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Focuses on the Russian literary and folkloric treatment of five rivers - the Dnieper, Volga, Neva, Don, and Angara. Each chapter traces, within a geographical and historical context, the evolution of the literary representation of one river.

Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their right to make their own decisions and to define their own identities. The essays in this volume examine many such examples, demonstrating how women battled the status quo.

Although scholars often depict early modern Spanish women as victims, history and fiction of the period are filled with examples of women who defended their right to make their own decisions and to define their own identities. The essays in this volume examine many such examples, demonstrating how women battled the status quo.

To praise Jane Austen's novels only as stylistic masterpieces is to strip them of the historical, cultural, and literary contexts that might otherwise illuminate them. By focusing on the text of "Persuasion", this title seeks to reconcile the so-called insignificance of her content with her high canonical status.