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Aeneid
By: Lombardo, Stanley; Johnson, W.R.
Published by: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

A PEN CENTER USA 2006 Literary Award Finalist. Long a master of the crafts of Homeric translation and of rhapsodic performance, Stanley Lombardo now turns to the quintessential epic of Roman antiquity, a work with deep roots in the Homeric tradition. With characteristic virtuosity, he delivers a rendering of the Aeneid as compelling as his groundbreaking translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey , yet one that—like the Aeneid itself—conveys a unique epic sensibility and a haunting artistry all its own. more...

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Cliffs Notes: Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems
By: Marcus, Mordecai
Published by: Hungry Minds

Widely regarded as one of the best poets of the United States, Dickinson is considered a poetic genius. This survey of 85 of her poems covers an immense array of topics and highlights her themes and taut compression of ideas and images. more...

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Cliffs Notes: Zola's Nana
By: Roberts, James L.
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Zola's heroine Nana is a prostitute in Napoleon III's France for whom rich men give up their fortunes, and poor men their lives, yet Nana squanders fortunes and her life ends in squalor. This concise supplement to Emile Zola's Nana helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. more...

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Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter
By: Heilman, Elizabeth E. (ed.)
Published by: Routledge

Offers an analyses of the "Potter" books as phenomenon, bringing together scholars from various disciplines to examine the impact of the series. This work features essays that explore on what it has meant for a generation of children to grow up with Harry Potter. more...

Price: $36.95

Darwin's Plots
By: Beer, Gillian
Published by: Cambridge University Press

This second edition of Professor Dame Gillian Beer's highly acclaimed book incorporates a new preface by the author and a foreword by the distinguished American scholar George Levine. '... a work of criticism that takes its modest place among the other 'cloudy triumphs' of English genius.' Michael Neve, Sunday Times more...

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
By: Sedaris, David
Published by: Little, Brown

In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is another unforgettable collection from one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today. more...

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Literary Theory
By: Eagleton, Terry
Published by: University of Minnesota Press

This classic work covers all of the major movements in literary studies in this century. Noted for its clear, engaging style and unpretentious treatment, Literary Theory has become the introduction of choice for anyone interested in learning about the world of contemporary literary thought. more...

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Virginia Woolf Selected Essays
By: Woolf, Virginia
Published by: OUP Oxford

This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. - ;'A good essay must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in, not out.'. According to Virginia Woolf, the goal of the essay 'is simply that it should give pleasure...It should lay us under a spell with its first word, and we should only wake, refreshed, with its last.' One of the best practitioners of the art she analysed so rewardingly, Woolf displayed her essay-writing skills across a wide range of subjects, with all the craftsmanship, substance, and rich allure of her novels. This selection brings together thirty of her best essays, including the famous 'Mr. Bennett and Mrs Brown', a clarion call for modern fiction. She discusses the arts of writing and of reading, and the particular role and reputation of women writers. She writes movingly about her father and the art of biography, and of the London scene in the early decades of the twentieth century. Overall, these pieces are as indispensable to an understanding of this great writer as they are enchanting in their own right. - ;Brilliant and subtle essays. - Independent on Sunday. more...

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Addressing Postmodernity
By: Biesecker, Barbara
Published by: The University of Alabama Press

This text examines the relationship between rhetoric and social change, and how people transform social relations through the use of symbols. It focuses on the work of Kenneth Burke, to discern the conditions of possibility for social transformation and the role of people and rhetoric in it. more...

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After Poststructuralism
By: Davis, Colin
Published by: Routledge

This is a brilliantly argued account of the past and present fortunes of theory. It also maps out a way forward for the humanities in which theory will play a crucial part. more...

Price: $34.95

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