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The Suppressed Sister

A Relationship in Novels by Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century British Women

By: Amy K. Levin

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The Suppressed Sister

A Relationship in Novels by Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century British Women

By: Amy K. Levin

Contentious behavior among biological sisters frequently contradicts ideals of sisterhood in novels by women. Additionally, feminist criticism, focusing on almost every imaginable relationship involving women, has all but ignored sisters. Amy K. Levin's The Suppressed Sister studies these circumstances, their causes and consequences. How and why is the sister bond suppressed in favor of sisterhood?" "Answers to this question may be found in female psychology, social expectations, and patriarchal myths and stories. The tales of Cinderella and Psyche are paradigmatic, providing models of female competition and inscribing a conclusion that replaces sisterly closeness with heterosexual romance." "Jane Austen's sister plot is based on these models. Her characters divide into pairs and adopt complementary personalities, but polarization does not erase competition; instead, marriage erects social and economic barriers which enforce role divisions." "In Wives and Daughters, Cranford, and The Life of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell shows the danger of too close an attachment to the paternal home. She, too, emphasizes differences, revealing how they ultimately lead siblings to seek a sisterhood outside the family." "In Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda, George Eliot paints increasingly negative portraits of sisters, indicating that female siblings create differences where few or none exist. These denials of similarity heighten the heroines' isolation." "Twentieth-century novelists, including Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Margaret Drabble, revise their predecessors' texts, drafting a plot "after" the father's. They reject rules governing female behavior and question the expectation that women must get along with one another." "Finally, Emma Tennant's Bad Sister, together with several recent American novels, abandons the conventions of the realistic novel, challenging the very concept of character. Tennant undermines all distinctions, including those that treat sisters as separate individuals and those that classify certain behaviors as "good" or "bad."" "These novels show a progression that has been ignored or suppressed by feminist critics, many of whom long for an idyll of sisterhood inherited from nineteenth-century portraits of the "angel in the house." In denying anger or antagonism, women cut off a part of themselves, just as Cinderella's stepsisters amputate their toes to fit in her brittle glass slipper. Levin's book questions the rationale behind such self-destruction."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Bucknell University Press

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083875211X

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9780838752111

Little Songs

Women, Silence, and the Nineteenth-century Sonnet

By: Amy Christine Billone

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Little Songs

Women, Silence, and the Nineteenth-century Sonnet

By: Amy Christine Billone

Silence, gender, and the sonnet revival -- Breaking "the silent Sabbath of the grave" : romantic women's sonnets and the "mute arbitress" of grief -- "In silence like to death" : Elizabeth Barrett's sonnet turn -- Sing again : Christina Rossetti and the music of silence -- "Silence, 'tis more cruel than the grave!" : Isabella Southern and the turn to the twentieth century -- Women's renunciation of the sonnet form.

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Ohio State University Press

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0814210422

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9780814210420

The Social Construction of American Realism

By: Amy Kaplan

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The Social Construction of American Realism

By: Amy Kaplan

Kaplan redefines American realism as a genre more engaged with a society in flux than with one merely reflective of the status quo. She reads realistic narrative as a symbolic act of imagining and controlling the social upheavals of early modern capitalism, particularly class conflict and the development of mass culture. Brilliant analyses of works by Howells, Wharton, and Dreiser illuminate the narrative process by which realism constructs a social world of conflict and change. "[Kaplan] offers some enthralling readings of major novels by Howells, Wharton, and Dreiser. It is a book which should be read by anyone interested in the American novel."—Tony Tanner, Modern Language Review "Kaplan has made an important contribution to our understanding of American realism. This is a book that deserves wide attention."—June Howard, American Literature

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University of Chicago Press

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0226424308

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9780226424309

Prophetic Woman

Anne Hutchinson and the Problem of Dissent in the Literature of New England

By: Amy Schrager Lang

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Prophetic Woman

Anne Hutchinson and the Problem of Dissent in the Literature of New England

By: Amy Schrager Lang

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987.

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Univ of California Press

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0520371968

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9780520371965

Traces of the Old, Uses of the New

The Emergence of Digital Literary Studies

By: Amy E. Earhart

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Traces of the Old, Uses of the New

The Emergence of Digital Literary Studies

By: Amy E. Earhart

Mapping the history of digital literary scholarship, Earhart stakes a claim for discipline-specific histories of digital study

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University of Michigan Press

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0472052780

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9780472052783

Standardizing Written English

Diffusion in the Case of Scotland, 1520-1659

By: Amy J. Devitt

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Standardizing Written English

Diffusion in the Case of Scotland, 1520-1659

By: Amy J. Devitt

Professor Devitt offers a new view of the linguistic process of standardization, the movement of specific language features towards uniformity. Drawing on theoretical arguments and empirical data, she examines the way in which linguistic conformity develops out of variation, and the textual and social factors that influence this process. After defining and clarifying the general theoretical issues involved, the author takes as a specific case study the standardization of written English in Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and shows that standardization is a gradual process, that it occurs at significantly different rates and times in different genres, that it encompasses periods of great variation, and that it occurs concurrently with sociopolitical shifts. The interrelationship of linguistic features, genres, and social pressures shape the nature and direction of standardization.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521024048

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9780521024044

Cultures of United States Imperialism

By: Amy Kaplan,Donald E. Pease

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Cultures of United States Imperialism

By: Amy Kaplan,Donald E. Pease

Cultures of United States Imperialism represents a major paradigm shift that will remap the field of American Studies. Pointing to a glaring blind spot in the basic premises of the study of American culture, leading critics and theorists in cultural studies, history, anthropology, and literature reveal the "denial of empire" at the heart of American Studies. Challenging traditional definitions and periodizations of imperialism, this volume shows how international relations reciprocally shape a dominant imperial culture at home and how imperial relations are enacted and contested within the United States. Drawing on a broad range of interpretive practices, these essays range across American history, from European representations of the New World to the mass media spectacle of the Persian Gulf War. The volume breaks down the boundary between the study of foreign relations and American culture to examine imperialism as an internal process of cultural appropriation and as an external struggle over international power. The contributors explore how the politics of continental and international expansion, conquest, and resistance have shaped the history of American culture just as much as the cultures of those it has dominated. By uncovering the dialectical relationship between American cultures and international relations, this collection demonstrates the necessity of analyzing imperialism as a political or economic process inseparable from the social relations and cultural representations of gender, race, ethnicity, and class at home. Contributors. Lynda Boose, Mary Yoko Brannen, Bill Brown, William Cain, Eric Cheyfitz, Vicente Diaz, Frederick Errington, Kevin Gaines, Deborah Gewertz, Donna Haraway, Susan Jeffords, Myra Jehlen, Amy Kaplan, Eric Lott, Walter Benn Michaels, Donald E. Pease, Vicente Rafael, Michael Rogin, José David Saldívar, Richard Slotkin, Doris Sommer, Gauri Viswanathan, Priscilla Wald, Kenneth Warren, Christopher P. Wilson

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Duke University Press

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0822314134

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9780822314134

The Soul as Virgin Wife

Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart

By: Amy Hollywood

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The Soul as Virgin Wife

Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart

By: Amy Hollywood

The Soul as Virgin Wife presents the first book-length study to give a detailed account of the theological and mystical teachings written by women themselves, especially by those known as beguines, which have been especially neglected. Hollywood explicates the difference between the erotic and imagistic mysticism, arguing that Mechthild, Porete, and Eckhart challenge the sexual ideologies prevalent in their culture and claim a union without distinction between the soul and the divine. The beguines' emphasis in the later Middle Ages on spiritual poverty has long been recognized as an important influence on subsequent German and Flemish mystical writers, in particular the great German Dominican preacher and apophatic theologian Meister Eckhart. In The Soul as Virgin Wife, Amy Hollywood presents the first book-length study to give a detailed textual account of these debts. Through an analysis of Magdeburg's The Flowing Light of the Godhead, Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls, and the Latin commentaries and vernacular sermons of Eckhart, Hollywood uncovers the intricate web of influence and divergence between the beguinal spiritualities and Eckhart.

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299

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268081824

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9780268081829

Dear Editor: Poems

By: Amy Newman

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Dear Editor: Poems

By: Amy Newman

Amy Newman is one of the most gifted and original poets writing in America today."—Martha Collins Each prose poem in this extraordinary volume is an impassioned letter to a nameless editor from a poet seeking publication for her collection about chess, sainthood, and the poet's lonely childhood. Taken individually, the poems display a dazzling originality; together, they form an exquisite exploration of memory and longing.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393245675

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9780393245677

100 for 100 – Macbeth: 100 days. 100 revision activities

By: Stuart Pryke,Amy Staniforth

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100 for 100 – Macbeth: 100 days. 100 revision activities

By: Stuart Pryke,Amy Staniforth

Are you struggling to revise for Macbeth? Are you finding it difficult to remember all the characters, alongside the plot, themes and key quotations? If you are 100 for 100: Macbeth has got you covered! 100 for 100: Macbeth is a revision workbook to help GCSE students revise the play thoroughly, regardless of exam board. Containing 100 days' worth of activities, 100 for 100: Macbeth covers the entirety of Shakespeare's tragedy, allowing you to revise in great detail over an extended period of time to help reduce the stress of exams. Accompanied by a full set of answers and guidance, each day contains: - a series of 20 to 25 minute activities designed to help you revise the plot, characters, themes, motifs, symbols and the context of the play. - a quotation of the day with accompanying commentary and analysis so that you can confidently sit your exams armed with a wealth of ideas about Shakespeare's intent. - directions as to what scenes you need to revise if you are struggling with the knowledge needed to complete the tasks. - ideas for extra revision that will push, stretch and challenge those of you who are aiming for 7, 8 or 9. 100 days. 100 activities. Your time starts now!

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John Catt

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103600211X

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9781036002114

Ready to Teach: Macbeth:A compendium of subject knowledge, resources and pedagogy

By: Amy Staniforth,Stuart Pryke

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Ready to Teach: Macbeth:A compendium of subject knowledge, resources and pedagogy

By: Amy Staniforth,Stuart Pryke

What is the best approach for helping students to understand higher level concepts? How can specific subject knowledge be implemented in lessons? Ready to Teach: Macbeth brings together the deep subject knowledge, resources and classroom strategies needed to teach Shakespeare’s tragic play, as well as the pedagogical theory behind why these ideas work, helping teachers to deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum with impact. Each chapter contains lesson-by-lesson essays and commentaries that enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text alongside fully resourced lessons reflecting current and dynamic best practice. The book also offers an introduction to the key pedagogical concepts which underpin the lessons and why they are proven to help students develop powerful knowledge and key skills. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for different ways into the text, Ready to Teach: Macbeth is the perfect companion to the study of ‘the Scottish play’.

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John Catt

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1913808424

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9781913808426

Framing Anna Karenina

Tolstoy, the Woman Question, and the Victorian Novel

By: Amy Mandelker

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Framing Anna Karenina

Tolstoy, the Woman Question, and the Victorian Novel

By: Amy Mandelker

Mandelker's revisionist analysis begins with the contention that Anna Karenina rejects the textual conventions of realism and the stereo-typical representation of women, especially in Victorian English fiction. In Anna Karenina, Tolstoy uses the theme of art and visual representation to articulate an aesthetics freed from gender bias and class discrimination.

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Ohio State University Press

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0814206131

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9780814206133

Selected Poems of Amy Lowell

By: Amy Lowell

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Selected Poems of Amy Lowell

By: Amy Lowell

Amy Lowell (1874-1925), American poet and critic, was one of the most influential and best-known writers of her era. Within a thirteen-year period, she produced six volumes of poetry, two volumes of criticism, a two-volume biography of John Keats, and countless articles and reviews that appeared in many popular periodicals. As a herald of the New Poetry, Lowell saw herself and her kind of work as a part of a newly forged, diverse, American people that registered its consciousness in different tonalities but all in a native idiom. She helped build the road leading to the later works of Allen Ginsberg, May Sarton, Sylvia Plath, and beyond. Except for the few poems that invariably appear in American literature anthologies, most of her writings are out of print. This will be the first volume of her work to appear in decades, and the depth, range, and surprising sensuality of her poems will be a revelation. The poetry is organized according to Lowell's characteristic forms, from traditional to experimental. In each section the works appear in chronological order. Section one contains sonnets and other traditional verse forms. The next section covers her translations and adaptations of Chinese and Japanese poetry, whereby she beautifully renders the spirit of these works. Also included here are several of Lowell's own Asian-influenced poems. Lowell's free, or cadenced verse appears in the third part. The last section provides samples of Lowell's polyphonic prose, an ambitious and vigorous art form that employs all of the resources of poetry. The release of The Selected Poems of Amy Lowell will be a major event for readers who have not been able to find a representative sampling of work from this vigorous, courageous poet who gave voice to an erotic, thoroughly American sensibility.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813531284

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9780813531281

Comprehensive Reading Assessment

Test Preparation for Improved Performance

By: Amy M. Gilbert

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Comprehensive Reading Assessment

Test Preparation for Improved Performance

By: Amy M. Gilbert

Comprehensive Reading Assessment is more than test preparation and practice. It diagnoses students' performance, provides a summary of results, and includes instructional lessons, all in one book! Critical skills covered include identifying main idea, details, sequence, author's purpose, genre, and more.

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1591372658

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9781591372653

World Weavers

Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution

By: Kin Yuen Wong,Gary Westfahl,Amy Kit-sze Chan

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World Weavers

Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution

By: Kin Yuen Wong,Gary Westfahl,Amy Kit-sze Chan

World Weavers is the first ever study on the relationship between globalization and science fiction. Scientific innovations provide citizens of different nations with a unique common ground and the means to establish new connections with distant lands. This study attempts to investigate how our world has grown more and more interconnected not only due to technological advances, but also to a shared interest in those advances and to what they might lead to in the future. Science fiction has long been both literally and metaphorically linked to the emerging global village. It now takes on the task of exploring how the cybernetic revolution might transform the world and keep it one step ahead of the real world, despite ever-accelerating developments. As residents of a world that is undeniably globalized, science-fictional and virtual, it is incumbent on us to fully understand just how we came to live in such a world, and to envisage where this world may be heading next. World Weavers represents one small but significant step toward achieving such knowledge.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622097219

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9789622097216

Book's by Amy M. Gilbert

The Suppressed Sister

The Suppressed Sister

Little Songs

Little Songs

The Social Construction of American Realism

The Social Construction of American Realism

Prophetic Woman

Prophetic Woman

Traces of the Old, Uses of the New

Traces of the Old, Uses of the New

Standardizing Written English

Standardizing Written English

Cultures of United States Imperialism

Cultures of United States Imperialism

The Soul as Virgin Wife

The Soul as Virgin Wife

Dear Editor: Poems

Dear Editor: Poems

100 for 100 – Macbeth: 100 days. 100 revision activities

100 for 100 – Macbeth: 100 days. 100 revision activities

Ready to Teach: Macbeth:A compendium of subject knowledge, resources and pedagogy

Ready to Teach: Macbeth:A compendium of subject knowledge, resources and pedagogy

Framing Anna Karenina

Framing Anna Karenina

Selected Poems of Amy Lowell

Selected Poems of Amy Lowell

Comprehensive Reading Assessment

Comprehensive Reading Assessment

World Weavers

World Weavers

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