Stalking Nabokov By Brian Boyd

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Title	:	Stalking Nabokov
Author	:	Brian Boyd
ISBN	:	0231158564
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	452

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At the age of twenty one, Brian Boyd wrote a thesis on Vladimir Nabokov that the famous author called brilliant After gaining exclusive access to the writer s archives, he wrote a two part, award winning biography, Vladimir Nabokov The Russian Years 1990 and Vladimir Nabokov The American Years 1991 This collection features essays written by Boyd since completing

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Essays and Reviews By Edgar Allan Poe

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Title	:	Essays and Reviews
Author	:	Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN	:	0940450194
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	1544

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This is the most complete collection of Poe s essays and reviews ever published in a single volume.Here are all his major writings on the theory of poetry, the art of fiction, and the duties of a critic The Rationale of Verse , The Philosophy of Composition , The Poetic Principle , and About Critics and Criticism These essays, articulating Poe s passion for technical p This is the most complete collection of Poe s essays and reviews ever published in a single volume.Here are all his major writings on the ...

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Why Acting Matters By David Thomson

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Title	:	Why Acting Matters
Author	:	David Thomson
ISBN	:	0300195788
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	192

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Does acting matter David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theater, answers this question with intelligence and wit In this fresh and thought provoking essay, Thomson tackles this most elusive of subjects, examining the allure of the performing arts for both the artist and the audience member while addressing the paradoxes inherent i Does acting matter David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theater, answers this questio...

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Shakespeare After All By Marjorie Garber

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Title	:	Shakespeare After All
Author	:	Marjorie Garber
ISBN	:	0385722141
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	1008

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A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introduction to the bard by one of the country s foremost authorities on his life and work Drawing on her hugely popular lecture courses at Yale and Harvard over the past thirty years, Marjorie Garber offers passionate and revealing readings of the plays in chronologica A brilliant and companionable tour through all thirty eight plays, Shakespeare After All is the perfect introdu...

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Understanding The Lord of the Rings By Rose A. Zimbardo

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Title	:	Understanding The Lord of the Rings
Author	:	Rose A. Zimbardo
ISBN	:	0618422536
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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Understanding The Lord of the Rings The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien s masterpiece The essays span fifty years of critical reaction, from the first publication of The Fellowship of the Ring through the release of Peter Jackson s film trilogy, which inspired a new generation of readers to discover the classic work and prior g Understanding The Lord of the Rings The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien s masterpiece The es...

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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit By Corey Olsen

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Title	:	Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Author	:	Corey Olsen
ISBN	:	054773946X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	336

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The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best loved books of the twentieth century In December 2012, millions will be introduced or reintroduced to J.R.R Tolkien s classic with the arrival of the first of two film adaptations by acclaimed director Peter Jackson Exploring The Hobbit is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best loved books of the twentieth century In December 2012, ...

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Literary Criticism, Vol. 1 By Henry James

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Title	:	Literary Criticism, Vol. 1
Author	:	Henry James
ISBN	:	0940450224
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	1504

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The library of America is dedicated to publishing America s best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts Hailed as the finest looking, longest lasting editions ever made The New Republic , Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfe The library of America is dedicated to publishing America s best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, feat...

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia By Michael D.C. Drout

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Title	:	J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia
Author	:	Michael D.C. Drout
ISBN	:	0415969425
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	774

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A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J R R Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar s life and work within their historical and cult A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien s...

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The Shamanic Odyssey By Robert Tindall

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Title	:	The Shamanic Odyssey
Author	:	Robert Tindall
ISBN	:	1594773963
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	224

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Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkien s Middle Earth Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J R R Tolkien Examines Odysseus s encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, an Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkien ...

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Shakespeare's English Kings By Peter Saccio

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Title	:	Shakespeare's English Kings
Author	:	Peter Saccio
ISBN	:	0195123190
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	284

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Far than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare s history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwicks and Norfolks who ruled and fought across Sha Far than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval h...

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Shakespeare's English Kings By Peter Saccio

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Title	:	Shakespeare's English Kings
Author	:	Peter Saccio
ISBN	:	0195123182
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	304

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Far than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare s history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwicks and Norfolks who ruled and fought across Sha Far than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history Any...

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The Best American Comics Criticism By Benjamin Schwartz

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Title	:	The Best American Comics Criticism
Author	:	Benjamin Schwartz
ISBN	:	1606991485
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	360

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Conventional wisdom states that cartooning and graphic novels exist ina golden age of creativity, popularity, and critical acceptance Butwhy Today, the signal is stronger than ever, but so is the noise NewYork Times, Vanity Fair, and Bookforum critic Ben Schwartz assemblesthe greatest lineup of comics critics the world has yet seen totestify on behalf of this increasing Conventional wisdom states that cartooning and graphic novels exist ina golden age of creativity, popularity, and critical acceptance But...

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James Joyce's Ulysses By Stuart Gilbert

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Title	:	James Joyce's Ulysses
Author	:	Stuart Gilbert
ISBN	:	0394700139
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	405

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With the passing of each year, Ulysses receives wider recognition and greater acclaim as a modern literary classic To comprehend Joyce s masterpiece fully, to gain insight into its significance and structure, the serious reader will find this analytical and systematic guide invaluable In this exegesis, written under Joyce s supervision, Stuart Gilbert presents a work tha With the passing of each year, Ulysses receives wider recognition and greater acclaim as a modern literary classic To comprehe...

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Playing in the Dark By Toni Morrison

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Title	:	Playing in the Dark
Author	:	Toni Morrison
ISBN	:	0674673778
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	110

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The Pulitzer Prize winning author of Beloved and Jazz now gives us a learned, stylish, and immensely persuasive work of literary criticism that promises to change the way we read American literature even as it opens a new chapter in the American dialogue on race.Toni Morrison s brilliant discussions of the Africanist presence in the fiction of Poe, Melville, Cather, and The Pulitzer Prize winning author of Beloved and Jazz now gives us a learned, stylish, and immensely persuasive work of literary criticis...

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