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The Homeless of "Ironweed " is both a meditation on Kennedy's remarkable novel and a literary and cultural analysis. Benedict Giamo's explorations of the social conditions, cultural meanings, and literary representations of classic and contemporary homelessness in America and abroad inform his understanding of the literary merit and social resonance of Ironweed. Throughout Giamo remains grounded in a close reading of the novel. He moves with great relevance from Dante to Kenneth Burke, from Sartre to Robert Jay Lifton, to locate meaning and value in the lives of Kennedy's characters; by extension, with intelligence and compassion, he regards the lives of the homeless who wander through our streets and shefters today.

Homelessness in literature. --- Social problems in literature. --- Family in literature. --- Families in literature. --- Homelessness in literature --- Social problems in literature --- Families in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Family in literature --- Kennedy, William,

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Alienation (Social psychology) in literature. --- Marginality, Social, in literature. --- Eccentrics and eccentricities in literature. --- Dickens, Charles, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Austrian fiction --- Sex role in literature --- Feminism and literature --- Women in literature --- Politics in literature --- Languages & Literatures --- Germanic Literature --- Political science in literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Literature --- German fiction --- Austrian literature --- History and criticism --- Women authors --- Austrian authors --- Politics in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- Women in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Literature and feminism

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This collection of twelve original essays by European and American scholars, offers some of the latest research in three broad areas of medieval history: marriage, children, and family ties.

Families --- Marriage --- Social history --- Families in literature. --- Family in literature --- Family history (Sociology) --- History.

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James Baldwin's first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, has gained a wide readership and much critical acclaim since its publication in 1953. While most critics have seen it as focusing exclusively on the African American fundamentalist church and its effect on characters brought up within its tradition, these scholars posit that issues of homosexuality, the social construction of identity, anthropological conceptions of community, and the quest for an artistic identity provide more elucidating approaches to the novel. Trudier Harris's introduction traces the history of its composition and the critical responses after its eventual publication; Michael F. Lynch re-evaluates the religious centre of the novel; Bryan R. Washington argues that the text has much to do with the uncovering of sexual identity; Vivian M. May uncovers the shifting identities throughout the work; and Keith Clark explores the quest of the characters for male communitas.

Baldwin, James --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- African American churches in literature. --- African American men in literature. --- African American churches in literature --- African American men in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Afro-American men in literature --- Baldwin, James,