How Literature Works

Reducere. An engaging introduction to the Greek and Roman classics from Aphrodite to Zeus. Greek and Roman mythology has fascinated people for thousands of y...

Ipoteze religioase in studiul naturii umane. O explorare stiintifica, filosofica si teologica Din cuprins: • The Man is his Heart. The Multifunctio...

Discusses why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature. Bate looks at the three major kinds...

This volume collects H.P. Lovecraft's three major works on fantasy fiction: "Supernatural Horror in Literature" -- his survey of the weird and supe...

Reducere. This comprehensive study, cosponsored by the Christian College Coalition, addresses questions faced by students in introductory literature courses....

'Imagined Sound' is a unique cartography of the artistic, historical and political forces that have informed the post-World War II representation o...

Reducere. A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and wi...

Modernity arrived in Japan, as elsewhere, through new forms of ownership. In A Fictional Commons, Michael K. Bourdaghs explores how the literary an...

Reducere. Today, high-end inequality in America and peer countries is at Gilded Age levels. These matters are too important and complicated to be left just t...

Reducere. Since America's founding, the diversity of American writers has shaped its literature. Authors and poets of the past have created a colorful collec...

Reducere. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age...

DescriptionThe Cambridge Companion to World Literature introduces the significant ideas and practices of world literary studies. It provides a luci...

Davis presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or excerpt w...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the most cherished love stories of all time, this classic comedy of manners tells of the unlikely courtship of Elizabeth Bennet a...

Reducere. This anthology of drama, essays, fiction, and poetry presents a thoughtful, classroom-tested selection of the best literature for learning about th...

John Brooks examines a range of abstractionist, experimental, and genre-defying works by Black writers and artists that challenge how audiences per...

Reducere. Viral Modernism reveals the literary and cultural impact of one of the deadliest plagues in history, the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, bringing ...

This book brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, and weaves in case-studies, anecdotes, and even literature and philos...

Reducere. "Only a Christian, nay a mystic, because he has some idea of what there is in man, can be a complete novelist." --Jacques Maritain Literature . . ....

The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literatureIslamic book culture dates back...

This volume contains Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1877 short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". It begins with a man walking St. Petersburg's streets w...

Reducere. "Absolutely marvelous...lively and learned....Marilyn Yalom's book is a distinguished contribution to our experience of a great literature, as well...

Provocative and engaging, this text invites you into a unique thought experiment, using portraits from some of Shakespeare's most stirring works to...

Reducere. The most trivial slips of the tongue or pen, Freud believed, can reveal our secret ambitions, worries, and fantasies. The Psychopathology of Everyd...

Reimagining Dinosaurs is aimed at literary scholars, historians of science, and curious general readers. Unlike previous works, which suggest that ...

Reducere. DescriptionNikolai Gogol, an early 19th century Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist, considered the father of modern Russian r...

Reducere. Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? This instructional guide for literature has everything yo...

Reducere. Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? This instructional guide for literature has everything yo...

Reducere. Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? This instructional guide for literature has everything yo...

Reducere. Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? This instructional guide for literature has everything yo...

Hearing Things is a meditation on sound's work in literature. Drawing on critical works and the commentaries of many poets and novelists who have p...

Reducere. Robert De Niro at Work is the first critical study to examine how Robert de Niro, perhaps the finest screen actor of his generation, works with scr...

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Wes...

Reducere. A fascinating look into the myths that continue to shape our understanding and appreciation of Jane Austen. Was Jane Austen the best-selling noveli...

Combining the fields of evolutionary economics and the humanities, this book examines McCarthy's literary works as a significant case study demonst...

Reducere. Of all the literary forms, the novel is arguably the most discussed . . . and fretted over. From Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote to the works of ...

Reducere. Setting a new benchmark in martial arts literature, this completely revised edition has been updated to reflect the evolution of training methods, ...

Reducere. Can literature reveal reality? Is philosophical truth a literary artifice? How does the way we think affect what we can know? Buddhism has been gra...

Reducere. Whether you are new to literature reviews or working with new types of data, this book takes the guesswork out of writing your literature review. F...

How does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into...

Reducere. The Epistle of James has long been a reminder that the Tree of Life-Christ's Cross and Gospel-was planted in rich, Jewish soil. James, steeped in I...

Reducere. Shakespeare is perhaps the most famous author in world literature. His works have attracted tremendous critical and historical attention, and the w...

Reducere. Thomas C. Foster, acclaimed author of the phenomenal bestseller How to Read Literature Like a Professor, returns with a hugely entertaining appreci...

DescriptionIn the context of the ongoing crisis in literary criticism, The Social Imperative reminds us that while literature will never by itself ...

Offers a pioneering study of the unique nexus between literature and photography in the works of Hebrew authors. Exploring the use of photography -...

DescriptionCLASSIC TAILS - the greatest works of literature, as told by the finest breedsWe all have our favourite classic tales; books that have b...

Reducere. DescriptionRudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature, the fir...

Reducere. DescriptionA selection and abridgment of Benjamin Foster's comprehensive, two-volume work on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, Before the Muses. ...

Reducere. Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored,...

DescriptionJennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nin...

Reducere. 119In Climate Lyricism Min Hyoung Song articulates a climate change-centered reading practice that foregrounds how climate is present in most liter...

Reducere. By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminou...

Shows how ethics and aesthetics interact in the works of Vladimir Nabokov. Dana Dragunoiu reads Nabokov's fictional worlds as battlegrounds between...

Through readings of works of film, literature, and philosophy, Eugenie Brinkema shifts understandings of the horror genre away from bodily gore and...

This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to...

Reducere. Among the country's greatest artistic contributions, 20th-century Russian literature was revolutionary in its approach to realism, injecting charac...

Reducere. Behaviours change culture, not the other way around. The spread of behaviours is the real source of social change. Behavioural imitation explains h...

Reducere. Test Prep Books' AP Literature and Composition 2021 - 2022: AP English Literature and Composition Prep Book with Practice Test Questions 2nd Editio...

Reducere. Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes...

Reducere. After you've cultivated the coziness of the Danes (hygge) and achieved the Swedish way of moderation (lagom), then what's next? How about developin...

Reducere. The anticipated follow-up to the book lovers' favorite, Literary Wonderlands, LITERARY LANDSCAPES delves deep into the geography, location, and ter...

This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different ...

How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds? In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes t...

Reducere. As an essayist, Adam Phillips combines the best of two worlds: the mastery of psychotherapy as a practitioner and a theorist-and a reputation as on...

The words, phrases, and stories of the New Testament permeate the English language. Indeed, this relatively small group of twenty-seven works, writ...

Reducere. "Books, let's face it, are better than anything else." Nick Hornby Turn the pages of The Literature Book to discover over 100 of the world's most e...

Contemporary Photography and Theory offers an essential overview of some of the key critical debates in fine art photography today. Building on a f...

In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday,...

Reducere. Westminster John Knox Press is pleased to present the seventeen-volume Old Testament for Everyone series. Internationally respected Old Testament s...

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history ...