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The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 26.00This provides fresh perspectives on the frequently read classic Uncle Tom's Cabin, as well as on topics of perennial interest, such as Stowe's representation of race, her attitude to reform, and her relationship to the American novel. Accessible and engaged, this is the most comprehensive introduction available to Stowe's work. more...
Family, Kinship, and Sympathy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 34.00Cindy Weinstein's book radically revises our understanding of nineteenth-century sentimental literature. Weinstein argues that these novels are far more complex than critics have suggested. Through intensive close readings of a wide range of novels, she demonstrates the aesthetic and political complexities in this important and influential genre. more...
The Literature of Labor and the Labors of Literature
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 30.00This book juxtaposes representations of labour in fictional and non-fictional texts in order to trace the intersections between aesthetic and economic discourse in nineteenth-century America. more...
A Concise Companion to American Fiction
Wiley 2008; US$ 121.95An 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,... more...
American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions
Columbia University Press 2012; US$ 34.99In these diverse essays, leading critics recast the place of aesthetics in the production and consumption of literature. Rethinking the category of aesthetics in light of recent developments in literary theory and social criticism, contributors showcase the interpretive possibilities available to those who bring politics, culture, ideology, and conceptions... more...
The Scarlet Letter
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 6.99After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-ranging critical introduction. - ;'Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.'. With... more...
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