Literary Criticism

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Report copyright infringementby Marcel Proust (Author), Richard Howard (Introduction by), C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)In Swann's Way, the themes of Proust's masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator's love for Swann's daughter Gilberte leads to an account of Swann's passion for Odette and the rise of the nouveaux riches Verdurins. For ...

The Souls of Black Folk: With the Talented Tenth and the Souls of White Folk

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Report copyright infringementby W. E. B. Du Bois (Author), Ibram X. Kendi (Introduction by), Monica E. Elbert (Notes by)A collectible hardcover edition of the landmark book about being black in America, featuring an introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist A Penguin Vitae Edition When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America--and it remains both a touch...

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

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Report copyright infringementby Susana M. Morris (Author)A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an apt metaphor for the best and worst of...

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Report copyright infringementby Inc Peter Pauper Press (Created by)Rollicking humor from a great wit, including, "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.43 x 5.66 x 3.46 IN Publication Date: March 01, 1998

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Report copyright infringementby Coulter H. George (Author)What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing readers to their most distinctive features, then sho...

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Report copyright infringementby MacGregor Jenkins (Author)"Emily Dickinson: Friend and Neighbor" provides a warm and intimate perspective on the life of the legendary American poet, Emily Dickinson. Written by MacGregor Jenkins, who knew the Dickinson family personally during his childhood in Amherst, Massachusetts, this memoir offers a unique look at the private world of a woman often shrouded in mystery. Rather than focusing solely on her literary output, the work captures the everyday inte...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Roma Gill (Author)This edition of Macbeth is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to master Shakespeare's work. About the Series: Newly redesigned and easier to read,...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Le Gallienne (Author)"The Romantic '90s" is a vivid and personal account of the fin-de-siècle literary and artistic landscape in London. Written by Richard Le Gallienne, a central figure of the era, the work serves as an intimate memoir of the 1890s-a decade defined by aestheticism, decadence, and the transition into modernity. Through a series of sketches and reminiscences, Le Gallienne brings to life the vibrant cultural world of the "Yellow Book" era...

Letters and Memories of Susan and Anna Bartlett Warner

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Report copyright infringementby Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes (Author)"Letters and Memories of Susan and Anna Barlett Warner" offers an intimate and detailed window into the lives of two of America's most prominent nineteenth-century literary figures. Compiled by Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes, this work serves as a comprehensive biographical tribute, weaving together personal correspondence and cherished memories to illuminate the private characters and public contributions of the sisters res...

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Report copyright infringementby John Donald Wade (Author)"Augustus Baldwin Longstreet: A Study of the Development of Culture in the South" is a comprehensive biographical and historical examination of one of the most influential figures in the antebellum American South. Written by John Donald Wade, this work explores the multifaceted life and legacy of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet-lawyer, judge, minister, college president, and pioneering humorist. Through the lens of Longstreet's varied caree...

Pet Projects: Animal Fiction and Taxidermy in the Nineteenth-Century Archive

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Young (Author)In Pet Projects, Elizabeth Young joins an analysis of the representation of animals in nineteenth-century fiction, taxidermy, and the visual arts with a first-person reflection on her own scholarly journey. Centering on Margaret Marshall Saunders, a Canadian woman writer once famous for her animal novels, and incorporating Young's own experience of a beloved animal's illness, this study highlights the personal and intellectual stakes of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lewis Melville (Author)"Horace Walpole (1717-1797): A Biographical Study" by Lewis Melville offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the eighteenth century's most influential and eccentric figures. As the son of Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, Horace Walpole carved out a unique legacy as a man of letters, an art historian, and the pioneer of the Gothic novel with "The Castle of Otranto." This biographical work delves into Walpole's multi...

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Report copyright infringementby Elmer Adler (Author)"Breaking Into Print" is a fascinating collection of personal essays edited by Elmer Adler, offering a rare glimpse into the early careers of some of the most celebrated figures in English literature. In this volume, legendary authors recount the trials, tribulations, and eventual triumphs of seeing their first works appear in print. By documenting the diverse paths taken by writers such as Sinclair Lewis, Edith Wharton, and Stephen Vincent ...

Fragmented Geographies: A Short Critical Anthology of Jewish Women's Writing in the Balkans and Latin America

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Report copyright infringementby Oana Hergenröther (Editor), Marjorie Agosín (Editor), Jelena Filipovic (Editor)Love, Loss, and Life between the Biobío and the DanubioThis anthology embraces a physical stretch of land, sea, mountain, marsh, desert, and woods that lies between the two rivers, the Biobío originating in the Chilean Andes and flowing into the Pacific at Concepción, Chile, and the Danube flowing through Central and Southeastern Europe. This space is not measured in miles but in the...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Du Bos (Author)"Journal 1921-1923" (Volume 1) offers an intimate and profound glimpse into the intellectual and spiritual life of the esteemed French critic and man of letters, Charles Du Bos. Spanning the formative early years of the 1920s, this collection serves as a meticulous record of a mind deeply engaged with the literature, art, and philosophy of its time. Du Bos, known for his sensitive and exhaustive approach to criticism, uses these pages to ...

The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Boyer (Author)WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION"The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention in our discourses about sickness and health, art and science, language and literature, and mortality and death. In dissecting what she terms 'the ideological regime of cancer, ' Anne Boyer has produced a profound and unforgettable document on the experience of life itself." --Sally Rooney, author of Normal People"Anne Boyer's radically unse...

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Report copyright infringementby William E. Barton (Author)"Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman" is a comprehensive biographical and historical examination that explores the profound connection between the sixteenth President of the United States and the iconic American poet. Author William E. Barton, a prominent Lincoln scholar, investigates the overlapping lives of these two monumental figures during the Civil War era, analyzing how their distinct contributions to American life and culture beca...

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Report copyright infringementby Goldwin Smith (Author)In "Shakespeare, the Man," Goldwin Smith embarks on a quest to uncover the true character of William Shakespeare by examining his plays. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Smith delves into Shakespeare's dramatic works, seeking glimpses of the playwright's personality, beliefs, and experiences reflected in his characters and storylines. This study offers a unique perspective on understanding Shakespeare, suggesting that his d...

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Report copyright infringementby Ugo 1778-1827 Foscolo (Author), Barbarina Lady Dacre (Created by)Essays on Petrarch presents a collection of insightful essays focusing on the life and works of the renowned Italian poet Petrarch. Authored by Ugo Foscolo and Lady Barbarina Dacre, these essays offer a 19th-century perspective on Petrarch's enduring influence on literature and culture. This volume explores Petrarch's impact through critical analysis and biographical exploration, providing valuabl...

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Hamel (Author)Explore the life and works of one of France's most beloved poets, Jean de La Fontaine, in this insightful biography by Frank Hamel. Delve into the world of the 17th century as Hamel unveils the man behind the timeless fables and poems that have charmed readers for generations. From his early life and literary influences to his enduring legacy, this biography offers a comprehensive look at La Fontaine's contributions to French literature. Dis...

The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom

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Report copyright infringementby Harold Bloom (Author), Heather Cass White (Editor)A selection of the lively letters between one of the world's greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired"Terrific from first to last."--Dwight Garner, New York Times Book ReviewBringing together a collection of Harold Bloom's letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an intimate view of one of the most famous literary critics ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mahmoud Darwish (Author), Catherine Cobham (Translator)"Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people . . . lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant--and never anything less than free--what he would dream for all his people." -- Naomi Shihab Nye "Catherine Cobham's translations sway delicately between mystery and clarity, giving a rendition of the master's voice that should impress both those reading Darwish's wo...

Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition): Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

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Report copyright infringementby Edith Hamilton (Author), Jim Tierney (Artist)This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages. Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly 80 years, readers have cho...

Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically

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Report copyright infringementby Paisley Rekdal (Author)What makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? In Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens, acclaimed poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal demonstrates how to observe the building blocks of a poem--including its diction, form, imagery, and rhythm--and construct an interpretation of its meaning. Using guided close readings and nearly 40 creative and critical "experiments," this book shows how a poem takes shape through the intersection of all its...

Searching for Ezra: a ragbag of frustrations

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Glover (Author)Has it been a battle to the death between two poets? Michael Glover has had a lifelong love-hate relationship with Ezra Pound, and has for many years wrestled with the idea of a book. In the 1980s he met Olga Rudge, Pound's companion, and corresponded with their daughter, Mary von Rachewiltz, the Italian translator of his Cantos - this book has indeed taken years to bring to publication. Be careful though - this rag-bag gathering of musin...

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Report copyright infringementby Scott F. Parker (Author)In Notes to a Future Self, Scott F. Parker explores the multitudinous nature of the self through a series of four essays structured on the tetra lemma of second-century Indian philosopher Nagarjuna. Parker's aphoristic style allows him room for a direct, flexible, and contradictory mode of thought that suits his elusive subject. What is the self? If questions like this had easy answers, we wouldn't need essays such as these? ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Jenks (Author)Explore the intricate relationship between two towering figures of 19th-century British intellectual life, Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill. This volume delves into their contrasting philosophies, their shared concerns about the direction of society, and their lasting impact on political and social thought. Through careful analysis, the book illuminates the complex dynamic between these influential thinkers, offering insights into their ...

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Report copyright infringementby Lilian Whiting (Author)Dive into the life and works of one of Victorian England's most celebrated poets with Lilian Whiting's, "A Study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning." This insightful biography explores the profound literary contributions and personal journey of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, offering readers a detailed examination of her poetry and its enduring impact on the literary world. Whiting's study provides a rich, accessible portrait of Browning, illumin...

Correspondence of Lord Byron, With a Friend, Including His Letters to His Mother. Also, Recollections of the Poet. by R. C. Dallas, and a Continuation

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Charles Dallas (Author), George Gordon N. Byron (Author)Delve into the intimate world of one of history's most celebrated poets with the "Correspondence of Lord Byron, With a Friend, Including His Letters to His Mother." This collection offers a unique glimpse into the life and mind of George Gordon, Lord Byron, through his personal letters. Edited and supplemented by Robert Charles Dallas and later continued by A. R. C. Dallas, this volume presents a co...

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Report copyright infringementby Mandel Eli 1922- (Author)"Christopher Smart, Scholar Of The Lord" is a critical study of the poetic theories of Christopher Smart (1722-1771) and their roots in the intellectual climate of the 18th century. Eli Mandel's insightful work delves into Smart's unique approach to poetry, exploring the religious and philosophical underpinnings of his verse. This book examines Smart's major works, shedding light on his innovative use of language, form, and imagery. It ...

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