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Impossible Women: Lesbian Figures and American Literature
by Valerie Rohy  Publisher Comments Impossible Women fills a critical gap in queer theory by spotlighting representations of lesbian sexuality in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature. Reading through the lens of feminist and psychoanalytic theory, Valerie Rohy considers...
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Image, Music, Text
by Roland Barthes Publisher Comments These essays, as selected and translated by Stephen Heath, are among the finest writings Barthes ever published on film and photography, and on the phenomena of sound and image. The classic pieces "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative...
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The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-Earth for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Greg Harvey Publisher Comments J.R.R. Tolkien's novels of Middle-earth - The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Silmarillian - have become some of the most famous, and most beloved, literary works of the twentieth century. And the Lord of the Rings films by director Peter...
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Serendipities: Language & Lunacy
by Umberto Eco Publisher Comments Serendipities is a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, a brilliant exposition of how unanticipated truths often spring from false ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking...
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
by C S Lewis Publisher Comments This, Lewis??'s last book, was hailed as ???the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind???....
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Sincerity and Authenticity (Harvard Paperbacks)
by Lionel Trilling Publisher Comments "Now and then," writes Lionel Triling "it is possible to observe the moral life in process of revising itself." In this new book he is concerned with such a mutation: the process by which the arduous enterprise of sincerity, of being true to one's self...
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James Baldwin's Later Fiction: Witness to the Journey
by Lynn Orilla Scott Publisher Comments This book examines the decline of Baldwin's reputation after the middle 1960s, his tepid reception in mainstream and academic venues, and the ways in which critics have often mis-represented and undervalued his work. Scott develops readings of "Tell Me...
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A Tale of Two Cities (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Marie Kalil 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 Other Modernism
by Cinzia Sartini Blum Publisher Comments Drawing on recent feminist and psychoanalytic criticism, Cinzia Sartini Blum provides the first analysis of the rhetoric, politics, and psychology of gender in the avant-garde writings of the Italian Futurist F.T. Marinetti. Her book explores the...
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Dictionary of Medieval Romance and Romance Writers
by Lewis Spence Publisher Comments This fascinating work reveals who the medieval writers were, what they wrote, and biographical information about each of them. Helpful resource and fascinating reading!...
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Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the DaVinci Code
by Dan Burstein Publisher Comments Secrets of the Code, a five-month New York Times bestseller, is a sweeping tour, guided by renowned experts, through the many provocative ideas raised in The Da Vinci Code. With excerpts from many original works, all-new material, and interviews with...
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by James L. Roberts Publisher Comments The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar...
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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Henry David Thoreau Publisher Comments Walden and Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and...
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Danse Macabre
by Stephen King Publisher Comments Tour of the whole horror genre in books, film, radio, and TV by the most popluar writer in the genre today....
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Poststructuralism : Very Short Intro (02 Edition)
by Catherine Belsey Publisher Comments Poststructuralism changes the way we understand the relations between human beings, their culture, and the world. Following a brief account of the historical relationship between structuralism and poststructuralism, this Very Short Introduction traces...
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My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson
by Alfred Habegger Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-739) and indexes....
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Harems of the Mind: Passages of Western Art and Literature
by Ruth Bernar Yeazell Publisher Comments Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the household from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant projections of their own wishes and...
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As You Like It (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Tom Smith Publisher Comments As You Like It tracks the travails of young lovers and despotic rulers as they chase one another from the palace of Duke Frederick to the Forest of Arden. Shakespeare's classic work weaves together greedy inheritors, despotic rulers, a cross-dressing...
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The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction
by Stephen Crane Publisher Comments The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction, by Stephen Crane, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful...
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The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
by Laura Miller Publisher Comments Since it began in 1995, Salon.com has been showered with awards and praise. Now, its 150,000 devoted readers can devour The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors – an all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our...
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