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The Historians of Ancient Rome

Edited by Ron Mellor, Ronald Mellor

From reviews of the first edition: "The Historians of Ancient Rome will certainly and deservedly satisfy many, more, in fact, than any of its competitors."…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97108-9 (Routledge)

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Alain Chartier

The Quarrel of the Belle Dame Sans Mercy

Edited by Joan E. McRae

Belle dame sans merci (Beautiful lady with no mercy) (1424) is not readily available in moden English translation elsewhere, making this an essential addition to…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96611-5 (Routledge)

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Chechen-English and English-Chechen Dictionary

By Johanna Nichols, Ronald L. Sprouse, Arbi Vagapov

The Chechen language has approximately 1.2 million speakers, and is one of the largest indigenous languages of the northern Caucasus. This bilingual dictionary contains 6000…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31594-4 (Routledge)

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Kate Chopin's The Awakening

A Sourcebook

Edited by Janet Beer, Elizabeth Nolan

Damned upon publication for engaging with the taboo issues of female sexuality and infidelity, Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) is now hailed as a key…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23821-2 (Routledge)

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Jane Austen's Emma

A Sourcebook

Edited by Paula Byrne

Emma is widely regarded as Jane Austen's most perfectly constructed novel. At once a comedy of misunderstanding, a razor-sharp analysis of the English class-system, a…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28651-0 (Routledge)

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Fictions of the Black Atlantic in American Foundational Literature

By GESA MACKENTHUN

This book is a significant contribution to existing research on the themes of race and slavery in the founding literature of the United States. It…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33302-3 (Routledge)

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Poetry: The Basics

By Jeffrey Wainwright

How do I read a poem? Do I really understand poetry?
This comprehensive guide demystifies the world of poetry, exploring poetic forms and traditions which…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28764-7 (Routledge)

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The Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985

By Samah Selim

The book locates questions of languages, genre, textuality and canonicity within a historical and theoretical framework that foregrounds the emergence of modern nationalism in Egypt.…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31837-2 (Routledge)

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The Postcolonial Jane Austen

Edited by You-Me Park, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan

This volume offers a unique contribution to both postcolonial studies and Austen scholarship by:

* examining the texts to illumine nineteenth century attitudes to colonialism and…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34062-5 (Routledge)

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Forgetting in Early Modern English Literature and Culture

Lethe's Legacy

Edited by Christopher Ivic, Grant Williams

This collection of essays historicizes and theorizes forgetting in English Renaissance literary texts and their cultural contexts. Its essays open up an area of study…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31046-8 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

The Genesis of the Chicago Renaissance: Theodore Dreiser, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and James T. Farrell
By Mary Hricko
To be published December 4th 2008

The Politics of Identity in Irish Drama: W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory and J.M. Synge
By George Cusack
To be published January 1st 2009

Transnationalism and American Literature: Literary Translation 1773–1892
By Colleen G. Boggs
To be published February 12th 2009

Land and Nationalism in Fictions from Southern Africa
By James Graham
To be published February 27th 2009

African City Textualities
Edited by Ranka Primorac
To be published March 1st 2009

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