| Title | : | A Feminist Perspective on Renaissance Drama |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0631205098 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 214 |
We know that women made up a significant part of Renaissance theatre audiences but how might they have read the plays presented there...
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| Title | : | Holy Bible |
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| ISBN | : | 1516861396 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 438 |
The Books of Moses Because you know it s nonsense, but were never sure why.The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy....
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| Title | : | Understanding The Lord of the Rings |
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| ISBN | : | 0618422536 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 |
Understanding The Lord of the Rings The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien s masterpiece The essays span fifty years of critical reaction, from the first publication of The Fellowship of the Ring through the release of Peter Jackson s film trilogy, which inspired a new generation of readers to discover the classic work and prior g Understanding The Lord of the Rings The Best of Tolkien Criticism is the definitive collection of essays on Tolkien s masterpiece The es...
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| Title | : | John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath |
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| ISBN | : | 0791036855 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 |
A collection of seven critical essays on Steinbeck s The Grapes of Wrath arranged in chronological order of publication....
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| Title | : | The Space of Literature |
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| ISBN | : | 080326092X |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 279 |
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blan Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers amo...
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| Title | : | J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0415969425 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 774 |
A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field Coverage not only presents the most recent scholarship on J R R Tolkien, but also introduces and explores the author and scholar s life and work within their historical and cult A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien s...
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| Title | : | Reflecting the Eternal |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1619706652 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 330 |
The characters, plots, and potent language of C S Lewis s novels reveal everywhere the modern writer s admiration for Dante s Divine Comedy Throughout his career Lewis drew on the structure, themes, and narrative details of Dante s medieval epic to present his characters as spiritual pilgrims growing toward God Dante s portrayal of sin and sanctification, of human frai The characters, plots, and potent language of C S Lewis s novels reveal everywhere the modern writer s admiration for Dante s Di...
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| Title | : | Nosferatu (1922) |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1844576507 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 |
F W Murnau s Nosferatu 1922 , the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker s Dracula, remains a potent and disturbing horror film One of the outstanding documents of Weimar culture s dark side, the film s prevailing themes of human destructiveness, insanity, and moral and physical pollution had a stinging topicality for contemporary audiences.Kevin Jackson s illuminating F W Murnau s Nosferatu 1922 , the first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker s Dracula, remains a potent...
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| Title | : | An Experiment in Criticism |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0521422817 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 |
Why do we read literature and how do we judge it C.S Lewis s classic analysis springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite Crucial to his notion of judging literature is a commitment to laying aside expectations and values extraneous to the work, in order to approach it wi Why do we read literature and how do we judge it C.S Lewis s classic analysis springs from the conviction that literature exists for the ...
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| Title | : | The Best American Comics Criticism |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1606991485 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 |
Conventional wisdom states that cartooning and graphic novels exist ina golden age of creativity, popularity, and critical acceptance Butwhy Today, the signal is stronger than ever, but so is the noise NewYork Times, Vanity Fair, and Bookforum critic Ben Schwartz assemblesthe greatest lineup of comics critics the world has yet seen totestify on behalf of this increasing Conventional wisdom states that cartooning and graphic novels exist ina golden age of creativity, popularity, and critical acceptance But...
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| Title | : | Women of Ice and Fire |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1501302892 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 |
George R.R Martin s acclaimed seven book fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire is unique for its strong and multi faceted female protagonists, from teen queen Daenerys, scheming Queen Cersei, child avenger Arya, knight Brienne, Red Witch Melisandre, and many The Game of Thrones universe challenges, exploits, yet also changes how we think of women and gender, not onl George R.R Martin s acclaimed seven book fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire is unique for its strong and multi facet...
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| Title | : | Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1604978961 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 |
From advertisements to amusement parks, themed resaturants, and Renaissance fairs twenty first century popular culture is strewn with reimaginings of the Middle Ages They are nowhere prevalent, however, than in the films, television series, books, and video games of speculative genres fantasy and science fiction Peter Jackson s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit From advertisements to amusement parks, themed resaturants, and Renaissance fairs twenty first century popular culture is strewn with reimagin...
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| Title | : | The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0521646782 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period He wrote in virtually every literary genre in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque in poetry, epigram, and lyric in prose, literary criticism and English grammar This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period He wrote i...
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| Title | : | The Figure of Beatrice |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0976402548 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
One of the most ambitious essays in the interpretation of Dante our time has seenhis interpretation of the role of Beatrice is a subtle and individual one Charles Williams was one of the finest not to mention one of the most unusual theologians of the twentieth century His mysticism is palpable the unseen world interpenetrates ours at every point, and spiritual exchan One of the most ambitious essays in the interpretation of Dante our time has seenhis interpretation of the role of Beatrice is a ...
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| Title | : | Writing Against Time |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0804770816 |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 |
For centuries, a central goal of art has been to make us see the world with new eyes Thinkers from Edmund Burke to Elaine Scarry have understood this effort as the attempt to create new forms But as anyone who has ever worn out a song by repeated listening knows, artistic form is hardly immune to sensation killing habit Some of our most ambitious writers Keats, Proust, For centuries, a central goal of art has been to make us see the world with new eyes Thinkers from Edmund Burke to Elaine Scarry...
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| Title | : | The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0521527996 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 488 |
This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580 1642 Revised essays are included in chapters on theaters, dramaturgy, political plays, heroic plays, burlesque, comedy, tragedy, and drama produced during the reign of Charles I Their references have b This new edition of the Companion provides updated information about the principal theaters, playwrights and plays of the most important...
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| Title | : | The Mirror and the Lamp |
| Author | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0195014715 |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 |
With this book, M.H Abrams has given us a remarkable study, admirably conceived and executed, a book of quite exceptional and no doubt lasting significance for a number of fields for the history of ideas and comparative literature as well as for English literary history, criticism and aesthetics....
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