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Rachel Bryan
Twentieth-Century Literature and the Aftermath of War

Students of twentieth-century literature are familiar with narratives that associate devastating wars with conceptual, societal, and aesthetic upheavals. What these accounts overlook, however, is a body o…

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Richard Sperber
Intertextual Exoticism

Intertextual Exoticism reads a body of non-canonical German exoticist literature published after imperial Germany's loss of colonial Oceania in 1914, applying theories of "intertextuality" (Kris…

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Maïa Hruska,
Kafkaesque

A lively inquiry into a literary genius, the translators who immortalized him, and what it means to cultivate a rich inner life in turbulent times"What happens to a writer's work when it is translate…

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Richard Sperber,
Intertextual Exoticism

Intertextual Exoticism reads a body of non-canonical German exoticist literature published after imperial Germany's loss of colonial Oceania in 1914, applying theories of "intertextuality" (Kris…

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Cathy McAteer,
Cold War Women

Presents original archival research on eight largely unknown émigré translators whose work during the Cold War actively contributed to and, in some cases, decisively shaped the reception of Russian and So…

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A History of Modern French Literature

"This is a tremendous achievement, bringing into a single volume much of the best writing and thinking on French literature that is currently available anywhere. It is highly readable, full of energe…

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Earl E Fitz
Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil

Charting the twentieth-century course of the literature of the Americas The second volume of Earl E. Fitz's magisterial survey of the field, The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil: The Twentieth Ce…

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Transnational Working-Class Literatures

"This is a monumental collection with groundbreaking implications for the study of working-class literature, which has too often been viewed solely from within a limited national perspective. In its …

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Jesse Zuba
The First Book

"A fascinating story of poetic debuts. With nuanced understanding as well as clear-eyed realism, Jesse Zuba traces the self-fashioning that goes into the making of careers, allowing poets to strike a…

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Annarose F Steinke
Religious Culture in Modernist Verse

Annarose F. Steinke offers a look into the nuanced treatments of religion in modernism, and modernist poetry in particular, by pairing Eliot with Mina Loy, Gertrude Stein, Basil Bunting, and Thom Gunn.Ste…

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Claudia Cerulo
Auditory Perception in Twentieth-Century Self-Narratives

Examines the connection between auditory perception and the formation of subjectivity and identity in 20th-century autobiographical literature, drawing a parallel between poststructuralism and the decente…

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Whit Frazier Peterson
The Image and the Fire

Racial identity and literary form in the modernist anthologyThe Image and the Fire examines the coterie anthology---a small, outsider literary collection---as a key, yet understudied, instrument of litera…

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Francesco Torchiani,
The Unspeakable Vice

As gay men and lesbian women increasingly gained recognition and acceptance in twentieth-century literature and film, and subsequently in social and political movements, the Catholic Church reacted by sub…

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Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man

In this classic of twentieth-century literature, now with a strikingly beautiful new cover design, Ray Bradbury weaves a narrative spanning from the depths of humankind's fears to the summit of their achi…

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Federico Garcia Lorca,
Gypsy Ballads

Heralded as one of the geniuses of twentieth-century literature, Federico García Lorca is among Spain's most beloved poets and dramatists. Gypsy Ballads , his most influential collection of verses, fuses …

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F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby

An undisputed masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, this stunning, lavishly designed new edition of The Great Gatsby is perfect for Fitzgerald lovers and classics collectors alike.In his masterpiec…

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George Orwell
Animal Farm

The Penguin English Library

Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent…

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Ali Smith, Tommy Orange, Naomi Alderman, Helen Oyeyemi
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

A collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his deathFranz Kafka is widely regarded as one of th…

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Ali Smith, Charlie Kaufman, Elif Batuman, Helen Oyeyemi
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the great geniuses of twentieth-century literature. What happens when some of the most original literary minds of today take an idea, a mood or a line from his wor…

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Patti M Marxsen
Karen Blixen's Search for Self

In Karen Blixen's Search for Self , Patti M. Marxsen presents a twenty-first-century reconsideration of Blixen's iconic memoir Out of Africa, originally published in 1937 and now regarded as a classic of …

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