The Picaresque and the Writing Life in Mexico 0268200173, 9780268200176

Life in Mexico 9780520907010

Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico–from her travel

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The Writing Life 9780061863820

In this collection of short essays, Annie Dillard—the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood—illumi

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Never Better: The Modern Jewish Picaresque

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Writing Rogues: The Soviet Picaresque and Identity Formation, 1921–1938 9780228015062

How Russian literature about socially marginal characters came to define what it means to be Soviet. In Writing Rogues

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Transgression and Subversion: Gender in the Picaresque Novel 9783839444009

Is the pícaro, the roguish hero of early modern Spanish adventure fiction, a 'real man'? What position does he

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Life Writing in the Posthuman Anthropocene 3030779734, 9783030779733

Life Writing in the Posthuman Anthropocene is a timely collection of insightful contributions that negotiate how the gen

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The Lioness in Winter: Writing an Old Woman's Life 9780231525336

In The Lioness in Winter, Burack-Weiss blends an analysis of key writings from famed women authors with her own wisdom t

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Radclyffe Hall: a life in the writing 9780812243468, 0812243463

The Well of Loneliness is probably the most famous lesbian novel ever written, and certainly the most widely read. It co

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The Writing Life: Journals, 1975-2005 9780773588257

A prolific author's candid and insightful look at leading figures in Canada's cultural landscape.

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Kitchenspace: Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico 9780292794030

Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell abo

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