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In a Glass Darkly
From the predatory same-sex desire in “Carmilla” to the ghostly hallucinations in “Green Tea,” the five supernatural stories in In a Glass Darkly reflect a…
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
In 1861, Harriet Jacobs became the first formerly enslaved African American woman to publish a book-length account of her life. In crafting her coming-of-age story,…
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In Search of Authority – Third Edition
In Search of Authority is the most engaging introduction to literary theory available today. This is the third edition of a book that has been…
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Iola Leroy
Frances Harper’s fourth novel follows the life of the beautiful, light-skinned Iola Leroy to tell the story of black families in slavery, during the Civil…
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Jane Eyre – Second Edition
Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adulthood, was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication…
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King Lear – Ed. Best & Joubin
King Lear is a play for our times. The central characters experience intense suffering in a hostile and unpredictable world. They face domestic cruelty, political…
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Legal Reasoning
In a book that is a blend of text and readings, Martin P. Golding explores legal reasoning from a variety of angles—including that of judicial…
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Liza of Lambeth
Following the publication of Liza of Lambeth, W. Somerset Maugham would go on to establish himself as one of the best-selling and most prolific novelists…
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Looking Backward: 2000 – 1887
Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (1888) is one of the most influential utopian novels in English. The narrative follows Julian West, who goes to sleep…
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Mandeville
William Godwin’s Mandeville was described as his best novel by Percy Shelley, who sent a copy to Lord Byron, and it was immediately recognized by…
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Marvelous Transformations
Marvelous Transformations is an anthology of tales and original critical essays that moves beyond canonized “classics” and old paradigms, documenting the points of historical connection…
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Mary Barton
Mary Barton first appeared in 1848, and has since become one of the best known novels on the ‘condition of England,’ part of a nineteenth-century…
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Modern English Structures – Second Edition
Modern English Structures is a clear and accessible text that follows a structural approach to teaching basic English grammar. The book is divided into three…
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Modern English Structures Workbook – Second Edition
The Modern English Structures Workbook parallels the text, Modern English Structures, and provides useful training both in memorization and in higher-order thinking skills.
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Moral Issues in Global Perspective – Volume 3: Moral Issues – Second Edition
Now available in three thematic volumes, the second edition of Moral Issues in Global Perspective is a collection of the newest and best articles on…
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Moral Tales: A Selection
In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in…
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My Ántonia
Willa Cather’s My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle…
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Natural Beauty
Natural Beauty was selected for the Choice Outstanding Academic Title list for 2008! Natural Beauty presents a bold new philosophical account of the principles involved…
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Nature and Art
Nature and Art commands a central place in the history of the English Jacobin novel. Published in 1796, the story explores the opposition between the…
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Nightmare Abbey
This 1818 novel is set in a former abbey whose owner, Christopher Glowry, is host to visitors who enjoy his hospitality and engage in endless…