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In this key text from the French decadent movement, an aristocratic young woman becomes enamoured of a young man who makes artificial flowers for a living.

Thanks to the success of franchises such as The Hunger Games and Twilight, young adult literature has reached a new level of prominence and popularity. The essays in this volume suggest ways high school and college instructors can incorporate YA texts into courses in literature, education, library science, and general education.

Voices from the debate on women's rights in early-twentieth-century SpainThe newspaper columnist Carmen de Burgos Seguí caused a sensation in 1903 when she called for a public discussion on divorce, then illegal in Spain. The fierce debate that ensued among Spain's leading thinkers--politicians, academics, feminists, journalists, and others--is collected in Divorce in Spain. This milestone volume ultimately contributed to Spain's legalizing divorce in the 1930s--a victory for women's rights that was subsequently rolled back by the Franco dictatorship and not regained for over fifty years. The opinions showcased here illuminate the uniqueness of feminism in early-twentieth-century Spain: because ideas about marriage and the role of women in society were anchored in Catholic teachings, feminist arguments focused on rights to education, divorce, and employment instead of on suffrage.This volume contains discussion of Ricardo Beltrán y Rózpide's Los pueblos hispanoamericanos en el siglo (The Hispano-American Peoples of the Twentieth Century); Jacinto Benavente y Martínez's Sacrificios (Sacrifices); Emile Bougaud's Histoire de Sainte Monique (Life of Saint Monica); Eugène Brieux's Les avariés (Damaged Lives) and Le berceau (The Cradle); Alfred Capus and Emmanuel Arène's L'adversaire (The Adversary); Gabriele D'Annunzio's The Dead City; Joseph Delboeuf's La matière brute et la matière vivant: Étude sur l'origine de la vie et de la mort (Raw Matter and Living Matter: A Study on the Origin of Life and Death); Dionisio Díez Enríquez's Derecho positivo de la mujer (Positive Rights of Women); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Elective Affinities; D. Teodoro Guerrero's Pleito del matrimonio (Trial of Marriage); Paul Hervieu's Le dédale; Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken; Krausism, Life of the Reverend Mother Du Rousier, Founder of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in Chile; Maurice Maeterlinck's Aglavaine and Selysette; Max Nordau's The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization; Sully Prudhomme; Arthur Schopenhauer; and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

Voices from the debate on women's rights in early-twentieth-century SpainThe newspaper columnist Carmen de Burgos Seguí caused a sensation in 1903 when she called for a public discussion on divorce, then illegal in Spain. The fierce debate that ensued among Spain's leading thinkers--politicians, academics, feminists, journalists, and others--is collected in El divorcio en España. This milestone volume ultimately contributed to Spain's legalizing divorce in the 1930s--a victory for women's rights that was subsequently rolled back by the Franco dictatorship and not regained for over fifty years. The opinions showcased here illuminate the uniqueness of feminism in early-twentieth-century Spain: because ideas about marriage and the role of women in society were anchored in Catholic teachings, feminist arguments focused on rights to education, divorce, and employment instead of on suffrage.This volume contains discussion of Ricardo Beltrán y Rózpide's Los pueblos hispanoamericanos en el siglo (The Hispano-American Peoples of the Twentieth Century); Jacinto Benavente y Martínez's Sacrificios (Sacrifices); Emile Bougaud's Histoire de Sainte Monique (Life of Saint Monica); Eugène Brieux's Les avariés (Damaged Lives) and Le berceau (The Cradle); Alfred Capus and Emmanuel Arène's L'adversaire (The Adversary); Gabriele D'Annunzio's The Dead City; Joseph Delboeuf's La matière brute et la matière vivant: Étude sur l'origine de la vie et de la mort (Raw Matter and Living Matter: A Study on the Origin of Life and Death); Dionisio Díez Enríquez's Derecho positivo de la mujer (Positive Rights of Women); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Elective Affinities; D. Teodoro Guerrero's Pleito del matrimonio (Trial of Marriage); Paul Hervieu's Le dédale; Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken; Krausism, Life of the Reverend Mother Du Rousier, Founder of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in Chile; Maurice Maeterlinck's Aglavaine and Selysette; Max Nordau's The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization; Sully Prudhomme; Arthur Schopenhauer; and Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

Representations of the struggle for gender justice in Asian literatureThis casebook investigates how diverse writers from across East, South, and Southeast Asia and their diasporas have engaged with the struggle for gender justice amid pervasive gender-based inequity and violence. Each chapter analyzes works of literature originally written in Bengali, Chinese, English, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Marathi, Thai, and Vietnamese.Aimed at both specialists and nonspecialists, Gender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures addresses such subjects as gender imparity in male-dominated professions; the lives of migrant sex workers and caregivers; the fight against reproductive, family, non-partner, and intimate partner violence; and norms of shame and silence surrounding violence against women. Informed by the author's deep knowledge of literature, history, culture, law, and social conditions, this book will be a resource for instructors and students in gender studies, women's studies, ethnic studies, Asian studies, Asian American studies, Asian diaspora studies, comparative literature, and world literature.This volume contains discussion of the following authors and works: Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, Shamed; Cho Namjoo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982; Dạ Ngân, An Insignificant Family; Ally Dalijo, "My Employer"; Kishwar Desai, Origins of Love and Witness the Night; Selina Hossain, "Motijan's Daughters"; Saba Imtiaz, Karachi, You're Killing Me!; Itō Shiori, Black Box; Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You; or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife; Kawakami Mieko, Breasts and Eggs; Ratna Khaerudina, "Susi"; Kim Soom, One Left; Li Ang, The Butcher's Wife; Ma Jian, The Dark Road; Tisa Muhaddes, "Over and Over Again"; Murata Sayaka, Convenience Store Woman; Shabnam Nadiya, "Teacher Shortage"; Pak Wansŏ, "An Episode at Dusk, 2"; Patigül, Bloodline; Duanwad Pimwana, "Men's Rights"; Wena Poon, "Development"; Mey Son Sotheary, "My Sister"; Claire Tham, "The Gunpowder Trail"; Marianne Villanueva, "The Mayor of the Roses"; Wang Nanfu and Zhang Jialing, One Child Nation; Watanabe Jun'ichi, Beyond the Blossoming Fields; Zhou Daxin, Longevity Park.

"An English translation of the French-language novel by Moha Layid (1945-95). Narrates struggles against environmental destruction and against French colonial power in 1950s Morocco. Portrays Amazigh culture in the oasis of Tinejdad. Explores themes of ethics, free will, tradition, and modernity"--

"A French-language novel by Moha Layid (1945-95). Narrates struggles against environmental destruction and against French colonial power in 1950s Morocco. Portrays Amazigh culture in the oasis of Tinejdad. Explores themes of ethics, free will, tradition, and modernity"--

"A memoir of traditional and postcolonial life in North Africa. Separated from his family in the aftermath of the failed decolonization process in Western Sahara, Bahia Mahmud Awah was sustained by recollections of his mother. In this memoir, he describes her sacrifices, her optimism, and her deep love. His family's experiences exemplify the larger story of loss and displacement in the region even as his story shows how shared memories can nourish community and culture across generations, even in exile. Incorporating poetry in Hassaniya, the traditional Saharawi language, the work highlights the role of language in shaping identity and resisting colonialism. First published in 2011 as La maestra que me enseänâo en una tabla de madera (The Woman Who Taught Me on a Wooden Slate), this edition includes the first complete English translation and a new epilogue by the author featuring further remembrances of his mother and examples of her poetry"--

"A memoir of traditional and postcolonial life in North Africa. Separated from his family in the aftermath of the failed decolonization process in Western Sahara, Bahia Mahmud Awah was sustained by recollections of his mother. In this memoir, he describes her sacrifices, her optimism, and her deep love. His family's experiences exemplify the larger story of loss and displacement in the region even as his story shows how shared memories can nourish community and culture across generations, even in exile. Incorporating poetry in Hassaniya, the traditional Saharawi language, the work highlights the role of language in shaping identity and resisting colonialism. First published in 2011 as La maestra que me enseänâo en una tabla de madera (The Woman Who Taught Me on a Wooden Slate), this edition includes a new epilogue by the author featuring further remembrances of his mother and examples of her poetry"--

"This Spanish adaptation of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index"--

Selections from the past hundred years of queer Korean literatureFollowing decades of LGBTQ+ activism, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Many openly gay, lesbian, transgender, and other queer Korean writers find themselves in the national and international spotlight. But the rich variety of queer representation also extends into the Korean past, as this volume illustrates.Beginning with contemporary works of fiction by Kim Bi, Sang Young Park, and Yi Seoyoung and reaching back through the last century, this collection includes works by the canonical authors Yi Kwangsu, Yi Kiyŏng, Ch'oe Chŏnghŭi, and O Chŏnghŭi as well as stories by Yu Sŭngjin and Kim Sunyŏng that have been recovered from archives. The introduction places these representations of queerness in their historical and cultural context, explores the sometimes problematic norms found in the stories, and considers the potential these texts hold for destabilizing binaries of sex and gender.This volume contains the following works: "Yundo ga torawatta" (2017), "Sam-hangnyŏn i-ban" (2016), "Haesut'ang" (2006), "Sanjo" (1970), "I chŏlmang sok e purimch'igo" (1965), "Pom" (1950), selections from the novel Pom (1940), "Ŏnni, chŏn tallara ro" (1933), and "Yun Kwangho" (1918).

"Selections from the past hundred years of queer Korean literature. Following decades of activism for LGBTQ+ rights, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Openly queer or transgender writers such as Kim Bi, Sang Young Park, and Yi Seoyoung are now receiving national and international attention. But the rich variety of queer Korean writing also extends into the past, as the nine stories in this volume show. Beginning with contemporary works of fiction by Kim, Park, and Yi and reaching back through the last century, this collection places expressions of queerness in historical and cultural context. It explores the sometimes problematic norms found in the stories and also considers the potential these texts hold for destabilizing binaries of sex and gender. Featuring works by the canonical authors Yi Kwangsu, Yi Kiyæong, Ch'oe Chæonghæui, and O Chæonghæui and works by Yu Sæungjin and Kim Sunyæong that have been recovered from archives, this collection reflects the diversity of modern Korean literature.This volume contains the following works: "Yundo Is Back" (2017), "My Queer Year of Junior High" (2016), "Saltwater Baths" (2006), "Traditional Solo" (1970), "Struggling amid This Despair" (1965), "Spring" (1950), selections from the novel Spring (1940), "Dear Sister, I'm Off to the Moon" (1933), and "Yun Kwangho" (1918)"--

A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisionsAt his boardinghouse in Rio de Janeiro, the Englishman James Marian is seen as handsome but eccentric. Then another boarder learns Marian's secret: a fusion of a female head and a male body, Marian is the creation of a surgeon with occult powers. Despite his wealth and mysterious abilities, Marian is unable to live fully as either a man or a woman, traveling the world in order to repress his sexual desire and withdraw from society.Sphinx explores the binaries of science and magic, body and spirit, male and female, attraction and horror, presenting its sexually ambiguous protagonist with sympathy. Ornately descriptive, this 1908 neo-gothic novel exemplifies the era's taste for the sensual and the fantastic. With echoes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it stands as a classic of Brazilian science fiction.

A work of supernatural fantasy that questions gender divisionsAt his boardinghouse in Rio de Janeiro, the Englishman James Marian is seen as handsome but eccentric. Then another boarder learns Marian's secret: a fusion of a female head and a male body, Marian is the creation of a surgeon with occult powers. Despite his wealth and mysterious abilities, Marian is unable to live fully as either a man or a woman, traveling the world in order to repress his sexual desire and withdraw from society.Esfinge explores the binaries of science and magic, body and spirit, male and female, attraction and horror, presenting its sexually ambiguous protagonist with sympathy. Ornately descriptive, this 1908 neo-gothic novel exemplifies the era's taste for the sensual and the fantastic. With echoes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it stands as a classic of Brazilian science fiction.

"Provides guidance for college instructors teaching literature online. Topics include interactivity, student engagement, and inclusivity, along with considerations of hypertext, video lectures, and other asynchronous and synchronous tools. Literary subjects include Shakespeare, Chinese novels, early American literature, Octavia Butler, and contemporary American poetry"---

"Offers techniques for teaching the novels of James Fenimore Cooper in undergraduate and graduate classrooms, including considerations of American identity, American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous American poetics, race, detective fiction, media history, film adaptations, environmentalism, environmental apocalypse, animal studies, cross-culturalism, and the French and Indian Wars"--

Provides strategies for research in literature, from understanding an assignment and choosing a topic to citing sources and creating a bibliography. Gives guidance on searching library catalogs, subject-specific databases, and the Internet. Offers advice on choosing keywords, evaluating online sources, distinguishing between primary and secondary sources, and making interlibrary loan requests.

"Provides guidance for college instructors teaching literature online. Topics include interactivity, student engagement, and inclusivity, along with considerations of hypertext, video lectures, and other asynchronous and synchronous tools. Literary subjects include Shakespeare, Chinese novels, early American literature, Octavia Butler, and contemporary American poetry"---

James Harner's popular handbook, first published in 1985, has been revised and updated in the light of advances in computer technology and the availability of humanities databases.