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The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding, Paperback/Ian Watt
The Rise of the Novel is Ian Watt's classic description of the interworkings of social conditions, changing attitudes, and literary practices during the period when the novel emerged as the…Catre Magazin -
The Inklings and King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain, Paperback/Sorina Higgins
In the midst of war-torn Britain, King Arthur returned in the writings of the Oxford Inklings. Learn how Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, and Barfield brought hope to their times and our…Catre Magazin -
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien’s World, Paperback/Verlyn Flieger
J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth…Catre Magazin -
A Reader’s Guide to Finnegans Wake, Paperback/William York Tindall
For years, William York Tindall's Guide has been one of the valuable ways to approach the difficult writing and complex language of Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Over a period of 40…Catre Magazin -
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio, Paperback/F Scott Fitzgerald
This is the first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald wrote the novel as Trimalchio and…Catre Magazin -
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. Dick, Paperback/Emmanuel Carrere
For his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the ``one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century`` ( The New York Times…Catre Magazin -
Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson, Paperback/Wendy Martin
This fascinating introduction delves behind the myth of Emily Dickinson to present her in the context of her time. It features a close analysis of the major themes in her…Catre Magazin -
Discourse Networks, 1800/1900, Paperback/Friedrich Kittler
This is a highly original book about the connections between historical moment, social structure, technology, communication systems, and what is said and thought using these systems - notably literature. The…Catre Magazin -
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Paperback/Sam Greenlee
A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late…Catre Magazin -
The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend, Paperback/Nicole Evelina
Guinevere's journey from literary sinner to feminist icon took over one thousand years...and it's not over yet. Literature tells us painfully little about Guinevere, mostly focusing on her sin and…Catre Magazin -
Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus, Paperback/Thomas Williams
Profile of medieval philosopher and theologist, John Duns Scotus.Catre Magazin -
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France, Paperback/Robert Darnton
French literature of the eighteenth century means to us today Rousseau and Voltaire and the "classic" texts that, we imagine, gave rise to the Revolution. Yet very few of the…Catre Magazin -
Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics, Paperback/R. H. Blyth
It was R.H Blyth's belief that "all that is good in European literature and culture is simply and solely that which is in accordance with the Spirit of Zen." He…Catre Magazin -
A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare, Paperback/Rene Girard
One of the foremost literary critics turns to the major figure in English literature and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems, involving a novel…Catre Magazin -
The Grand Canyon Reader, Paperback/Lance Newman
This superb anthology brings together some of the most powerful and compelling writing about the Grand Canyon--stories, essays, and poems written across five centuries by people inhabiting, surviving, and attempting…Catre Magazin -
Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel, Paperback/Claudia L. Johnson
``The best (and the best written) book about Austen that has appeared in the last three decades.``-Nina Auerbach, Journal of English and Germanic Philology ``By looking at the ways in…Catre Magazin -
The Origin of Others, Hardcover/Toni Morrison
America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging.…Catre Magazin -
Re Joyce, Paperback/Anthony Burgess
Arguing that "the appearance of difficulty is part of Joyce's big joke," Burgess provides a readable, accessible guide to the writings of James Joyce.Catre Magazin -
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, Vol. 2, Paperback/Alexander Schmidt
In more than 300 years of Shakespearean scholarship, only one book, the famous Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary, has investigated the meaning of every word that Shakespeare wrote. The lifetime…Catre Magazin -
Book of the Subgenius, Paperback/Inc Subgenius Foundation
Sometimes a book goes too far. Sometimes is... now. First, there was The Gilgamesh. Then... the Bhagavad-Gita Then... the Torah, the New Testament, the Koran Then... the Book of Mormon,…Catre Magazin -
Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, Paperback/Bernard Rosenthal
This book represents the first comprehensive record of all legal documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials, in chronological order. Numerous newly discovered manuscripts, as well as records published in…Catre Magazin -
War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film, Paperback/Marc DiPaolo
Superhero adventure comics have a long history of commenting upon American public opinion and government policy, and the surge in the popularity of comics since the events of September 11,…Catre Magazin -
Violence Against Indigenous Women: Literature, Activism, Resistance, Paperback/Allison Hargreaves
Violence against Indigenous women in Canada is an ongoing crisis, with roots deep in the nation's colonial history. Despite numerous policies and programs developed to address the issue, Indigenous women…Catre Magazin -
Deepred Vol 4 ‘1, Paperback/Chas Balun
DeepRedmagazine returns with an ALL NEW issue from the priginal sstaff "Well, DEEP RED is ALIVEReady to take on all comers. We'll continue to change, experiment, and refine our format.…Catre Magazin -
Berlin Childhood Around 1900, Paperback/Walter Benjamin
Begun in Poveromo, Italy, in 1932, and extensively revised in 1938, Berlin Childhood around 1900 remained unpublished during Walter Benjamin's lifetime, one of his "large-scale defeats." Now translated into English…Catre Magazin -
The Everlasting Man, St. Francis of Assisi…, Paperback/G. K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton This volume contains three of Chesterton's greatest classics on Catholic philosophy and spirituality. It includes The Everlasting Man, possibly his greatest work, which gives an Incarnational view of…Catre Magazin -
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated, Paperback/Ralph Ellison
Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison's literary executor, John F. Callahan, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay…Catre Magazin -
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America, Paperback/David Hajdu
The story of the rise and fall of those comic books has never been fully told -- until The Ten-Cent Plague . David Hajdu's remarkable new book vividly opens up…Catre Magazin -
A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston, Paperback/Kim Roberts
The site of a thriving literary tradition, Washington, DC, has been the home to many of our nation's most acclaimed writers. From the city's founding to the beginnings of modernism,…Catre Magazin -
Short Circuits: Aphorisms, Fragments, and Literary Anomalies, Paperback/James Lough
Following up on the success of their first anthology of aphorisms, Short Flights , editors James Lough and Alex Stein have returned with a new volume that expands on the…Catre Magazin -
Critical Information Literacy: Foundations, Inspiration, and Ideas, Paperback/Annie Downey
Academic librarians are exploring critical information literacy (CIL) in ever increasing numbers. While a smattering of journal articles and a small number of books have been published on the topic,…Catre Magazin -
An Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama, Paperback/Maureen O’Rourke Murphy
In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies, editors Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and…Catre Magazin -
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages, Paperback/Harold Bloom
Literary critic Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list-it is a vision. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying…Catre Magazin -
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Paperback/Rene Girard
An astonishing work of cultural criticism, this book is widely recognized as a brilliant and devastating challenge to conventional views of literature, anthropology, religion, and psychoanalysis. In its scope and…Catre Magazin -
The Country and the City, Paperback/Raymond Williams
As a brilliant survey of English literature in terms of changing attitudes towards country and city, Williams' highly-acclaimed study reveals the shifting images and associations between these two traditional poles…Catre Magazin -
A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, Paperback/Michael Ferber
This is an expansion of the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than on 'universal' psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols…Catre Magazin -
Rhetorics of Fantasy, Paperback/Farah Mendlesohn
Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Utilizing nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author…Catre Magazin -
The Power of Reading, Second Edition: Insights from the Research, Paperback/Stephen D. Krashen
Continuing the case for free voluntary reading set out in the book's 1993 first edition, this new, updated, and much-looked-for second edition explores new research done on the topic in…Catre Magazin -
William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country, Paperback/Cleanth Brooks
Hailed by critics and scholars as the most valuable study of Faulkner's fiction, Cleanth Brooks's William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country explores the Mississippi writer's fictional county and the commanding role…Catre Magazin -
Devotion, Hardcover/Patti Smith
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic--its source a mystery, its…Catre Magazin -
Workshops of Empire: Stegner, Engle, and American Creative Writing During the Cold War, Paperback/Eric Bennett
During and just after World War II, an influential group of American writers and intellectuals projected a vision for literature that would save the free world. Novels, stories, plays, and…Catre Magazin -
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro, Paperback/Brian W. Shaffer
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro collects nineteen interviews, conducted over the past two decades on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, with the author of Booker Prize-winning The Remains of…Catre Magazin -
The Mrs. Dalloway Reader, Paperback/Virginia Woolf
This first volume of its kind contains the complete text of and guide to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, plus Mrs. Dalloway's Party and numerous journal entries and letters by Virginia Woolf…Catre Magazin -
Poetics of Relation, Paperback/Edouard Glissant
Edouard Glissant, long recognized in the French and francophone world as one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our times, is increasingly attracting attention from English-speaking readers. Born in…Catre Magazin -
El Deli Latino, Paperback/Judith Ortiz Cofer
This is a Spanish-language edition of "The Latin Deli," Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, "El…Catre Magazin -
Further Up & Further in: Understanding Narnia, Hardcover/Joseph Pearce
Further Up & Further In: Understanding narnia by acclaimed Catholic author Joseph Pearce invites readers to return with the eyes of an adult to C.S. Lewis' magical land entered through…Catre Magazin -
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, Paperback/Susan Schneider
Featuring numerous updates and enhancements, Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2nd Edition, presents a collection of readings that utilize concepts developed from science fiction to explore a variety of classic and…Catre Magazin -
Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South, Paperback/Ralph C. Wood
Flannery O'Connor was only the second twentieth-century writer (after William Faulkner) to have her work collected for the Library of America, the definitive edition of American authors. Fifty years after…Catre Magazin