From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature
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Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American...
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"?ik?yat Abu al-Q?sim, probably written in the 11th century by the otherwise unknown al-Azd?, tells...
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An unprecedented sartorial revolution occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century when the...
Our Ancient Wars: Rethinking War Through the Classics
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Many famous texts from classical antiquity-by historians like Thucydides, tragedians like Sophocles...
Perpetual Carnival: Essays on Film and Literature
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Upholding literature and film together as academically interwoven, Perpetual Carnival underscores...
Playing the Martyr: Theater and Theology in Early Modern France
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Playing the Martyr is a book about the interplay between theater and religion in early modern...
Playwriting: The Structure of Action
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This practical guide provides the principles of dramatic writing. Playwrights and screenwriters will...
The Best of McSweeney's
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To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the journal called "a key barometer of the literary...
The Book of Legendary Lands
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In the tradition of On Beauty, On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an...
The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham: See You in Court!: 2016
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This book offers a critically informed yet relaxed historical overview of the legal thriller, a...