature · Nature in literature · Buell, Lawrence
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS169.E25 B837 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS169.E25 B837 2005	AVAILABLE

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Charles Dickens In Cyberspace : The Afterlife Of The Nineteenth Century In Postmodern Culture

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Jay Clayton
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2003
Description
In Charles Dickens in Cyberspace nineteenth-century figures–Jane Austen, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Ada Lovelace, Joseph Paxton, Mary Shelley, and Mary Somerville–meet a lively group of counterparts from today: Andrea Barrett, Greg Bear, Peter Carey, Helene Cixous, Alfonso Cuaron, William Gibson, Donna Haraway, David Lean, Richard Powers, Salman Rushdie, Ridley Scott, Susan Sontag, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, and Tom Stoppard. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Dickens, Charles, · 1812-1870 · Appreciation · United States · English literature · 19th century · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Criticism · History · 20th century · Postmodernism (Literature) · Literature and science · Great Britain · Romanticism · Civilization · British influences · Clayton, Jay, 1951-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR451 .C58 2003 AVAILABLE

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The Poetics Of Imperialism : Translation And Colonization From The Tempest To Tarzan

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Eric Cheyfitz
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Book, Expanded ed, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997
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“”A provocative and insightful book.”"–Modern Philology Cheyfitz charts the course of American imperialism from the arrival of Europeans in a New World open for material and rhetorical cultivation to the violent foreign ventures of twentieth-centur (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · English literature · European influences · Translating and interpreting · History · Imperialism in literature · Minorities in literature · Colonies in literature · Cheyfitz, Eric
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS169.I45 C4 1997 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS169.I45 C4 1997	AVAILABLE

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The Madness Of Art : Interviews With Poets And Writers

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Robert Phillips
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Book, 1st ed, Syracuse University Press, 2003
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Authors, American · 20th century · Interviews · American literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · English literature · Authors, English · Authorship · Phillips, Robert S
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS221 .P48 2003 AVAILABLE

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Critical Encounters In High School English : Teaching Literary Theory To Adolescents

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Deborah Appleman ; foreword by Arthur N. Applebee
Publication Details
Book, Teachers College Press, 2000
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English literature · Study and teaching (Secondary) · Literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc. · American literature · Appleman, Deborah
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR33 .A66 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR33 .A66 2000	AVAILABLE

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Literature In Its Place

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James Britton
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Book, Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1993
Description
While first glance suggests that the author has found a place for literature, or even that he has somehow put it in its place, the reader finds that he really has spent a lifetime making a place for it at the center of his life and is now inviting us to go and do likewise. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English literature · Study and teaching · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Literature · Philosophy · Language arts · Imagination · Britton, James N
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR33 .B69 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR33 .B69 1993	AVAILABLE

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Edmund Spenser, A Reception History

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David Hill Radcliffe
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Camden House, 1996
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Spenser, Edmund, · 1552?-1599 · Criticism and interpretation · History · English literature · History and criticism · Theory, etc · Radcliffe, David Hill
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR2364 .R33 1996 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR2364 .R33 1996	AVAILABLE

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