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This study explores the rise of periodicals in the nineteenth century and examines how individual figures shaped their own identities with these hugely popular repositories of "public opinion." more...

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The extraordinary creativity of the Bront--euml--; sisters, who between them wrote some of the most enduring fiction in the English language, continues to fascinate and intrigue modern readers. Their novels, which so shocked their contemporaries, address the burning issues of the day: class, gender, race, religion, and mental disorders. As well as examining these connections, Patricia Ingham also shows how film and other media have reinterpreted the novels for the twenty-first century. - ;The extraordinary creativity of the Bront--euml--; sisters, who between them wrote some of the most enduring fiction in the English language, continues to fascinate and intrigue modern readers. The tragedy of their early deaths adds poignancy to their novels, and in the popular imagination they have become mythic figures. And yet, as Patricia Ingham shows, they were fully engaged with the world around them, and their writing, from the juvenilia to Jane Eyre and Wuthering. Heights , reflects the preoccupations of the age in which they lived. Their novels, which so shocked their contemporaries, address the burning issues of the day: class, gender, race, religion, and mental disorders. As well as examining these connections, Patricia Ingham also shows how film and other media have. reinterpreted the novels for the twenty-first century. The book includes a chronology of the Bront--euml--;s, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index. - ;A dazzling, unobtrusive, true work of criticism - what a rarity that is - Craig Raine more...

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The study takes as its subject the historical literary and cultural upheavals which led to the appearance of books of German literature in the vernacular. It examines them against the background of present-day theoretical discussions, taking critical account of the findings of international research on texts and manuscripts, and links these for the first time in the study of German-language works with approaches from paleography, codicology and general cultural history. The reliability of the evaluation is guaranteed by using an extraordinarily wide database – Wolf not only considers the whole of the German literature available in the vernacular from 12th and 13th century manuscripts, but also draws on a qualified selection of parallel texts in Latin and Old French. more...

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Introducing C S Lewis, his work, his world view, and the implications of his theology, this book explores the topics of redemption, humanity, spiritual growth, Purgatory, and resurrection. Including original artwork, it guides readers through Lewis' work. more...

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In the early 1870s, Hubert H. Bancroft recorded memoirs of early Californios, among them 83-year-old Don Jose Maria Amador, and his friend Lorenzo Asisara. Gregorio Mora-Torres presents their voices in English translation (with annotations) and in the original Spanish on facing pages. more...

Price: $29.95