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Vanity Fair (Illustrated by Charles Crombie with an Introduction by John Edwin Wells)First published serially from 1847 to 1848, "Vanity Fair" is William Makepeace Thackeray's most famous work in which the author reflects his interest in deconstructing the notions of literary heroism of his era. It is the story of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, who...
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Henry IV, Part 1 (Annotated by Henry N. Hudson with an Introduction by Charles Harold Herford)The second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part 2", and "Henry V", "Henry IV, Part 1" is believed to have been written no later than 1597. A history play, the drama concerns the unquiet reign...
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The Prince and the Pauper (Illustrated by Franklin Booth)Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction, "The Prince and the Pauper", was first published in 1881. It is a story set in the time of Prince Edward, of house Tudor, who at age nine would become King Edward VI. When young Prince Edward...
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Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One)The first volume of Proust's seven-part novel "In Search of Lost Time," also known as "A Remembrance of Things Past," "Swann's Way" is the auspicious beginning of Proust's most prominent work. A mature, unnamed man recalls the details of his commonplace, idyllic existence as...
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Anna Karenina (with an Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole)One of the greatest novels ever written, "Anna Karenina" follows the self-destructive path of a beautiful, popular, and sensual Russian aristocrat. The lovely Anna seems set in a respectable marriage with the powerful statesman Karenin, yet their lack of passion breeds the discontent she...
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Self-Reliance and Other EssaysFollow the thoughts of essayist, poet and American Transcendentalism founder Ralph Waldo Emerson as he discovered his own belief system in the anthology "Self-Reliance and Other Essays." In "Self-Reliance," Emerson explained that standing on one's own two feet against society was essential to forming...
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Personation Plots: Identity Fraud in Victorian Sensation FictionThe first full-length study of identity fraud in literature, Personation Plots argues that concerns about identity and the body gripped the Victorian consciousness. The mid-nineteenth century was marked by extensive medico-legal efforts to understand the body as the sole signifier of identity. The sensation...
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Heidegger in Question: The Art of ExistingRobert Bernasconi explores in the context of Heidegger's thought a number of questions of far-reaching concern: what is the role of literary examples within philosophy? Is art dead? What is the relation of art to nature? Is there a place for the idea of...
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DeliriumIn Delirum Robert Minhinnick addresses his square mile: a small Welsh coastal town and massive sand dunes. But its uniqueness is challenged by the algorithms of globalisation, by the climate emergency, by a changing world led by corrupt, inept politicians. This thought-provoking book celebrates...
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John Ruskin: Selected WritingsThis volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of John Ruskin (1819-1900). The edition represents Ruskin's extraordinary literary output, ranging from lectures, essays, and treatises to reviews, correspondence, and critical notes. Ruskin has been...
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Giovanni Boccaccio: Die Verliebte Fiammetta: Übersetzung Von Johann Engelbert NoyseIn der Zeitspanne von wenigen Jahrzehnten entstanden um 1600 zwei Übersetzungen von Giovanni Boccaccios Elegia di madonna Fiammetta (um 1343/44) unabhängig voneinander im oberdeutschen Sprachraum: beide blieben ungedruckt, vielleicht wegen der Thematik, eines inneren Monologes ( Klage ) einer verheiraten Dame über den Verlust...
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NigredoA distinctive international anthology of art and literature from 21 noted contributors in response to current cultural and political conditions. From the base dissolution or putrefaction of matter-the Nigredo of language, image and gesture-the first stage of a process of transformation occurs. It begins...
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Affinities: On Art and FascinationA meditation on the power and pleasures of the image, from paintings to photographs to migraine auras, by one of Britain's finest literary minds. In Affinities, Brian Dillon, who Joyce Carol Oates has said writes "fascinating prose . . . on virtually any subject,"...
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Pride and Prejudice (With A Free AudioBook Download)The Definitive Text & Audiobook CompanionThis edition includes instructions for a free audiobook edition for download.Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education,...
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Canonisation as Innovation: Anchoring Cultural Formation in the First Millennium BceDrawing on case-studies from the first millennium BCE, this volume explores canonisation as a form of cultural formation. The book asks why and how canonisation works and thereby investigates the importance of the concept of anchoring to arrive at innovation in particular.Author: Damien Agut-LabordèrePublisher:...
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Ambiguities of War: A Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus' Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1-479)The book lays bare the narrative form of Silius' text. It focuses on the phenomenon of ambiguity due to the epic's constant oscillation between fact and fiction, highlighting Roman triumph in defeat and defeat through triumph.Author: Elisabeth SchedelPublisher: BrillPublished: 09/22/2022Pages: 428Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9789004522664This...
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Metaphysical HealingMetaphysical Healing is a short work by the healer, mystic, and educator Joel S. Goldsmith. It explores the true nature of self as an infinite spiritual consciousness that brings forth health, peace, and joy. Goldsmith was born in 1892 in New York City. His...
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Azares de lo cubano. Lecturas al margen de la naciónLo cubano en la poesía de Cintio Vitier, meditación señera sobre la relación entre poesía y nación, adolece de un esencialismo que no reconoce los prejuicios que lo sostienen. Ahora bien, si la imprecisión de lo cubano lastra sus argumentos, también deja entreabierta una...
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The StrongholdA glory-starved soldier spends his life awaiting an absent, long-expected enemy in this influential Italian classic of existentialism, now newly translated and with its originally intended title restored. At the start of Dino Buzzati's The Stronghold, newly commissioned officer Giovanni Drogo has just received...
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El Libro de la SelvaThe short stories of The Jungle Book and its sequel, which we have brought together in a single volume, make up an immortal book, which the animals are the true protagonists and in whose fables Kipling teaches us the importance of respect for nature,...
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