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Tropical Gothic in Literature and Culture

The Americas

Edited by Justin D. Edwards, Sandra Vasconcelos ...

Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
Tropical Gothic examines Gothic within a specific geographical area of ‘the South’ of the Americas. In so doing, we structure the book around geographical coordinates (from North to South) and move between various national traditions of the gothic (Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, etc) alongside regional manifestations of the Gothic (the US south and the Caribbean) as well as transnational movements of ... Read more

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Tropical Gothic examines Gothic within a specific geographical area of ‘the South’ of the Americas. In so doing, we structure the book around geographical coordinates (from North to South) and move between various national traditions of the gothic (Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, etc) alongside regional manifestations of the Gothic (the US south and the Caribbean) as well as transnational movements of
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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

Volume One: The Gathering

by David Tod Roy ...

Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

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In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a
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Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe

Enriched edition. A Modern Exploration of Ambition and Consequences

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erica Lancaster ...

Translated by Charles Timothy Brooks ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe" is an ambitious exploration of ambition, desire, and the human spirit, encapsulated in the character of Dr. Faust, a scholar who, dissatisfied with the limits of knowledge, makes a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles. Goethe's poetic mastery is complemented by a complex interplay of philosophical discourse and ... Read more

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe" is an ambitious exploration of ambition, desire, and the human spirit, encapsulated in the character of Dr. Faust, a scholar who, dissatisfied with the limits of knowledge, makes a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles. Goethe's poetic mastery is complemented by a complex interplay of philosophical discourse and
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Latin America's New Historical Novel

by Seymour Menton ...

Series series Texas Pan American Series
Beginning with the 1979 publication of Alejo Carpentier's El arpa y la sombra, the New Historical Novel has become the dominant genre within Latin American fiction. In this at-times tongue-in-cheek postmodern study, Seymour Menton explores why the New Historical Novel has achieved such popularity and offers discerning readings of numerous works.Menton argues persuasively that the proximity of the ... Read more

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Beginning with the 1979 publication of Alejo Carpentier's El arpa y la sombra, the New Historical Novel has become the dominant genre within Latin American fiction. In this at-times tongue-in-cheek postmodern study, Seymour Menton explores why the New Historical Novel has achieved such popularity and offers discerning readings of numerous works.Menton argues persuasively that the proximity of the
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Salvage Work

U.S. and Caribbean Literatures amid the Debris of Legal Personhood

by Angela Naimou ...

Salvage Work examines contemporary literary responses to the law’s construction of personhood in the Americas. Tracking the extraordinary afterlives of the legal slave personality from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first, Angela Naimou shows the legal slave to be a fractured but generative figure for contemporary legal personhood across categories of race, citizenship, gender, and labor. ... Read more

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Salvage Work examines contemporary literary responses to the law’s construction of personhood in the Americas. Tracking the extraordinary afterlives of the legal slave personality from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first, Angela Naimou shows the legal slave to be a fractured but generative figure for contemporary legal personhood across categories of race, citizenship, gender, and labor.
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Gothicka

Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural

by Victoria Nelson ...

The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today’s Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like. ... Read more

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The Gothic has taken a revolutionary turn in this century. Today’s Gothic has fashioned its monsters and devils into heroes and angels and is actively reviving supernaturalism in popular culture. Nelson argues that this mainstreaming of a spiritually driven supernaturalism is a harbinger of what a post-Christian religion in America might look like.
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The Hidden: Among the Hidden

The Hidden, #4

by Andrew Michael Schwarz ...

Series Book 4 - The Hidden
Jerry is loose, hiding somewhere in Jack's vicinity, waiting to strike again. The FBI, however, has a plan, one in which Jack is their star player. But another agency, Hellfire Club Ltd, has a better idea. And a more sinister plot.The only question is: how far is Jack willing to go to get his revenge? ... Read more

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Jerry is loose, hiding somewhere in Jack's vicinity, waiting to strike again. The FBI, however, has a plan, one in which Jack is their star player. But another agency, Hellfire Club Ltd, has a better idea. And a more sinister plot.The only question is: how far is Jack willing to go to get his revenge?
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Signs of Borges

by Sylvia Molloy ...

Translated by Oscar Montero ...

Series series Post-contemporary interventions
Available for the first time in English, Signs of Borges is widely regarded as the best single book on the work of Jorge Luis Borges. With a critical sensibility informed by Barthes, Lacan, Foucault, Blanchot, and the entire body of Borges scholarship, Sylvia Molloy explores the problem of meaning in Borges's work by remaining true to the uncanniness that is its foundation.Borges's sustained ... Read more

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Available for the first time in English, Signs of Borges is widely regarded as the best single book on the work of Jorge Luis Borges. With a critical sensibility informed by Barthes, Lacan, Foucault, Blanchot, and the entire body of Borges scholarship, Sylvia Molloy explores the problem of meaning in Borges's work by remaining true to the uncanniness that is its foundation.Borges's sustained
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Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture

Edited by Inés Ordiz, Sandra Casanova-Vizcaíno ...

Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
This book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature, visual arts, and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Andes, Brazil, and the Southern Cone, the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic, while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of ... Read more

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This book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature, visual arts, and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Andes, Brazil, and the Southern Cone, the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic, while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of
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Stardark - How Things Are (Book 1) Fallen Stars Series

Supernatural Thriller Series

by Third Cousins, Eden Leon ...

Series Book 1 - Stardark Series
Seren is going nowhere in her life. She knows that and she’s not trying to fight against it. At just twenty two years old she’s already accepted that a crappy boyfriend and a low paying bar job are the best she’s going to get. That is, until she comes home one day to find a purple haired girl in her bed with her boyfriend at her side. Seren realizes that things are about to fall apart, but she can ... Read more

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Seren is going nowhere in her life. She knows that and she’s not trying to fight against it. At just twenty two years old she’s already accepted that a crappy boyfriend and a low paying bar job are the best she’s going to get. That is, until she comes home one day to find a purple haired girl in her bed with her boyfriend at her side. Seren realizes that things are about to fall apart, but she can
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The Colombian Novel, 1844-1987

by Raymond Leslie Williams ...

Series series Texas Pan American Series
Novels such as One Hundred Years of Solitude have awakened English-language readers to the existence of Colombian literature in recent years, but Colombia has a well-established literary tradition that far predates the Latin American "boom." In this pathfinding study, Raymond Leslie Williams provides an overview of seventeen major authors and more than one hundred works spanning the years 1844 to ... Read more

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Novels such as One Hundred Years of Solitude have awakened English-language readers to the existence of Colombian literature in recent years, but Colombia has a well-established literary tradition that far predates the Latin American "boom." In this pathfinding study, Raymond Leslie Williams provides an overview of seventeen major authors and more than one hundred works spanning the years 1844 to
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401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbs

Amazing Expressions to Guide You

by Nigel A. Morgan ...

VINCY CARIBBEAN PROVERBS AND IDIOMS SERIES Uncovers amazing proverbs of Vincentian Caribbean culture, charged with wisdom, philosophy and laughter.This book, 401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbs, is as lively and witty as the English Caribbean lingo it represents. MARLON JOSEPH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, S.V.G. TOURISM AUTHORITY.401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbsis a breath of cultural air.It effectively mirrors the ... Read more

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VINCY CARIBBEAN PROVERBS AND IDIOMS SERIES Uncovers amazing proverbs of Vincentian Caribbean culture, charged with wisdom, philosophy and laughter.This book, 401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbs, is as lively and witty as the English Caribbean lingo it represents. MARLON JOSEPH, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, S.V.G. TOURISM AUTHORITY.401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbsis a breath of cultural air.It effectively mirrors the
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