The Writer in Politics
by Willian H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco


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William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco here present an edited but uncut record of the proceedings of the first international conference convened by the International Writers Center at Washington University in St. Louis. The topic—the writer in politics... (read more)

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Thinking Past Terror: Islamism and Critical Theory on the Left
by Susan Buck Morss


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Renowned critical theorist Susan Buck-Morss argues convincingly that a global public needs to think past the twin insanities of terrorism and counter-terrorism in order to dismantle regressive intellectual barriers. Surveying the widespread literature on... (read more)

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Poet's Choice
by Edward Hirsch


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Edward Hirsch began writing a column called "Poet’s Choice" in the Washington Post Book World in 2002. This book brings together those enormously popular columns, some of which have been revised and expanded, to present a minicourse in world poetry.... (read more)

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The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge
by Adam Sisman


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The story of the legendary friendship between Wordsworth and Coleridge The friendship between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge produced dazzling results. From it came Lyrical Ballads, the volume that kick-started the Romantic Movement in... (read more)

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On Literature
by Umberto Eco


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In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the... (read more)

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Figures of Dissent: Critical Essays on Fish, Spivak, Zizek and Others
by Terry Eagleton


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This is a collection of Terry Eagleton's best criticisms and book reviews. His skill in this field is notable: never content merely to assess the ideas of a writer, Eagleton, in his inimitable style, always paints a vivid theorectical fresco as the... (read more)

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Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature
by Joseph Epstein


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What constitutes literary genius? This collection of essays focuses on twenty-five English-language writers whose original and enduring works enrich our lives. Renowned portraitist Barry Moser provides a handsome engraving of each writer, together with... (read more)

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Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds
by Harold Bloom


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In a monumental achievement of scholarship, America's preeminent literary critic presents an unprecedented celebration of one hundred of the most creative literary minds in history. What is genius? It is the trait, says Harold Bloom, of standing both... (read more)

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Snobbery: The American Version
by Joseph Epstein




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'A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion,... (read more)

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The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Oxford


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With over 1,000 entries, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms contains all of the most taxing literary terms that readers may come across. Clear and entertaining explanations are given for words such as multi-accentuality, postmodernism, and... (read more)

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Stolen Words: The Classic Book on Plagiarism
by Thomas Mallon


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"The definitive book on the subject" of plagiarism (The New York Times) is updated with a new afterword about the Internet. What is plagiarism, and why is it such a big deal? Since when is originality considered an indispensable attribute of authorship... (read more)

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The Heart of What Matters: The Role for Literature in Moral Philosophy
by Anthony Cunningham


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The Heart of What Matters shows that literature has a powerful and unique role to play in understanding life's deepest ethical problems. Anthony Cunningham provides a rigorous critique of Kantian ethics, which has enjoyed a preeminent place in moral... (read more)

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Modern Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature
by Leopold Damrosch


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Taking 1970 as his starting point, Leopold Damrosch, Jr. has assembled in one volume the finest and most useful essays on eighteenth-century literature. Covering all the major authors of the period and using a wide variety of scholarly and theoretical... (read more)

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Strange Things the Malevolent North in C
by Margaret Atwood


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This is Margaret Atwood's exploration of stories and storytelling, myths and their reinventions, fiction and fact, the weirdness of nature, and the strangeness of the Canadian North.... (read more)

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Introducing Semiotics (Introducing...)
by Paul Cobley


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For anybody who wishes to know why signs are crucial to human existence and how we can begin to understand systems of signification, this book is the place to start.... (read more)

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Poet's Choice
by Edward Hirsch


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Edward Hirsch began writing a column in the Washington Post Book World called "Poet's Choice" in 2002. This book brings together those enormously popular columns, some of which have been revised and expanded, to present a minicourse in world poetry; Poet'... (read more)

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The Breaking Point: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles
by Stephen Koch


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Both a biographical portrait and history-in-miniature, "The Breaking Point" explores the time Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos shared in the Spanish Civil War, an ideological adventure that brought their literary rivalry to the breaking point.... (read more)

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Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry
by Jane Hirshfield


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Poetry and the Mind of Concentration Every good poem begins in language awake to its own connections--language that hears itself and what is around it, sees itself and what is around it, looks back at those who look into its gaze and knows more perhaps... (read more)

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