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“beverly coyle”

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  • Secretaries of the Moon

    The Letters of Wallace Stevens and José Rodriguez Feo

    Edited by Beverly Coyle, Alan Filreis ...
    The letter from Jose Rodriguez Feo that prompted Stevens's poem was the third in a ten-year correspondence (1944-54) between the poet and the young Cuban, who quickly became Stevens's "most exciting correspondent." The two shared a Harvard education, both were anxious to see Stevens translated for a Cuban audience, and each had an enduring admiration for Santayana, whose awareness of the cultural ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Complete Essays

    by Michel de Montaigne ...
    Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He ... Read more

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  • So We Read On

    How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures

    by Maureen Corrigan ...
    The "Fresh Air" book critic investigates the enduring power of The Great Gatsby—"The Great American Novel we all think we've read, but really haven't."Conceived nearly a century ago by a man who died believing himself a failure, it's now a revered classic and a rite of passage in the reading lives of millions. But how well do we really know The Great Gatsby? As Maureen Corrigan, Gatsby lover ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • On Moral Fiction

    by John Gardner ...
    "Fearless, illuminating" criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, "proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial" ( Los Angeles Times).Novelist John Gardner's thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: "True art is by its nature moral." It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book's first publication, ... Read more

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  • More Than A Memory

    Reflections of Viet Nam

    by Victor R. Volkman ...
    Series series Reflections of History
    A Conflict that Shaped A GenerationFour decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives of the veterans who experienced it first hand. This new anthology of poems, stories, and essays looks at the war through the lens of both past and present perspectives.Featuring the work of fifteen veteran writers, the scope of the book defines how modern ... Read more

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  • Chic Ironic Bitterness

    by R. Jay Magill Jr. ...
    A brilliant and timely reflection on irony in contemporary American culture“This book is a powerful and persuasive defense of sophisticated irony and subtle humor that contributes to the possibility of a genuine civic trust and democratic life. R. Jay Magill deserves our congratulations for a superb job!”—Cornel West, University Professor, Princeton University“A well-written, well-argued ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • South Toward Home

    Travels in Southern Literature

    by Margaret Eby ...
    "Fascinating…Eby lyrically uncovers a bit of the magic that makes a Southern writer Southern." —Josh Steele, Entertainment WeeklyWhat is it about the South that has inspired so much of America’s greatest literature? And why do we think of the authors it influenced not just as writers, but as Southern writers? In South Toward Home, Margaret Eby goes in search of answers to these questions, visiting ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Voices of Italian America

    A History of Early Italian American Literature with a Critical Anthology

    by Martino Marazzi ...
    Voices of Italian America presents a top-rate authoritative study and anthology of the italian-language literature written and published in the United States from the heydays of the Great Migration (1880–1920) to the almost definitive demise of the cultural world of the first generation soon before and after World War II. The volume resurrects the neglected and even forgotten territory of a ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau

    Edited by Jack Turner ...
    Series series Political Companions to Great American Authors
    The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. Less attention has been paid, however, to the author's political philosophy and its influence on American public life. Although Thoreau's doctrine of civil disobedience has long since become a touchstone of world history, the greater part of his political legacy has been ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Cold War American Literature and the Rise of Youth Culture

    Children of Empire

    by Denis Jonnes ...
    Series series Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature
    Demands placed on many young Americans as a result of the Cold War give rise to an increasingly age-segregated society. This separation allowed adolescents and young adults to begin to formulate an identity distinct from previous generations, and was a significant factor in their widespread rejection of contemporary American society.This study traces the emergence of a distinctive post-war family ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner

    Edited by Philip M. Weinstein ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This collection of essays explores Faulkner's widespread cultural import. Drawing on a wide range of cultural theory and written in accessible English, ten major Faulkner scholars examine the enduring whole of Faulkner's oeuvre. Bringing into focus the broader cultural context which lent its resonance to his work, the collection will be particularly useful for the student seeking critical ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Ain’t Got No Home

    America's Great Migrations and the Making of an Interracial Left

    by Erin Royston Battat ...
    Most scholarship on the mass migrations of African Americans and southern whites during and after the Great Depression treats those migrations as separate phenomena, strictly divided along racial lines. In this engaging interdisciplinary work, Erin Royston Battat argues instead that we should understand these Depression-era migrations as interconnected responses to the capitalist collapse and ... Read more

    $24.69 USD