Transformations of a Genre

Transformations of a Genre
Author: Ralph Cohen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2022-01-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3030896684

The aim of this book is to orchestrate “a generic reconstitution of literary studies” based on a comprehensive theory of genre and generic transformation. Taking “An Excellent Ballad of George Barnwel,” a seventeenth-century broadside of sex and greed, Ralph Cohen analyzes the generic transformations—including Addison’s ballad criticism in The Spectator, The London Merchant, Percy’s ballad editing in Reliques, and Barnwell. A Novel—in which this particular ballad exhibits remarkable continuity over the next four centuries, culminating with his personal re-formation; what was considered non-literary criticism becomes literary. This unique literary history reconceives narrative as a component of genre rather than a genre itself, demonstrates the ineluctably mixed nature of genres and the literary nature of our humanness, and analyzes the shifting generic contexts for interpretation and gender relations. Incorporating theory consciousness into the literary genre he is regenerating, Cohen offers a brilliant example of how future literary histories might be written.

Murder in Moreton

Murder in Moreton
Author: VL McBeath
Publisher: Valyn Ltd
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1999942655

Murder, family feuds, and a missing son. Eliza Thomson Investigates… An unremarkable passing, or so it would seem, but what of the missing medicine bottles? And the stain on the bedcover The sudden death of one of its residents disturbs the peace in the sleepy English village of Moreton-on-Thames. Crotchety old woman and head of the family business, Mrs Milwood isn’t afraid to use the money and power acquired from her late husband. Even against her own family. Always determined to get her own way, she’ll use any means possible to control those around her. Until she pushes someone too far. As a murder investigation begins, amateur sleuth Eliza Thomson is determined to help out the village police. Until Inspector Adams arrives from New Scotland Yard… This is the second standalone story in the Eliza Thomson Investigates series. If you like Miss Marple-style murder mysteries and women sleuths with attitude, you’ll love this historical series. Books in the Eliza Thomson Investigates series: • A Deadly Tonic • Murder in Moreton • Death of an Honourable Gent • Dying for a Garden Party • A Scottish Fling • A Christmas Murder • The Palace Murder NB. This series is written in UK English

Augustan Studies

Augustan Studies
Author: Douglas Lane Patey
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1985
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780874132724

Fifteen essay span the whole of the Augustan period (1660-1800). The volume concludes with a checklist of Ehrenpreis's published works.