Literary Criticism

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I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History, Vol. 4: Volume 4

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Report copyright infringementby Akari Hoshi (Author), Izumi Okido (Artist), Jyun Hayase (Artist)Her training complete, the Alicia who emerges is more confident and cunning than the girl who locked herself in that cottage years ago. But despite having pushed her magic to level 90, she's still barely keeping up with Liz and whatever OP heroine buff she's got...No matter--a baddie of historic proportions like Alicia won't be deterred! Juggling the contempt of her peers, her feelings for Duke, an...

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by Pablo Neruda (Author), Donald D. Walsh (Author), Donald D. Walsh (Translator)In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pablo Neruda's birth, New Directions is pleased to announce the reissue of a classic work in a timeless translation by Donald D. Walsh and fully bilingual. Residence on Earth is perhaps Neruda's greatest work. Upon its publication in 1973, this bilingual publication instantly became "a revolution... a classic by which masterpieces are judged" (Review). "In Residence on Ea...

The Russian Hero in Modern Chinese Fiction

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Report copyright infringementby Mau-Sang Ng (Author)The Russian influence took root in the Chinese intellectual tradition that evolved after the Literary Revolution of 1917. When the Chinese communists turned to Russia for their inspiration they also accepted the Russian version of the novel's form and function in society. However, they did not accept it uncritically. Chinese understanding of the arts goes back for thousands of years and thus Chinese intellectuals brought their own kinds of t...

Happy Vagrancy: Essays from an Easy Chair

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Report copyright infringementby Sam Pickering (Author)The essays in Sam Pickering's new collection sing with thoughtful observations on life, death, love, and literature. Whether attending a reunion at Sewanee, cruising the Caribbean, wandering the streets of Storrs, Connecticut, or rambling through Nova Scotia, Pickering is able to work a quotation, insight, or reminiscence into almost every page. His collection sparks with copious observations from other writers and books that he's devoured...

Writing West Virginia: Place, People, and Poverty in Contemporary Literature from the Mountain State

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Report copyright infringementby Boyd Creasman (Author)With their stirring depictions of a proud people striving for fulfillment in a land of natural beauty and economic hardship, West Virginia authors have produced a body of work that is worthy of study and of celebration. In Writing West Virginia, Boyd Creasman examines the fiction and poetry of eight accomplished writers--Davis Grubb, Mary Lee Settle, Breece D'J Pancake, Denise Giardina, Irene McKinney, Ann Pancake, Jayne Anne Phillips, an...

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Report copyright infringementby Fred Kaplan (Author)Named a notable book of the year by the New York Times and one of best biographies of 1988 by Publishers WeeklyFrom a bitter childhood mired in poverty and hard work to a career as the most acclaimed and best-loved writer in the English-speaking world, Charles Dickens had a life as tumultuous as any he created in his teeming novels of life in Victorian England. And no one has captured the rich texture of this life as colorfully and persuasiv...

The Iconic Dr. Johnson: Biography of an Image

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Report copyright infringementby Stefan Scheuermann (Author)The evolving image of the 18th century English literary giant, Dr. Samuel Johnson, was employed copiously in the fiction and essays of the Romantic and Victorian Periods. References to Johnson were intended to carry profound weight in the narratives, on the assumption of their common understanding. Although still popular today, these narratives have lost much of their initial power due to cultural evolution. A biographical study of Jo...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Scharnhorst (Author)Westerns are rarely only about the West. From the works of James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehicles for topical commentary. More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, women's rights, and immigration. In Owen Wister and the West, a biographical-literary account...

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Report copyright infringementby Giacomo Chevalier de Seingalt Casanova (Author), Willard R. Trask (Translator)In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary--but is soon expelled. He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Sant' Andrea. After wandering from Naples to Rome in search of a patron, he enters the service of Cardinal Acquaviva.About this edition: Because every previous ...

Life, Letters, and Literary Remains. Edited by Richard Monckton Milnes

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Report copyright infringementby John Keats (Author), Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (Author)A comprehensive collection of the writings of John Keats, including his letters and literary remains, meticulously edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. This edition offers invaluable insights into the life, thoughts, and creative process of one of the most celebrated poets in the English language. âLife, Letters, and Literary Remainsâ presents a detailed portrait of Keats through his personal corre...

Nicolaus Of Damascus' Life Of Augustus: A Historical Commentary Embodying A Translation

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Report copyright infringementby Nicolaus Damascenus (Author), Clayton Morris Hall (Translator)Nicolaus of Damascus' Life of Augustus is a historical commentary and translation of the work of Damascenus, Nicolaus. The book provides a detailed account of the life of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his rise to power. It covers his early life, his military campaigns, his political achievements, and his personal life. The book also includes a historical commentary that provides context and ...

Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Elaine Treharne (Author)This Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings of print cultur...

Super Schoolmaster: Ezra Pound as Teacher, Then and Now

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Scholes (Author), David Ben-Merre (Author)Traces the controversial poet's thinking about teaching and learning throughout his career.Once described by T. S. Eliot as "first and foremost, a teacher and campaigner," Ezra Pound has received no shortage of critical attention. Super Schoolmaster suggests that Pound still has quite a bit to teach readers in the twenty-first century, particularly amid increasing threats to the humanities and higher education. R...

Are You Rugged or Unrugged?: A Graphic Guide to Ruggedtivity

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Report copyright infringementby Rugged Dude (Author), Murray Stenton (Illustrator)ARE YOU RUGGED OR UNRUGGED?According to Rugged Dude Carson (his real name): "This is the ultimate guide to bringing even a rugged dude or dudette in training all the way up to Rugged Certified status! Even if you live in a high rise building in the city, and drive a Toyota Prius, there is hope for you... Read this book and you'll be on your way to full 'Ruggedtivityizationalizm.' Yes, that's a real word. Look it...

In The Beginning... From Israel to Egypt - Easy Reader Edition: Synchronizing the Bible, Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees

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Report copyright infringementby Minister 2. Others (Producer), Ahava Lilburn (Author)The Ancient Texts and the Bible series was compiled by Ahava Lilburn and produced by Minister 2 Others. This ten volume set synchronizes the manuscripts of Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees into the Bible, making one complete storyline. The books are interwoven using the Torah as the backbone, and the extra-biblical texts as the fleshing out of that backbone.The fourth book in this series contains Genesis chapters ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sadik Assaieg (Author), Soheil Najm (Translator) Since The Song of the Rhinoceros (1973) till his recent collections of poems entitled Wounds of the Old Trees (2011), the Iraqi poet Sadiq Assaieg proves to be a poet of vision, passion and sensation. For him, poetry is no more an act of inspiration, but it is a complex craft to be mastered and thought of. His poetry, since the sixties of the last century represents a sharp departure from classical and romantic t...

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Report copyright infringementby Ewa Mazierska (Editor), Alfredo Suppia (Editor)In Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema, editors Ewa Mazierska and Alfredo Suppia argue that Marxist philosophy, science fiction, and film share important connections concerning imaginings of the future. Contributors look at themes across a wide variety of films, including many international co-productions to explore individualism versus collectivism, technological obstacles to travel through tim...

Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt - Paperback

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by Arthur T. Vanderbilt (Author)Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts.Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family patriarch, "the Commodore," built a fortune that made him the world's richest man by 1877. Yet, less than fifty years after his death, no Vanderbilt was counted...

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Report copyright infringementby Catharine Savage Brosman (Author), Scott P. Richert (Editor), Aaron D. Wolf (Cover Design by)From the Preface: Among the topics that arise [in this book] are family roots and other human connections; places; travel; books; food; manners and morals; urban design; womanhood; liberal education; natural scenes and objects; and music and architecture. Directed toward discriminating readers, the volume as a whole may be taken as an exercise in seeing the world, even ...

Off the Page: Literary and Cultural Criticism as Multimedia Performance

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Lavazzi (Author)OFF THE PAGE blends lyric, theoretic/philosophic, autobiographical, and documentary forms of writing, and then plays on these forms in the arrangement, structure, and visual appearance of the text while also extending this textual performance 'off the page' into multimedia mise en scène. The book's approach to literary and cultural criticism is based on a synthesis of tendencies in postmodern critical and creative writing. Since the 1960s an...

Divine Love: The Emblems of Madame Jeanne Guyon and Otto Van Veen, Vol. 1

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Report copyright infringementby Jeanne de la Mothe Guyon (Author), Nancy Carol James (Editor), William Bradley Roberts (Foreword by)In this book, visual and poetic emblems of God's love, created by Otto van Veen and Jeanne Guyon, symbolically represent spiritual meaning and, as such, offer a gift of revealed strength and purpose to the aware reader. In our age, when love seems almost forgotten, this emblem book uniting Guyon's poetry and D'Othon Vaenius's illustrations give us a faithful look...

Romanticism, Realism and the Lines of Mimesis

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Report copyright infringementby Polly Dickson (Author)Since Plato's Republic, mimesis -- the artwork's tacit claim to reflect or imitate real life -- has faced a near-constant stream of assaults, being accused of naturalising a supposedly uncomplicated relationship between world and fiction. Lines of Mimesis offers a revisionary account of mimesis. Specifically, it proposes a rethinking of the representational attitudes of two literary schools usually understood to be at odds with one another...

Poetry Book Society Autumn 2020 Bulletin

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Report copyright infringementby Alice Kate Mullen (Editor)The Poetry Book Society's quarterly poetry magazine featuring sneak preview poems, exclusive interviews with major worldwide poets, reviews and extensive listings. The Autumn 2020 Bulletin features David Morley, Sean Borodale, Kate Miller, Nina Mingya Powles, Mervyn Taylor, Gerdur Kristny, Rachel Long, Cheryl Pearson, Terence Dooley and Mesandel Virtusio Arguelles, translated by Kristine Ong Muslim. Number of Pages: 60 ...

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented - Paperback

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by Atanielle Annyn Rowland (Author)This is the book on all of Tolkien's invented languages, spoken by hobbits, elves, and men of Middle-earth -- a dicitonary of fourteen languages, an English-Elvish glossary, all the runes and alphabets, and material on Tolkien the linguist. Number of Pages: 207 Dimensions: 0.48 x 7.15 x 4.55 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 28, 1980

Northanger Abbey - A Critical Study Guide - Paperback

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by J. McLaine (Author)Northanger Abbey - A Critical Study Guide has been written with I/GCSE, A Level and IB students in mind. The guide focuses on the novel's relationship to the gothic genre, refers to the historical and literary context and examines elements within the novel such as themes, setting, form and structure. It also contains significant extracts from Austen's novel to do with the gothic as well as several key scenes from Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Number of Pages:...

Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney

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Report copyright infringementby Dennis O'Driscoll (Author)Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared before now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, Stepping Stones retraces Heaney's steps from his first exploratory testing of the ground as an infant to what he called his moon-walk to the podium to receive the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. It also fascinatingly chart...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Mitchell (Author)Something On My Mind is a collection of poems written throughout different stages of my spiritual journey, called life. The poems reflect on creative thought and organized ideas recomposed to tell the truth. Most of my thoughts were put into words to tell an imaginative, yet real story. The poems are about love, life, friendships, and God. Some of the poems are abstract reality. This is my first published book. The poems are unique becaus...

Teaching and Learning Creatively: Inspirations and Reflections

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Report copyright infringementby Art Young (Editor), Patricia A. Connor-Greene (Editor), Catherine Mobley (Editor)TEACHING AND LEARNING CREATIVELY: INSPIRATIONS AND REFLECTIONS offers a glimpse into a Clemson University project that fostered poetry writing in courses across the curriculum and grew to include visual and other kinds of creative responses. TEACHING AND LEARNING CREATIVELY offers poetry and images composed by students in a variety of disciplines, together with teachers' reflection...

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Adler (Contribution by), Martin Middeke (Editor), Martin Middeke (Volume Editor)Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in deta...

Seneca's Anapaests: Metre, Colometry, Text, and Artistry in the Anapaests of Seneca's Tragedies

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Report copyright infringementby John G. Fitch (Author) Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1987

Essay Do's and Don'ts: A Practical Guide to Essay Writing - Paperback

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by Lucia Engkent (Author), Garry Engkent (Author)Essay Do's and Don'ts is a concise, practical guide on the fundamentals of essay writing. Written in an easy, accessible tone, the authors present the essentials of structuring an essay, formulating and supporting ideas, and writing in clear, grammatical sentences. The book focuses on common problems first-year students encounter when writing essays. The text includes sample essays which illustrate the "do's" and "don'ts" of good essay writing,...

Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Warren Ellis (Author), Kevin Thurman (Author), Julian Darius (Introduction by)In 2010 and 2011, comic-book creator Warren Ellis sat down over several days to film career-spanning interviews for the documentary film Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. In these extensive interviews, Ellis discusses his life, his work, and his thoughts. He looks back over how his career has evolved, describes his writing process, explores the themes that fascinate him, and details the ...