American Literature and the Free Market, 1945-2000
The years after World War Two have seen a widespread fascination with the free market. Michael W. Clune considers this fascination in postwar literature. In the fictional worlds created by works ranging from Frank O'Hara's poetry to nineties gangster rap, the market is transformed, offering an alternative form of life, distinct from both the social visions of the left and the individualist ethos of the right.
Invisible Man, published in 1954, was Ralph Ellison's masterpiece and strongly influenced the rest of his life. He was known for his refusal to be categorized as a "black writer." Learn more about Ellison with this text, which includes an extensive biography of the author, literary criticism, a list of works by and about the author, and more.
William Shakespeare's As You Like It (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Shakespeare's romantic comedy sets up a number of dualities which are explored but never answered, exposing the complexity of human life that exists between romance and realism, nobleman and commoner, male and female, and more.
The title, William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on William Shakespeare’s As You Like It through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics.
Remnants of Empire in Algeria and Vietnam: Women, Words, and War (After the Empire)
"Remnants of Empire in Algeria and Vietnam" proposes a new approach to Francophone Studies through an examination of four specific Algerian and Vietnamese novels written in French by women. The connections between their works and shared colonial history lead us to a deeper understanding of postcolonial literature.
The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change
A rich, systematic and empirically grounded account of intellectual change in three civilizations. "The Sociology of Philosophies" is an ambitious, comprehensive, and brilliant account of the rationalization process of three world philosophies: Western, Indian, and Asian. In Collins' analysis, this developmental process is shown to be generated via social and conceptual networks...The book expounds upon an immense range of intellectual history, and certainly makes inspiring and interesting reading.
