Literary Criticism
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The Complete OdesThe Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races, boxing, wrestling, all-in fighting and the pentathlon, and his Odes are fascinating not...
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus: The Oxford Shakespeare the Tragedy of CoriolanusPerhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stage...
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German Literature: A Very Short IntroductionGerman literature in all genres and from all historical periods has exerted an enormous influence on the history of western thought. From Martin Luther, Frederick Schiller, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Gunter Grass, Germany...
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The Bright Side of LifeOrphaned with a substantial inheritance at the age of ten, Pauline Quenu is taken from Paris to live with her relatives, Monsieur and Madame Chanteau and their son Lazare, in the village of Bonneville on the wild Normandy coast. Her presence enlivens the household...
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Grettir's SagaA sweeping epic of the Viking Age, Grettir's Saga follows the life of the outlaw Grettir the Strong as he battles against sorcery, bad luck, and the vengefulness of his enemies. Feared by many, Grettir is a warrior and also a poet and a...
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Essays of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 4, 1925-1928This fourth volume of the first complete edition of Virginia Woolf's essays and reviews celebrates her maturing vitality and wonderfully reveals her prodigious reading, wit and original intelligence. Written while she worked on TO THE LIGHTHOUSE and ORLANDO, these pieces explore subjects ranging from...
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Humorists PB"It is Johnson's gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would...recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes." --Washington Post Book World on Heroes"Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough." --Wall...
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William Blake: Selected WritingsThis volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students and readers a comprehensive selection of the work of William Blake (1757-1827). Accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, this authoritative edition enables students to explore Blake's poetry, illuminated poetry, and prose alongside selections from...
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The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese PoetryAuthor: Eliot WeinbergerPublisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationPublished: 10/17/2004Pages: 242Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.88w x 0.78dISBN: 9780811216050About the AuthorWeinberger, Eliot: - Eliot Weinberger is an essayist, editor, and translator. He lives in New York City.
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Traces Italiennes Autour Du Luxembourg Entre Autobiographies Et (Auto)Fictions: Les Auteurs d'Origine Italienne Du Luxembourg Et de la Grande RéL'immigré comme sujet et non comme objet d'attention et d'étude . L'essencede ce livre pourrait être synthétisée par cette phrase. En effet, cette publicationentend donner la parole à ces immigrés italiens du Luxembourg et de la GrandeRégion qui ont pris l'initiative de communiquer aux...
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Literary Invention and the Cartographic Imagination: Early Modern to Late ModernA wide-ranging, inter- and transdisciplinary approach grounded in the twin rigors of theory and history, which, through close readings assesses and analyses the significance of maps to literary texts, and which examines the ways in which the literary maps imaginary and real worlds.Author: Monika...
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Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in Nineteenth-Century Us Print CultureFirst realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotyping--the creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable type--fundamentally changed the way in which books were printed. Publishing Plates chronicles the technological and cultural shifts that resulted from the introduction of this technology in the...
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Writing the North of England in the Middle AgesWriting the North of England in the Middle Ages offers a literary history of the North-South divide, examining the complexities of the relationship - imaginative, material, and political - between North and South in a wide range of texts. Through sustained analysis of the...
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The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-War American FictionA study of regional anxiety in postwar Gothic fiction, beyond the red scare. The Haunted States of America reveals how the red scare exploited regional narrative traditions as it spread across the national imagination. In particular, Cold War anxieties found a welcome home in...
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Thomas de Quincey: Selected WritingsThis volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859). The edition presents De Quincey's work in all of its rich variety, and offers the most thorough and accurate annotation of De...
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How Dark Is My Flower: Yosano Akiko and the Invention of Romantic Love Volume 98The poetry of Yosano Akiko covers all the many and varied aspects of the experience of love--from early romantic encounters between the lover and beloved to the intimate pleasures of mutual infatuation and then true love. The journey outlined in Akiko's verse also grapples...
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Rise: Poetry for Lovers and ThinkersRISE celebrates the diversity of our beautiful planet and its inhabitants and it unveils harsh truths that need to be faced before we can experience total-world transformation. Most importantly, it inspires us to dive deep within ourselves and truly introspect, especially during these uncertain...
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Teaching Literature in the Online ClassroomKeep students engaged in online literature classes.This volume considers the challenges and opportunities of online literature classes and suggests instructional strategies that ensure students are engaged in the virtual classroom. The ideas shared here are grounded in research, practice, critical self-reflection, and collaboration. Reflecting...
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The Mexican Transpacific: Nikkei Writing, Visual Arts, and PerformanceThe Mexican Transpacific considers the influence of a Japanese ethnic background or lack thereof in the cultural production of several twentieth- and twenty-first-century Mexican authors, performers, and visual artists. Despite Japanese Mexicans' unquestionable influence on Mexico's history and culture and the historical studies recently...
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Women's Work: How Culinary Cultures Shaped Modern SpainWe are living in a moment in which famous chefs, Michelin stars, culinary techniques, and gastronomical accolades attract moneyed tourists to Spain from all over the world. This has prompted the Spanish government to declare its cuisine as part of Spanish patrimony. Even with...
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