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- Paul Kent Alkons Samuel Johnson and Moral Discipline provides reading of Johnson that emphasizes his moral discourse. Shortly after its publication, Alkons book became first of all the standard reading of Johnsons essays, contrasting them with the moral ideas Johnson discussed in his sermons, as moral writings, and second, as...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Paul Kent Alkon
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1967
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Ruth M. Amess The Fulfillment of Scriptures approaches Langlands key medieval text, Piers Plowman, using critical literary methods developed in interdisciplinary programs that explore the intersections of religion and literature. Ames draws on the history of the development of Christian doctrine as she explores the ways that the allegory of...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Ruth W. Ames
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1970
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- William Warners Syrinx, or a Sevenfold History, may be the first English novel. Unlike others of the time, though, Warner wrote a realistic novel whose ancestors include the adventure stories of Alexandrine romance, and focus not on the tales of an aristocratic class but on the lives of middle-class individuals....
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- William Warner and Wallace A. Bacon
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- In Scandinavian Elements of Finnegans Wake, Dounia Bunis Christiani addresses herself to an enormous task: examining the significance of Scandinavian history, literature, and languages for the composition of James Joyces masterwork. Whereas critical studies of Joyce tend to fall into two categoriesthose exploring the philosophical grounding of his works and...
- Keyword:
- Ireland
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Dounia Bunis Christiani
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1965
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Alan C. Dessens Johnsons Moral Comedy asks the question about the character of Ben Jonsons comedies: were they sentimental or were they didactic and moralistic comedies? Dessens groundbreaking text remains significant for its contribution to early conversations about Jonsonian comedy, as well as its contribution to the practice of ethical...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Alan C. Dessen
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1971
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Iseult) remains one of the most popular romances ever written. Although the tale was believed to have originated in Germany, bards in France and Britain composed their own versions of the story, a tale of adultery, betrayal, mistaken identity, and thwarted love. In The Tristan...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Sigmund Eisner
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1969
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Thackeray: The Sentimental Cynicchronicles British novelist William Thackerays ambivalent attitudes toward society and traces his conduct during the major crises of his life in terms of those attitudes. Lambert Ennis examines the emotional tensions in Thackerays life and the impact they had in his work. In so doing, he illustrates...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Lambert Ennis
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Matthew Arnold the Ethnologist, originally published in 1951, makes the original argument that the renowned English critic Matthew Arnold contributed to the climate of racialism current during his lifetime. Frederic E. Faverty shows that in his essays on national character, Arnold used anthropological concepts of race and language, albeit inconsistently....
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Frederic E. Faverty
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1951
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Originally published in 1945, An Historical and Analytical Bibliography of the Literature of Cryptology provides a comprehensive listing of the most important works written up to that time on cryptography, as well as works in related fields in which cryptography appears. It includes a vast range of materials: scientific and...
- Keyword:
- Reference
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Joseph S. Galland
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/08/2018
- Date Created:
- 1945
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- In Fair Rosamond Virgil B. Heltzel traces the character of Rosamond Clifford, known as Fair Rosamondwhich has its origins as a theme in medieval literaturethrough its use in poetry and plays and novels, from the Renaissance through the early twentieth century. Heltzels book retains its importance today for scholars tracing...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Virgil B. Heltzel
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1947
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- John Donnes poetry is often difficult and perplexing, even more so because it undergoes a shift away from secular topics after he converts and begins to lead a religious life. Robert S. Jacksons John Donnes Christian Vocation is one of the first studies that takes seriously the ways that Donnes...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Robert S. Jackson
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1970
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- The English Novel in the Magazines, 17401815, explores the popularity of magazines in the nineteenth century and the ways that much of the published fiction of the time appeared serially in these publications. Robert D. Mayos groundbreaking study remains important to scholars of the nineteenth century as one of the...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Robert D. Mayo
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1962
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- In Selected Prose of N. M. Karamzin, Henry Nebels translation and extensive introductory material presents a collection of primary sources by a Russian author whose tales explore the creative exploitation of sentimentalisms potentialities.
- Keyword:
- Russia
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- N. M. Karamzin and Henry M. Nebel Jr.
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1969
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Glenn OMalleys Shelley and Synesthesia examines a little-known aspect of Percy Shelleys poetry, offering a history of synesthesia and engaging in close readings of Shelleys poetry, focusing primarily on his longer works. OMalley explores the internal structure of Shelleys poems to concentrate on patterns of imagery and symbolism, bringing attention...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Glenn O’Malley
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1964
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Internal Evidence and Elizabethan Dramatic Authorship provides one the earliest attempts to write a theoretical method for evidence within plays to help determine authorship or to help distinguish the work of one author from another. Samuel Schoenbaums study remains valuable, for the attempt to attribute unattributed plays to one or...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- S. Schoenbaum
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1966
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Poems of Aimeric de Peguilhan is the first critical, annotated translation in English of the collected work of poet Aimeric de Peguilhan. In itWilliam P. Shepard and Frank M. Chambers provide translations and introductory material to the work of the medieval French troubadour.
- Keyword:
- France
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- William P. Shepard, Aimeric de Peguilhan, and Frank M. Chambers
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century French writer Romain Rolland remains best known for his epic coming-of-age tale, Jean Christoph. InA Critical Bibliography of the Published Writings of Romain Rolland William Thomas Starr Starr painstakingly collects the information on all writings by and about this prolific author through 1949. Organized into two...
- Keyword:
- France
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- William Thomas Starr
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Critical Prefaces of the French Renaissancecontains nearly 30 prefaces from the works of French poets and dramatists published from 1525 to 1611. Bernard Weinbergs helpful book collects prefaces from the works of satirical poets, as well as dramatists, and provides a short introduction to each preface setting it in its...
- Keyword:
- France
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Bernard Weinberg
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1950
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Lionel Trilling was one of the twentieth centurys most widely read and influential American literary critics. Mark Krupnick traces Trillings career from the 1920s through the 1970s, following the shifting intellectual and ideological currents in his thought. Krupnick places Trillings criticism and fiction in the context of his New York...
- Keyword:
- United States
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- Mark Krupnick
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/09/2018
- Date Created:
- 1986
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- This bibliography lists the books, paintings, and portraits of the mystic Irish poet George William Russell, best known by his pseudonym, AE. Russell was a late nineteenth-and early twentieth century Irish poet and essayist whose first book of poems, Homeward: Songs by the Way (1894), established him in what was...
- Keyword:
- England
- Subject:
- Literary Criticism
- Creator:
- N/A
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date Uploaded:
- 08/10/2018
- Date Modified:
- 08/10/2018
- Date Created:
- 1961
- Resource Type:
- Book