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A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Harts lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didnt know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums. Alex Bellos

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"Tells the story of the origins and growth of Surrealist literature - primarily through poetry written in French, Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese - throughout the western hemisphere, examining its popularity, influence, and variety"--

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"Othello", with its racism, jealousy and sexual stereotyping seems most immediate to contemporary audiences. This work traces Othello's acting tradition as it has affected the roles of Othello, Desdemona and Iago - demonstrating the emphasis placed on different characters in different countries.

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Celebrating the weird, gory, freaky, amazing horror fiction of the 70s and 80s. With vintage art, hilarious commentary, recommended reading, and poignant creator biographies.

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The final book from the late Alasdair Gray - the conclusion to his remarkable interpretation of Dante's Divine Comedy.

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This is the first full-length study of contemporary American fiction of passing. Its takes as its point of departure the return of racial and gender passing in the 1990s in order to make claims about wider trends in contemporary American fiction.

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Pasts at play showcases a range of approaches to children's literature and culture, from disciplines including Classics, English Literature, and History. The ten essays integrate visual and material culture into historical practice to analyse how nineteenth-century children interacted playfully with the past to generate moral lessons.

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This study explores all of Auster's artistic output - both published and unpublished - for the first time, and considers, in considerable depth, his major themes of New York life, identity, community, writing and storytelling. -- .

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An engaging exploration of the stories behind forty famous pen names from the nineteenth century to the present day.

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"A cultural and philosophical exploration of the art, science, and business of perfume"--

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The first general account of Italian poet Francesco Petrarca in over thirty years.

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This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. -- .

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Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.

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TERRIFIC NEW NEW ZEALAND POETRY

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"An updated and expanded edition of the provocative and practical guide to poetry-an art form that is both loved and feared-written for students of creative writing and literary studies, with a new emphasis on poetry's role in a time of great change and transformation"--

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"An exploration of political signs such as bumper stickers, yard signs, billboards, and how these frequently disposable objects help to create a greater understanding of how politics and geography shape individual identities"--

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Shows how Shakespeare portrayed working people with insight, compassion and purpose.

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Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. This generously illustrated book offers a new perspective on Shakespeare likenesses, as well as exploring the afterlife of these images.