Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - (A Story of New York)

This definitive, annotated edition of Maggie is based on Crane's original 1893 text and provides instructors with everything they need to teach the work in its historical and cultural context. Over 175 pages of documents are organized into thematic units on late-nineteenth and turn of the century American society to give the reader a context for Maggie. The various chapters in this edition cover topics such as tenement life; shops, saloons, concert-halls; working women from the perspectives of others; working women tell their own stories; prostitution; realism; and slum fiction.

A propos de l'auteur

A. A. Kelly has a Doctorate in English Literature and has taught and lectured in Europe and the US.

Résumé

This definitive, annotated edition of Maggie is based on Crane's original 1893 text and provides instructors with everything they need to teach the work in its historical and cultural context.

Commentaire

"The informative introductions, illustrations, and an excellent short bibliography make this a very useful book for both specialists and students from high school to the university level." - Choice

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stephen Crane, Na Na
• Collaboration: Kevin J. Hayes (Editeur)
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349620500
• ISBN: 978-1-349-62050-0
• Pages: 393
• Thèmes: Bedford Cultural Editions; Bedford Cultural Editions Series; Bedford Cultural Editions; Bedford Cultural Editions Series
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Livres scolaires pour élèves; Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires, encyclopédies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Sciences humaines en général; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général