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A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense
by Normand Baillargeon

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"My personal feeling is that citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self-defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for more meaningful democracy."-Noam Chomsky "Exercising... (read more)

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Niklas Luhmann's Modernity: The Paradoxes of Differentiation (Cultural Memory of the Present) Niklas Luhmann's Modernity: The Paradoxes of Differentiation (Cultural Memory of the Present)
by William Rasch

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This book is an introduction to the nature of modernity as envisioned by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century, Niklas Luhmann. For Luhmann, modernity is neither an Enlightenment project nor a ludic rejection of that project, but... (read more)

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East European Monograph #547: Joseph Conrad: East European, Polish, and Worldwide East European Monograph #547: Joseph Conrad: East European, Polish, and Worldwide
by Wiesaw Krajka

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A collection of essays written by eminent and emerging Conrad scholars from all corners of the world, this book deals with (1) Joseph Conrad's East European and Polish contexts and (2) Joseph Conrad's imperial and American contexts, as well as selected... (read more)

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The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference) The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Oxford

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What were people reading about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ... (read more)

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Makers of the twentieth-century novel Makers of the twentieth-century novel
by Harry R. Garvin

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A collection of critical essays, all dealing with a major European or American novelist of the twentieth century.... (read more)

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Don Delillo's White Noise: A Reader's Guide (Continum Contemporaries) Don Delillo's White Noise: A Reader's Guide (Continum Contemporaries)
by Leonard Orr

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [81]-88).... (read more)

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Lines of Flight: Discursive Time and Countercultural Desire in the Work of Thomas Pynchon (Post-Contemporary Interventions) Lines of Flight: Discursive Time and Countercultural Desire in the Work of Thomas Pynchon (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
by Stefan Mattessich

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For Thomas Pynchon, the characteristic features of late capitalism--the rise of the military-industrial complex, consumerism, bureaucratization and specialization in the workplace, standardization at all levels of social life, and the growing influence... (read more)

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As Easy as Lying: Essays on Poetry As Easy as Lying: Essays on Poetry
by H L Hix

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If you were stranded on some far slope of Parnassus and could bring only one book to map the landscape, H.L. Hix's As Easy As Lyingwould be a good choice. Accessible, erudite, and ebullient, these essays delve into the workings of the poetic mind and... (read more)

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Chronicles of Disorder: Samuel Beckett and the Cultural Politics of the Modern Novel Chronicles of Disorder: Samuel Beckett and the Cultural Politics of the Modern Novel
by David Weisberg

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Offering a striking new interpretation of Beckett's major fiction, Chronicles of Disorder demonstrates how Beckett's career as a writer developed in relation to the most enduring twentieth-century beliefs about the social function of literature, language,... (read more)

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Perspectives in Continental Philosophy #35: Thinking Difference: Critics in Conversation Perspectives in Continental Philosophy #35: Thinking Difference: Critics in Conversation
by Julian Wolfreys

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"Difference" has been a term of choice in the humanities for the last few decades, animating an extraordinary variety of work in philosophy, literary studies, religion, law, the social sciences-indeed, in virtually every area of the academy.In projects... (read more)

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What is It Between Us: Traditions of Love in American Poetry What is It Between Us: Traditions of Love in American Poetry
by Eric Murph Selinger

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"What is it then between us?" Walt Whitman asks in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry". In this generous, imaginative study, Eric Murphy Selinger uses Whitman's question to open a welcome new perspective on American poetry. From Anne Bradstreet to Adrienne Rich... (read more)

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Dissenters and Mavericks: Writings about India in English, 1765-2000 Dissenters and Mavericks: Writings about India in English, 1765-2000
by Margery Sabin

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Dissenters and Mavericks reinvigorates the interdisciplinary study of literature, history, and politics through an approach to reading that allows the voices heard in writing a chance to talk back, to exert pressure on the presuppositions and preferences... (read more)

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Satire and Sentiment 1660-1830: Stress Points in the English Augustan Tradition Satire and Sentiment 1660-1830: Stress Points in the English Augustan Tradition
by Claude Rawson

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This elegantly written book examines the evolution of satirical writing in the long eighteenth century -- from Swift and Pope to Byron, Shelley, and Austen -- and the social and cultural changes that conditioned it.... (read more)

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Charlotte Bronte and Victorian Psychology Charlotte Bronte and Victorian Psychology
by Sally Shuttleworth

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This ground-breaking study successfully challenges the traditional tendency to regard Charlotte Brontë as having existed in a historical vacuum. Using texts ranging from local newspapers to medical tomes belonging to the Brontës, Sally... (read more)

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Skin: On the Cultural Border Between Self and World Skin: On the Cultural Border Between Self and World
by Claudia Benthien

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"Only skin deep," "getting under one's skin," "the naked truth": metaphors about the skin pervade the language even as physical embellishments and alterations -- tattoos, piercings, skin-lifts, liposuction, tanning, and more -- proliferate in Western... (read more)

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The Cambridge Companion to Walt Whitman (Cambridge Companions to Literature) The Cambridge Companion to Walt Whitman (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Ezra Greenspan

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Written for this volume by an international team of distinguished Whitman scholars, these essays address a wide range of contemporary issues in his life and art through varying approaches. The volume includes a chronology of Whitman's life and... (read more)

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Black Metafiction: Self-Consciousness in African American Literature Black Metafiction: Self-Consciousness in African American Literature
by Madelyn Jablon

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Black Metafiction examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. It points to the shortcomings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature. While some literary critics situate metafiction... (read more)

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Poetry and Mysticism Poetry and Mysticism
by Colin Wilson

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The mystic's moment of illumination shares with great poetry the liberating power of the deepest levels of consciousness. In the words of William Blake, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to a man as it is, infinite... (read more)

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Oxford Guide To Literature in English Translat Oxford Guide To Literature in English Translat
by Peter France

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This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literatures of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an... (read more)

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New Historicism #17: Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry New Historicism #17: Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry
by Jose E Limon

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"Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems" combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, Jose Limon examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He... (read more)

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