
The Sound and the Fury: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism
William Faulkner and Michael Gorra
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William Faulkner's provocative and enigmatic 1929 novel, The Sound and the Fury, is widely...

Sharp
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Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion,...

What is Neoclassical Economics?: Debating the Origins, Meaning and Significance
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Despite some diversification modern economics still attracts a great deal of criticism. This is...

Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion
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Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion,...

The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature
Gilbert Highet and Harold Bloom
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Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat...

Latest Readings
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An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending...
The New Tenement
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This book examines "new tenements" - dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the...
Feminism and Art in Postwar Italy: The Legacy of Carla Lonzi
Francesco Ventrella and Giovanna Zapperi
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A renowned art critic of the 1960s, Carla Lonzi abandoned the art world in 1970 to found Rivolta...

Citizen: An American Lyric
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Winner Of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Poetry Winner Of The National Book Critics Circle...

The Good News
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"Today you turn up five habits to quit for happiness: criticism, control, complaint, excuses,...