A plague was erupted. The victim suffers a two-month latent period during which he is infectious but shows no symptoms. The virus is spread by aerosol, so that millions of people are soon infected and infectious, but without knowing it. At the climax of he disease, there is what a character calls a rite of distribution. At the climax the victim does what he or she most wanted or feared doing, the idea being that this kind of fear is laced with fascination. As America (like the rest of the world) sinks into chaos, as the Red Deaths kills forty percent of the population, two fiercely antagonistic groups emerge. Theres the apocalyptic religious group called Swimmers, because their charismatic leader was first seen swimming out of the Hudson River. The other group jokingly calls itself Our Gang, a very mixed group that has become immune to the plague as a by-product of an experimental treatment of herpes. What they see and do as they hike north from New York City to a farm upstate forms the substance of the novel.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and critical information on major and lesser-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century British writers, and includes articles on key schools of literature, and genres.
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.
Written in the form of letters written by Wynn O'Leary to his brother, Joel, who died of a heroin overdose, this is a witty and unabashedly politically incorrect novel. It takes place in an enclosed world with its own cutoms and denizens. The time is the late 1980s. Cultural theory and gender politics reign supreme, smoking is still allowed in the cafetria and, unfortunately for O'Leary, Viagra is but a twinkle in a scientist's eye.
Hester Prynne is ostracized from her seventeenth-century Puritan community for refusing to name the father of her child, the product of an adulterous relationship.
Covers writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the fourteenth century to the present day. Includes in-depth critical and biographical analysis.
See preceding entries. Volume 14 is the comprehensive index to the exemplary reference series providing access to authors, themes, and titles in both original and native versions. This volume also features a bibliographical supplement, a list of contributors, and master lists of subjects arranged alphabetically, chronologically, and by language. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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