Teachers started assigning the novels of Toni Morrison long before she won the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature and before there was a significant body of secondary literature on the author. Now her wo
The contributors to this volume have undertaken, in the words of the editors, "the liberating and invigorating task of redrawing the landscape of the Romantic poetry," and in twenty-six essays they s
Based on a True Story, Ourika relates the experiences of a Senegalese girl who is rescued from slavery and raised by an aristocratic French family during the French Revolution. Brought up in a househ
This guide helps new and experienced teachers capitalize on both the accessibility and the challenges of two of Henry James' most frequently taught works. The essays in the first part suggest backgrou
To address the difficulties of teaching Robinson Crusoe to students who know the work only from popular adaptations, the contributors to this volume offer several classroom-tested strategies. The fi
Cites over 1,000 books and articles by pan-European (Austrian-born) linguist Spitzer (1887-1960), including works published posthumously. In a variety of languages, his writings address etymology and
"An English translation of Catalan stories by Caterina Albert i Paradis (1898-1950; pseudonym Vâictor Cataláa). Modernist in style, with realist and naturalist influences, the stories give voice to wo
