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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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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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Bantock, Nick Griffin & Sabine : An Extraordinary Correspondence Chronicle Books LLC 1991 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1154176. ISBN #0877017883 / 9780877017882. (keywords: Books on Books GREAT BRITAIN FICTION GRIFFIN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER BANTOCK LONDON ENGLAND SABINE ARTISTS FANTASY GENERAL) (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 ) *
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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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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 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1142040. ISBN #1594484813 / 9781594484810. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Basbanes, Nicholas A. Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, And The Eternal Passion For Books Owl Books 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1155593. 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 Owl Books 1999 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1155593. 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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Beam, Alex A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books PublicAffairs 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047347. ISBN #1586484877 / 9781586484873. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Beam, Alex A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books PublicAffairs 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1047347. ISBN #1586484877 / 9781586484873. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial dead white men, are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago, began as an educational movement, and evolved into a successful marketing idea. Why did a million American households buy books by Hippocrates and Nicomachus from door-to-door salesmen? And how and why did the great books fall out of fashion? In A Great Idea at the Time Alex Beam explores the Great Books mania, in an entertaining and strangely poignant portrait of American popular culture on the threshold of the television age. Populated with memorable characters, A Great Idea at the Time will leave readers asking themselves: Have I read Lucretius s De Rerum Natura lately? If not, why not?
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Benfey, Christopher A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade Penguin Press 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135732. ISBN #1594201609 / 9781594201608. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Benfey, Christopher A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade Penguin Press 2008 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1135732. ISBN #1594201609 / 9781594201608. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The country's most noted writers, poets, and artists converge at a singular moment in American life At the close of the Civil War, the lives of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade intersected in an intricate map of friendship, family, and romance that marked a milestone in the development of American art and literature. Using the image of a flitting hummingbird as a metaphor for the gossamer strands that connect these larger-than-life personalities, Christopher Benfey re-creates the summer of 1882, the summer when Mabel Louise Todd-the prot g to the painter Heade-confesses her love for Emily Dickinson's brother, Austin, and the players suddenly find themselves caught in the crossfire between the Calvinist world of decorum, restraint, and judgment and a new, unconventional world in which nature prevails and freedom is all.
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Bernard, Andre Madame Bovary, C'est Moi: The Great Characters of Literature and Where They Came From W. W. Norton & Company 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or947493. ISBN #0393051811 / 9780393051810. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bernard, Andre Madame Bovary, C'est Moi: The Great Characters of Literature and Where They Came From W. W. Norton & Company 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or947493. ISBN #0393051811 / 9780393051810. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The struggles and inspirations that gave birth to our great writers' most memorable creations. A delightful compendium of wit and information, this book takes us on a casual stroll through literary history as the world's most successful writers sought just the right name, or just the right tone, or just the right prop, for the hero or heroine of their works. How did Nero Wolfe in Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout end up with the name of a Roman emperor? Was Tolstoy's Anna Karenina based on a real person? Why was Hercule Poirot, the great inspector in the mysteries of Agatha Christie, a Belgian rather than a Frenchman? Why was Long John Silver missing a foot? Under what circumstances did J. R. R. Tolkien conceive of a "hobbit"? In this charming collection of anecdotes, we are taken to the very heart of the mystery of literary creation. For as Virginia Woolf once wrote, "If the characters are real the novel will have a chance." 30 line drawings
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Birkerts, Sven The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age Ballantine Books 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092909. ISBN #0449910091 / 9780449910092. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Birkerts, Sven The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age Ballantine Books 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092909. ISBN #0449910091 / 9780449910092. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary " A THOUGHTFUL AND HEARTFELT BOOK...A literary cri de coeur--a lament for literature and everything implicit in it." --The Washington Post In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes. In The Gutenberg Elegies, he explores the impact of technology on the experience of reading. Drawing on his own passionate, lifelong love of books, Birkerts examines how literature intimately shapes and nourishes the inner life. What does it mean to "hear" a book on audiotape, decipher its words on a screen, or interact with it on CD-ROM? Are books as we know them dead? At once a celebration of the complex pleasures of reading and a boldly original challenge to the new information technologies, The Gutenberg Elegies is an essential volume for anyone who cares about the past and future of books. " A wise and humane book....He is telling us, in short, nothing less than what reading means and why it matters." --The Boston Sunday Globe "Warmly elegiac...A candid and engaging autobiographical account sketches his own almost obsessive trajectory through avid childhood reading....This profoundly reflexive process is skillfully described." --The New York Times Book Review "Provocative...Compelling...Powerfully conveys why reading matters, why it is both a delight and a necessity." --The Harvard Review
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Bloom, Harold Anatomy Of Influence: Literature As a Way Of Life 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092359. ISBN #0300167601 / 9780300167603. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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Bloom, Harold Anatomy Of Influence: Literature As a Way Of Life 2011 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1092359. ISBN #0300167601 / 9780300167603. (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it," writes Harold Bloom in The Anatomy of Influence , "is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate." For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years. The result is "a critical self-portrait," a sustained meditation on a life lived with and through the great works of the Western canon: Why has influence been my lifelong obsessive concern? Why have certain writers found me and not others? What is the end of a literary life? Featuring extended analyses of Bloom's most cherished poets Shakespeare, Whitman, and Crane as well as inspired appreciations of Emerson, Tennyson, Browning, Yeats, Ashbery, and others, The Anatomy of Influence adapts Bloom's classic work The Anxiety of Influence to show us what great literature is, how it comes to be, and why it matters. Each chapter maps startling new literary connections that suddenly seem inevitable once Bloom has shown us how to listen and to read. A fierce and intimate appreciation of the art of literature on a scale that the author will not again attempt, The Anatomy of Influence follows the sublime works it studies, inspiring the reader with a sense of something ever more about to be.
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Bloom, Harold How to Read and Why Scribner 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1152293. ISBN #0684859068 / 9780684859064. (keywords: Fiction Literature Literary Criticism Analysis) (filed under: Books on Books / Literary Criticism ) *
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