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This book traces the manifold functions of 'America' - as a view of history, a spiritual ideal, a myth of origins and a mode of identity, in the work of major influential writers from the Revolution to the Civil War.
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Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, but she was also an important literary and historical figure in her own right. This... Læs mere
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Fictions of Labor considers William Faulkner's representation of the structural paradoxes of labour dependency in the Southern economy... Læs mere
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This book juxtaposes representations of labour in fictional and non-fictional texts in order to trace the intersections between aesthetic and economic discourse in nineteenth-century America.
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The Culture and Commerce of the Short Story is a cultural and historical account of the birth and development of the American short story from the... Læs mere
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Reimagining Thoreau synthesises the interests of the intellectual and psychological biographer and the literary critic in a reconsideration of Thoreau's career from his graduation from Harvard in 1837 to his death in 1862.
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Henry James and Sexuality offers a bold new interpretation of James's fiction. Hugh Stevens argues that James's writing contains daring and radical representations of... Læs mere
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Richard Salmon's study situates James's fiction and criticism within the context of the contemporary debates surrounding these rival discursive practices. He... Læs mere
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Diana Collecott proposes that Sappho's presence in H. D.'s work is as significant as that of Homer in Pound's and of Dante in Eliot's. She undertakes a radical... Læs mere
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Examines the response of American leftist writers from the 1930s to the rise of mass... Læs mere
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Mark Twain's preoccupation with the nature and value of the 'feminine' has long been recognized as a central feature of his writing. In this 1992 volume, Peter Stoneley goes beyond generalizations to provide a detailed analysis of this theme.
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This book is a major step toward a fuller exploration of the connection between the visual arts and Williams' concept of the... Læs mere