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A New Book of the Grotesques: Contemporary Approaches to Sherwood Anderson's Early Fiction (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the... Læs mere
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Ambrose Bierce's ""Civilians and Soldiers"" in Context: A Critical Study (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Donald T. Blume rejects the view that ""In the Midst of Life"", the second volume of Bierce's collected works, is his most important literary work. Instead, he posits that Bierce's original 1892 collection is his most definitive and authoritative opus.
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Death Throes of a Dynasty: Letters and Diaries of Charles and Bessie Ewing, Missionaries to China (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The letters of Charles and Bessie Ewing provide eyewitness accounts of the social upheaval and warfare that shook turn-of-the-century China. They discuss their missionary activities in the villages of North China and their struggle to master the Chinese Mandarin dialect.
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Evolution and the Sex Problem: American Narratives During the Eclipse of Darwinism (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Bender argues that Darwin's theories of sexual selection are essential elements in American fiction from the late 1800s... Læs mere
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For Dear Life: And Selected Short Stories by Belinda Jelliffe (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This work is a portrayal of life among the rural poor of the early 20th century showing the struggle of a tough-minded woman who fought her entire life to overcome the obstacles that confronted women and the working poor.
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More Than a Contest Between Armies: Essays on the Civil War Era (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Features lecturers chosen from among the best-known Civil War historians. This work offers readers an impressive array of topics,... Læs mere
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Orphics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A collection of sonnets written in a playful manner.
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She Loved ME Once and Other Stories (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
With evocative settings and narratives ranging from the supernatural to the humorous, from bawdy hilarity to detailed realism, These stories create a world of poignant and magical times and places within the mundane affairs of ordinary men and women.
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Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Focuses on works that expand the parameters of US foreign relations. This work also focuses on such areas as identity formation and projection, borderlands studies, comparative history, and cultural transfer. It offers a provocative reinterpretation of Civil War - era diplomacy.
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