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The Difference Aesthetics Makes: On the Humanities "After Man"In The Difference Aesthetics Makes cultural critic Kandice Chuh asks what the humanities might be and do if organized around what she calls "illiberal humanism" instead of around the Western European tradition of liberal humanism that undergirds the humanities in their received form. Recognizing...
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Twenty-First-Century Popular FictionProvides a unique snapshot of themes and trends within popular fiction in the twenty-first century This groundbreaking collection captures the state of popular fiction in present day. It features twenty new essays on key authors associated with a wide range of genres and sub-genres,...
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Anne of Green GablesThis treasured coming-of-age story chronicles the journey of a little red-headed orphan, Anne Shirley, as she struggles to settle into her new life on Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is just eleven-years-old when she is mistakenly sent to the Cuthbert's Farm in place of...
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Much ADO about Nothing: Revised Edition: Revised EditionMuch Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fast skirmish of wits between two famously disputatious lovers, and a near-deadly conflict built on conventions of gender and male rivalry. Claire McEachern's new introduction brings...
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Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger GamesWho was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow's roses and Peeta's bread? What about Katniss's last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds...
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The Secret SharerThis anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new...
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Victorian Metafiction"Metafiction" refers to any novel that draws attention to its own fictional construction, something largely associated with the postmodern era. In this innovative new book Tabitha Sparks identifies a sustained pattern of metafiction in the Victorian novel that illuminates the art and intentions of...
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Critical Essays on William FaulknerCritical Essays on William Faulkner compiles scholarship by noted Faulkner studies scholar Robert W. Hamblin. Ranging from 1980 to 2020, the twenty-one essays present a variety of approaches to Faulkner's work. While acknowledging Faulkner as the quintessential southern writer--particularly in his treatment of race--the...
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Eudora Welty and Mystery: Hidden in Plain SightContributions by Jacob Agner, Sarah Gilbreath Ford, Katie Berry Frye, Michael Kreyling, Andrew B. Leiter, Rebecca Mark, Suzanne Marrs, Tom Nolan, Michael Pickard, Harriet Pollack, and Victoria Richard Eudora Welty's ingenious play with readers' expectations made her a cunning writer, a paramount modernist, a...
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The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of RomanceWhen it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly's The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.M. Montgomery's books were unworthy of serious study. Examining all of Montgomery's fiction, Epperly argues that Montgomery was much more than a master...
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Surrealist Poetry: An AnthologySurrealist Poetry presents new English translations of nearly 150 poems alongside their original French and Spanish versions. Founded by André Breton in 1924, Surrealism sought to examine the unconscious realm by means of the written or spoken word. Seeking to expand the ability of...
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Flash in the Pan: Life and Death of an American Restaurant"Finally back in print, Flash in the Pan is the original--and still the best--reportage on the life and death of an American restaurant, a ground level view of every phase of its life. From the early, hope filled planning stages to the last, humiliating...
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Fahrenheit 451: An Instructional Guide for Literature: An Instructional Guide for LiteratureFahrenheit 451: An Instructional Guide for Literature is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this sensational story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities will support readers as they dive into this futuristic story and make connections to the past,...
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The Battle Royale Slam Book: Essays on the Cult Classic by Koshun TakamiThe cult phenomenon Battle Royale has been lauded as a masterpiece and decried as exploitative gore, but it's always remained in the public consciousness. This collection of essays by some of the best science fiction, horror, and thriller writers working today explore the depth,...
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" tells a tale of a man in his 40s who has spent his entire life climbing the social ladder in Russia. Barely tolerant of his wife and generally indifferent to the other people around him, Ivan has a minor...
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A Christmas Carol (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with an Introduction by Hall Caine)First published in 1843, "A Christmas Carol" is arguably Dickens's most popular and accessible work. An instant success ever since its original publication, it is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold, bitter, old miser who despises Christmas and everything about it. When the...
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A Confession and Other Religious WritingsAs a result of his controversial works criticizing the Russian government and the Russian Orthodox Church, Tolstoy was excommunicated in 1901, dismissing the event lightly as he continued his search for a practical religion. "A Confession and Other Religious Works" is the product of...
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Old Goriot (Pere Goriot)Considered to be one of Balzac's most important works, "Old Goriot", or "P re Goriot", is the story of its title character Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eug ne de Rastignac. We are introduced to the characters...
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PanOne of Knut Hamsun's most famous works, "Pan" is the story of Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, an ex-military man who lives alone in the woods with his faithful dog Aesop. Glahn's life changes when he meets Edvarda, a merchant's daughter, whom he quickly falls in...
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A Primary Reader: Old-Time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)Emma Louise Smythe (1858-? ) was the author of A Primary Reader: Old-Time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children (1896). "Splash Splash The mother duck was in the water. Then she called the ducklings to come in. They all jumped in and...
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