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Shelley's Goddess: Maternity, Language, Subjectivity
by Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi Publisher Comments The subject of Gelpi's new book is the importance of the mother-infant relationship in Percy Bysshe Shelly's poetry and life. However, her book also uses Shelley as a touchstone by which to examine the rich historical and theoretical issues relevant to...
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Tried by Fire
by Grubb Norman Percy Publisher Comments Does revival come only in great soul-shaking outpourings of the Spirit? "NO!" says Norman Grubb. Revival is within reach of everyday people and can be experienced in your heart, home and church. Follow the author as he takes you through his experiences...
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Smokestacks & Skyscrapers: an Anthology of Chicago Writing
by David Starkey Synopsis The spirit of a place is most aptly captured by its artists. Writers in particular have long been fascinated with the city of Chicago. "Smokestacks & Skyscapers," a new anthology, is the most comprehensive collection of Chicago writing to date. Featuring...
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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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Cliffsnotes on Shakespeare's Henry V - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Jeffery Fisher 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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The Dieter's Guide to Weight Loss During Sex
by Richard Smith Publisher Comments A humor classic, this tongue-in-cheek diet plan bases calorie counts on sexual activity and charts the exact number of calories burned."You and your friends can read this book aloud while sitting on the beach and shed a combined total of ten thousand...
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From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy
by Matthew T Dickerson Publisher Comments Drawing from a Christian viewpoint informed by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Dickerson and O'Hara assess modern fantasy writers such as Philip Pullman, Walter Wangerin, and J.K. Rowling....
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Jumpin' Jungle Jokes (Laugh-A-Long Readers)
by Diane Namm Publisher Comments In the jungle, the mighty jungle…the animals laugh tonight? Yes, they do, and young jokesters will laugh along the moment they read these wild jungle jests and riddles. What do you get when you cross a hippo with a mouse? You get a hippopota-mouse....
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The Idea of Florida in the American Literary Imagination (Florida Sand Dollar Books)
by Anne E Rowe Publisher Comments 'Demonstrates clearly that while the idea of Florida may change or appear under different guises, Florida as enigma in the American literary imagination remains a constant.' -Southern...
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In the Event: Reading Journalism, Reading Theory (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)
by Deborah Esch Publisher Comments Assuming the burden of reading imposed by the correlation of the order of language and the order of events, this book argues that the possibility of reading and writing history is tied to the endurance of traces of the past and their coming to legibility,...
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Is Heathcliff a Murderer?
by John Sutherland Publisher Comments In this quirky and intriguing book, John Sutherland has conveniently gathered together thirty-four nagging little questions, puzzles, errors, and enigmas from some of the best-loved examples of Victorian fiction. Readers often have stumbled upon seeming...
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God Between Their Lips: Desire Between Women in Irigaray, Bronte, and Eliot
by Kathryn B3 Stockton Publisher Comments This book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian essays, and two prominent nineteenth-century women's novels (Villette and Middlemarch) to explore desire between women as a form of what the author calls...
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Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative
by Valerie Smith Publisher Comments It is by telling the stories of their lives that black writers--from the authors of nineteenth-century slave narratives to contemporary novelists--affirm and legitimize their psychological autonomy. So Valerie Smith argues in this perceptive exploration...
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Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Susan Van Kirk Publisher Comments Go behind the German front lines with a group of young soldiers in "All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. Narrator Paul Baumer tells the story of several schoolmates whose youth is snatched away by the dehumanization of World War I's...
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Does Literary Studies Have a Future?
by Eugene Goodheart Publisher Comments Eugene Goodheart's book is as direct as its title: Does Literary Studies Have a Future? As we approach the end of a millennium, the battle for the fate of literary scholarship has taken on near apocalyptic overtones, with more than a few predictions of...
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Dostoyevsky: a Beginner's Guide
by Rose Miller Publisher Comments Dostoyevsky - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of Dostoyevsky. Explore the range and versatility of this thought-provoking and compelling writer, focusing on his concern with writing as a means of understanding the human condition....
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Dictionary of Shakespeare
by Louise Mcconnell Synopsis This is a reference about Shakespeare's plays, characters, productions and themes. It includes over 1500 entries that should help explain all the terms used in Sheakespeare's texts and in their execution....
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A Way of Happeningrbledown
by Fred Chappell Publisher Comments One of our most acclaimed and versatile authors, Fred Chappell is comfortably at home in fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. A Way of Happening gathers his essays and reviews of contemporary poetry. Chappell consider new writers as well as more...
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The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses)
by Bill Henderson Publisher Comments In the best Pushcart tradition, this fascinating volume combines the work of today's luminaries with a host of new talents, creating a wholly original anthology of diverse voices....
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Hardy's Return of the Native (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Frank H Thompson 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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