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Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Discover the inspiring story of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, in this fascinating kids' biography. This compelling book looks at Elizabeth's life, both as a public and private figure. It traces her early years as a princess, her experiences in the women's army during World War II, her coronation and her life as Queen both at home and in the public eye. Learn how Elizabeth has worked alongside 13 British prime...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Description
In this work the authors explore the works of many 19th-century women writers. They chart a tangible desire expressed for freedom from the restraints of a confining patriarchal society and trace a distinctive female literary tradition.
Series
Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Voices of Victorian England illuminates the character, personalities, and events of the era through excerpts from primary documents produced between 1837 and 1901. By allowing Queen Victoria's contemporaries to speak for themselves, this work brings the achievements and conflicts that occurred during the queen's long reign alive for high school and college students as well as the general public. Excerpts represent literary giants such as Charles...
Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
A collection of favorite poems. One of them is by Stephen Crane, who wrote: "I saw a man pursuing the horizon; / Round and round they sped. / I was disturbed at this; / I accosted the man. It's futile, I said, / You can never ̓/ You lie, he cried, / And ran on."
Publisher
Meridian
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Authors include Anne Bradstreet, Mary White Rowlandson, Sarah Kemble Knight, Elizabeth Sampson Sullivan Ashbridge, Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Smith Adams, Judith Sargent Murray, Phillis Wheatley, Susanna Haswell Rowson, Jarena Lee, Eliza Southgate Bowne, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Sarah Moore Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sara Willis Eldredge Farrington Parton (Fanny Fern), Harriet...
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Publisher
McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"This reference book describes literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors. It includes series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name and posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer"--Provided by publisher.
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