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The Fruited Plain: Fables for a Postmodern Democracy The Fruited Plain: Fables for a Postmodern Democracy
by Alvin Kernan

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In ten satiric episodes, Kernan visits virtually every important American institution - the family, education, religion, art, the military, law courts, sex, science and medicine, politics, and not least television and its advertisements. Unsparing with... (read more)

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Where the bee sucks :workers, drones, and queens of contemporary American poetry Where the bee sucks :workers, drones, and queens of contemporary American poetry
by Robert Peters

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This book collects, in a single volume, the best of Robert Peters' fearless, impassioned, and often hilarious assessments of contemporary American poetry. Included are some thirty-five essays and reviews on such major figures as Robert Bly, Charles... (read more)

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Learning for a Diverse World: Using Critical Theory to Read and Write about Literature Learning for a Diverse World: Using Critical Theory to Read and Write about Literature
by Lois Tyson

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This book explains the basic concepts of six critical theories in popular academic use today-psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gay/lesbian, African-American, and post-colonial theories-and shows how they can be employed to interpret the five short... (read more)

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The Smoking Book The Smoking Book
by Lesley Stern

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The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through intersecting stories... (read more)

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Aftershocks: The End of Style Culture Aftershocks: The End of Style Culture
by Steve Beard

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-160) and indexes.... (read more)

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The HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, 2nd Edition The HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature, 2nd Edition
by George Perkins

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A classic reference work originally published forty years ago, The Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literatureis an irresistable guide to nearly everything there is to know about American literature. The thousands of entries, contributed by more than... (read more)

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Extraordinary Measures: Afrocentric Modernism and 20th-Century American Poetry (Modern and Contemporary Poetics) Extraordinary Measures: Afrocentric Modernism and 20th-Century American Poetry (Modern and Contemporary Poetics)
by Lorenzo Thomas

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Cultural Writing. African American Studies. New to SPD. This broad overview by an established poet and cultural critic reveals the rich tapestry of African American poetry as it has emerged over the past century. Written with intelligence and humor, this... (read more)

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Roadframes: The American Highway Narrative Roadframes: The American Highway Narrative
by Kris Lackey

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"RoadFrames" illuminates many of the grandiose myths and unsentimental realities that have shaped modern American life. Lackey examines--and debunks--the theme of rediscovering America, with drivers seeking to escape industrialized America and recover a... (read more)

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Introspections: American Poets on One of Their Own Poems (Bread Loaf Anthology) Introspections: American Poets on One of Their Own Poems (Bread Loaf Anthology)
by Robert Pack

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Fifty-five essays by major American poets reflecting on their own work.... (read more)

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Hypertext: The Electronic Labyrinth Hypertext: The Electronic Labyrinth
by Ilana Snyder

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"A wonderful book...featuring pragmatic,direct, and clear-eyed scholarship."--Michael Joyce, Vassar College Ever since Gutenberg invented movable type we have lived in a culture dominated by print. Now we are in the midst of a communications revolution... (read more)

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The Educated Imagination (Midland Books: No. 88) The Educated Imagination (Midland Books: No. 88)
by Northrop Frye

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Addressed to educators as well as the general reader, this important yet lively and readable book explores the value and uses of literature and its study in our scientific age, and offers a broad program for the teaching of literature in elementary and... (read more)

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Thinking Fascism: Sapphic Modernism & Fascist Modernity Thinking Fascism: Sapphic Modernism & Fascist Modernity
by Erin G Carlston

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“Carlston’s brilliant and unnerving book places three writers in the context of European fascism between the world wars.”—Women’s Review of Books “Carlsotn’s study of fascist ideology is both cautionary and... (read more)

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Cultural Politics #0003: Technoculture Cultural Politics #0003: Technoculture
by Constance Penley

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Case studies of groups including high-tech office workers, Star trek fans, Japanese technoporn producers, teenage hackers, AIDS activists, rap groups, and rock stars yield insights about the production and management of repressive technocultures, as... (read more)

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Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions (Feminist Crosscurrents) Lesbian Texts and Contexts: Radical Revisions (Feminist Crosscurrents)
by Karla Jay

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Lesbian writers include some of the most innovative and adventurous writers of this century, but only recently have they been given their due attention in terms of critical study. This book is the first anthology to discuss the subject of lesbianism as... (read more)

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Reading the Social Body Reading the Social Body
by Catherine Burroughs

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The overarching argument of "Reading the Social Body "is that the body is cultural rather than " natural."   Some of the essays treat the social construction of bodies that have actually existed in human history; others discuss... (read more)

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Critical Confrontations: Literary Theories in Dialogue Critical Confrontations: Literary Theories in Dialogue
by Meili Steele

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Joins heretofore separate realms to provide a new, more cohesive story of critical theory "An illuminating and cogent re-thinking of critical theory.... By an elegant and inclusive logic, (Steele) recasts tradition, the villain in many contemporary... (read more)

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The Frontiers of Women's Writing: Women's Narratives and the Rhetoric of Westward Expansion The Frontiers of Women's Writing: Women's Narratives and the Rhetoric of Westward Expansion
by Brig Georgi-findlay

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Over the past two decades, researchers not only have established the presence of women on all western frontiers, but they have also brought to light a body of texts written by nineteenth-century women on the American West, initiating a rediscovery of... (read more)

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Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters
by Chambers

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This new edition of Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters has been revised and expanded to bring it thoroughly up to date. More than 6,500 entries provide a guide to the wealth of characters created by writers in English -- from the Wife of Bath to... (read more)

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Essays Ancient and Modern Essays Ancient and Modern
by Bernard Knox

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Linked by the events of Bernard Knox's remarkable life, the twenty-five chapters of "Essays Ancient and Modern" cover subjects ranging from Hesiod, Homer, and Thucydides to Auden, Forster, and the Spanish Civil War. With a masterful eye for the telling... (read more)

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Cervantes (Modern Critical Views) Cervantes (Modern Critical Views)
by Harold Bloom

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-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary... (read more)

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