A Concise Companion to American Studies

A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience.

A collection of 22 original essays which provides an unprecedented introduction to the "new" American Studies: a comparative, transnational, postcolonial and polylingual discipline

Addresses a variety of subjects, from foundations and backgrounds to the field, to different theories of the “new” American Studies, and issues from globalization and technology to transnationalism and post-colonialism

Explores the relationship between American Studies and allied fields such as Ethnic Studies, Feminist, Queer and Latin American Studies

Designed to provoke discussion and help students and scholars at all levels develop their own approaches to contemporary American Studies


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A Concise Companion to American Fiction 1900 - 1950

An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early twentieth-century American fiction. 

Considers commonly studied authors such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway, alongside key texts of the period by Richard Wright, Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, and Anzia Yezierska

Examines how the works of these diverse writers have been interpreted in their own day and how current readings have expanded our understanding of their cultural and literary significance

Covers a broad range of topics, including the First and Second World Wars, literary language differences, author celebrity, the urban landscape, modernism, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, regionalism, and African-American fiction

Gives students the contextual information necessary for formulating their own critiques of classic American fiction

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A New Companion to the Gothic

The thoroughly expanded and updated New Companion to the Gothic, provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy. The addition of 12 new essays and a section on 'Global Gothic' reflects the direction Gothic criticism has taken over the last decade.

Many of the original essays have been revised to reflect current debates

Offers comprehensive coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned

Features important and original essays by leading scholars in the field

The editor is widely recognized as the founder of modern criticism of the Gothic


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A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture

A new edition of the best-selling Companion to English Renaissance Literature, revised and updated, with  22 new essays and 19 new illustrations

-  Contributions from some 80 scholars including Judith H. Anderson, Patrick Collinson, Alison Findlay, Germaine Greer, Malcolm Jones, Arthur Kinney, James Knowles, Arthur Marotti, Robert Miola and Greg Walker

-  Unrivalled in scope and its exploration of unfamiliar literary and cultural territories the Companion offers new readings of both ‘literary’ and ‘non-literary’ texts

-  Features essays discussing material culture, sectarian writing, the history of the body, theatre both in and outside the playhouses, law, gardens, and ecology in early modern England

-  Orientates the beginning student, while providing advanced students  and faculty with new directions for their research

-  All of the essays from the first edition, along with the recommendations for further reading, have been reworked or updated


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A Companion to William Faulkner

This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies.

Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist. Comprises original essays written by leading scholars.

Guides readers through the plethora of critical approaches to Faulkner over the past few decades. Exemplifies current Faulkner scholarship, as well as critically reflecting on previous interpretations

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A Companion to Walt Whitman

Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets.

Timed to contribute to the year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the original publication of Whitman’s masterpiece, Leaves of Grass (First Edition, 1855).

Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students.

Designed to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts of Whitman’s work, and of the experimental nature of his writing.

Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography.


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A Companion to Victorian Poetry

This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it.

Approaches Victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems

Demonstrates how a particular poet or poem emerges from a number of overlapping cultural contexts.

Explores the relationships between work by different poets

Recalls attention to a considerable body of poetry that has fallen into neglect

Essays are informed by recent developments in textual and cultural theory

Considers Victorian women poets in every chapter


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A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction

Through a wide-ranging series of essays and relevant readings, A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction presents an overview of American fiction published since the conclusion of the First World War. 

  + Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields

  + Written in an approachable and accessible style

  + Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists

  + Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay

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A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama

This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field.

* Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights

* Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein

* Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights

* Examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s

* Situates American drama within larger discussions about American ideas and culture


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A Companion to Tudor Literature

A Companion to Tudor Literature presents a collection of thirty-one newly commissioned essays focusing on English literature and culture from the reign of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. 

Presents students with a valuable historical and cultural context to the period 

Discusses key texts and representative subjects, and explores issues including international influences, religious change, travel and New World discoveries, women’s writing, technological innovations, medievalism, print culture, and developments in music and in modes of seeing and reading 

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A Companion to Translation Studies

This companion offers a wide-ranging introduction to the rapidly expanding field of translation studies, bringing together some of the best recent scholarship to present its most important current themes

Features new work from well-known scholars

Includes a broad range of geo-linguistic and theoretical perspectives

Offers an up-to-date overview of an expanding field

A thorough introduction to translation studies for both undergraduates and graduates

Multi-disciplinary relevance for students with diverse career goals

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A Companion to Thomas Hardy

Through original essays from a distinguished team of international scholars and Hardy specialists, A Companion to Thomas Hardy provides a unique, one-volume resource, which encompasses all aspects of Hardy's major novels, short stories, and poetry

Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoretical debates from some of the world's leading Hardy scholars

Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations of Hardy’s major novels, short stories, poetry, and drama

Explores Hardy's work in the context of the major intellectual and socio-cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy for subsequent writers


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A Companion to the Victorian Novel

The Companion to the Victorian Novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published between 1837 and 1901. 

Provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published during the Victorian period.

Explains issues such as Victorian religions, class structure, and Darwinism to those who are unfamiliar with them.

Comprises original, accessible chapters written by renowned and emerging scholars in the field of Victorian studies.

Ideal for students and researchers seeking up-to-the-minute coverage of contexts and trends, or as a starting point for a survey course.

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A Companion to the Modern American Novel 1900 - 1950

This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole.

Brings together 28 original essays from leading scholarsAllows readers to orient individual works and authors in their principal cultural and social contexts

Contributes to efforts to recover minority voices, such as those of African American novelists, and popular subgenres, such as detective fictionDirects students to major relevant scholarship for further inquiry

Suggests the many ways that “modern”, “American” and “fiction” carry new meanings in the twenty-first century

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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states.

Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west

Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions

Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities

Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies


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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South.

Includes discussion of the visual arts, music, society, history, and politics in the region 

Combines treatment of major literary works and historical events with a survey of broader themes, movements and issues 

Explores the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Huston, Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, as well as those - black and white, male and female - who are writing now


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A Companion to the History of the English Language (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture Series)

A Companion to the History of the English Language addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars.

An accessible reference to the history of the English language

Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars

Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work

Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English

Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications

Introduces the latest scholarship in the field


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