The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film...

The moment Mr. Darcy first lays his eyes on Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Bennet is one he would never forget. Because he finds her in a compromising position, he develops a prejudice against her. When he meets her at the ball, he promptly turns his nose at her, leaving her with no doubt of his thoughts about her 'wanton' ways.What Mr. Darcy does not know is that Lizzy was only helping a friend out of a very delicate situation. However, her pride would not allow her to explain herself to him.

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine the lessons that novelists, philosophers, and political theorists have for democratic societies as they progress towards postmodern skepticism or even disbelief in the absolute principl...