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"This reference is a comprehensive guide to Mary Shelley's life and career. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries about her works, friends, relatives, residences, fictional characters, allusions, and more. Some entries briefly identify and contextualize their topics, while others offer more extensive discussions. Many entries cite sources of further information, and the volume closes with a bibliography. The work is fully cross-referenced...
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Publisher's description: A prolific novelist, poet, and correspondent, Thomas Hardy bridged the late Victorian period and the early modern age. He is best known for his novels of tragic intensity, works that have become the staple of high school and college literature courses: Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far from the Madding Crowd, and The Return of the Native. Thomas Hardy A to Z combines insightful biographical...
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"A Bronte Encyclopedia is a complete guide to the life and work of the most notable literary family of the nineteenth century. Comprising approximately 2000 alphabetically arranged entries, this authoritative volume: brings to light the significant people and places that influenced the Brontes' lives; defines and describes the Brontes' fictional characters and settings; incorporates original literary judgments and analyses of characters and motives;...
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"Under the editorial direction of Professor Norman Page, more than 40 of the world's most prominent experts on Hardy have been brought together to combine their insights and understandings of all aspects of Hardy studies. The result is a unique synthesis of knowledge, incorporating different national interests and traditions of scholarship, investigating Hardy's life, work, and influences, and the historical context in which he wrote." "As well as...
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Publisher description: The Oxford Companion to the Brontës aims to provide both comprehensive and detailed information about the lives, works, and reputations of the Brontës--the three sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, together with their father and their brother Branwell--all of whom were published writers. This is a unique and authoritative reference book for the research student and the general reader. The A-Z format, extensive cross-referencing,...
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Publisher's description: One of English literature's most famous families, the Brontës are known as much for their short lives as for the unforgettable works they produced: Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights, and Anne's Agnes Grey, among others. Now, in one encyclopedic resource, readers can explore the life and work of each writer as an individual and as part of an unusually creative family. The Brontës A to Z is an indispensable,...
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