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Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel

David H. Richter

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• Author(s): David H. Richter • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralReading the Eighteenth-Century Novel is a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815. A ran...

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Reading The American Novel 1780 - 1865

Shirley Samuels

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• Author(s): Shirley Samuels • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: American - GeneralReading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional ...

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Reading Romantic Poetry

Fiona Stafford

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• Author(s): Fiona Stafford • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoetryReading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed...

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Reading Postwar British And Irish Poetry

Michael Thurston, Nigel Alderman

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• Author(s): Michael Thurston | Nigel Alderman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshCombining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with ...

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Living With Theory

Vincent B. Leitch

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• Author(s): Vincent B. Leitch • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryIn a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex conf...

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Literary Theory: A Reintroduction

David Ayers

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• Author(s): David Ayers • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social,...

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Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology

David Fairer, Christine Gerrard

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• Author(s): David Fairer | Christine Gerrard • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshCurrently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded thir...

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Dictionary Of Postmodernism

Niall Lucy

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• Author(s): Niall Lucy • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryA Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related t...

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Applied Linguistics

Li Wei

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• Author(s): Li Wei • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralIn this complete survey of the theories, methods, and key findings within applied linguistics, students are introduc...

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An Introduction To Syntactic Analysis And Theory

Dominique Sportiche, Hilda Koopman, Edward Stabler

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• Author(s): Dominique Sportiche | Hilda Koopman | Edward Stabler • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - SyntaxAn Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning stude...

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A History Of Seventeenth-Century English Literature

Thomas N. Corns

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• Author(s): Thomas N. Corns • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshA History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English lite...

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A Concise Companion To Postwar British And Irish Poetry

Nigel Alderman, C.D. Blanton

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• Author(s): Nigel Alderman | C.D. Blanton • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends...

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A Concise Companion To Postcolonial Literature

Shirley Chew, David Richards

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• Author(s): Shirley Chew | David Richards • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshTaking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to th...

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A Concise Companion To Contemporary British And Irish Drama

Nadine Holdsworth, Mary Luckhurst

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• Author(s): Nadine Holdsworth | Mary Luckhurst • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaFocusing on major and emerging playwrights, institutions, and various theatre practices this Concise Com...

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A Companion To The Modern American Novel 1900-1950

John T. Matthews

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• Author(s): John T. Matthews • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: American - GeneralThis cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published...

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A Companion To The English Novel

Arata

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• Author(s): Arata • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes,...

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A Companion To James Joyce

Richard Brown

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• Author(s): Richard Brown • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshA Companion to James Joyce offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his...

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A Companion To Henry James

Greg W. Zacharias

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• Author(s): Greg W. Zacharias • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshWritten by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collect...

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A Companion To George Eliot

Amanda Anderson, Harry E. Shaw

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• Author(s): Amanda Anderson | Harry E. Shaw • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis collection offers students and scholars of Eliot's work a timely critical re...

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A Bronte Encyclopedia

Louise Barnard

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• Author(s): Louise Barnard • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English LiteratureA Bront Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insigh...

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Theory In An Uneven World

R. Radhakrishnan

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• Author(s): R. Radhakrishnan • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature

The Postcolonial Novel

Richard J. Lane

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• Author(s): Richard J. Lane • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley India • Subject: English Literature

The Modern Novel: A Short Introduction

Jesse Matz

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• Author(s): Jesse Matz • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellThis book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the twentieth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form. A jargon–free introduction to t...

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The Handbook Of Linguistics

Mark Aronoff

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• Author(s): Mark Aronoff • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellPresupposing no prior knowledge of linguistics, The Handbook of Linguistics is the ideal resource for people who want to learn about the subject and its subdisciplines. Wr...

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The English Novel: An Introduction

Terry Eagleton

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• Author(s): Terry Eagleton • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellThe publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of...

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The Postcolonial Novel

Richard J. Lane

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• Author(s): Richard J. Lane • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity PrA concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies. Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debates and as such are in...

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Teaching Literature

Elaine Showalter

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• Author(s): Elaine Showalter • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blac • BISAC: Schools - Levels - HigherTeaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Written...

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Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays

Laurie E. Maguire

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• Author(s): Laurie E. Maguire • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English LiteratureThis engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare′s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. Introduces beginning students ...

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Postmodern Literary Theory: An Introduction

Niall Lucy

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• Author(s): Niall Lucy • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryLiterature today is a very different concept from that of only a generation ago, and this difference is attributed usually to 'postmodernism'...

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Modernism: A Short Introduction

David Ayers

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• Author(s): David Ayers • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English LiteratureThis short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature. Provides a critical overvi...

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Modern Literary Criticism And Theory: A History

M.A.R. Habib

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• Author(s): M.A.R. Habib • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley India • Subject: English LiteratureModern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History is the most comprehensive account of modern criticism and theory available in the English l...

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Materials And Methods In Elt: A Teacher's Guide

Jo McDonough

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• Author(s): Jo McDonough • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellMaterials and Methods in ELT , Second Edition offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to central themes in the principles and practice of Teaching English as a F...

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Literary Theory: An Introduction

Terry Eagleton

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• Author(s): Terry Eagleton • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley India • Subject: English LiteratureFirst published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It ...

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Literary Theory: An Anthology

Julie Rivkin

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• Author(s): Julie Rivkin • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellLiterary Theory: An Anthology is a unique combination of the classic statements in criticism and the new theories that have revolutionized literary study in the past sever...

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Literary Theory: A Reintroduction

David Ayers

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• Author(s): David Ayers • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English LiteratureBeginning in the 1920s, the book looks at the impact of the periods preceding the 'theory movement' and reintroduces this movement from a cont...

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Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction

Michael Ryan

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• Author(s): Michael Ryan • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellMichael Ryan′s Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and cu...

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Literary Criticism From Plato To The Present: An Introduction

M.A.R. Habib

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• Author(s): M.A.R. Habib • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley India • Subject: English LiteratureIn clear, concise, and elegant prose, the acclaimed literary scholar M. A. R. Habib introduces major critical movements, figures, and texts...

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James Joyce: A Short Introduction

Michael Seidel

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• Author(s): Michael Seidel • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshThis reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading h...

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How To Read A Poem

Terry Eagleton

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• Author(s): Terry Eagleton • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellLucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring...

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Companion To Twentieth-Century Poetry

Neil Roberts

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• Author(s): Neil Roberts • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: BlackwellBrings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage of the full range of En...

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A History Of Literary Criticism And Theory

M.A.R. Habib

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• Author(s): M.A.R. Habib • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley India • Subject: English LiteratureThis comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the m...

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A Concise Companion To The Victorian Novel

Francis O'Gorman

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• Author(s): Francis O'Gorman • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: English LiteratureThis volume presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830 to 1900. Consisting of a series of original essays written b...

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A Companion To Milton

Thomas Corns

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