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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2596
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2596
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Ruritania
Author: Nicholas DalyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192573675
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This is a book about the long cultural shadow cast by a single bestselling novel, Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), which introduced Ruritania, a colourful pocket kingdom. In this swashbuckling tale, Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll impersonates the king of Ruritania to foil a coup, but faces a dilemma when he falls for the lovely Princess Flavia. Hope's novel inspired stage and screen adaptations, place names, and even a board game, but it also launched a whole new subgenre, the "Ruritanian romance". The new form offered swordplay, royal romance, and splendid uniforms and gowns in such settings as Alasia, Balaria, and Cadonia. This study explores both the original appeal of The Prisoner of Zenda, and the extraordinary longevity and adaptability of the Ruritanian formula, which, it is argued, has been rooted in a lingering fascination with royalty, and the pocket kingdom's capacity to hold a looking glass up to Britain and later the United States. Individual chapters look at Hope's novel and its stage and film adaptations; at the forgotten American versions of Ruritania; at the chocolate-box principalities of the musical stage; at Cold War reworkings of the formula; and at Ruritania's recent reappearance in young adult fiction and made-for-television Christmas movies. The adventures of Ruritania have involved a diverse list of contributors, including John Buchan, P.G Wodehouse, Agatha Christie, Vladimir Nabokov, and Ian Fleming among the writers; Sigmund Romberg and Ivor Novello among the composers; Erich Von Stroheim and David O. Selznick among the film-makers; and Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Ustinov, Peter Sellers, and Anne Hathaway among the performers.
A History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. 3
Author: The House of Holt, 1866-1946
Author: Ellen D. GilbertPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Examines the founding and growth of the publishing firm of Henry Holt & Co. ...adds another milestone to the history of American publishing...lively account...splendid volume.--AB BOOKMAN'S WEEKLY
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Later national literature: pt. III
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Romance of Book Selling
Author: Frank Arthur MumbyPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Arctic Memories
Author: Normee EkoomiakPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805023473
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Text in both Inuktitut and English describes a now vanished way of life for the Inuit.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
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