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Memory Spaces: Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic NarrativesAn exploration of the work of Jewish women graphic novelists and the intricate Jewish identity is complicated by gender, memory, generation, and place-that is, the emotional, geographical, and psychological spaces that women inhabit. Victoria Aarons argues that Jewish women graphic novelists are preoccupied with...
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Italy to Argentina: Travel Writing and Emigrant ColonialismIn Italy to Argentina: Travel Writing and Emigrant Colonialism, Tullio Pagano examines Italian emigration to Argentina and the Rio de la Plata region through the writings of Italian economists, poets, anthropologists, and political activists from the 1860s to the beginning of World War I....
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Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure."--The New Yorker "Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention."--New York Times The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott--best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman. Credited with popularizing...
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Mythology for DummiesDiscover (or rediscover!) history's greatest myths and legends From Grendel and Beowulf to Poseidon, Medusa, and Hercules, the gods, monsters, and heroes of mythology are endlessly weird and fascinating. And if you're looking for a helpful companion to this wild collection of creatures, humans,...
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Juliet: The Life and Afterlives of Shakespeare's First Tragic HeroineThe enduring cultural legacy of Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet -- a history "as vital and provocative as the character herself" (Literary Review). Romeo and Juliet may be the greatest love story ever told, but who is Juliet? Demure ingénue? Or dangerous Mediterranean madwoman? From tearstained...
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Phantom Pain WingsAn iconic figure in the emergence of feminist poetry in South Korea and now internationally renowned, Kim Hyesoon pushes the poetic envelope into the farthest reaches of the lyric universe. In her new collection, Kim depicts the memory of war trauma and the collective...
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Dialogue on the Threshold: Heidegger and TraklA reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.Author: Ian Alexander MoorePublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 05/02/2023Pages: 420Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94dISBN: 9781438490663About the AuthorIan Alexander Moore is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at...
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Common SenseAmong the most influential authors and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was born in England but went on to play an important role in both the American and French Revolutions. In 1774, he emigrated to America where, for a time, he helped...
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Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to ZorroSuperheroes! is the ultimate reference book about the men and women in tights who fight for what's right and the comic book phenomenon that conquered the world. Author: Brian SolomonPublisher: Applause BooksPublished: 05/01/2023Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.12w x 0.84dISBN: 9781493064519Review Citation(s):...
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CliffsNotes on Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Literature NotesWhen you need help understanding a book, choose the name you've trusted for years-CliffsNotes. Gain the understanding you need with our in-depth literature study guides, and get more from every book you read.In CliffsNotes on Achebe's Things Fall Apart, you explore the ground-breaking work...
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The Believer Issue 141: Spring 2023Named the best magazine of 2022 by Alta. Inside issue 141 of The Believer A mystery of literary lineage involving Muriel Rukeyser and Robinson Jeffers; an extensive, reported feature from Dave Eggers on his trip to Ukraine; Andrea Bajani on the rarely discussed, highly...
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Lgbtqia+ Books for Children and Teens, Second EditionBooks for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual, and intersex readers and their allies continue to thrive and evolve in reflection of the variety of families and individual identities today. Deemed "an essential purchase" in a starred review by School Library Journal, this matchless...
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Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy, Heretics, Blatchford Controversies Volume 1Contains three of Chesterton's most influential works. In Heretics, Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling critiques of contemporary religious notions ever. The Blatchford Controversies are the spirited public debate which led to the writing of Heretics. Then in Orthodoxy, Chesterton accepts the...
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A Very Gay Book: An Inaccurate Resource for Gay ScholarsFrom the creators of @verygaypaint, the immensely popular comedy design brand, A VERY GAY BOOK paints a cheeky and satirical portrait of the world where everything--from sports to science to soup--is gay. Trees are gay. It's why their branches brush up against each other...
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Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Women's TravelWhat would it mean for American and African American literary studies if readers took the spirituality and travel of Black women seriously? With Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Women's Travel, Tisha Brooks addresses this question by focusing on three nineteenth-century Black women...
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Emo Poetry GeneratorThis flip book-style emo poetry generator is the perfect gift for anyone looking for a little early-to-mid-2000s nostalgia to soothe their deep, dark soul. Chock-full of playfully melancholic and angsty phrases reminiscent of emo internet poetry from the early millennium, this volume invites you...
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City"What decided me to go to Lhasa was, above all, the absurd prohibition which closes Thibet." One of the great adventure classics, published in 1927, and considered one of the best adventure books of the last 100 years by Outside magazine, My Journey to...
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Fairy Tellers: A Journey Into the Secret History of Fairy Tales"The general reader is unlikely to have met Mr. Jubber's other subjects and may be amazed to learn the degree to which these unsung men and women have shaped the fairy-tale canon, an enthusiastic and enjoyable book--The Wall Street Journal 'A carnival of a...
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Community Across Time: Robert Morgan's Words for HomeOne of the first book-length considerations of the Appalachian writer Robert Morgan. One of the first book-length studies of Robert Morgan, Community across Time considers the Appalachian writer's explorations of memory, family history, and landscape. It provides a study of all of Morgan's fiction...
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Disability in Wonderland: Health and Normativity in Speculative UtopiasAdult-directed utopian fiction has historically rejected depictions of persons with disabilities, underrepresenting a community that comprises an estimated 15% of the world's population. From the earliest stories of utopias written for and about children, however, persons with disabilities have been included in abundance, and...
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