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The Narrow Cage and Other Modern Fairy TalesVasily Eroshenko was one of the most remarkable transnational literary figures of the early twentieth century: a blind multilingual Esperantist from Ukraine who joined left-wing circles in Japan and befriended the famous modernist writer Lu Xun in China. Born in a small Ukrainian village...
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A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect, Second Edition, Revised and EnlargedAuthor: D. B. MonroPublisher: Wipf & Stock PublishersPublished: 12/06/2022Pages: 460Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00dISBN: 9781666764666
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A Poetic History of the Oceans: Literature and Maritime ModernityWhat is the ocean's role in human and planetary history? How have writers, sailors, painters, scientists, historians, and philosophers from across time and space poetically envisioned the oceans and depicted human entanglements with the sea? In order to answer these questions, S ren Frank...
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Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling WebsAcclaimed author, psychology professor, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and "superherologist" Dr. Travis Langley has returned with the newest installment of his lauded Pop Culture Psychology series. Backed by an entourage of expert contributors, Dr. Langley explores the psychology of real human nature...
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Faulkner the Southerner and the Continuity of Southern LettersFaulkner the Southerner is the first biography to place the author in the context of his Southern culture and the continuity of Southern letters. Doing so helps prevent glaring misreadings of his fiction. It explores Faulkner's humor, sense of honor, rootedness in place, criticism...
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Broken Promises and Lies of the RepublicansReagan *Bush 43* Trump is intended to convince the America VOTER that conservative ideas are wrong for our country. We are faced with serious issues that must be solved! Our huge deficit, tax reform, immigration, background checks for gun purchase, funding shortfall of Social...
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The Letters of William Gaddis: Revised EditionA revelatory collection of correspondence by the lauded author of titanic American classics such as The Recognitions and J R, shedding light on his staunchly private life. UPDATED WITH OVER TWO DOZEN NEW LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Now recognized as one of the giants of...
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The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction: The Literary AgendaDiscusses how young adult fiction offers new ways of thinking about climate change and definitions of citizenship. The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction argues that YA fiction helps us to think about some of most pressing problems of the twenty-first century by offering imaginative...
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Shakespeare's First Folio: Four Centuries of an Iconic BookbCelebrating the 400th Anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's First Folio/b This is the biography of a book: the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623 and known as the First Folio. It begins with the story of its first purchaser in...
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Revolutionary Poetics: The Rhetoric of the Black Arts MovementIn Revolutionary Poetics, Sarah RudeWalker details the specific ways that the Black Arts Movement (BAM) achieved its revolutionary goals through rhetorical poetics--in what forms, to what audiences, and to what effect. BAM has had far-reaching influence, particularly in developments in positive conceptions of Blackness,...
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Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime FictionSome of the most iconic, hard-boiled Irish detectives in fiction insist that they are not detectives at all. Hailing from a region with a cultural history of mistrust in the criminal justice system, Irish crime writers resist many of the stereotypical devices of the...
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My Manga Collection: That Time I Read So Much Manga That I Needed This Tracker to Record Everything, from the God-Tier Volumes to Trash FavRate and record your favorite manga as well as track your progress and make notes with this must-have journal perfect for manga readers everywhere. Calling all manga readers: this book is just for you! My Manga Collection is a tracker and reading journal created...
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Legacy of the Goddess: Heroines, Warriors and Witches from World Mythology to Folktales and Fairy TalesIt is often assumed that the female characters found in popular folk and fairy tales are little more than inconsequential stereotypes--mostly serving as hapless victims in need of rescue, boring one-dimensional princesses, or egotistical and conniving villains. This book presents more fully-realized portraits of...
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Novem Portis (Deluxe Edition): Necronomicon Revelations, Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows and Crossing to the AbyssThis special 10th Anniversary oversized hardcover Deluxe Edition commemorates completion of the "Necronomicon Shadows" cycle of 'Mardukite Core' material in 2012 and is sure to become a prized addition to your personal library.A refreshingly coherent revelation for our times, illuminating long-lost remnants of primordial...
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The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking about RaceAs we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare...
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George MacDonald: Divine Carelessness and Fairytale LevityThe Scottish poet, author, and Christian minister George MacDonald is widely known as an inspiration for the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Lewis Carroll, among others. Nineteenth century photographs of MacDonald present a forbidding visage, embodying Victorian-era solemnity. Yet...
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WorldWorld--Ana Luísa Amaral's second collection with New Directions--offers a new exhilarating set of poems that convey wonder, bemusement, and an ever-deepening appreciation of life. Weaving the thread that connects the poem to life, World speaks of our immense human perplexity in the face of...
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Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American ComicsSome comics fans view the industry's Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex...
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Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in NatureEncompassing identity, inspiration, ancestry, and stewardship, the essays and poems by leading Black women and nonbinary scientists in Been Outside explore how experiences in the natural world and life sciences shape the self. These writers and researchers contemplate the moments that sparked their love...
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The Tragedy at CambriaThe Tragedy at Cambria, a three-act play written in rhyming iambic pentameter, tells a story of love, deception, and power. In the medieval kingdom of Cambria, aging King John faces a grave decision. His forebearers created extremely strict laws regarding unwed pregnancy, and now...
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