Book Description This is the first volume of essays on Bacon's The New Atlantis, a key text of Early Modern culture, incorporating the practical and visionary, utility and...
Похожие книги
The Annotated Waste Land with Eliot's Contemporary Prose
T. S. Eliot
Book Description The presence of black and Asian people in the U.K. has altered the nation in so many ways that the culture is now one of fusion. The stories in Kin are po...
Book Description A daring new anthology of short stories, The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe features women's stories on the theme of women and fatness, edited by the...
The perfect gift for any dog lover, The Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told is a compulsively readable collection of 36 of the most moving and illuminating stories ever penned ...
Book DescriptionThis is the sixth book in the Plays and Playwrights series. The book includes the complete scripts of twelve plays with permission and contact information ...
Book DescriptionThis collection of essays devoted to the centrality of place in the short stories and novels of some of the twentieth century's most famous American writer...
Book DescriptionSimone Weil, a brilliant young teacher, philosopher, and social activist, wrote the essay, The Iliad or the Poem of Force at France at the beginning of Wor...
Book DescriptionAncient American Poets presents a survey of indigenous poetry that focuses on three Amerindian poets. Included are The Flower Songs by Nezahualcoyotl (Azte...
Book DescriptionFor the past 23 years, a diverse group of writers including Raymond Carver, Primo Levi, Salman Rushdie, Lorrie Moore, Isaiah Berlin, and Richard Ford have ...
Book DescriptionLas Vegas holds a unique place in the popular imagination and in the work of any number of contemporary writers of fiction. The fourteen stories in this an...
Book Description On the heels of the stunning success of the Summer '04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of...
Book Description Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these 18 stories-many of which appe...
Book DescriptionPublished for the first time and reprinted from the only surviving copy of the script, which was discovered in the CBS-TV vaults, Applause is proud to pres...
Book DescriptionThis is the fullest account to date of American poetry and literary criticism in the Modernist period.
Book DescriptionLouis Jacques Mand? Daguerre grabbed the attention of the world in 1839 with a new invention: the daguerreotype. These magically detailed, one-of-a-kind im...
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964.This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They...
The Outlaw Bible of American Literature will serve as a primer for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformit...
From the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim comes a collection of the short stories David Sedaris loves most. Con...
This groundbreaking anthology offers a broad and representative introduction to some of the most exciting, fresh voices on the contemporary poetry landscape by gathering ...
The Poynter Institute once again brings you the year's best newswriting and community service photojournalism, showcasing the winners and finalists of the American Society...