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The Cambridge companion to Philip Roth / edited by Timothy Parrish Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Cambridge companion to Toni Morrison / edited by Justine Tally Tue, 8 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Cambridge companion to the African American slave narrative / edited by Audrey Fisch Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Cambridge companion to Elizabeth Gaskell / edited by Jill L. Matus Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Cambridge companion to Dante / edited by Rachel Jacoff Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Teaching the selected works of Walter Dean Myers / Connie S. Zitlow Mon, 5 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Texts and traditions : religion in Shakespeare, 1592-1604 / Beatrice Groves Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Cambridge introduction to modernism / Pericles Lewis Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama / edited by Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Year's work in English studies Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:25:30 EDT
The anxiety of obsolescence : the American novel in the age of television / Kathleen Fitzpatrick Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The collected works of Langston Hughes / edited with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad Thu, 5 Dec 2002 05:25:30 EDT
The Writers directory Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:25:30 EDT
The St. Martin's handbook / Andrea A. Lunsford ; a section on academic and professional writing with Lisa Ede ; a section for multilingual writers with Paul Kei Matsuda, Christine M. Tardy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The New Testament and literature : a guide to literary patterns / Stephen Cox Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The Oxford history of English / edited by Lynda Mugglestone Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Teaching the selected works of Katherine Paterson / Lois Thomas Stover Mon, 5 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Surviving linguistics : a guide for graduate students / Monica Macaulay Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Remembering the hacienda : history and memory in the Mexican American Southwest / Vincent Pâerez Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Rewriting : how to do things with texts / Joseph Harris Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Sex among the rabble : an intimate history of gender & power in the age of revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830 / Clare A. Lyons Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Randolph Caldecott's picture books / Randolph Caldecott Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Postmodern humanism in contemporary literature and culture : reconciling the void / Todd F. Davis, Kenneth Womack Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Poetry criticism : excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature / Robyn V. Young, editor Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Polish writers on writing / edited by Adam Zagajewski Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Sex and the eighteenth-century man : Massachusetts and the history of sexuality in America / Thomas A. Foster Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Shakespeare studies Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:25:30 EDT
Something about the author Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Style is matter : the moral art of Vladimir Nabokov / Leland de la Durantaye Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Sucking salt : Caribbean women writers, migration, and survival / Meredith M. Gadsby Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Short story criticism Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Shakespearean criticism : excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Shakespeare survey Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Shakespeare's Marlowe : the influence of Christopher Marlowe on Shakespeare's artistry / Robert A. Logan Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The complete plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated, edited, and annotated by Laurence Senelick Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The complete works of Robert Browning, with variant readings & annotations. editorial board, Roma A. King, Jr. ... [et al.] Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:25:30 EDT
Troubled experiment : crime and justice in Pennsylvania, 1682-1800 / Jack D. Marietta and G.S. Rowe Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Twentieth century short story explication : new series ; with checklists of books and journals used / Warren S. Walker Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:25:30 EDT
Twentieth-century literary criticism Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Traveling women : narrative visions of early America / Susan Clair Imbarrato Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Through other continents : American literature across deep time / Wai Chee Dimock Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Thomas Carlyle : a documentary volume / [edited by] Frances Frame Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Through Kosinski's lenses : identity, sex, and violence / Mary Lazar Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Ulysses in Black : Ralph Ellison, classicism, and African American literature / Patrice D. Rankine Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Why Shakespeare? / Catherine Belsey Thu, 8 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Women and religious writing in early modern England / by Erica Longfellow Thu, 8 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Wuthering Heights : a facsimile of the first edition of 1847 / Emily Brontèe Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Why Milton matters : a new preface to his writings / Joseph Wittreich Sat, 5 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Wendell Berry : life and work / edited by Jason Peters Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Unsettled : the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England / Patricia Fumerton Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Vanishing moments : class and American literature / Eric Schocket Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Theorists of the modernist novel : James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson, Virginia Woolf / Deborah Parsons Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne / Gary A. Stringer, general editor Tue, 29 Nov 2005 05:25:30 EDT
The fight for English : how language pundits ate, shot, and left / David Crystal Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages / edited by E.M. Rickerson and Barry Hilton Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The high book of the Grail : a translation of the thirteenth century romance of Perlesvaus / translated by Nigel Bryant Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The everyday writer / Andrea A. Lunsford ; with a section for multilingual writers by Franklin E. horowitz Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The dramatic imagination of Robert Browning : a literary life / Richard S. Kennedy and Donald S. Hair Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The critical response to John Milton's Paradise lost / edited by Timothy C. Miller Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The curse of caste, or, The slave bride : a rediscovered African American novel / by Julia C. Collins ; edited by William L. Andrews and Mitch Kachun Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The journal of Joyce Carol Oates : 1973-1982 / edited by Greg Johnson Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The lousy racket : Hemingway, Scribners, and the business of literature / Robert W. Trogdon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The science of Philip Pullman's His dark materials / Mary and John Gribbin ; with an introduction by Philip Pullman Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The transforming draught : Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson and the Victorian alcohol debate / Thomas L. Reed, Jr Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The same solitude : Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetaeva / Catherine Ciepiela Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The reckoning [videorecording] : remembering the Dutch resistance / Storytelling Pictures in partnership with Cornerstone University presents ; filmed and directed by John Evans ; produced by Correy Niemchick ; written by Corey Niemchick, Karen Niemchick, James Schaap, Mike Smolinski Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The monstrous debt : modalities of romantic influence in twentieth-century literature / edited by Damian Walford Davies, Richard Marggraf Turley ; with a foreword by Lucy Newlyn Tue, 5 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
The nature of narrative / Robert Scholes, James Phelan, Robert Kellogg Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Plagiarism and literary property in the Romantic period / Tilar J. Mazzeo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Paradiso / Dante Alighieri ; a verse translation by Robert & Jean Hollander ; introduction & notes by Robert Hollander Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Christina Rossetti's faithful imagination : the devotional poetry and prose / Dinah Roe Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Classical and medieval literature criticism Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:25:30 EDT
Cocoa and chocolate, 1765-1914 / William Gervase Clarence-Smith Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Chesnutt and realism : a study of the novels / Ryan Simmons Tue, 8 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Chaucer's language / Simon Horobin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Castilian writers, 1200-1400 / [edited by] George D. Greenia and Frank A. Dominguez Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Chaucer and Langland : the antagonistic tradition / John M. Bowers Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Coffee, tea, chocolate, and the brain / edited by Astrid Nehlig Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Conspiracy and virtue : women, writing, and politics in seventeenth-century England / Susan Wiseman Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Dictionary of literary biography documentary series : an illustrated chronicle / edited by Margaret A. Van Antwerp Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:25:30 EDT
Drawn to enchant : original children's book art in the Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection / Timothy G. Young ; with the assistance of Patrick Kiley Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Easy writer : a pocket reference / Andrea A. Lunsford ; with a section for multilingual writers by Franklin E. Horowitz Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Devotional cinema / Nathaniel Dorsky Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Desire, violence & divinity in modern southern fiction : Katherine Anne Porter, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Walker Percy / Gary M. Ciuba Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Contemporary literary criticism Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Contemporary stylistics / edited by Marina Lambrou and Peter Stockwell Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
British writers. Supplement / edited under the auspices of the British Council, Ian Scott-Kilvert, general editor Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:25:30 EDT
British writers. Retrospective supplement I / Jay Parini, editor Sat, 27 Sep 2003 05:25:30 EDT
A reader's guide to Wallace Stevens / Eleanor Cook Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
All the difference in the world : postcoloniality and the ends of comparison / Natalie Melas Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
All the sad young men / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by James L.W. West III Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
A new handbook of literary terms / David Mikics Tue, 5 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
A medieval book of beasts : the second-family bestiary : commentary, art, text and translation / Willene B. Clark Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
A companion to US Latino literatures / edited by Carlota Caulfield, Dariâen J. Davis Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
A concise companion to Milton / edited by Angelica Duran Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
American literature and culture, 1900-1960 / Gail McDonald Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
An anthology of Jewish-Russian literature : two centuries of dual identity in prose and poetry / edited, selected, and cotranslated, with introductory essays by Maxim D. Shrayer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Blake and modern literature / Edward Larrissy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Borderlines : the shiftings of gender in British romanticism / Susan J. Wolfson Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Biography : a brief history / Nigel Hamilton Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Beyond grief and nothing : a reading of Don DeLillo / Joseph Dewey Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Anglo-Saxon England Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Beyond Babar : the European tradition in children's literature / edited by Sandra L. Beckett, Maria Nikolajeva Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Eighteenth-century British historians / edited by Ellen J. Jenkins Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Elie Wiesel and the art of storytelling / edited by Rosemary Horowitz Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Literature criticism from 1400 to 1800 : excerpts from criticism of the works of fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth-century novelists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, and other creative writers, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations / Dennis Poupard, editor ; Mark W. Scott, associate editor Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Love & marriage in early African America / Frances Smith Foster, editor Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Marian moments in early modern British drama / edited by Regina Buccola, Lisa Hopkins Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Literary theory : a guide for the perplexed / Mary Klages Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
James Fenimore Cooper : the early years / Wayne Franklin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Irish writers on writing / edited by Eavan Boland Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Iráene Nâemirovsky : her life and works / Jonathan Weiss Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Mexican writers on writing / edited by Margaret Sayers Peden Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Middle passages and the healing place of history : migration and identity in Black women's literature / edited by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Nineteenth-century literature criticism Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Oblomov / Ivan Goncharov ; translated from the Russian by Stephen Pearl ; with an introduction by Galya Diment ; foreword by Tatyana Tolstaya Thu, 7 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Opposite contraries : the unknown journals of Emily Carr and other writings / edited by Susan Crean Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Music, language, and the brain / Aniruddh D. Patel Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Milton, rights, and liberties / Christophe Tournu & Neil Forsyth, eds Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Miller and Middle America : essays on Arthur Miller and the American experience / edited by Paula T. Langteau Thu, 8 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Milton the dramatist / Timothy J. Burbery Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Imagining our time : recollections and reflections on American writing / Lewis P. Simpson Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
I to myself : an annotated selection from the journal of Henry D. Thoreau / edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Excursions / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer Mon, 5 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Fairy tales from before fairy tales : the medieval Latin past of wonderful lies / Jan M. Ziolkowski Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Feasting the dead : food and drink in Anglo-Saxon burial rituals / Christina Lee Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Eugene O'Neill's America : desire under democracy / John Patrick Diggins Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Ents, elves, and Eriador : the environmental vision of J.R.R. Tolkien / Matthew Dickerson and Jonathan Evans Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Emerson & Eros : the making of a cultural hero / Len Gougeon Tue, 6 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Emily Carr : new perspectives on a Canadian icon / curators: Charles C. Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom with essays by Jay Stewart ... [et al.] Wed, 5 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Half of a yellow sun / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Harlem crossroads : Black writers and the photograph in the twentieth century / Sara Blair Thu, 1 May 2008 05:25:30 EDT
His dark materials illuminated : critical essays on Philip Pullman's trilogy / edited by Millicent Lenz with Carole Scott Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
I celebrate myself : the somewhat private life of Allen Ginsberg / Bill Morgan Sat, 2 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Hawthorne in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Jillmarie Murphy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Harriet Wilson's New England : race, writing, and region / edited by JerriAnne Boggis, Eve Allegra Raimon, Barbara A. White Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Harlem speaks : a living history of the Harlem Renaissance / edited by Cary D. Wintz Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin : a casebook / edited by Elizabeth Ammons Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:25:30 EDT
A companion to Greek rhetoric / edited by Ian Worthington Tue, 4 Mar 2008 05:25:30 EDT
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