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A Handful of Mischief
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

A Handful of Mischief

A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Sojourning Sisters
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 336

Sojourning Sisters

Drawing on family correspondence, Jean Barman offers a new interpretation of early settlement across Canada in the stories of two young sisters from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, who took the train west to British Columbia in 1886.

The Brontës
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 212

The Brontës

On the milieu that shaped the Brontes and influenced their classic fiction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-08-29
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  • Publisher: McFarland

The timely collection of essays is thematically unified around the subject of corporeality. Its theoretical underpinnings emerge out of feminist, foucauldian, patristic and queer hermeneutics. The book is organized into categories specific to transformation, spirit versus body, discourse, and source material. More than one essay focuses on female bodies and on the monstrous or evil body. While Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is central to most analyses, authors also cover The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and material in The History of Middle-earth.

W. Somerset Maugham
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

W. Somerset Maugham

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“Curious, if True”
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

“Curious, if True”

The fantastic has occupied the literary imagination of readers and scholars across historical, theoretical, and cultural contexts. Representations of the fantastic in literature rely on formal and generic types, tropes, and archetypes to mediate between depictions of “fantasy” and “reality.” Present in myth and folklore, the gothic and neo-gothic, and contemporary and mainstream fantasy, the fantastic reach stretches into many conceptions of literature over time. “Curious, if True”: The Fantastic in Literature presents recent articles by graduate students on the fantastic and makes connections across category, genre, and historical periods. Fantasy is used as an organizing topic,...

Frivolity Unbound
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 188

Frivolity Unbound

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Naipaul
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 200

Naipaul

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Exploring Catholic Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

Exploring Catholic Literature

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-09-27
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  • Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Designed for students of all ages, Exploring Catholic Literature: A Companion and Resource Guide provides an engaging and succinct introduction to twelve recognized masterpieces of Catholic literature, from Augustine's 4th century conversion narrative, The Confessions, to the recent poetry of Denise Levertov collected in The Stream and the Sapphire. Each chapter contains a brief biography of the author, an extended critical essay highlighting the work's Catholic and literary aspects, suggestions for further reading and study, and questions for discussion.

Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings

Most criticism of The Lord of the Rings trilogy emphasizes the most likely heroes in the tales: Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, and even Sam. From popular to scholarly literature, the women and smaller characters often go overlooked. But our notions of what makes a hero have altered since September 11, and sometimes the most unlikely people can come to embody all that we look up to and admire in a person. Here, Lynnette Porter examines what we mean when we talk about heroes, and for the first time illustrates the heroic qualities that can be found in the women and other beloved, though less-celebrated, characters in the The Lord of the Rings books and movies. She takes a critical look at the import...