Barthes: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Culler
Roland Barthes: A Very Short Introduction elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes, whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world ...
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The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
David Sterritt
The Beats: A Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beats, bringing out the similarities that connected them, ...
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Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction
John Sutherland
Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction shows that bestseller lists monitor one of the strongest pulses in modern literature and are therefore worthy of serious study. It lifts ...
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Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Kimberley Reynolds
Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, introducing key debates, ...
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Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Sabina Knight
Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in ...
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Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Rolena Adorno
Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction provides a vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to ...
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Comedy: A Very Short Introduction
Matthew Bevis
Comedy: A Very Short Introduction studies written forms of comedy such as prose fiction, poetry, caricatures, and cartoons. There are also performance forms of comedy such as ...
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Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction
Ben Hutchinson
Comparative literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the ...
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Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Robert Eaglestone
Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction explores a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow ...
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Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Bradford
Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of ‘crime fiction’ and the various definitions of the genre and considers how it has developed over time. ...
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