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In this second collection of biographical accounts of Romantic
writers, the characters of Keats, Coleridge and Scott are recalled
by their contemporaries, offering insights into their lives and
writings, as well as into the art of 19th-century biography.
In this second collection of biographical accounts of Romantic
writers, the characters of Keats, Coleridge and Scott are recalled
by their contemporaries, offering insights into their lives and
writings, as well as into the art of 19th-century biography.
In this second collection of biographical accounts of Romantic
writers, the characters of Keats, Coleridge and Scott are recalled
by their contemporaries, offering insights into their lives and
writings, as well as into the art of 19th-century biography.
The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a vivid psychological account of
a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War,
based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle. The
intensity of its narrative and its naturalistic power earned Crane
instant success, and led to his spending most of his brief
remaining life war reporting. The other stories collected in this
volume draw on this experience; `The Open Boat' (1898) was inspired
by his fifty hour struggle with waves after his ship was sunk
during an expedition to Cuba; `The Monster' (1899) is a bitterly
ironic commentary on the ostracization of a doctor for harbouring
the servant who was disfigured and lost his sanity rescuing his
son. As a rare example of Crane working in a vein of American
Gothic, it is particularly striking for its treatment of race and
social injustice. `The Blue Hotel' traces the events that lead to a
murder at a bar in a small Nebraska town. This edition is the most
generously annotated edition of Crane's work, exploring it from a
fresh critical perspective and focusing on his place as an
experimental writer, his modernist legacy and his social as well as
literary revisionism. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is widely recognised as one of the
central and defining figures in Scottish literature and in European
and American Romanticism. Fabled in his own lifetime as 'the Wizard
of the North' and as the (long-anonymous) 'Author of Waverley', he
played a unique role in the dissemination of an idea of Scottish
culture and history. From his early work as a collector and editor
of traditional ballads to the widespread popularity and fame of his
poetry and novels, and to his important writings on history,
economics, folklore, and literature, Scott refashioned the literary
culture of his day and continues to shape our own. The Edinburgh
Companion to Sir Walter Scott, the first collection of its kind
devoted to his work, draws on the innovative research and
scholarship which have revitalised the study of the whole range of
his exceptionally diverse writing in recent years. Chapters written
by leading international scholars provide an indispensable guide to
his work in different genres and reflect the topics and concerns
which are most exciting in Scott scholarship today, including his
place in literary and popular culture, his experimentation and
originality, his relationship to Romanticism, and the revaluation
of lesser-known works. Key Features: * The first 'Companion' to
Walter Scott * Written by leading international scholars who have
themselves defined modern study of Scott * Makes the most
innovative and authoritative criticism of Scott accessible and
available to new and more specialised readers alike * Covers the
full range of Scott's writing, with chapters on his lesser-known as
well as canonical works
The Historical Dictionary of International Relations is a general
guide to the theory and practice of the relations between states,
and between states and other actors on the world stage. It
introduces readers to the real world operations of international
relations, and is thus concerned with the actual relations between
states, organizations, groups and people. It also offers
introductory information about the various theories, old and new,
that help explain these relations, why they happen and the possible
alternatives that might be available now or in the future.
Moreover, some of the key thinkers of these theories are discussed.
The Historical Dictionary of International Relations contains a
chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The
dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on real
world operations of international relations, the actual relations
between states, organizations, groups and people.. This book is an
excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to
know more about International Relations.
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