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How to Read a Bookby Mortimer J. Adler; Charles Van Doren
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 13.99How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated. You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science. Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Science Fictionby Edward James; Farah Mendlesohn
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 24.00Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields; it draws on popular culture, and engages in speculation about science, history, and all types of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at the genre from different angles. more...
Aguecheek's Beef, Belch's Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjectionsby Robert Appelbaum
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00We didn’t always eat the way we do today, or think and feel about eating as we now do. But we can trace the roots of our own eating culture back to the culinary world of early modern Europe, which invented cutlery, haute cuisine , the weight-loss diet, and much else besides. Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. Named after characters in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night , this lively study draws on sources ranging from cookbooks to comic novels, and examines both the highest ideals of culinary culture and its most grotesque, ridiculous and pathetic expressions. Robert Appelbaum paints a vivid picture... more...
Ideologyby David Hawkes
Routledge 1996; US$ 19.95A refreshingly even-handed overview of the broad subject of ideology. Hawkes considers all the various meanings and definitions making this lucid, comprehensive book essential reading for students of literary theory. more...
Humanismby Tony Davies
Routledge 1996; US$ 22.95A clear account of the major issues and debates, from classical to modern literature and drama. Key names discussed in this wide-ranging survey include Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Pico, Erasmus, Marx and Milton. more...
Critical Theory and Practiceby Keith Green; Jill Le Bihan
Routledge 1995; US$ 42.95A refreshingly clear and readable introduction. Its tailor-made combination of extracts from literary and critical works, guiding commentary, a variety of exercises, glossary and bibliography, is ideal for the beginning student. more...
Intertextualityby Graham Allen
Routledge 2000; US$ 22.95This book follows all the major turns in intertextuality's history, and explains how intertextuality is employed. It is invaluable for any student studying literature and culture. more...
Magical Realism in West African Fictionby Brenda Cooper
Routledge 1998; US$ 37.95This book focuses on the cultural politics of magical realism, as exemplified in the fiction of Syl Cheney-Coker, Ben Okri and Kojo Laing and contextualizes their fiction within current debate. more...
Understanding Children's Literatureby Peter Hunt
Routledge 1998; US$ 35.95This book provides an introduction to some of the critical theories useful in the study of children's literature. The 14 chapters examine the context and relevance to this area of concepts such as feminism, literacy studies and others. more...
How to Write Critical Essaysby D.B. Pirie
RoutledgeFalmer 1985; US$ 28.95This invaluable book offers the student of literature detailed advice on the entire process of critical essay writing, from first facing the question right through to producing a fair copy for final submission to the teacher. more...