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Abrams, M.H. Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition And Revolution in Romantic Literature 1973 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079848. ISBN #0393006093 / 9780393006094. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Abrams, M.H. Natural Supernaturalism: Tradition And Revolution in Romantic Literature 1973 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079848. ISBN #0393006093 / 9780393006094. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "The first modern study of the Romantic achievement, its origins and evolution both in theory and practice." Stuart M. Sperry, Jr., Indiana Unviersity In this remarkable new book, M. H. Abrams definitively studies the Romantic Age 1789 1835 the age in which Shelley claimed that "the literature of England has arisen as it were from a new birth." Abrams shows that the major poets of the age had in common important themes, modes of expression, and ways of feeling and imagining; that the writings of these poets were an integral part of a comprehensive intellectual tendency which manifested itself in philosophy as well as poetry, in England and in Germany; and that this tendency was causally related to drastic political and social changes of the age. But Abrams offers more than a work of scholarship, for he ranges before and after, to place the age in Western culture. he reveals what is traditional and what is revolutionary in the period, providing insights into those same two forces in the ideas of today. He shows that central Romantic ideas and forms of imagination were secularized versions of traditional theological concepts, imagery, and design, and that modern literature participates in the same process. Our comprehension of this age and of our own time is deepened by a work astonishing in its learning, vision, and humane understa
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Alkon, Paul; Folkenflik, Robert Samuel Johnson: Pictures And Words paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051558. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Altick, Richard D.; Fenstermaker, John J. Art Of Literary Research 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051813. ISBN #0393962407 / 9780393962406. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Altick, Richard D.; Fenstermaker, John J. Art Of Literary Research 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051813. ISBN #0393962407 / 9780393962406. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Since The Art of Literary Research was first published in 1963, it has been the established guide to the purposes, methods, and pleasures of research in English and American literature. It is the essential companion for courses in bibliography and research techniques and for programs in independent study, advanced composition, and undergraduate honors. For interested readers who have other vocational plans, its authors-experienced researchers themselves-provide an intimate view of the way professional scholars go about their specialized and challenging tasks. This extensively revised Fourth Edition takes full account of recent developments that have virtually revolutionized certain important areas of the discipline. The computer, as newly written pages demonstrate, not only has eliminated much of the drudgery formerly associated with the gathering, storage, and retrieval of raw data but has made possible many analytical and lexical operations that had been beyond human capacity, yet without diminishing the amount of sheer brain work still required to produce a genuine contribution to knowledge. The book also suggests that "traditional" literary studies, freshly evaluated, are compatible with the current emphasis on critical theory, not inimical to it. The ongoing revision of the literary canon under the impact of women's studies, African-American studies, and other movements, as well as the intensified scholarly and critical interest in present-day writers, is reflected in the book's hundreds of illustrative examples, extensive lists of several related books and articles, and hands-on exercises. The exercises range from the simple, short answer type that offer practice in the use of secondary materials such as can be found in any college library, to projects that may occupy a number of weeks of research in primary sources and are geared to the extensive holdings of large university libraries. The basic rationale and structure of the book, having proved themselves in previous editions, remain unchanged. The first half outlines the principles underlying the critical examination of evidence and describes in detail the chief branches of literary inquiry. Further chapters offer practical advice on bibliographical procedure and note-taking, particularly as these are made more efficient by electronic aids, and on the writing of scholarly papers in one of the best discussions of the craft of expository prose t be found in any textbook ; guide the student through the great American and British libraries whose stocks of books and manuscripts are indispensable to original literary research; and reviews the rewards, obligations, and ethics of the profession.
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Amicus Letters, Fables And Sayings Of Amicus The Mutual Life Insurance Company 1897 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1094774. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Anderson, Stevens W. (Editor) Great American Bathroom Book I paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1048500. ISBN #1880184044 / 9781880184042. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Army Medical Library One Hundred Anniversary Of The Army Medical Library Washington D.C. 1936 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1132821. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth; Tiffin, Helen Empire Writes Back: Theory And Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures 1989 paperback. . Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105216. ISBN #0415012090 / 9780415012096. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth; Tiffin, Helen Empire Writes Back: Theory And Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures 1989 paperback. . Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105216. ISBN #0415012090 / 9780415012096. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The experience of colonization and the challenges of the post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of colonial writing in cultures as diverse as India, Australia, the West Indies, Africa and Canada. This comprehensive study opens debates about the interrelationships of these literatures, investigates the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text and shows how these texts constitute a radical critique of the assumptions underlying Eurocentric notions of literature and language.
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Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth; Tiffin, Helen The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Routledge 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105102. ISBN #0415096227 / 9780415096225. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth; Tiffin, Helen The Post-Colonial Studies Reader Routledge 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1105102. ISBN #0415096227 / 9780415096225. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Post-Colonial Studies Reader is the most comprehensive selection of key texts in post-colonial theory and criticism yet compiled. This collection covers a huge range of topics, featuring nearly ninety of the discipline's most widely read works. The Reader's 90 extracts are designed to introduce the major issues and debates in the field of post-colonial literary studies. This field itself, however, has become so varied that no collection of readings could encompass every voice which is now giving itself the name "post-colonial." The editors, in order to avoid a volume which is simply a critical canon, have selected works representing arguments with which they do not necessarily agree, but rather which above all stimulate discussion, thought and further exploration. Post-colonial "theory" has occurred in all societies into which the imperial force of Europe has intruded, though not always in the official form of theoretical text. Like the description of any other field the term has come to mean many things, but this volume hinges on one incontestable phenomenon: the "historical fact"of colonialism, and the palpable consequences to which this phenomenon gave rise. The topic involves talk about experience of various kinds: migration, slavery, suppression, resistance, representation, difference, race, gender, place, and reaction to the European influence, and about the fundamental experiences of speaking and writing by which all these come into being. In compiling this reader, the editors have sought to stimulate people to ask: "How might a genuinely post-colonial literary enterprise proceed?" The fourteen sections include: Issues and Debates; Universality and Difference; Textual Representation and Resistance; Postmodernism and Post-Colonialism; Nationalism; Hybridity; Ethnicity and Indigenity; Feminism and Post-Colonialism; Language; The Body and Performance; History; Place; Education; and Production and Consumption. Contributors include many of the leading post-colonial theorists and critics--such as Franz Fanon, Chinua Achebe, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Homi Bhabba, Derek Walcott, Edward Said, and Trinh T. Minh-ha--in addition to a number of the discourse's newer voices. The Post-Colonial Studies Reader will prove an authoritative compilation, representing an invaluable contribution to the study of post-colonial theory and criticism.
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Ashe, Rosalind Literary Houses: Ten Famous Houses in Fiction 1982 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081019. ISBN #087196676X / 9780871966766. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ashe, Rosalind Literary Houses: Ten Famous Houses in Fiction 1982 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1081019. ISBN #087196676X / 9780871966766. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary You are invited to enter ten famous houses of fiction and to explore them at your leisure. A guide will lead you through rooms, passage ways and gardens familiar from the novels, pointing out details of particular interest as you pass. The houses, their interiors and locations are illustrated in full colour with accompanying line drawings and floor plans, highlighting the important scenes from the stories. You will be able to peer into Dorian Gray's house in Grosvenor Square and see the famous portrait; you will be shown round the eerie chapel of Castle Dracula; see the lavish partying at Gatsby's mansion at West Egg and look at the strange desolate chaos of Miss Havisham's house. You will also be given an insight into Manderley, Northanger Abbey, Howard's End, Thornfield Hall, the House of the Seven Gables and Baserville Hall. This fascinating book will appeal both to those coming to these classic stories for thefirst time and encourage others to re-read old favorites with this companion volume at their elbow.
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Avery, Samuel Putnam (From The Collection Of) Works On Bookbindings PRactical And Historical: Examples Of Bookbindings Pf THe XVIth To XIXth Centuries 1803 hardcover. Half of back free end paper missing. Boards have small bump marks.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book plate attached. Some Staining. Book #or856771. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ayala, Roselyne De; Gueno, Jean-Pierre Belles Lettres: Manuscripts by the Masters of French Literature Harry N Abrams 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128234. ISBN #0810906171 / 9780810906174. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Ayala, Roselyne De; Gueno, Jean-Pierre Belles Lettres: Manuscripts by the Masters of French Literature Harry N Abrams 2001 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128234. ISBN #0810906171 / 9780810906174. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This volume compiles original manuscripts of more than 100 famous French writers from the 13th to the 20th centuries - Rene Descartes, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marcel Proust, Honore de Balzac, Colette, Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert among them. The manuscripts are reproduced with colour illustrations and accompanied by translations, portraits of the authors and biographical analyses. Some of the works are well known and others are excerpts from journals, letters and memoirs.
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Bantock, Nick Sabine's Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence Of Griffin & Sabine Continues 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088377. ISBN #0811801802 / 9780811801805. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bantock, Nick Sabine's Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondence Of Griffin & Sabine Continues 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088377. ISBN #0811801802 / 9780811801805. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Don't miss The Pharos Gate , the final volume in the Griffin Sabine story. Published simultaneously with the 25th-anniversary edition of Griffin Sabine , the book finally shares what happened to the lovers. Griffin Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you. Sabine Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs. Griffin Sabine , the most creative and talked-about bestseller of 1991, left readers on the edge of a precipice. With Sabine's Notebook, they begin along with Griffin the fall. Once again, the story is told through strangely beautiful postcards and richly decorated letters that must actually be pulled from their envelopes to be read. But this volume is also a sketchbook and diary kept by the possibly unreal Sabine, who is living in Griffin's house in London while he wanders through Europe, North Africa, and Asia, backwards through layers of ancient civilizations and of himself. Filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. For the thousands who finished Griffin Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," this second volume in the quartet provides the answers but raises new and even more haunting questions of its own.
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Bantock, Nick The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes Chronicle Books 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1123859. ISBN #0811802981 / 9780811802987. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bantock, Nick The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes Chronicle Books 1993 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1123859. ISBN #0811802981 / 9780811802987. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Sabine -- I was sure I understood. Yet you were not here when I returned and there was no sign that you ever had been here.... Today comes your card saying you were in this house for three days after my return. I am bewildered. I need you badly. -- Griffin In this final volume of the phenomenal, best-selling trilogy begun with Griffin Sabine and continued in Sabine's Notebook, the mystery of the two artists deepens, their questions grow more urgent. New obstacles including a sinister intruder test the tenacity of their passion, and in each letter or postcard, painting and prose are even more richly intertwined. Destined to be the most sought after novel of the year, The Golden Mean builds toward a powerful conclusion that will satisfy the millions of readers already entranced by the spirited, imaginative, enigmatic union of Griffin and Sabine. With over 50 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and one million copies in print, the first two volumes of this unique trilogy have captured the imagination of readers and reviewers across the country.
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Baring-Gould, William S. (Editor) Annotated Mother Goose paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1050127. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bartlett, Allison Hoover The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession Riverhead Books 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070151. ISBN #1594488916 / 9781594488917. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bartlett, Allison Hoover The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession Riverhead Books 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070151. ISBN #1594488916 / 9781594488917. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In the tradition of The Orchid Thief , a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves, of course, steal for profit. John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books. In an attempt to understand him better, journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett plunged herself into the world of book lust and discovered just how dangerous it can be. Gilkey is an obsessed, unrepentant book thief who has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Ken Sanders is the self-appointed "bibliodick" book dealer with a penchant for detective work driven to catch him. Bartlett befriended both outlandish characters and found herself caught in the middle of efforts to recover hidden treasure. With a mixture of suspense, insight, and humor, she has woven this entertaining cat-and-mouse chase into a narrative that not only reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes, where he stashed the loot, and how Sanders ultimately caught him but also explores the romance of books, the lure to collect them, and the temptation to steal them. Immersing the reader in a rich, wide world of literary obsession, Bartlett looks at the history of book passion, collection, and theft through the ages, to examine the craving that makes some people willing to stop at nothing to possess the books they love.
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Basbanes, Nicholas A. Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, And The Eternal Passion For Books 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058498. ISBN #0805061762 / 9780805061765. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Basbanes, Nicholas A. Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, And The Eternal Passion For Books 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1058498. ISBN #0805061762 / 9780805061765. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness, finalist for the 1995 National Book Critics Circle award, is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal and fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research with the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books and the people who have revered, gathered, and preserved them over the centuries.
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Bauermeister, Erica; Larsen, Jesse; Smith, Holly 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide Penguin Books 1994 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096508. ISBN #0140175903 / 9780140175905. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bauermeister, Erica; Larsen, Jesse; Smith, Holly 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide Penguin Books 1994 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1096508. ISBN #0140175903 / 9780140175905. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A wealth of great women writers, from the likes of Charlotte Bronte a5 to Toni Morrison, is clearly expressed with excerpts from their books to provide readers with a satisfying background on their views of art, growing old, growing up, and power.
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