Literary Criticism
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Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval ScandinaviaWhy would Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241), the most powerful and rapacious Icelander of his generation, dedicate so much time and effort to producing the Edda, a text that is widely recognized as the most significant medieval source for pre-Christian Norse myth and poetics? Kevin...
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See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and CommentaryA remarkable collection of essays and reviews on everything from Philip Roth to Margaret Atwood, from race in America to the shocking state of the GOP--from the national bestselling author of Birds of America and a master of contemporary American fiction. "The kind of...
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The Visual Life of Romantic Theater, 1780-1830The Visual Life of Romantic Theater examines the dynamism and vibrancy of stage spectacle and its impact in an era of momentous social upheaval and aesthetic change. Situating theatrical production as key to understanding visuality ca. 1780-1830, this book places the stage front and...
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Black Folklorists in Pursuit of Equality: African American Identity and Cultural Politics, 1893-1943A study in cultural politics, the book illustrates how nine black movements used competing interpretations of folklore to achieve racial identity and pursue equality in America during 50 years of Jim Crow, 1893-1943.Author: Ronald Lamarr SharpsPublisher: Lexington BooksPublished: 06/16/2023Pages: 400Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.66lbsSize: 9.00h...
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Laura Esquivel's Mexican Fictions: Like Water for Chocolate / The Law of Love / Swift as Desire / Malinche: A NovelOutstanding essayists in Latin American literature and film explore Laura Esquivel's critical reputation, contextualise her work in literary movements, and consider her four novels and the film based on Like Water for Chocolate from diverse critical perspectives. The Editor's An Introduction to Esquivel Criticismreviews...
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Planet Narnia Lib/E: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. LewisFor over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books...
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Complete Plus: The Poems of C.P. Cavafy in EnglishIn the eighth of his Twelve Poems for Cavafy (Dodeka Poiemata yia Kavafy, 1974 ) entitled 'Misunderstandings, ' the Greek poet Yiannis Ritsos assures his readers that the older, deceased Alexandrian poet is clearly out to entangle us in his singular complexity. By now,...
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Leabhar Na Hathghabhála: Poems of RepossessionThis is the first comprehensive critical anthology of modern poetry in Irish with English translations. It forms a sequel to Sean O Tuama and Thomas Kinsella's pioneering anthology, An Duanaire 1600-1900 / Poems of the Dispossessed (1981), but features many more poems in covering...
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Yo' Mama Is So...: 892 Insults, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Wisecracks about Yo' Whole Family!It's everyone's favorite form of insult comedy (as seen on MTV!) -- hundreds of crushingly funny one-liners about yo' mama -- and all yo' other relatives -- sure to shut people's mouths or make them howl with laughter. Yo' mama is so fat, when...
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Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times"This lively appreciation of one of the most intimidating and massive novels ever written should persuade many hesitant readers to try scaling the heights of War and Peace sooner rather than later" (Publishers Weekly).Considered by many critics the greatest novel ever written, War and...
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The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in AmericaThis study reconstructs the history of the Manteo family marionette theater in New York City, provides translations of eight selected plays and 270 extant summaries, and offers comparative analyses uncovering how Agrippino Manteo's scripts creatively adapt Italian Renaissance chivalric poems and nineteenth-century prose compilations.Author:...
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Hari KunzruThis book is the first edited collection to focus on the work of contemporary author Hari Kunzru. It contains major new essays on each of his novels - The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions, Gods Without Men, White Tears and Red Pill - as well...
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John AshberyA critical biography of America's most influential postmodern poet. Mysterious, esoteric, and baffling, John Ashbery is notorious for the seeming difficulty of his work. But Ashbery is also entertaining, humorous, even charming, and ever responsive to his shifting social and political contexts. This biography...
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On Mary Wollstonecraft's a Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New GenusMary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women's equality. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution, her vindication delivered a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place....
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Lightning Paths: 75 Poetry Writing ExercisesFrom synesthetic poems to questioning poems to the ghazal, Lightning Paths: 75 Poetry Writing Exercises has something fun or fascinating for every student and teacher as they explore the possibilities of poetry writing. The exercises teach and utilize technique while also focusing on and...
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Fighting Over There: U.S. War Making and Contemporary Refugee LiteratureU.S. foreign policy has long been built on a dichotomy of an irreplaceable "here" and an expendable "there." In his 2003 announcement of the military campaign in Iraq, George W. Bush declared that we would fight in the Middle East so we wouldn't have...
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The Tale of Toxic PositivityAuthor: Beatrix Pottymouth, Paul MagrsPublisher: HarperCollinsPublished: 07/04/2023Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 4.20h x 0.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9780008558154About the AuthorPaul Magrs brought out his first novel in 1995 when he was 25, which has been followed by many more. He has lectured in Creative Writing at...
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A Liturgical Play for the Medieval Feast of Fools: The Laon Ordo JosephA newly identified medieval play for the Feast of Fools, with a new English translation and musical edition ready for performance. Scholars and non-scholars alike have long been fascinated by the medieval "Feast of Fools", the annual celebration on or around the New Year...
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The Poetic Edda Six Cosmology PoemsThe Edda poems were written down in the Old Norse language by Icelandic scholars during the 11th to 13th centuries AD. They contain a poetical, metaphorical lore about Cosmos and the fate of mortals on the path to immortality. A lore that is, despite...
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Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. JamesAuthor: S. T. JoshiPublisher: Hippocampus PressPublished: 07/15/2007Pages: 340Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.74dISBN: 9780977173488Review Citation(s): PW Notes and Reprints 10/29/2007 pg. 36This title is not returnable
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