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The Triumph of the Thriller : How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction
Patrick Anderson
Hardcover - $37.95
In his provocative, caustic, and often hilarious survey of today's popular fiction, Anderson shows who the best thriller writers are--and the worst. He also demands that the best of these novelists be given their due--not as genre writers, but as som ...
Black British Writing
R. Victoria Arana
Hardcover - $133.95
This collection of essays provides an imaginative international perspective on ways to incorporate black British writing and culture in the study of English literature, and presents theoretically sophisticated and practical strategies for doing so. I ...
Reading Essays : An Invitation
G. Douglas Atkins
Paperback - $39.95
Approaches abound to help us beneficially, enjoyably read fiction, poetry, and drama. Here, for the first time, is a book that aims to do the same for the essay. G. Douglas Atkins performs sustained readings of more than twenty-five major essays, exp ...
The Body in the Library : A Literary History of Modern Medicine
Iain Bamforth
Hardcover - $47.95
The Body in the Library is a unique tour of the history of medicine and its practitioners. It provides a nuanced and realistic picture of how medicine and society have abetted and thwarted each other ever since the lawyers behind the French Revolutio ...
Folk Poetry of Modern Greece
Roderick Beaton
Paperback - $78.95
A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and song in the Greek language from the last years of the Byzantine Empire to the present day. The folk poetry of the title includes the songs, composed and handed down by word of mouth, of unlettered villagers, ...
Culture, Creativity and Environment : New Environmentalist Criticism.
Fiona Becket
Paperback - $149.95
The Literary Experience
Bruce Beiderwell
Hardcover - $171.95
Bruce Beiderwell and Jeff Wheeler know that studying literature can be intimidating because of the specialized terminology and categorization. Rather than focusing first on terms or definitions, THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE helps you develop the skills to ...