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Fast talk & flush times : the confidence man as a literary convention
(University of Missouri Press, 1985)
Lenz provides a historical overview of the American confidence man, and its role as a literary convention....
F. R. Leavis : judgement and the discipline of thought
(University of Missouri Press, 1978)
The pioneer editor in Missouri, 1808-1860
(University of Missouri Press, 1965)
Believing that newspapers were essential to democratic government and committed to the ideal of freedom of the press, the pioneer editor played an important role in the West.
Lionel Trilling : negative capability and the wisdom of avoidance
(University of Missouri Press, 1977)
Boyers examines the work of author and literary critic, Lionel Trilling, identifying a major theme of Trilling's writing style, criticism, and personal political stance as the avoidance of ideology. Boyers acknowledges this theme is central...
The Argentine generation of 1880 : ideology and cultural texts
(University of Missouri Press, 1990)
The political interests, the intellectual forces, and the attendant cultural activities associated with the project of providing Argentina with a specifically ninteenth-century Liberal identity are custumarily identified ...
Old Southwest humor from the St. Louis reveille, 1844-1850
(University of Missouri Press, 1990)
This book collects selected humorous essays from the Daily Reveille, a St. Louis daily journal, from the years 1844-1850.
Courses offered through the Center for Independent Study through correspondence, 1974-1975
(University of Missouri. University Extension., 1974)
Jewish issues in Argentine literature : from Gerchunoff to Szichman
(University of Missouri Press, 1989)
This examination of Jewish Argentine literature centers on the analysis of eight selected works whose publication dates range from 1910 to 1977. This study will examine poetry and a more abstract novel in addition to novels ...
Images of the sign : semiotic consciousness in the novels of Benito Perez Galdos
(University of Missouri Press, 1990)
The author has chosen to organize the discussion of Galdos's novels on the basis of paradigmatic considerations. The use of
paradigms, however, is not intended to reduce the complexity of the individual text to predetermined ...
An historical sketch of the Department of English, University of Missouri-Columbia
(Dept. of English, University of Missouri-Columbia,, 1986)
Dissertation abstracts ... School of Journalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism, 1994)
Dissertation abstracts, 1934-1993 in journalism at the University of Missouri.
Alternate voices in the contemporary Latin American narrative
(University of Missouri Press, 1985)
. By eschewing the approach of a historical overview, by focusing on works that are not predominantly available in English
translation, by choosing categories that do not evoke prevailing literary norms, and by concentrating on writings that rashly juxtapose well...
The consolations of ambiguity : an essay on the novels of Anthony Burgess
(University of Missouri Press, 1971)
Morris investigates the existential crises that heroes face in the novels of Anthony Burgess. When forced to confront an unsympathetic reality, these heroes use introspection as a means of internal metamorphosis, not only ...
Currents in the contemporary Argentine novel : Arlt, Mallea, Sabato, and Cortázar
(University of Missouri Press, 1975)
Foster briefly outlines the the historical tradition of the novel in Argentinian literature and focuses his study to four of its major contemporary writers. His selective survey examines the attributes that distinguish ...
Donald Barthelme's fiction : the ironist saved from drowning
(University of Missouri Press, 1982)
Experiencing Shakespeare : essays on text, classroom, and performance
(University of Missouri Press, 1988)
"This is a collection of free-standing essays on Shakespeare. About half of them appear in scattered publications, some of them not readily accessible. The essays date from 1975 to 1985, and, in presenting them chronologically ...
Announcement of the Graduate School, 1913-14
(University of Missouri, 1913)
Courses offered through the Center for Independent Study through Correspondence, September 1975-September 1976
(University of Missouri. University Extension., 1975)
Courses offered through the Center for Independent Study through correspondence, September 1976-September 1977
(University of Missouri. University Extension., 1976)
Courses offered through the Center for Independent Study through Correspondence, September 1977-September 1978
(University of Missouri. University Extension., 1977)