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The Annotated Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.99The annotated text of this modern classic. It assiduously illuminates the extravagant wordplay and the frequent literary allusions, parodies, and cross-references. Edited with a preface, introduction and notes by Alfred Appel, Jr. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Life on the Mississippiby Mark Twain
The Floating Press 1883; US$ 3.99Before his literary career took off and he emerged as one of America's foremost men of letters, Mark Twain worked as a steamboat pilot in the antebellum South and Midwest. This fascinating account offers a brief history of commercial boating in the period and a probing, insightful, and eminently entertaining look at Twain's own experiences. more...
Asimov's Foundation Trilogy and Other Worksby L. David Allen
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1977; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background — all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. In CliffsNotes on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy and Other Works, you explore the American author's original three Foundation books, the three Empire novels, The End of Eternity , and The Gods Themselves . The Foundation Trilogy , written between 1951-53 is celebrated science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's most famous work. In the three-book series, he portrays the ruin and rebirth of a futuristic interstellar empire. In this study guide, you'll find Life and Background on the Author, Introduction... more...
Reading Lolita in Tehranby Azar Nafisi
Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 11.99We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had taught at university. Some came from conservative and religious families, others were progressive and secular; several had spent time in jail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomed to being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began to open up and to speak more freely, not only about the novels they were reading but also about... more...
Slavery and the Roman Literary Imaginationby William Fitzgerald; Denis Feeney; Stephen Hinds
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 27.00This book deals with the ways in which the Roman literary imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It discusses the ideological relation of Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and the ways in which slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in particular for literature itself. more...
Shakespeareby Germaine Greer
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 12.99Germaine Greer examines Shakespeare's plays, showing how he dramatized moral and intellectual issues in such a way that his audience became aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life. She argues that Shakespeare's work can retain the values which make it unique in the world. more...
Hollywood Musicals the Film Readerby Steven Cohan
Routledge 2002; US$ 75.00Articles examine the musical in relation to its generic form and conventions, the relationship between narrative and spectacle, gender and feminism, camp production and reception, stardom, and representations of race and ethnicity. more...
Complete Critical Guide To Robert Browningby Stefan Hawlin
Routledge 2001; US$ 28.95The major strengths of The Complete Critical Guide To Robert Browning are its clarity, its comprehensiveness, and the judiciousness of its critical and theoretical discourse. Because of these qualities it will be useful to students and scholars alike Thomas J. Collins more...
Charles Dickensby Jane Smiley
Penguin Group Inc. 2002; US$ 9.99A brilliantly insightful portrait of Charles Dickens-from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley. With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Jane Smiley presents a fresh, illuminating take on the life of Charles Dickens. Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of such classics as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol , who was not only a prolific writer but also one of the first modern "celebrities." She offers interpretations of many of Dickens's major works, exploring his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes. Smiley's Charles Dickens is at once a perceptive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life. more...
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2by David T. Dante Alighieri; Robert M. Durling; Ronald L. Martinez; Robert Turner
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 15.00Purgatorio' is the second of three volumes of a new edition and translation of Dante's masterpiece, 'The Divine Comedy'. Similar to volume I, 'The Inferno', this translation in English prose emphasizes the literal-vs-phonetic. A newly edited version of the Italian text is on facing pages and includes comprehensive notes. more...









