The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays

Reducere. Part of T. S. Eliot's lofty standing among 20th-century poets is directly attributable to his vast knowledge and deep appreciation of his literary ...

The Fun Stuff and Other Essays - James Wood

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Publisher: Glorian PublishingAuthor(s): Samael Aun WeorNumber of pages: 388Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 558 x 25Cover type: Paperback / ...

DescriptionRobin Wood-one of the foremost critics of cinema-has laid the groundwork for anyone writing about the horror film in the last half-centu...

Reducere. The secret of Woolman's purity of style is that his eye is single, and that conscience dictated his words. This Quaker preacher and tailor was a ma...

Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works - books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generat...

Author of How Fiction Works James Wood has long established himself as the leading critic of his generation. With The Fun Stuff, he confirms his pr...

This gave my essays a kind of urgency, the warmth of appeal of the advocate, which my later, more detached and I hope more judicial essays cannot c...

Reducere. Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Nonfiction Prize "Knock Wood is an absolute wonder, and Jennifer Militello is at the top of her form." --Andre Dubus III, ...

George Bernard Shaw's Major Cultural Essays introduces readers to the wealth and diversity of Shaw's cultural writings from across the breadth of h...

A fascinating collection of essays by the author on the ancient art of astrology, ranging from discussions of its use in our personal lives to its ...

Reducere. The fifteen Sherlock Holmes stories reprinted in this volume are generally held to be the most significant, innovative and influential tales featur...

Reducere. DescriptionHow to clean up your life and your clutter and be mindful in the process. In our stressful, stuff-filled world, Carolyn Koehnline's insp...

DescriptionLecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Request and receive your e-inspection copy today The Third Edition of this pop...

Publisher: Pindar PressAuthor(s): John MitchellIllustration(s): 243 illus.Number of pages: 356Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 248 x 176 x 24Cover...

The selected essays of James Wood - our greatest living literary critic and author of How Fiction Works'James Wood is a close reader of genius...

Wooden buildings housed the majority of Swedish urban populations during the early modern era, but many of these buildings have disappeared as the ...

DescriptionVelazquez. Poussin. Carvaggio. Bernini. Despite their disparate backgrounds, these greats of European Baroque art converged at one remar...

DescriptionSacrifice--ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued--is essential to all religions. Could ...

Reducere. This volume contains Wilfrid Sellars' major essays from 1947 through 1953 including the revised version of "Realism and the New Way of Words."

DescriptionDesigned to encourage critical thinking, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and a...

Publisher: Academic Studies PressAuthor(s): Alessandro GuettaNumber of pages: 300Collection: Perspectives in Jewish Intellectual LifePublication da...

Publisher: Princeton University PressIllustration(s): 1 table 1 line illus.Number of pages: 592Collection: Princeton Library of Asian TranslationsP...

Reducere. One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays...

Reducere. L.A. Times Book PrizeThe Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: W. E. B. Du BoisEditor: Nahum Dimitri ChandlerThis volume assembles essential essays--some published only posthumously, oth...

DescriptionThe essays included in this volume present Larry W. Hurtado's steadfast analysis of the earliest Christian manuscripts. In these chapter...

First published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and af...

`The best memoir by a senior politician for years.' Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times