Literary Criticism

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Report copyright infringementby Sherryl Vint (Author)Animal Alterity uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human. It argues that the academic field of animal studies and the popular genre of science fiction share a number a critical concerns: thinking about otherness and the nature of human being; desiring communication across species difference; and interrogating the social and ethical consequences of changes in science and...

Attending Daedalus: Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Wright (Author) Number of Pages: 253 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9.12 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2003

The Cross, the Plow and the Skyline: Science Fiction and Fantasy and the Ecological Imagination (Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Ernest J. Yanarella (Author)The apocalyptic, pastoral, and urban traditions have fundamentally shaped Western history and influenced American religion, culture, and politics. This book argues that these traditions have not only been decisive in giving form and substance to classic and modern American literature, but have been appropriated by contemporary science fiction. As a loosely connected set of cultural narratives, the Cross, the Plow, and the Skyline hav...

The Future of the Space Program: Discussions with 22 Science-Fiction Writers

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey M. Elliot (Editor), Octavia E. Butler (Author), Roger Zelazny (Author)The editor posed two questions regarding the future of the space program, and large corporations and society, to 22 science fiction writers: Poul Anderson, Mildred Downey Broxon, Octavia E. Butler, C. J. Cherryh, Gordon R. Dickson, Raymond Z. Gallun, James Gunn, Isidore Haiblum, James P. Hogan, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Richard A. Lupoff, Larry Niven, Charles Sheffield, Robert Silverberg,...

The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934-2001

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Report copyright infringementby Simone Caroti (Author) This critical history explores the concept of the multi-generational interstellar space voyage in science fiction between 1934, the year of its appearance, into the 21st century. It defines and analyzes what became known as the "generation starship" idea and examines the science and technology behind it, also charting the ways in which generation starships manifest themselves in various SF scenarios. It then traces the history of the gene...

The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance: A Critical Text of the 1897 New York First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices

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Report copyright infringementby H. G. Wells (Author) H.G. Wells barely revised The Invisible Man once it was published, adding only an epilogue. But the opening statement of that epilogue--"So ends the strange and evil experiment of the Invisible Man"--has posed challenges to scholars. How to understand it? Does it speak strictly to the scientific elements of the novel? Or is it a part of the work's political underpinnings? The 1897 New York first edition (the first edition to incorporate the...

Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language A complete list of characters, with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Author BiographyWILLIAM SHAKES...

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Report copyright infringementby Maggie Nelson (Author)A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artistsLike Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide--from Prince to Carolee Schneemann...

Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It

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Report copyright infringementby Lennard J. Davis (Author)For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, or James Agee. This has resulted in overwhelming depictions of poor people as living abject, violent lives in filthy and degrading conditions. In Poor Things, Lennard J. Davis labels this genre "poornography" distorted narratives of poverty written by and for the middle ...

The «Doppelgaenger» in Our Time: Visions of Alterity in Literature, Visual Culture, and New Media

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Report copyright infringementby Timothy Mathews (Editor), Dawn Ades (Editor), Alia Soliman (Author) Alia Soliman's re-assessment of the motif of the doppelgänger moves it comprehensively into the twenty-first century and adds new dimensions to the figure. Here, through incisive readings, the double is brought to perspectives on ageing, the crisis of masculinity and, crucially, our digital condition. Soliman's book prompts vital questions about the literary, cultural and social work the double...

Irish Folk Custom and Belief: Nósanna agus Piseoga na nGael

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Report copyright infringementby Seán Ó. Súilleabháin (Author)Irish Folk Customs and Belief is a fascinating introduction to Irish folk customs and beliefs. Discover the defining folklore as the oral traditions of the Irish people, including their popular beliefs, customs, tales, songs, proverbs and more. These traditions are passed down over long periods of time within often isolated communities. A great folklorist and chronologist, Ó Súilleabháin threads the dichotomy between the ancient roo...

The Semiotics of Performances: An Introduction to the Analysis, Interpretation, and Theory of the Performing Arts

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Bouissac (Author)What is a live performance? And why is semiotics the best approach for the analysis and interpretation of the performing arts?Drawing on semiotic developments of the past five decades, this book introduces students to the semiotic analysis of live performances and provides them with a clear method for untangling the multimodal complexity of performance from the spectator's point of view. Presenting live performances as two-way communicatio...

Rethinking Art and Visual Culture: The Poetics of Opacity

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Report copyright infringementby Asbjørn Skarsvåg Grønstad (Author)This is the first book to offer a systematic account of the concept of opacity in the aesthetic field. Engaging with works by Ernie Gehr, John Akomfrah, Matt Saunders, David Lynch, Trevor Paglen, Zach Blas, and Low, the study considers the cultural, epistemological, and ethical values of images and sounds that are fuzzy, indeterminate, distorted, degraded, or otherwise indistinct. Rethinking Art and Visual Culture shows how opa...

Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara Catherine Raw (Author)This book provides a major study of the drawings, paintings and carvings of the crucifixion from tenth- and eleventh-century England, placing these works of art within the context of the tenth-century monastic revival. The drawings and paintings of the crucifixion are discussed in relation to the literature, theology, liturgy and devotional practices of the late Anglo-Saxon period in order to reveal the richness and subtlety of rel...

Visual and Plastic Poetics: From Brazilian Concretism to the Chilean Neo-Avant-Garde

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Elizabeth Robinson (Author)Characteristically a-syntactic and focusing on the word and poem as object, Brazilian concrete poetry (1950s onward) creatively and often playfully performs a critique of the ways in which we interact with language and literature. The concretist techniques move beyond the Brazilian borders to the Chilean neo-avant-garde of the 1970s and 1980s. Robinson for the first time demonstrates how three Chilean experimental poets, Cecili...

Machines for Living: Modernism and Domestic Life

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Rosner (Author)Changes in the routines of domestic life were among the most striking social phenomena of the period between the two World Wars, when the home came into focus as a problem to be solved: re-imagined, streamlined, electrified, and generally cleaned up. Modernist writers understood themselves to be living in an epochal moment when the design and meaning of home life were reconceived. Moving among literature, architecture, design, science, a...

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Report copyright infringementby David Conte Imbert (Editor), Alba Gómez García (Editor), Alejandra María Aventín Fontana (Editor)Los age studies ofrecen una perspectiva singular en las problemáticas de la inclusión y la diversidad, donde intersecan cuestiones como el género, la raza y la propia diversidad funcional. Los imaginarios vigentes se sustentan en ideales de juventud que parecen ignorar que los países occidentales o "desarrollados" son hoy sociedades envejecidas, donde la idea del en...

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Report copyright infringementby Anonymous (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enou...

The Russian Avant-Garde and Radical Modernism: An Introductory Reader

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Report copyright infringementby Dennis G. Ioffe (Editor), Frederick White (Editor)The Russian avant-garde was a composite of antagonistic groups who wished to overthrow the basic aesthetics of classical realism. Modernism was the totality of these numerous aesthetic theories, which achieved a measure of coherence immediately after the First World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines the major figures, movements, and manifestos of the period. Scholarly attention is given...

H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book: Weirdly Illustrated

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Report copyright infringementby H. P. Lovecraft (Author), Michael Bukowski (Illustrator)Acclaimed artist Michael Bukowski takes the weird scribbled entries in H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book that formed the foundation of the author's more infamous stories and creates a memorable addition to any bookshelf devoted to the weird. Featuring a mix of full-color spreads and cleverly monstrous spot art surrounding Lovecraft's imaginative notions, this is the perfect gift for any fan of the Cthulhu ...

Story Paper: Great For Writing And Drawing Your Story

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Report copyright infringementby L. Farrell Publishing (Author)This story paper is perfect for young and older children to draw and write their stories The paper has measured space at the top for a title and a box for sketching your story, and lines below the box to start writing your storyline. The page is 8.5'' x 11'' with a black and white interior paper in a matte paperback cover The 50 double-sided story sheets are also perfect for newbie and experienced writers. Your story begins here...

Shakespeare in Montana: Big Sky Country's Love Affair with the World's Most Famous Writer - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Gretchen E. Minton (Author)Winner of the 2020 Montana Book Award2021 High Plains Book Award for Nonfiction FinalistTracing more than two centuries of history, Shakespeare in Montana uncovers a vast array of different voices that capture the state's love affair with the world's most famous writer. From mountain men, pioneers, and itinerant acting companies in mining camps to women's clubs at the turn of the twentieth century and the contemporary popularity of Sh...

Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work - Hardcover

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by Ian Nathan (Author)This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of one of modern films most celebrated, successful and intriguing auteurs, Christopher Nolan. 'What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient...highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.' - Cobb, Inception How has Nolan become this leading director? Is he the new Kubrick? What do audiences get out of h...

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by Andreas Kilcher (Author), Pavel Schmidt (Author), Judith Butler (Contribution by)The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka's graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings "The figures he drew stand alone as stories in themselves."--Lauren Christensen, New York Times Book Review "A sensational new book [that] reveals these hitherto hidden artworks for the first time. . . . This valuable volume allows us to see how, for Kafka, word and image walk arm in arm."-...

The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained - Paperback

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by DK (Author)Learn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Literature in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Literature Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and ...

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath - Paperback

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by Heather Clark (Author)PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art. "One of the most beautiful biographies I've ever read." --Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller, Untamed With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had precocious po...

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by George Orwell (Author)A selection of George Orwell's politically charged essays on language and writing that give context to his dystopian classic, 1984 Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pionee...

The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English - Paperback

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The Illustrated Walden: Or, Life in the Woods - Hardcover

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by Henry David Thoreau (Author)A beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature. "Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, learning to eliminate the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness. Thoreau described his experiences in Walden, using vivi...

A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry - Paperback

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by Mary Oliver (Author)"Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook."--Los Angeles Times From the beloved and acclaimed poet, an ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry. With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks...

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by Oscar Wilde (Author), Richard Allen Cave (Introduction by), Richard Allen Cave (Commentaries by)The crowning plays of one of Ireland's most heralded artists Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea Gouveia (Editor), Andrea Gouveia (Translator), Hans Christian Andersen (Author)Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish, express themes that transcend age and nationality.Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languag...