Literary Criticism

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Doyle's World--Lost & Found: The Unknown Histories of Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Friedman MD (Author), Eugene Friedman MD (Author)PRAISE for Doyle's World--Lost &Found"Everything you ever wanted to know about the dynamic duo" "For fans of Sherlock Holmes and his creator, you can't dobetter than plunge into Doyle'sWorld--Lost & Found: The Unknown Histories of Sherlock Holmes and Sir ArthurConan Doyle. There you will find everything you ever wanted to knowabout the dynamic duo, including much it never would have occurred to you...

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Report copyright infringementby Julie Marie Wade (Author)This is a daughter's story. In Small Fires, Julie Marie Wade recreates the landscape of her childhood with a lacemaker's care, then turns that precise attention on herself. There are floating tea lights in the bath, coddled blossoms in the garden, and a mother straddling her teenage daughter's back, astringent in hand, to better scrub her not-quite-presentable pores. And throughout, Wade traces this lost world with the same devotion as ...

Mary Edwards Bryan: Her Early Life and Works

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Report copyright infringementby Canter Jr. Brown (Author), Larry Eugene Rivers (Author)The overlooked story of one of nineteenth-century America's popular writers of mass market fictionThe publication of Manch in 1880 marked the beginning of Mary Edwards Bryan's rise to prominence as one of nineteenth-century America's best-known writers of mass-market fiction. At a time when women were discouraged from having jobs of their own, she made a name for herself as a thoughtful--and well-paid--edit...

The Fat Man and Infinity: And Other Writings

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Report copyright infringementby António Lobo Antunes (Author)António Lobo Antunes's sole ambition from the age of seven was to be a writer. Here, in The Fat Man and Infinity, "the heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner) reflects on the fractured paradise of his childhood--the world of prim, hypocritical, class-riven Lisbon in midcentury. His Proust-like memoirs, written over thirty years in chronicle form, pass through the filter of an adult who has known war and pain, and bear witness ...

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by Henry David Thoreau (Author)Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Henry Thoreau is considered, along with Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and Nathaniel Hawthorne, as one of the leading figures...

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Report copyright infringementby Eleanor Houghton (Author)Meet the real, thinking, feeling woman that was Charlotte Brontë, as told in this biography by the surviving witnesses to her life - the clothes that she once wore. These garments were present as she penned Jane Eyre, as she walked the cobbled streets of Haworth, and as she stood with her fiancé at the altar in the summer of 1854. Yet, until now, their testimonies had remained unheard. Renowned Brontë scholar and dress historian Eleano...

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Report copyright infringementby Carey McWilliams (Author)"Ambrose Bierce: A Biography" provides a comprehensive exploration of the life and career of one of America's most enigmatic and acerbic literary figures. Written by Carey McWilliams, this work delves into the complex personality and professional journey of the man famously known as "Bitter Bierce." From his harrowing experiences during the American Civil War to his rise as a formidable journalist, critic, and short story writer in San ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Franklin (Editor), Martha McCollough (Designed by)Lily Poetry Review is an international print journal featuring poetry, featuring poetry, art and book reviews.. In this issue, Martha Collins, Patrick Donnelly. Anthony Walton, Dustin Brookshire, Rachel Hadas, Eileen Cleary, Katie, Farris, Allison Blevins, Mary Lou Buschi, Denise Duhamel, David Groff, Jennifer Martelli, Philip Memmer, Anton Yakovlev, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kelli Russell Agodon, Dorianne...

The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems - Paperback

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by Pablo Neruda (Author), Mark Eisner (Editor)This bilingual collection of Neruda's most essential poems is indispensable.Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's various styles and themes.An impressive group of translators that includes Alistair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely ...

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by Anton Chekhov (Author), Robert Payne (Translator), Robert Payne (Introduction by)If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequio...

K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher - Paperback

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by Mark Fisher (Author), Darren Ambrose (Editor), Simon Reynolds (Foreword by)A comprehensive collection of the writings of Mark Fisher (1968-2017), whose work defined critical writing for a generation. This comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk). Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly ins...

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by Geoff Tibballs (Author)Offers a collection of insults and sharp retorts for when you just wish you could have thought of something faster. This title presents over 5000 come-backs, put-downs, snaps, insults, quips and quotes, for every occasion. Number of Pages: 528 Dimensions: 1.06 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN Publication Date: November 15, 2007

Between Interpretation and Imagination: C. S. Lewis and the Bible

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Report copyright infringementby Leslie Baynes (Author)A New Testament scholar illuminates C. S. Lewis's writings on the BibleIn this highly original study, New Testament scholar Leslie Baynes illuminates C. S. Lewis's writing on the Bible. She reveals never-before-published notes, written by Lewis in books that he owned, that offer unique insight into his thinking on Scripture, and she identifies the figures who shaped his approach to biblical interpretation: Charles Gore, James Moffatt, Sist...

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Report copyright infringementby Yukio Mishima (Author), Frank Gibney (Author), Hiro Sato (Author)This is a tale based on the strike which took place in the mid-1950s at Omi Kenshi, a silk manufacturer not far from Tokyo. The events described reflect the management / labour tensions of the period and is a piece of social commentary on the transformation of Japanese business.Author BiographyMishima Yukio, Frank Gibney, Hiroaki Sato Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.62...

The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Paperback

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by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Brooks Atkinson (Editor), Mary Oliver (Introduction by)Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau The definitive collection of Emerson's major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life's work of a true "American Scholar." As one of the architects of the transcendentalist movement, Emerson embraced a philosophy that cha...

To the Glory of Her Sex: Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts

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Report copyright infringementby Joan M. Ferrante (Author) Number of Pages: 316 Dimensions: 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

The Poet as Philosopher: Petrarch and the Formation of Renaissance Consciousness - Paperback

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by Charles Trinkaus (Author) Number of Pages: 168 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

The Watkins Book of English Folktales - Hardcover

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by Neil Philip (Author)With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this comprehensive, entertaining and authentic collection of English folktales is perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Philip Pullman and the Brothers Grimm. This is a golden treasury of over one hundred English folktales captured in the form they were first collected in past centuries. Read these classic tales as they would have been told when storytelling was a living art - when the audience believed in boggarts and hobgoblins, local wi...

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by Jane Holland (Author) Number of Pages: 382 Dimensions: 0.95 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN Publication Date: June 02, 2022

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by Eavan Boland (Editor), Mark Strand (Editor)Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form: a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing the exuberant history of forms, they devote one chapter to each form, offering explanation, close reading, and a rich selection of ...

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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...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Trollope (Author), Nicholas Shrimpton (Editor)'I hated the office. I hated my work...the only career in life within my reach was that of an author.'The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a senior civil servant...

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings - Paperback

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by Oscar Wilde (Author)Flamboyant and controversial, Oscar Wilde was a dazzling personality, a master of wit, and a dramatic genius whose sparkling comedies contain some of the most brilliant dialogue ever written for the English stage. Here in one volume are his immensely popular novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; his last literary work, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," a product of his own prison experience; and four complete plays: Lady Windermere's Fan, his first dramatic success, An Ideal H...

Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement: Poetics of Possibility

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Report copyright infringementby Uhuru Portia Phalafala (Author)Key study on writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora and makes a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studies, jazz studies, politics, and creativity. The cultural configurations of the Black Atlantic cannot be fully understood without recognising the significant presence of writers and artists from the African continent itself. Among t...

Aesthetics and the Work of Art: Adorno, Kafka, Richter

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Report copyright infringementby A. Regier (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)This is the first major response to the new challenge of neuroscience to religion. There have been limited responses from a purely Christian point of view, but this takes account of eastern as well as western forms of religious experience. It challenges the prevailing naturalistic assumption of our culture, including the idea that the mind is either identical with or a temporary by-product of brain activity. It also...

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 1. Continuity and Innovation

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Report copyright infringementby Alessio Aletta (Editor)The first issue of a two-volume collection, this book explores the transformation of Italian comics in the new millennium, offering a comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape of "fumetti" through both historical and contemporary lenses. The book examines iconic serials from Disney Italia and Sergio Bonelli Editore, alongside innovative auteur-driven works, providing readers with an in-depth look at how Italy's most influential com...

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Report copyright infringementby George Wolf (Editor), Roy Rosenstein (Editor)Published in 1983, Wolf and Rosenstein have delved into the poetry writings in detail of Cercamon and Jaufre Rudel, with detailed textual notes on the poems, exploring the individual poets' lives and looking at the translation of the writings. Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 21, 2020

Intersections: Gender, Nation, and Community in Arab Womens Novels - Paperback

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by Lisa Suhair Majaj (Editor), Paula W. Sunderman (Editor), Therese Saliba (Editor)This rigorously documented collection brings together for the first time original essays by leading authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Palestine. The essays focus on texts available in English translation and explore with great theoretical sophistication the relationship of these authors' texts to contemporary phenomena of feminism, nationalism, ...

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by Charles Perrault (Author), Christopher Betts (Author)"Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!" Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed down from the seventeenth century to the present day. Perrault's tales were enjoyed in the salons of Louis XIV as much as they were loved in the nursery, and it is their wit, humor, and lively ...

How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer - Paperback

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by Sarah Bakewell (Author)Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, from the author of Humanly PossibleHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love--such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: How do you live? This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, considered by many to be the first truly modern individual. He wrote free-roamin...

Supplement to SAA I-XXII: Letters, Treaties, Literary Texts, Legal and Administrative Documents, Astronomical Reports, Oracle Queries, and Rituals - Paperback

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by Mikko Luukko (Author)The State Archives of Assyria series was conceived in 1985 to make all texts from the royal archives of Nineveh available to both scholarly and lay audiences in the form of critical text editions. After thirty-seven years and twenty-two published volumes, the series has grown into an indispensable research tool and an inexhaustible source of information on the Neo-Assyrian Empire.The present volume concludes the series and makes available about three hundred further te...

The Fate of Progress in British Romanticism - Hardcover

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by Mark Canuel (Author)What did Romantic writers mean when they wrote about "progress" and "perfection"? This book shows how Romantic writers inventively responded to familiar ideas about political progress which they inherited from the eighteenth century. Whereas earlier writers such as Voltaire and John Millar likened improvements in political institutions to the progress of the sciences or refinement of manners, the novelists, poets, and political theorists examined in this book reimagined...