Literary Criticism

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Indigenous Cosmolectics: Kab'awil and the Making of Maya and Zapotec Literatures - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Gloria Elizabeth Chacón (Author)Latin America's Indigenous writers have long labored under the limits of colonialism, but in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, they have constructed a literary corpus that moves them beyond those parameters. Gloria E. Chacon considers the growing number of contemporary Indigenous writers who turn to Maya and Zapotec languages alongside Spanish translations of their work to challenge the tyranny of monolingualism and ...

Jack London: A Writer's Fight for a Better America - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Cecelia Tichi (Author)Jack London (1876-1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the long-standing view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide acclaim for stories, novels, and essays designed to hasten the social, economic, and political advance of America. In this major reinterpretatio...

Belligerent Muse: Five Northern Writers and How They Shaped Our Understanding of the Civil War - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Cushman (Author), Gary W. Gallagher (Foreword by)War destroys, but it also inspires, stimulates, and creates. It is, in this way, a muse, and a powerful one at that. The American Civil War was a particularly prolific muse--unleashing with its violent realities a torrent of language, from soldiers' intimate letters and diaries to everyday newspaper accounts, great speeches, and enduring literary works. In Belligerent Muse, Stephen Cushman considers the C...

Reading Territory: Indigenous and Black Freedom, Removal, and the Nineteenth-Century State - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Kathryn Walkiewicz (Author)The formation of new states was an essential feature of US expansion throughout the long nineteenth century, and debates over statehood and states' rights were waged not only in legislative assemblies but also in newspapers, maps, land surveys, and other forms of print and visual culture. Assessing these texts and archives, Kathryn Walkiewicz theorizes the logics of federalism and states' rights in the production of US empire, reveali...

America Is the Prison: Arts and Politics in Prison in the 1970s - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Bernstein (Author)In the 1970s, while politicians and activists outside prisons debated the proper response to crime, incarcerated people helped shape those debates though a broad range of remarkable political and literary writings.Lee Bernstein explores the forces that sparked a dramatic "prison art renaissance," shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. These included everything from George ...

Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont: A Guidebook - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Georgann Eubanks (Author)Read your way across North Carolina's Piedmont in the second of a series of regional guides that bring the state's rich literary history to life for travelers and residents. Eighteen tours direct readers to sites that more than two hundred Tar Heel authors have explored in their fiction, poetry, plays, and creative nonfiction. Along the way, excerpts chosen by author Georgann Eubanks illustrate a writer's connection to a specific place ...

In the House of the Interpreter: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Author)Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country. While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. But Ngũgĩ could not...

Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures - Paperback

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by John Granger (Author)Harry Potter. The name conjures up J.K. Rowling's wondrous world of magic that has captured the imaginations of millions on both the printed page and the silver screen with bestselling novels and blockbuster films. The true magic found in this children's fantasy series lies not only in its appeal to people of all ages but in its connection to the greater world of classic literature. Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures explores the ...

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Report copyright infringementby James Clarence Mangan (Author)This volume includes a selection of James Clarence Mangan's finest poetry, including his famous 'Dark Rosaleen'. The poems express a deep love of Ireland and its culture, as well as Mangan's struggle with poverty and addiction.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 p...

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Marshall (Author)From the World Fantasy Award-winning author Helen Marshall comes a collection of critical writing focused on the evolution of writing, horror, and the weird tale. Within this volume you'll find an interrogation of the radical poetics of M. John Harrison's Worldbuilding, deep dives into the works of Stephen King and Kelly Link, and a meditation on the need for new and evolving language to describe weird times. You'll also find Marshall's e...

Egyptian Literature; Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations, The Book Of The Dead, And Cuneiform Writings - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Epiphanius Wilson (Author)Egyptian Literature; Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations, The Book Of The Dead, And Cuneiform Writings, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scan...

Select English works of John Wyclif (Volume III) - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby John Wycliffe (Author), Thomas Arnold (Author)This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature. Number of...

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by Kevin Killian (Author), Wayne Koestenbaum (Introduction by), Dodie Bellamy (Afterword by)A book-length selection from Kevin Killian's legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com. An enchanting roll of duct tape. Love Actually on Blu-ray Disc. The Toaster Oven Cookbook, The Biography of Stevie Nicks, and an anthology of poets who died of AIDS. In this only book-length selection from his legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on ...

Human-Plant Entanglement and Vegetal Agency in the Poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath - Hardcover

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by Dilek Bulut Sarikaya (Author)This book investigates the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath under the theoretical guidance of critical plant studies to disclose these two poets' botanical awareness of the vegetal agency and their attentiveness to the ethical standing of plants in human life. Author BiographyDilek Bulut Sarıkaya is associate professor of English literature at Cappadocia University. Number of Pages: 146 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 28, 2024

Literary Creations on the Road: Women's Travel Diaries in Early Modern Japan - Paperback

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by Keiko Shiba (Author), Motoko Ezaki (Commentaries by), Motoko Ezaki (Translator)In this book, originally published in Japanese, Shiba intersperses her narration with excerpts from the actual travel diaries and sheds new light on women's literary activities in early modern Japan, which are noticeably understudied compared to other genres of Japanese literary history. The translation includes notes for general English readers.Author BiographyKeiko Shiba is an historian and author specializing...

Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet: You Must Be Born Again - Paperback

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by Wallis C. III Baxter (Author)In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet the author presents Phillis Wheatley as a preacher and theologian committed to transforming her world through her poetry. The result is a prophetic message of hope for the oppressed and corrective instruction for the institutional power structures.Author BiographyReverend Wallis C. Baxter IIIserves as Senior Pastor of the Second Baptist Church Southwest in District Heights, MD. Number of Pages: 154 ...

9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Novels - Paperback

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by Danel Olson (Author)This book explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Griffin Hansbury, & Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and gothic combine to interpret ghosts, Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief, guilt, mental instability, & suicidal urges.Author BiographyDanel Olson is professor at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.48...

When We Were Bandini: Humor and Satire in John Fante's American Dream - Hardcover

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by Emanuele Pettener (Author), Zachary Scalzo (Translator)John Fante's work has consistently delved into profound themes, including the elusive American Dream, the delicate psychology of immigrants, and the intricate dynamics of Italian American families. This study reveals the ingenious manner in which Fante employs humor and satire as powerful rhetorical devices to breathe life into his Italian, Italian American, and American characters. Drawing inspiration from literary giants such as Luig...

Rewriting Literary Blackness in Harlem: The Intertextuality of Hubert Harrison, George S. Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman - Hardcover

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by Tammie Jenkins (Author)Using works by Hubert Harrison, George S. Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman as illustrations of blackness and literature in the early twentieth century, the author investigates how these works reflect Black Americans' changing views during the New Negro, the Harlem Renaissance, and Harlem's Literati movements. Author BiographyTammie Jenkins, PhD, is an independent scholar of curriculum instruction. Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August ...

Mandeville's Travails: Merging Travel, Theory, and Commentary - Hardcover

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by Francis Tobienne (Author)Mandeville's Travails challenges the less than serious stereotyping of travel as both genre and theoretical framework. Instead, and by examining the position of travel, a deeper sense of the human species can be appreciated beyond the displaced borders of language, ritual, and culture.Author BiographyFrancis Tobienne, Jr. (Ph.D., PURDUE) is professor of literature, writing, and humanities in the department of English at South University, Tampa and Senior Dalí Resea...

Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan: Revisiting the Literary and Cultural Landscape after the Triple Disasters - Paperback

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by Saeko Kimura (Author), Rachel Dinitto (Translator), Doug Slaymaker (Translator)This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters--the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.Author BiographySaeko Kimura is professor in the Department of International and Cultural Studies at Tsuda University.Rachel DiNitto is professor of Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages &...

Our Osage Hills: Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Early Twentieth Century - Paperback

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by Michael Snyder (Author), John Joseph Mathews (Author), Michael Snyder (Editor)Interweaving lost articles by the Osage author, naturalist, and historian, John Joseph Mathews with insightful commentaries and essays by his biographer, Michael Snyder, Our Osage Hills tells a fascinating story of the Whazhazhe people in the Great Depression period and beyond.Author BiographyMichael Snyder is assistant teaching professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. John Jos...

Shakespeare's Auditory Worlds: Hearing and Staging Practices, Then and Now - Paperback

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by Laury Magnus (Editor), Walter W. Cannon (Editor), David Bevington (Contribution by)Shakespeare's Auditory Worlds examines special listening situations like overhearing, eavesdropping, and asides; it explores complex relationships between sound and sight, dialogue and blocking, non-English languages, and non-verbal relationships inherent in noise, sounds, and music, ending with a discussion with ASC Actors.Author BiographyWalter W. Cannon is professor emeritus of English at Central College....

Rethinking Philosophy with Borges, Zambrano, Paz, and Plato - Hardcover

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by Hugo Moreno (Author)The author argues that Borges' Ficciones, Zambrano's Claros del bosque, and Paz's El mono gramático call into question the conventional distinction between literature and philosophy, and that each text embodies an alternative way of doing philosophy.Author BiographyHugo Moreno is visiting assistant professor of Hispanic studies at Lewis and Clark College. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 22, 2022

Theology and Geometry: Essays on John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces - Paperback

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by Leslie Marsh (Editor), Anthony G. Cirilla (Contribution by), Olga Colbert (Contribution by)This collection, the first of its kind, brings together specially commissioned academic essays to mark fifty years since the death of John Kennedy Toole.Author BiographyLeslie Marsh is senior researcher in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at The University of British Columbia. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 04, 2022

Depictions of Home in African American Literature - Hardcover

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by Trudier Harris (Author)In Depictions of Home in African American Literature, Trudier Harris analyzes fictional homespaces in African American literature from those set in the time of slavery to modern urban configurations of the homespace. She argues that African American writers often inadvertently create and follow a tradition of portraying dysfunctional and physically or emotionally violent homespaces. Harris explores the roles race and religion play in the creation of homespaces and ho...

Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce - Hardcover

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by Linda Horsnell (Author)Using Attachment Theory as a frame of reference to critically analyse grief in the works of James Joyce, Attachment and Loss in the Works of James Joyce allows for new and innovative readings to emerge, opening another avenue in the debate regarding cognition and literature.Author BiographyLinda Horsnell is a visiting researcher at the University of East Anglia. Number of Pages: 244 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 15, 2021

Alice Walker's Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit - Paperback

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by Nagueyalti Warren (Author)Drawing on poetry, novels, short stories, children's books, and essays, Nagueyalti Warren explores the spiritual aesthetic that informs Alice Walker's creative output. This book contends that Walker instills metaphysical elements throughout her writing, including the Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Color Purple.Author BiographyNagueyalti Warren, PhD, is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, where she has taught literature ...

Ecomasculinities: Negotiating Male Gender Identity in U.S. Fiction - Paperback

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by Rubén Cenamor (Editor), Stefan Brandt (Editor), Victoria Addis (Contribution by)This book explores models of fictional ecomasculinity in and through contemporary U.S. literature and cinema and intersections between ecomasculinities and other counter-hegemonic practices of manhood.Author BiographyStefan Brandt is professor at the University of Graz. Rubén Cenamor is PhD candidate and research fellow at the University of Barcelona. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated...

Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump: Images from Literature and Visual Arts - Paperback

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by Barbara Brodman (Editor), James E. Doan (Editor), Dan M. R. Abitz (Contribution by)Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump focuses on utopias and dystopias that either prefigure or suggest alternatives to the rise of individuals such as Donald J. Trump and the changing conditions of America we now see around us. These topical studies provide compelling reading for both the general reader and the specialist.Author BiographyBarbara Brodman is professor emerita in the Department of History an...

Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era - Hardcover

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by Elena Rakhimova-Sommers (Editor), Elena Sommers (Contribution by), Charles Byrd (Contribution by)Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era and Online seeks to answer: how do we balance analysis of Lolita's brilliant language and aesthetic complexity with due attention to its troubling content? Innovative assignments, creative-writing exercises, and new interpretations give readers an opportunity to engage with and reimagine the novel. Author BiographyEléna Rakhimova-Sommers is principal ...

Aestheticism, Evil, Homosexuality, and Hannibal: If Oscar Wilde Ate People - Paperback

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by Geoff Klock (Author)This book investigates the bittersweet legacy of the art-for-art's sake movement in today's popular culture and the modern landscape where questions of beauty are seen as secondary to those of social justice by examining Bryan Fuller's Hannibal, among other works of popular culture.Author BiographyGeoff Klock is associate professor in the English Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College at the City University of New York. Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions:...