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The Social Dimensions of Fiction
This work is a comparative study of nineteenth-century English-Canadian and French Canadian novel prefaces, a previously unexplored literary topic. As a study in Comparative Literature - with the application of a specific literary framework and methodology - the study conforms to theoretical and methodological postulates formulated in and prescribed by this framework when applied. This a priori postulate necessitates that the research on and the presentation of the Canadian novel preface be carried out in a specific manner, as follows. First, the study will establish the hypothesis that the preface to nineteenth-century English-Canadian and French-Canadian novels is a genre in its own right....
Early Modern Russian Writers, Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Spans the period in which Russia was transformed from an essentially medieval, feudal culture into a modern, secularized, European empire. A time during which literature underwent a radical, fundamental change.
Pre-nineteenth-century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers
Essays on British book collectors and bibliographers from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries. This period marked the growth of humanism and coincides with the early Renaissance, before the widespread establishment of print culture. Focuseson the historical evolution of a specific library, as well as a collecting family. Discusses the nature and variety of collecting as a cultural activity.
Twentieth-century Swedish Writers Before World War II
Essays on Swedish writers of the early twentieth-century that provides context and an outline of major events and movements that influenced these writers. Discusses literary trends including proletarian realists, often referred to as the autodidacts, the modernists, the variety of literary styles and genres, including literature for children and young adults, the impact of motion pictures and television, and the impact of various political and global issues.
British Children's Writers, 1800-1880
Like other volumes in the series, this work discusses the lives and careers of individual authors and summarizes critical responses to their work, from initial publication to 1995. Each entry includes a complete list of the author's works.
Seventeenth-century British Nondramatic Poets
Contains literary biographies of the first generation of seventeenth-century nondramatic poets - born before the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and dead before the execution of King Charles I in 1649.
