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Reading Harper Lee
Harper Lee: life of a writer -- Historical context of To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman -- Literary structure and themes of To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman -- Race relations in Harper Lee's works -- Women's issues and gender -- The question of social class -- The South -- The hero: Atticus Finch -- Impact and censorship -- Relevance today of issues in Harper Lee's novels
Understanding To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers and left and indelible mark on American culture. This rich collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary captures the essence of the novel's impact, making it an ideal resource for students, teachers, and library media specialists. Drawing on multi-disciplinary sources, the casebook places the issues of race, censorship, stereotyping, and heroism into sharp perspective. Through these documents, the reader also gains a taste for the historical events which influenced the novel as well as the novel's relevance in today's world. Among the documents which speak most eloquen...
Understanding The Call of the Wild
Compiled here for the first time is documentation from sources as varied as century-old newspaper accounts, legislative materials, advertisements, poetry, journals, and other startling firsthand accounts. The story's historical setting, the Yukon Gold Rush, is brought vividly into focus for readers, with firsthand accounts of the unimaginable hardships faced by the prospectors in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold Fields."--BOOK JACKET.
The Productive Tension of Hawthorne's Art
In both his short fiction and major works, Nathaniel Hawthorne, like many romantics, is torn between the eighteenth-century view of an orderly, balanced, static art and universe, on the one hand, and the nineteenth-century conception of a changeful, various art on the other. Hawthorne based his social and psychological values on an organic view of the world, but the world of his art tended to be mechanistic. Johnson argues that Hawthorne found in theology the myths which became vehicles for his exploration of his art.
Colonialism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
This compelling volume examines Joseph Conrad's life and writings, with a specific look at key ideas related to Heart of Darkness. The text discusses a variety of topics, including the evil pettiness behind colonial bureaucracy; facing colonialism's racial divide; the relationship between Victorian ethics, new science, and colonialism; and modern views of colonialism, including colonialism in North African countries and multinational corporate abuse in India.
To Kill a Mockingbird
She then presents a five-part reading of Mockingbird, underscoring the novel's form and elucidating its pertinence for American society today. Special attention is paid to linking the novel's 1930s setting with the concomitant Scottsboro incident and connecting Mockingbird's writing in the 1950s with the concurrent events of the civil rights movement.
Issues of Class in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Presents essays that examine class issues in "Pride and Prejudice," including levels of rank, social restrictions, male power, and marriages that cross class lines.
Understanding The Odyssey
Puts Homer's "Odyssey" into context for students, presenting commentary and primary documents on archaeology, mythology, and class issues of Homer's time, and includes government documents and newspaper articles, relating the work to modern events.
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Women's Issues in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
This book presents selected writings representing a variety of perspectives on the women's issues highlighted in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."
