Literary Criticism
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David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Compendium
$50.00 Read moreA remarkable illustrated volume of artwork and images selected from the diaries David Sedaris has been creating for four decades
In this richly illustrated book, readers will for the first time experi- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0316431710
- Language: English
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Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology: A Library of America Special Publication
$40.00 Add to cartFor writers Los Angeles has always been a place of paradisal promise and apocalyptic undercurrents. Simone de Beauvoir saw a kaleidoscopic “hall of mirrors,” Aldous Huxley a “city of dreadful joy.” Wh… [more below]
- Author: Ulin, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: September 30 2002
- ISBN10: 1931082278
- Language: English
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The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales
$29.00 Read moreOnce upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script.
People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often dr- Author: Duggan, Anne E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147697
- Language: English
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Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God
$16.99 Read moreCaptain America assembles the Avengers. Iron Man battles Thanos. Luke Skywalker duels Darth Vader. Aragorn charges Mordor. Batman confronts the Joker. Superman destroys Doomsday. Wonder Woman defeats … [more below]
- Author: Turek, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1641583517
- Language: English
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The History of Hentai Manga: An Expressionist Examination of Eromanga
$19.99 Add to cartWhile manga is now a well known entity in the global publishing scene, the medium’s international success has its roots in the realm of eros. Japanese media critic Kimi Rito dives into the history of … [more below]
- Author: Rito, Kimi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1634422538
- Language: English
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The Narnia Code: C. S. Lewis and the Secret of the Seven Heavens
$15.99 Add to cartMillions of readers have been captivated by C. S. Lewis’s famed Chronicles of Narnia, but why? What is it about these seven books that makes them so appealing? For more than half a century, scholars h… [more below]
- Author: Ward, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1414339658
- Language: English
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A Loeb Classical Library Reader
$9.95 Add to cartA paperback anthology of essential Greek and Latin texts with facing English translations.
This selection of lapidary nuggets drawn from thirty-three of antiquity’s major authors includes poetry, dial- Series: Loeb Classical Library
- Author: Loeb Classical Library
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 30 2006
- ISBN10: 067499616X
- Language: English
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The Tale of Sinuhe: And Other Ancient Egyptian Poems 1940-1640 B.C.
$15.95 Add to cartDrawing on recent advances in Egyptology, R. B. Parkinson’s new translations bring to life for the modern reader the golden age of Egyptian fictional literature, the Middle Kingdom (c. 1940-1640 BC). … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Parkinson, R. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199555621
- Language: English
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Devotion
$17.00 Add to cartThe National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process
“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable si- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0300218621
- Language: English
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In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950
$19.95 Read moreEssays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our wo
- Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: August 06 2002
- ISBN10: 1567921361
- Language: English
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The Complete Poems of Sappho
$21.95 Add to cartA vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet—with a wealth of materials for understanding her work—by a prize-winning poet and translator
Sappho’s thrilling lyric verse has bee- Author: Barnstone, Willis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 10 2009
- ISBN10: 1590306139
- Language: English
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Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
$26.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!”–Margaret Atwood, author of The Ha
- Author: Haynes, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0063211319
- Language: English
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Hadewijch: The Complete Works
$34.95 Read more“Each volume has been critically chosen, lucidly translated and excellently introduced by internationally acknowledged scholars. (The publisher) must be praised for its selectivity, overall book forma… [more below]
- Series: Classics of Western Spirituality (Paperback)
- Author: Hart, Columba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 01 1980
- ISBN10: 0809122979
- Language: English
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The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
$16.00 Add to cartCharles Baxter inaugurates The Art of, a new series on the craft of writing, with the wit and intelligence he brought to his celebrated book Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction.
Fiction writer a- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Baxter, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974732
- Language: English
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Beauty and Sadness
$20.00 Add to cartNOBEL PRIZE WINNER – The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before.… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Kawabata, Yasunari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 30 1996
- ISBN10: 0679761055
- Language: English
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The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song
$15.00 Add to cartWith intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax. Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawren
- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Voigt, Ellen Bryant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 1555975313
- Language: English
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Kierkegaard Anthology
$39.95 Read moreThis anthology covers the whole of Kierkegaard’s literary career. The selections range from the terse epigrams of the Journal through the famous “Diary of the Seducer” and the “Banquet” scene, in whic
- Author: Bretall, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 21 1973
- ISBN10: 0691019789
- Language: English
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Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Light Novel) Vol. 2
$15.99 Read moreTROUBLE ON THE ISLAND
Ayanokouji’s relationship with Karuizawa deepens, while the aftershock of his perfect mathematics score ripples through the school. Horikita asks to join the student council, and- Series: Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Light Novel)
- Author: Kinugasa, Syougo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1638583374
- Language: English
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Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems
$29.95 Read moreMarbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems was conceived from a poetic dialogue on how to shed light on the art and science behind the material construction of a poetry collection, and to g
- Series: Akron Poetry
- Author: Konchan, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 225
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1629222542
- Language: English
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The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World
$23.99 Add to cartPart philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analy… [more below]
- Author: Scarry, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 385
- Publish Date: April 23 1987
- ISBN10: 0195049969
- Language: English
