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Auto-poetica; representations of the creative process in nineteenth-century British and American fiction.


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Auto-poetica; representations of the creative process in nineteenth-century British and American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  fiction.

Ed. by Darby Lewes.

Lexington Books

2006

239 pages

$68.00

Hardcover

PR1301

Fictional portrayals mostly of writing, but also other creative activity are explored by scholars of English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. . Among their topics are Herman Melville and the creating of Pierre, Edna Lyall and the slow torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish.  of the novelist, creativity and social power in Jane Austin's Emma, the religion of art in Henry James' The Altar altar, table or platform for the performance of religious sacrifice. In its simplest form the altar is a small pile, with a square or circular surface, made of stone or wood. Its features vary according to its purpose.  of the Dead, and theories of creativity and the saga of Charlotte Bronte.

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