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Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation by Tom Bissell Synopsis In Magic Hours, award-winning essayist Tom Bissell explores the highs and lows of the creative process. He takes us from the set of The Big Bang Theory to the first novel of Ernest Hemingway to the final work of David Foster Wallace; from the films of... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas M. Teich Publisher Comments Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Afterlives of Walter Scott by Ann Rigney Publisher Comments Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a household name in the nineteenth century; once an immensely popular writer, he is now largely forgotten. This book explores how Scott's work became an all-pervasive point of reference for cultural memory and collective... (read more) Your price: $113.95 New - Hardcover
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Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction by Jill (edt) Talbot Publisher Comments Metawriting—the writing about writing or writing that calls attention to itself as writing—has been around since Don Quixote and Tristram Shandy, but Jill Talbot makes that case that now more than ever the act of metawriting is... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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An Introduction to Christine de Pizan (New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditi) by Nadia Margolis Publisher Comments “Clearly-written, clever, and always balanced. . . . The quality of this introduction of the excellent and prolific poet and polemicist challenges us all to reconsider the scope and quality of her accomplishments.”—The Medieval Review... (read more) Your price: $26.50 New - Trade Paper
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Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (Continuum Literary Studies) by Iain Twiddy Publisher Comments Defying critical suggestions that the pastoral elegy is obsolete, Iain Twiddy reveals the popularity of the form in the work of major contemporary poets Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley, Douglas Dunn and Peter Reading. As... (read more) Your price: $119.50 New - Hardcover
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Jane Austen's Cults and Cultures by Claudia L Johnson Publisher Comments Jane Austen completed only six novels, but enduring passion for the author and her works has driven fans to read these books repeatedly, in book clubs or solo, while also inspiring countless film adaptations, sequels, and even spoofs involving zombies... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Milton's Scriptural Reasoning: Narrative and Protestant Toleration by Phillip J. Donnelly Publisher Comments John Milton 's major poems have long provoked wide-ranging judgments about the purposes of his biblical engagement. In this elegant and insightful study, Phillip J. Donnelly transforms our common perceptions about Milton 's writing. He challenges the... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650 1950 by Richard Maxwell Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. A much older genre than is often thought, the historical novel has played a vital role in the development of the novel overall. It began in seventeenth-century France as a distinctive way of combining historical... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets (12 Edition) by Brian Boyd Publisher Comments In Why Lyrics Last, the internationally acclaimed critic Brian Boyd turns an evolutionary lens on the subject of lyric verse. He finds that lyric making, though it presents no advantages for the species in terms of survival and reproduction, is &ldquo... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Time of Beauty, Time of Fear: The Romantic Legacy in the Literature of Childhood by James Holt Mcgavran, Jr. (edt) Publisher Comments It is now two and a half centuries since Jean-Jacques Rousseau first wrote so evocatively of natural man in Social Contract and of experiential education in Emile. His emphasis on the early years as a crucial part of life drove the Romantic... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Trade Paper
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Beckett and Contemporary Irish Writing by Stephen Watt Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. Samuel Beckett is one of the most important figures in the history of Irish literature, and he continues to influence successive generations of writers. In Beckett and Contemporary Irish Writing, Stephen Watt... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu #67: From Sketch to Novel: The Development of Victorian Fiction by Amanpal Garcha Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. When William Thackeray, Charles Dickens, and Elizabeth Gaskell began their writing careers in the 1830s, they chose to write literary sketches, adopting a popular short form that emphasized description and... (read more) Your price: $43.50 New - Trade Paper
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Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King' (Readers Guide) by Sean Sheehan Publisher Comments Described as the Mona Lisa of literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' Oedipus the King is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. Aristotle's favourite play, lauded by him as the exemplary... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Companion to the American Novel (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) by Alfred Bendixen Publisher Comments A Companion to the American Novel provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of the novel in the United States from its emergence in the eighteenth century to the present. Through a series of 38 essays written by a distinguished cast of... (read more) Your price: $199.95 New - Hardcover
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I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-By Essays on American Dread, American Dreams by Mark Dery Publisher Comments From the cultural critic Wired called “provocative and cuttingly humorous” comes a viciously funny, joltingly insightful collection of drive-by critiques of contemporary America where chaos is the new normal. Exploring the darkest corners of... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Modernism Is the Literature of Celebrity by Jonathan Goldman Publisher Comments Filled with insights into the works of Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Rhys, and John Dos Passos, this is a provocative new reading of the relationship between modernist literature and the development of celebrity culture... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu #63: Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Jane Austen to the New Woman by Cheryl A. Wilson Publisher Comments This book was first published in 2009. Literary critics often pursue analyses of music or painting and literature as 'sister arts', yet this is the first full-length study of the treatment of social dance in literature. A vital part of social life and... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall Publisher Comments Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. Its easy to... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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The Rise and Fall of Meter: Poetry and English National Culture, 1860--1930 by Meredith Martin Publisher Comments "This innovative book changes the prosodic landscape of modernism and Victorianism--it shows that rather than constituting a dramatic break with outworn Victorian metrics, modernist experiment is continuous with Victorian experiment. From Hopkins to Owen,... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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