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Literary History


Literary History
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Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications
by Marlene Wagman-gellar

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A novel's dedication can say much about an author and his or her relationship to the person for whom the book has been consecrated. "Once Again to Zelda" explores the dedications in 50 iconic books, shedding light on the author's psyche, as well as the... (read more)

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Reading Food in Modern Japanese Literature Reading Food in Modern Japanese Literature
by Tomoko Aoyama

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Literature, like food, is, in Terry Eagleton's words, endlessly interpretable, and food, like literature, looks like an object but is actually a relationship. So how much do we, and should we, read into the way food is represented in literature? Reading... (read more)

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Inventing the Addict: Drugs, Race, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century British and American Literature
by Susan Zieger

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The notion of addiction has always conjured first-person stories, often beginning with an insidious seduction, followed by compulsion and despair, culminating in recovery and tentative hope for the future. We are all familiar with this form of individual... (read more)

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The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930-1950 (Southern Literary Studies) The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930-1950 (Southern Literary Studies)
by Robert H Brinkmeyer


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