The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• These 250 transcribed and annotated letters reveal the personal and literary life of one of the most highly regarded African American writers and inte... Lees meer

Mark Twain and Money

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• This groundbreaking volume explores the importance of economics and prosperity throughout Samuel Clemens's writing and personal life. Mark Twain and M... Lees meer

Mark Twain in the Margins

Joe B Fulton

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• The common characterization of Mark Twain as an uneducated and improvisational writer took hold largely because of the novelist's own frequent claims ... Lees meer

Echoes of Emerson

Diana Hope Polley

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• Winner of the 2018 Robert Penn Warren--Cleanth Brooks Award for Outstanding Literary Scholarship and Criticism" from the Center for Robert Penn Warren... Lees meer

Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• A compelling critical investigation into Gilman's conception of setting and place Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America is a pioneer... Lees meer

Fighting Words

Ira Wells

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• An entirely new understanding of what literary naturalism is and why it matters Ira Wells, countering the standard narrative of literary naturalism's ... Lees meer

Haunting Realities

Monika Elbert, Wendy Ryden

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• An innovative collection of essays examining the sometimes paradoxical alignment of Realism and Naturalism with the Gothic in American literature to h... Lees meer

Mark Twain

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• An annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain. Twain discusses matters as varied as his lecture style, his writi... Lees meer

A Question of Character

Catherine Ann Boeckmann

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• Boeckmann links character, literary genre, and science, revealing how major literary works both contributed to and disrupted the construction of race ... Lees meer

Stephen Crane Remembered

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• Revealing episodes in the life of the elusive writer, as told by acquaintances This book collects reminiscences by contemporaries, friends, and associ... Lees meer

Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation

Ben Railton

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• Fables of American history embodied in Gilded Age literature In this study of Gilded Age literature and culture, Ben Railton proposes that in the year... Lees meer

Traces of Gold

Nicolas S Witschi

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• Artfully demonstrates the linkage of American literary realism to the texts, myths, and resources of the American West From Gold Rush romances to cowb... Lees meer

John Steinbeck Goes to War

Donald V Coers

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• In March 1942, a desperate period for the allies in World War II, John Steinbeck published his propaganda novel The Moon is Down­ --the story of ruthl... Lees meer

Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• In Edith Wharton's works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and fashion abound. As these essays demonstrate, art a... Lees meer

Jack London and the Sea

Anita Duneer

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• The first book-length study of London as a maritime writer Jack London's fiction has been studied previously for its thematic connections to the ocean... Lees meer

Canons by Consensus

Joseph Csicsila

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• The first systematic analysis of American literature textbooks used by college instructors in the last century Scholars have long noted the role that ... Lees meer

Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age

Harold K Bush

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
• The writer's fascination with America's spiritual and religious evolution in the 19th century. Mark Twain is often pictured as a severe critic of reli... Lees meer