Author: Dennis Showalter
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Keywords: wars, modern, german, unification
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2004-02-27
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0340580178
ISBN-13: 9780340580172

Taken together, three wars served to unify Germany and fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Europe: the Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864; the "Six Weeks’ War" of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. They marked the establishment of Prussian hegemony in central Europe, the creation of the Bismarckian Reich in 1871, and, as a by-product, the reduction of Habsburg influence and the collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire. Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences.

Author: Dennis Showalter
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Keywords: military, history, cornerstones, empires, clash, tannenberg
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2004-04-30
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1574887815
ISBN-13: 9781574887815

The battle of Tannenberg (August 27–30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia—indeed the Kaiser’s only clear-cut victory in a non-attritional battle during four years of war. In this first paperback edition of the classic work, historian Dennis Showalter analyzes this battle’s causes, effects, and implications for subsequent German military policy. The author carefully guides the reader through what actually happened on the battlefield, from its grand strategy down to the level of improvised squad actions. Examining the battle in the context of contemporar

Author: Gena Showalter
Publisher: HQN Book
Keywords: underworld, lords, whisper, darkest
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2009-08-25
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0373773927
ISBN-13: 9780373773923

Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers. So the immortal warrior spends his time on the battlefield instead of the bedroom, victory his only concern…until he meets Gwendolyn the Timid. One taste of the beautiful redhead, and he craves more.Gwen, an immortal herself, always thought she’d fall for a kind human who wouldn’t rouse her darker side. But when Sabin frees her from prison, battling their enemies for the claim to Pandora’s box turns out to be nothing compared to the battle Sabin and Gwen will wage against love….

Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: literature, teaching
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-01-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0631226249
ISBN-13: 9780631226246

Teaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Written by leading academic, prolific author and cultural journalist, Elaine Showalter Original and provocative reflections on teaching literature in higher education Encourages teachers to make their classroom practice intellectually exciting Wide-ranging - covers the practical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of teaching literature Highly practical - employs real examples from real classes and careers throughout Draws on 40 years of international teaching experie

Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Columbia University Pre
Keywords: hystories
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1998-04-15
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 0231104596
ISBN-13: 9780231104593

Hysteria is tough to define, but Elaine Showalter knows it when she sees it. She argues that a host of phenomena, both medical and fantastical--alien abductions, recovered memories, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple personalities--arise from a tripartite collaboration between physicians and mental-health professionals, unhappy patients, and a voracious, gullible media. Stories that should be metaphorical ("I feel that I’ve been taken advantage of in some way.") become real: "I have a recovered memory of ritual satanic abuse." She makes her case brilliantly, explaining the history, cause

Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Picador
Keywords: herself, inventing
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-06-07
List price: $13.11
ISBN-10: 033048804X
ISBN-13: 9780330488044

"Inventing Herself" is an account of women, from the 18th century to the present, who lived life on a grand scale. Elaine Showalter uncovers the lives of feminist intellectuals, focusing on figures ranging from Mary Wollstoncraft to Camille Paglia, her sources as diverse as "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" and "Scream 2". She also scrutinizes the fragmenting feminism of the 1990s - neo-conservative backlash, Paglia whiplash, Wolfian eyelash - and addresses the dreams and aspirations of women who do not see themselves as part of the feminist movement. In conclusion, she shows how the inte

Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: own, literature
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1998-12-28
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0691004765
ISBN-13: 9780691004761

When first published in 1977, A Literature of Their Own quickly set the stage for the creative explosion of feminist literary studies that transformed the field in the 1980s. Launching a major new area for literary investigation, the book uncovered the long but neglected tradition of women writers in England. A classic of feminist criticism, its impact continues to be felt today. This revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter surveying the book’s reception and a new postscript chapter celebrating the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence o