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Candide (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by James K., Ph.d. Lowers  Publisher Comments A brilliant and funny text, this satirical novel follows the adventures of Candide, who believes that this world we live in is "the best of all possible worlds." As Candide goes out in the world to examine its wonders, Voltaire skewers the reigning...
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Demon Box
by Ken Kesey Publisher Comments In this collection of short stories, Ken Kesey challenges public and private demons with a wrestler's brave and deceptive embrace, making it clear that the energy of madness must live on....
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Structuralism in Literature
by Robert E Scholes Publisher Comments A distinguished literary critic explores the linguistic background of structuralism, its historical connections to romanticism and Russian formalism, and the theory and practice of the leading contemporary structuralist literary critics. "Beautifully...
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Language of Life: A Festival of Poets
by Bill Moyers Publisher Comments "Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." <P><BR>In a series of...
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Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson Publisher Comments This Anchor edition includes both poems and letters, as well as the only contemporary description of Emily Dickinson, and is designed for readers who want the best poems and most interesting letters in convenient form. An excellent introduction to the...
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The Sound and the Fury (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes
by James L. Roberts Publisher Comments A difficult but monumental book, The Sound and the Fury describes the thoughts of three brothers and their relationships to their sister and parents. The story begins with what is called the Benjy section (one of the brothers), which is some of the best...
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The Revolt of "Mother" (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman Publisher Comments Eight vivid, poignant tales of self-reliant New England women. Well-known title story plus "A New England Nun," "Old Woman Magoun," "Gentian," "One Good Time," plus 3 others....
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The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings
by Oscar Wilde Publisher Comments Oscar Wilde's brilliance and timeless wit are showcased in this collection that includes "The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, Lady Windermere's Fan," and "Salome." Also included are two interviews with Wilde and...
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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
by Johanna Drucker Publisher Comments Johanna Drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists' books, and visual poetry. This book is a compendium of Drucker's thought -- yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, Figuring the Word...
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Beloved :notes - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Mary Robinson Publisher Comments -- Offers a traditional CliffNotes "TM" treatment of a literary novel, with updated and new content. -- Includes Life and Background of the Author, Introduction to the Novel, A Brief Synopsis, List of Characters, Critical Commentaries, Glossaries...
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Snobbery: The American Version
by Joseph Epstein 
Publisher Comments "Snobbery" is Epstein's "deliciously readable" ("Harper's Bazaar") collection of essays skewering all manner of elitism. Filled with dishy detail, "Snobbery" takes up its subject in contemporary America, examining the discriminating qualities in all....
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Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Gary Carey Publisher Comments The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the...
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A Comedy of Errors (Sparknotes)
by William Shakespeare Publisher Comments No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "The Comedy of Errors" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains - The complete text of the original play - A line...
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The Histories
by Herodotus Publisher Comments Chronicling the remarkable victory of Greece n its war (499-479 B.C.) against the invading Persians, Herodotus was the first historian to research the sites he described, traveling the world to gather a wealth of data for his enthralling epic." The...
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Song of Myself (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Walt Whitman Publisher Comments It was with this inspired, oceanic medley, "Song of Myself" (which in the first editions of "Leaves of Grass" was still nameless), that Walt Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers will find this first version of "Song of Myself" new...
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The Bnctp: Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne Publisher Comments Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter explores the nature of sin, guilt, and penitence, the clash between our private and public selves, and the spiritual and psychological cost of living outside society. Constructed with the elegance of a Greek...
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The Boomer Bible
by R. F Laird Publisher Comments A sprawling, wickedly funny modern rewriting of the Bible that's meant to sum up a generation. -The Wall Street Journal Only once in ten years, if we're very lucky, does a book like THE BOOMER BIBLE come along. It's the kind of book that makes you laugh,...
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Doing Our Own Thing
by John Mcwhorter Publisher Comments "Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable." The Economist "Provocative, funny. . . McWhorter suggests that prose ought to be something [we decorate out of a...
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Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature
by David P Barash Publisher Comments What can elephant seals tell us about Homer’s Iliad? How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare? What do bloodsucking bats have to do with John Steinbeck? Madame Bovary's Ovaries A Darwinian Look at Literature According to evolutionary...
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)
by W E B Du Bois Publisher Comments In this founding work in the literature of black protest, Du Bois eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. He also charges that the strategy of accommodation to...
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