Literary Criticism
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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 Read moreA 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 Read moreThe 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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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
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The Enchanted April
$11.95 Read more‘To Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine. Small medieval castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let For the month of April, above a bay on the Italian Riviera.’
Four very different wome- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Von Arnim, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0198859090
- Language: English
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
$7.95 Add to cart‘Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!’
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Dartmoor in the most famous of all of Arthur Conan Do- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0198835221
- Language: English
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Bound to Violence
$19.99 Read moreThis critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious … [more below]
- Author: Ouologuem, Yambo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423589
- Language: English
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Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division
$10.99 Add to cartKaiju No. 8‘s Third Division takes center stage in this tell-all novel!
Extra! Extra! Read all about the Third Division! After all, who wouldn’t want to memorize every little tidbit about the talented- Series: Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division
- Author: Matsumoto, Naoya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1974749630
- Language: English
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The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice
$16.95 Read morePoetry. Literary Criticism. A wide-ranging gathering of 34 brief essays and 66 prose poems by distinguished practitioners, THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO PROSE POETRY is as personal and provocati… [more below]
- Author: McDowell, Gary L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0978984889
- Language: English
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Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
$33.00 Add to cartA Washington Post most anticipated fall book
“How can we live differently?” a young woman urgently dema
A legendary editor’s reckoning with the twentieth-century novel and the urgent messages it sends.- Author: Frank, Edwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0374270961
- Language: English
