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Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most important writers in contemporary Arabic literature. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1988 (the only Arab writer to win the prize thus far), his novels helped bring Arabic literature onto the international stage. Far fewer people know his nonfiction works, however—a...

A sparkling tale of duplicity from one of Brazil’s greatest living writers Maria Bráulia Munhoz thought settling down with a well-off husband in a house of her own would inaugurate a life of freedom and contentment, but she soon discovered married life to be a series of tiresome formalities. And...

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize was established in 1980 to encourage and support the writing and reading of short fiction. Over the past twenty years judges such as Robert Penn Warren, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Alice McDermott, and Frank Conroy have selected...

ONE OF THE FOREMOST WORKS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE LITERATURE This beautifully portrayed epic family history spans one hundred years, from the 1890s during the later stages of the Qing Dynasty to the 1990s, traversing the experiences of five generations of women. Yu is the central character,...

Author of such masterfully constructed novels as A Crystal Age and Green Mansions, Hudson stepped away from nature writing in 1910 to pen this unique volume. Included are the essays, "Some Ways of Studying Literature," "The Study of Poetry," "The Study of Prose Fiction," "The Study of Drama," "On Personality in Literature," and "The Study of the Short Story," among others.

Fiction created by and for the working class emerged worldwide in the early twentieth century as a response to rapid modernization, dramatic inequality, and imperial expansion. In Japan, literary youth, men and women, sought to turn their imaginations and craft to tackling the ensuing injustices,...

Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 8 - A, University of Minho (Arts and Humanities), course: MA in English Studies, language: English, abstract: The present essay is an analysis of the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf....

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

“White Noise” by Don DeLillo was first published in the year 1985. It was the eighth novel published by the author.The book received the U. S. National Book Award for Fiction in the year of its publication.In postmodern literature, “White Noise” has its distinct place. Before...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,7 (A-), University of Bayreuth (English Literature), course: Literature and Media Transformations, language: English, abstract: 'When a great artist in one medium produces a work...

The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature considers the key literary, political, historical and intellectual contexts of African American literature from its origins to the present, and also provides students with an analysis of the most up-to-date literary trends and debates in African...

Besides being a great fiction writer and short story writer, Anton Chekhov’s realistic plays have their distinct place in the world literature. Though he has not been as prolific in producing dramas as he has been in the production of short stories, yet his meaningful and eye-opening plays have...

Long seen by writers as a vital political force of the nation, children’s literature has been an important means not only of mythologizing a certain racialized past but also, because of its intended audience, of promoting a specific racialized future. Stories about slavery for children have served...

Much of The Grove of the Eumenides forms the background study for Glaysher's epic poem, The Parliament of Poets, which he discusses in a new 2015 Preface. Twenty years in the making, The Grove of the Eumenides invokes a global vision beyond the prevailing postmodern...