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The Cambridge History of American Poetry

Edición de Alfred Bendixen, Stephen Burt ...

The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings until the end of the twentieth century. Bringing together the insights of fifty distinguished scholars, this literary history emphasizes the complex roles that poetry has played in American cultural and intellectual life, detailing the variety of ways ... Leer más

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The Cambridge History of American Poetry offers a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their beginnings until the end of the twentieth century. Bringing together the insights of fifty distinguished scholars, this literary history emphasizes the complex roles that poetry has played in American cultural and intellectual life, detailing the variety of ways
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Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

de Elmore Leonard ...

"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."—Elmore LeonardFor aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity and clarity. From adjectives and exclamation points to dialect and hoopetedoodle, Elmore ... Leer más

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"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."—Elmore LeonardFor aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity and clarity. From adjectives and exclamation points to dialect and hoopetedoodle, Elmore
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Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction

de Sara Upstone ...

Literary theory has now become integral to how we produce literary criticism. When critics write about a text, they no longer think just about the biographical or historical contexts of the work, but also about the different approaches that literary theory offers. By making use of these, they create new interpretations of the text that would not otherwise be possible. In your own reading and ... Leer más

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Literary theory has now become integral to how we produce literary criticism. When critics write about a text, they no longer think just about the biographical or historical contexts of the work, but also about the different approaches that literary theory offers. By making use of these, they create new interpretations of the text that would not otherwise be possible. In your own reading and
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

de Thomas C. Foster ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to the tools of literary analysis, covering a diverse range of writing and literary devices, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to improve your reading comprehension and make your everyday reading ... Leer más

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Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to the tools of literary analysis, covering a diverse range of writing and literary devices, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to improve your reading comprehension and make your everyday reading
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Nancy-Lou Patterson Reviews Books By and About Dorothy L. Sayers, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Others

de Nancy-Lou Patterson ...

Nancy-Lou Patterson taught at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, for thirty years. She was not only an active artist, poet, and fiction writer, she also published extensively on the Inklings and authors associated with them. Her book reviews provide an extraordinary history of mythopoeic scholarship from 1975 through 2001. ... Leer más

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Nancy-Lou Patterson taught at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, for thirty years. She was not only an active artist, poet, and fiction writer, she also published extensively on the Inklings and authors associated with them. Her book reviews provide an extraordinary history of mythopoeic scholarship from 1975 through 2001.
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The Sonnets

de William Shakespeare ...

Series series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘In black ink my love may still shine bright…’Universally admired and quoted, Shakespeare’s Sonnets have love, beauty and the passing of time at their heart. Featuring some of the best-known and best-loved lines in the history of poetry (‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’, ‘Love is not love which alters when it ... Leer más

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘In black ink my love may still shine bright…’Universally admired and quoted, Shakespeare’s Sonnets have love, beauty and the passing of time at their heart. Featuring some of the best-known and best-loved lines in the history of poetry (‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’, ‘Love is not love which alters when it
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The Awakening

de Kate Chopin ...

Series series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.’Heralded as one of the first instances of feminist literature and rejected at its time of publication by the literary set on grounds of moral distaste, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening caused consternation in ... Leer más

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.’Heralded as one of the first instances of feminist literature and rejected at its time of publication by the literary set on grounds of moral distaste, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening caused consternation in
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30-Second Literature

The 50 most important forms, genres and styles, each explained in half a minute

de Ella Berthoud ...

Series series 30-Second
Whether you're looking for a new author or genre to explore, 30-Second Literature provides you with summaries of the major literary genres, styles and histories.Part of the 30-Second series, this introductory guide to literature is split into 7 chapters that cover:The History of Literature – from Sanskrit to ModernismThe Novel – in all its glorious genresLiterary Prose – n... ... Leer más

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Whether you're looking for a new author or genre to explore, 30-Second Literature provides you with summaries of the major literary genres, styles and histories.Part of the 30-Second series, this introductory guide to literature is split into 7 chapters that cover:The History of Literature – from Sanskrit to ModernismThe Novel – in all its glorious genresLiterary Prose – n...
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De la grammatologie de Jacques Derrida

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

de Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisCinq ans après son introduction-traduction de L’Origine de la géométrie de Husserl, Jacques Derrida publie, en 1967, trois livres étrangement différents, paradoxalement proches.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur De la grammatologie de Jacques DerridaChaque fiche de lecture présente une ... Leer más

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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisCinq ans après son introduction-traduction de L’Origine de la géométrie de Husserl, Jacques Derrida publie, en 1967, trois livres étrangement différents, paradoxalement proches.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur De la grammatologie de Jacques DerridaChaque fiche de lecture présente une
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La Condition humaine d'André Malraux

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

de Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisAprès Les Conquérants (1928) et La Voie royale (1930), La Condition humaine (prix Goncourt 1933) est le dernier volet d’un cycle romanesque inspiré à Malraux par ses séjours en Indochine dans les années 1920.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur La Condition humaine d'André MalrauxChaque fich ... Leer más

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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisAprès Les Conquérants (1928) et La Voie royale (1930), La Condition humaine (prix Goncourt 1933) est le dernier volet d’un cycle romanesque inspiré à Malraux par ses séjours en Indochine dans les années 1920.Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur La Condition humaine d'André MalrauxChaque fich
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Don't Know Much About® Literature

What You Need to Know but Never Learned About Great Books and Authors

de Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series Libro 12 - Don't Know Much About Series
From Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to Charlotte's Web, acompelling book of quizzes on history's most influential literary worksand writersDid a whale named "Mocha Dick" inspire Melville's masterpiece?Who was the first poet to speak at a presidential inauguration?Which French-speaking high school football star shook up the literary world?Do you freeze when someone mentions Faulkner? When the ... Leer más

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From Homer to Harry Potter, from Chaucer to Charlotte's Web, acompelling book of quizzes on history's most influential literary worksand writersDid a whale named "Mocha Dick" inspire Melville's masterpiece?Who was the first poet to speak at a presidential inauguration?Which French-speaking high school football star shook up the literary world?Do you freeze when someone mentions Faulkner? When the
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Shakespeare

The World as Stage

de Bill Bryson ...

Series Libro 63 - Eminent Lives
Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a ... Leer más

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Bill Bryson’s bestselling and brilliantly witty biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a
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Anthony Trollope

A Companion

de Nicholas Birns, John F. Wirenius, Laurence W. Mazzeno ...

Series series McFarland Companions to 19th Century Literature
Anthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to subvert conventions, exploring the lives of women, as well as men, and choosing as heroes and heroines outsiders who would be viewed with suspicion by his readers. Trollope's profound insight to human nature made him the first novelist in English to develop ... Leer más

$31.19 USD

Anthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to subvert conventions, exploring the lives of women, as well as men, and choosing as heroes and heroines outsiders who would be viewed with suspicion by his readers. Trollope's profound insight to human nature made him the first novelist in English to develop
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Le père Goriot de Balzac (Fiche de lecture)

Analyse complète de l'oeuvre

de Matthieu Durel, fichesdelecture ...

Cette fiche de lecture sur Le père Goriot de Balzac propose une analyse complète :• un résumé du roman• une analyse des personnages principaux• une analyse des axes de lectureÀ propos de FichesDeLecture.com :FichesdeLecture.com propose plus 2500 analyses complètes de livres sur toute la littérature classique et contemporaine : des résumés, des analyses de livres, des questionnaires et des ... Leer más

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Cette fiche de lecture sur Le père Goriot de Balzac propose une analyse complète :• un résumé du roman• une analyse des personnages principaux• une analyse des axes de lectureÀ propos de FichesDeLecture.com :FichesdeLecture.com propose plus 2500 analyses complètes de livres sur toute la littérature classique et contemporaine : des résumés, des analyses de livres, des questionnaires et des
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Liddell and Scott

The History, Methodology, and Languages of the World's Leading Lexicon of Ancient Greek

Edición de Christopher Stray, Michael Clarke, Joshua T. Katz ...

The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott is one of the most famous dictionaries in the world, and for the past century-and-a-half has been a constant and indispensable presence in teaching, learning, and research on ancient Greek throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. Despite continuous modification and updating, it is still recognizably a Victorian creation; at the same time, ... Leer más

$125.99 USD

The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott is one of the most famous dictionaries in the world, and for the past century-and-a-half has been a constant and indispensable presence in teaching, learning, and research on ancient Greek throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. Despite continuous modification and updating, it is still recognizably a Victorian creation; at the same time,
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La Nausée de Jean-Paul Sartre

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

de Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisDans La Force de l’âge, Simone de Beauvoir, à qui est dédié le livre, écrit que Sartre avait voulu avec La Nausée « exprimer sous forme littéraire des vérités et des sentiments métaphysiques ».Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur La Nausée de Jean-Paul SartreChaque fiche de lecture présente ... Leer más

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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisDans La Force de l’âge, Simone de Beauvoir, à qui est dédié le livre, écrit que Sartre avait voulu avec La Nausée « exprimer sous forme littéraire des vérités et des sentiments métaphysiques ».Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur La Nausée de Jean-Paul SartreChaque fiche de lecture présente
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The Poetry Reader

An Anthology

Edición de Professor Mark Yakich ...

You have picked up this book because you are a poetry reader. Or you are about to be one. Because as soon as you read a poem, that's what you are.Filled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, The Poetry Reader: An Anthology is the book you would hope to find if you washed up alone on a deserted island: this companionable collection shows how poetry itself is a discussion, ... Leer más

$21.39 USD

You have picked up this book because you are a poetry reader. Or you are about to be one. Because as soon as you read a poem, that's what you are.Filled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, The Poetry Reader: An Anthology is the book you would hope to find if you washed up alone on a deserted island: this companionable collection shows how poetry itself is a discussion,
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The Vonnegut Encyclopedia

Revised and updated edition

de Marc Leeds ...

Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date.Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an exhaustive guide to this beloved author’s world, organized in a handy A-to-Z ... Leer más

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Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date.Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an exhaustive guide to this beloved author’s world, organized in a handy A-to-Z
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Le Parti pris des choses de Francis Ponge (Analyse de l'œuvre)

Analyse complète et résumé détaillé de l'oeuvre

de Brume, Paola Livinal, lePetitLitteraire ...

Series series Fiche de lecture
Décryptez Le Parti pris des choses de Francis Ponge avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir du Parti pris des choses, ce recueil de poèmes en prose qui s'intéresse aux objets du quotidien ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Des éclairages complets• Une analyse des spécif... ... Leer más

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Décryptez Le Parti pris des choses de Francis Ponge avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir du Parti pris des choses, ce recueil de poèmes en prose qui s'intéresse aux objets du quotidien ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Des éclairages complets• Une analyse des spécif...
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

de Thomas C. Foster ...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be
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The Horror Collection: Dracula, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Frankenstein

de Bram Stoker, Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Shelley ...

Series series Collins Classics
Collins Classics brings you a haunting selection of the finest horror stories from classic literature – featuring works by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley – with additional content.Complete with a Life & Times section for each author, which offers insights into their lives, works and the time of publication, and a handy glossary adapted from the Collins ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

Collins Classics brings you a haunting selection of the finest horror stories from classic literature – featuring works by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mary Shelley – with additional content.Complete with a Life & Times section for each author, which offers insights into their lives, works and the time of publication, and a handy glossary adapted from the Collins
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The Joy of Reading

A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works

de Charles Van Doren ...

"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible."—Mortimer J. AdlerThis engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world: from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to Salinger and Heinlein in 20th century America. Like a professor whose enthusiasm enwraps his students, Van Doren explains what's wonderful in the books ... Leer más

$12.39 USD

"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible."—Mortimer J. AdlerThis engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world: from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to Salinger and Heinlein in 20th century America. Like a professor whose enthusiasm enwraps his students, Van Doren explains what's wonderful in the books
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As They Say In Zanzibar

de David Crystal ...

David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic expertise to this wonderfully rich topic.Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, ... Leer más

$6.49 USD

David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic expertise to this wonderfully rich topic.Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather,
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How to Write Like a Writer

A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

de Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired ... Leer más

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The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired
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