Literary Collections
Explore our collection of literary books and timeless literary classics at our online bookstore, featuring the best in teenage literature, literary fiction, and modern literature. Discover must-read and best-selling titles, along with insightful criticism literature to enhance your reading experience.
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Signposts in a Strange LandAt his death in 1990, Walker Percy left a considerable legacy of uncollected nonfiction. Assembled in Signposts in a Strange Land, these essays on language, literature, philosophy, religion, psychiatry, morality, and life and letters in the South display the imaginative versatility of an author...
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My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933The first extensive publication from the extraordinary archive of private correspondence between two of this country's most famous artists There are few couples in the history of 20th-century American art and culture more prominent than Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946). Between 1915,...
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Demosthenes: Selected Speeches'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing...
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Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-TextThis is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society,...
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The Complete Sophocles: Volume 1: The Theban PlaysBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...
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Living by the WordIn meditative and passionate prose, these provocative essays explore feminist, environmental, and political issues and shed new light on racial debates, including the controversy surrounding Walker's bestseller, The Color Purple.Author: Alice WalkerPublisher: Amistad PressPublished: 10/23/1989Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.30w x 0.56dISBN:...
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The Second Common Reader: Annotated EditionHere, in twenty-six essays, Woolf writes of English literature in its various forms, including the poetry of Donne; the novels of Defoe, Sterne, Meredith, and Hardy; Lord Chesterfield's letters and De Quincey's autobiography. She writes, too, about the life and art of women. Edited...
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Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." --The Village Voice. Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but...
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The Complete PoetryA wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner...
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Complete PoemsThis collection includes all the poems from the incomplete Collected Poems of 1929 and from the separate smaller volumes issued during Lawrence's lifetime; uncollected poems; an appendix of juvenilia and another containing variants and early drafts; and all Lawrence's critical introductions to his poems....
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Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries"In another country or another era, Dennis Cooper's books would be circulated in secret, explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe." --New York Times Book Review "His work belongs to that of Poe, the Marquis de...
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After The Rain: There is Always a RainbowAfter the Rain: There is always a Rainbow is an inspirational read. Each chapter has its own personal story. You will find something in each chapter you read that resonated with you. This book doesn't have to be read in sequence. You can skip...
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Oxygen: Parables of the Pandemic"Oxygen: Parables of the Pandemic," edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, published by River Paw Press (USA), contains sixty-two pandemic poems and flash fiction by forty-five international poets. The works in this collection, like raindrops, water the seeds of our consciousness to break from the illusion...
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Collected French Translations: ProseAuthor: John AshberyPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 01/17/2023Pages: 428Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95dISBN: 9780374612054This title is not returnable
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A Theory of the Consumption FunctionWhat is the exact nature of the consumption function? Can this term be defined so that it will be consistent with empirical evidence and a valid instrument in the hands of future economic researchers and policy makers? In this volume a distinguished American economist...
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In the Shape of a WomanWater, both shapeless and capable of assuming all shapes, provides the metaphor for women in this debut collection from Lily Greenberg, capturing her experience of growing up as a queer young woman in the American south.Can we choose our shapes? Lily Greenberg asks in...
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When the Time ComesWHEN THE TIME COMES is an account of Hank Lazer's death watch for his mother, bringing to memory a related series of poems written for his father. These near-death poems bring us close. For as different and unchartered as each death is, a point...
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Susan Sontag: Obra Imprescindible / Susan Sontag: Essential Works: Edición de David RieffLa mejor manera de conocer a Susan Sontag es leyéndola. Esta selección definitiva de su obra ha sido editada por David Rieff.El volumen reúne la obra imprescindible de una de las escritoras e intelectuales más trascendentales de la segunda mitad siglo XX. El crítico...
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Me Talk Pretty One DayA new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait...
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French Short Stories for Intermediate Level: Improve Your Reading and Listening Skills in FrenchImprove your reading and listening comprehension and make learning new vocabulary so much easier with 7 French short stories.By using this book you will be able to: Understand grammar concepts without the monotonous chore of memorizing rules. Grasp new vocabulary that you can immediately...
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