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Originally published in 1984, Reading The Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of... The death of the book has been duly announced, and with it the end of brick-and-mortar libraries, traditional publishers, linear narrative,...
Human consciousness, long the province of literature, has lately come in for a remapping--even rediscovery--by the natural sciences, driven... A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read--and write. Written...
The period from 1400 to 1550 was a glorious era for European manuscript painting. Even after Gutenberg's invention of movable-type printing... "How Stories Mean" gathers together criticism and theory written by short story writers themselves. Several of the essays were newly written...
In his first book, "How to Read Literature Like a Professor," Foster led readers through the symbolic codes of literature. Now he presents... Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine and portray the relationship between humans and the environment in all areas of cultural...
Discusses the novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog." Clark Blaise is a North American treasure, one of a handful of the truly important short-story writers in the last 50 years. His "Selected...
A history of the fantasy form, this work traces the genre from the earliest years with "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and "The Odyssey" through to... Collected book reviews from one of the South's most notable contemporary writers
A renowned historian and pioneering scholar in the history of the book--a leading voice in the debate about the digital future of books and... For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, this trove of reviews covers a century of memorable...
Raw shows how changing priorities have affected the ways in which Henry James's novels have been translated to the screen, looking at... For years, William York Tindall's guide has been one of the very best ways to approach the difficult writing and complex language of James...
This book evokes the zeitgeist of an era through its revealing glimpses of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood... Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, the rise of American middlebrow culture, and the values...
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