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Literary Terms: A Dictionary: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged Literary Terms: A Dictionary: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged
by Karl Beckson

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For all those who have become entangled in the ever-burgeoning sphere of confusing literary terminology, Professors Karl Beckson and Arthur Ganz provide clear and entertaining explanations, in this, their now-classic reference work. From abecedarius to... (read more)

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Plenitude restored, or, Trompe l'oeil :the problematic of fragmentation and integration in the prose works of Pierre Jean Jouve and Michel Tournier Plenitude restored, or, Trompe l'oeil :the problematic of fragmentation and integration in the prose works of Pierre Jean Jouve and Michel Tournier
by Jane K. Stribling

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Focuses on the psychological fragmentation related to sexuality and sex roles within the prose of Tournier and Jouve, exploring the phenomenon vis-a-vis Tournierian and Jouvian heterosexuals, gays, and bisexuals. Tackles an issue heretofore untreated... (read more)

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Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction
by John Sutherland

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In this sequel to his popular works Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?, John Sutherland unravels thirty-four new literary puzzles, once again combining erudition with bold investigative speculation. In addition to these new conundrums,... (read more)

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Contributions to the Study of World History #45: More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts Contributions to the Study of World History #45: More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts
by Donald E Morse

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For many readers, the Irish and the fantastic are synonymous. From the ancient texts and medieval illuminated manuscripts to 20th century poetry, painting, drama, stories, and novels, Irish writers and artists have found the fantastic not only congenial... (read more)

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A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose
by B. R. Myers

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Available for the first time, the full-length, unexpurgated version of the essay that incited one of the most passionate literary controversies ever in American letters... When the Atlantic Monthly first published an excerpted version of B. R. Myers... (read more)

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Out of the Ashes Out of the Ashes
by Thomas Doulis

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Out of the Ashes, The Emergence of Greek Fiction in the Nineteenth Century, is the result of a novelist's interest in the genre of fiction and the product of decades of research. Fiction is a form that requires certain linguistic and social conditions... (read more)

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Problems in Literary Resea 4ed Problems in Literary Resea 4ed
by Dorothea Kehler

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The fourth edition of a reference guide that teaches, offering students of literature and library science a clear and pedagogically effective presentation of 36 of the most useful works for the study of English and American literature. Each of the 36... (read more)

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On Literature (Thinking in Action) On Literature (Thinking in Action)
by J Hillis Miller

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Debates rage over what kind of literature we ought to read, what is good and bad literature, and whether in the digital age, literature even has a future. But what exactly "is" literature? How do we know when we have a piece of literature in our hand... (read more)

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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
by Merriam-webster

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Provides summaries of authors' careers (classic authors of the past and well-known authors of today) and literary works (same formula: the literary canon and well-known modern works) as well as mythological and folkloric figures, fictional characters,... (read more)

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University of Texas Press Slavic Series #1: The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays University of Texas Press Slavic Series #1: The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
by M M Bakhtin

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These essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)--known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky--as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. The Dialogic Imagination presents, in... (read more)

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All the Funs in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter & Versification All the Funs in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter & Versification
by Timothy Steele

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Perfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of literature, and aspiring poets, All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing is a lively and comprehensive study of versification by one of our best contemporary practitioners of traditional... (read more)

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The Temple of Culture: Assimilation & Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America The Temple of Culture: Assimilation & Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America
by Jonathan Freedman

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From the beginning of modern intellectual history to the culture wars of the present day, the experience of assimilating Jews and the idiom of "culture" have been fundamentally intertwined with each other. Freedman's book begins by looking at images of... (read more)

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The Oxford guide to contemporary writing The Oxford guide to contemporary writing
by Oxford

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Contemporary writing is arguably the most exciting and attractive reading matter for a vast majority of readers--but by its nature it is the least charted. What, for instance, are the most interesting novels written in Israel in the last few years? Who... (read more)

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The Erotics of Domination: Male Desire and the Mistress in Latin Love Poetry The Erotics of Domination: Male Desire and the Mistress in Latin Love Poetry
by Ellen Greene

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The study of women in antiquity is a well-established area of research in the classics. In The Erotics of Domination, Ellen Greene reexamines long-held scholarly attitudes concerning the representation of male sexual desire and female subjection in the... (read more)

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At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing (Critical American Studies) At Home in Diaspora: Black International Writing (Critical American Studies)
by Wendy W Walters

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Although he never lived in Harlem, Chester Himes commented that he experienced "a sort of pure homesickness" while creating the Harlem-set detective novels from his self-imposed exile in Paris. Through writing, Himes constructed an imaginary home... (read more)

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Past Imperfect: 316 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist (Art) Past Imperfect: 316 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist (Art)
by Grisha Bruskin

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Russian painter Grisha Bruskin was born in Moscow in 1945, where he grew up in a Jewish family under the Stalinist and post-Stalinist state. Since emigrating to New York in 1988, his work has been exhibited at major museums throughout the world; he is... (read more)

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Critical Writings Critical Writings
by F T Marinetti

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The Futurist movement was founded and promoted by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, beginning in 1909 with the First Futurist Manifesto, in which he inveighed against the complacency of “cultural necrophiliacs” and sought to annihilate the values of... (read more)

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Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature
by David P Barash

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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... (read more)

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The Half-Life of an American Essayist The Half-Life of an American Essayist
by Arthur Krystal

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The twelve essays in The Half-Life-the title is from Goethe's "Experience is only half of experience"-go deeper than the standard book piece; they hew to the line first drawn by Montaigne and later extended by Dr. Johnson, Hazlitt, Woolf and Orwell... (read more)

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Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars Loose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars
by Henry Louis Gates

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Multiculturalism. It has been the subject of cover stories in Time and Newsweek, as well as numerous articles in newspapers and magazines around America. It has sparked heated jeremiads by George Will, Dinesh D'Sousa, and Roger Kimball. It moved William... (read more)

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