“kenneth womack”

Reading in America for pleasure and knowledge continues to be popular, even while other media compete for attention. While students continue to read many of the standard classics, new genres have emerged. These have captured the attention of general readers and are also playing a critical role in th... More

In Long and Winding Roads, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to lifefrom their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. Womack's portra... More

This invaluable guide offers an accessible introduction to two important movements in the history of 20th century literary theory. A complementary text to the Palgrave volume "Postmodern Narrative Theory" by Mark Currie, this new title addresses a host of theoretical concerns, as well as each field'... More

Victorian novels remain enormously popular today: some continue to be made into films, while authors such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot are firmly established in the canon and taught at all levels. These works have also attracted a great deal of critical attention, with much current scholarshi... More

The scholarly response to John Irving's novels has impinged upon a wide range of contemporary subjects of interest, from postmodernism and ethics to gender studies, the family, and historical criticism. This volume draws on a series of contemporaneous reviews and scholarly essays to provide the read... More

Divided into four descriptive sections -- "Theory and the Ethics of Literary Study", "Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power", "Making Darkness Visible: The Ethical Implications of Narrative as Witness", and "Ways of Seeing: The Diversity of Applied Ethical Criticism" -- this unprec... More

Divided into four descriptive sections -- "Theory and the Ethics of Literary Study", "Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power", "Making Darkness Visible: The Ethical Implications of Narrative as Witness", and "Ways of Seeing: The Diversity of Applied Ethical Criticism" -- this unprec... More