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What do Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre and Robinson Crusoe have in common

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This is a book of enthusiasms: an intelligent and witty map of contemporary British poetry and a radical, accessible guide to living British poets, grouped for the first time according to the kind of poetry they write.

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(Hardback, 1st ed. 2015)

What did Britain look like to the Muslims who visited and lived in the country in increasing numbers from the late eighteenth century onwards This book is a literary history of representations of Muslims in Britain from the late eighteenth century to the eve of Salman Rushdie's publication of The Satanic Verses (1988).

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From Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda comes a collection of his most personal and engaging essays on the literary life-the perfect companion for any lover of books.

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Translated by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard F. Burton, from the original Sanskrit, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as "1001 Arabian Nights" and Boccaccio's "Decameron." First published in 1870, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India.

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This collection of essential writings from a pioneer of African-American literature features two stories newly restored to print. Eight essays highlight Chesnutt's prescient views on the paradoxes of race relations in America and the definition of race itself.

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A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "On the Sublime".

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In this ground-breaking and fascinating book, Duncan White illuminates a period in history in which literature became one of the most potent of weapons, and its authors often the bravest of warriors: the Cold War.

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Leading scholars, including Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, J. Hillis Miller and Jonathan Dollimore, explore new philosophical perspectives on Joseph Conrad's masterpiece, Heart of Darkness.

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An illuminating collection of essays from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, centering on the culture of dissent.

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He is troubled with gout and debt, but for now is preoccupied with a younger man on a barren shore Robinson Crusoe, for which he will principally be remembered.

Several miles south, an old man, Robert Knox, is bent over a heavy volume.

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Writers, composers, painters, choreographers, playwrights, poets, philosophers, sculptors, filmmakers, and scientists on how they create (and avoid creating!) their creations.

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A tour of the merciless leaders who inflicted their books upon society, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao and many more

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A tour of the merciless leaders who inflicted their books upon society, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao and many more

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'The chest into which I threw all my wild thoughts': the exuberant first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author.

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A radically new understanding of Hemingway's life in Cuba, from the first North American scholar permitted to study in residence there.

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The Twilight saga has bedazzled millions of fans and generated billions in revenue. Erzen introduces readers to the global fanpire--members of Edward-addiction groups, twi-rock musicians, and adherents of vampire religion--to explain how the Twilight series has become a massive cultural phenomenon.

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From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Rda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking readers a one-volume introduction to a rich and varied tradition.