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The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My HeroesAcclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soul-nourishing, road-burning act of tribute (New York Times Book Review). From his bid to...
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Evelyn Waugh: The Complete StoriesA "lavishly entertaining" (Publishers Weekly) distillation of Waugh's genius--abundant evidence that one of the twentieth century's most admired and enjoyed English novelists was also a master of the short form.Evelyn Waugh's short fiction reveals in miniaturized perfection the elements that made him the greatest...
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ScoopSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a "thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny" satire of the journalism business (New York Times). Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself...
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John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath: A Reference GuideJohn Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is one of the most widely read American novels. Much has been written about the book, yet a number of recent critics have challenged its merits and questioned its place in the canon. The novel was published...
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The Turn of the Screw: A Case Study in Contemporary CriticismAlongside the novel by Henry James, this edition of Turn of the Screw contains documents that place the work in historical context and critical essays present the text from several contemporary critical perspectives to enhance your understanding of the novel and the time in...
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Cleopatra's NoseA New York Times Notable Book of 2007Cleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles, representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and women's work--a term that, in her definition, encompasses haute couture, literature, and...
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The Dark-Hunter CompanionConsider this handbook your education. Hunter 101. And don't go thinking you got off easy just because there's not a pop quiz at the end. This is the good stuff. The real deal. In here you'll find out all there is to know about...
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Gulliver's TravelsAdopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary...
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In Other Worlds: SF and the Human ImaginationA marvelous collection of wide-ranging essays from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, exploring her lifelong relationship to science fiction--as a reader and as a writer At a time when the borders between genres are increasingly porous, she maps the...
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O Pioneers!: Introduction by Elaine ShowalterThe novel that first made Willa Cather famous--a powerfully mythic tale of the American frontier told through the life of one extraordinary woman--in a handsome hardcover volume. No other work of fiction so vividly evokes the harsh beauty and epic sweep of the Nebraska...
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Somebody with a Little Hammer: EssaysIn essays on matters literary, social, cultural, and personal, Mary Gaitskill explores date rape and political adultery, the transcendentalism of the Talking Heads, the melancholy of Bj rk, and the playfulness of artist Laurel Nakadate. She celebrates the clownish grandiosity and the poetry of...
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MesopotamiaA unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "Serhiy Zhadan is one of the most important creators of European culture at work today. His novels, poems, and songs...
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Panorama of Paris: Selections from "Tableau de Paris"Panorama of Paris offers English-language readers an introduction to one of the forgotten masterpieces of French literature, Louis-Sébastien Mercier's twelve-volume Le Tableau de Paris (published from 1781 to 1788), an important and original work that helped shape many kinds of French writing. Colorfully written,...
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The Wrath of Dionysus"This outstanding edition of The Wrath of Dionysus marks the first appearance of (Nagrodskaia's) work in English. Let us hope her other novels quickly follow." --The Midwest Book Review"The Wrath of Dionysus is translated well and has just enough notes to explain what is...
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Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches" . . . enthusiastic, well-written . . . read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic woman." --New Directions for Women" . . . the fullest account to date of Stewart's life and an excellent basis for understanding Stewart's...
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My Name Was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales RemixedYou know the names and the stories, but you've never seen them like this before! My Name Was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Reanimated brings your favorite characters back to life in new and exciting escapades. In this inventive collection, a stellar...
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Aesopica, Volume One: A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him or Closely Connected with the Literary Tradition That Bears HisThe most complete corpus of the proverbs and fables of Aesop ever assembledBen Edwin Perry's Aesopica remains the definitive edition of all fables reputed to be by Aesop. The volume begins traditionally with a life of Aesop, but in two different and previously unedited...
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The Adventures of Simplicius SimplicissimusThe first great German novel - an extraordinary recreation of the horrors of the Thirty Years War, written by a veteran of the conflict First published in 1668, Simplicissimus tells the picaresque, brilliantly described adventures of a boy swept up in the Thirty Years...
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Writing about LiteratureWriting about Literature serves as a hands-on guide for writing about literature, thus reinforcing the integration of literature and composition. Reading literature encourages students to think and using literary topics gives instructors an effective way to combine writing and literary study.Author: Edgar V. RobertsPublisher:...
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Kidnapped'Your bed shall be the moorcock's, and your life shall be like the hunted deer's, and ye shall sleep with your hand upon your weapons.' Tricked out of his inheritance, shanghaied, shipwrecked off the west coast of Scotland, David Balfour finds himself fleeing for...
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