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82) Coventry Patmore
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Coventry Patmore.
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Explores the little-known literary tradition of love between women in Western literature, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Agatha Christie, and many more. Donoghue examines how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murder stories. She writes about the half-dozen contrasting girl-girl plots that have been...
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The original play by Shakespeare's drama telling how Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander but is betrothed to Demetrius, much to her dismay. And no one loves Helena, though her heart belongs to Demetrius. When Hermia and Lysander escape escape through the forest to elope, Demetrius chases them, and Helena chases Demetrius. With the magic of the forest bewitching the hand of fate, perhaps their dream of love will come true.
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"A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Written in a clear and accessible style for an undergraduate level audience Gives an overview of the period's history as well as an understanding of the historiographic issues Explores key historical and literary events, from the Wars of the Roses to the publication of John Milton's Paradise...
90) E. M. Forster
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of E.M. Forster.
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"Binhammer uses the methodologies of contemporary critical finance studies and narrative theory to argue that the myth of downward mobility is as central to the cultural history of capitalism as the myth of upward mobility. By exploring the relationship between economic growth and financial failure, she demonstrates how stories of downward mobility in eighteenth-century sentimental novels are not simple tales about the losers of capitalism but help...
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Collection contains a range of fiction, poetry, essays and criticism, as well as e-mails, letters, manifestos, and hip-hop journalism.Black authors from the U.S., the Caribbean, Canada, Europe and Africa present powerful thoughts on issues such as racial identity, gender oppression, homophobia, classism, the drug epidemic, police brutality, pop culture, postintegration of America, and the future state of Africa.
95) Christopher Fry
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Christopher Fry.
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