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In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern, under the guidance of Professor Jack Zipes. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and captivating genre, exploring the tales themselves, the writers who wrote and reworked them, and the artists who illustrated them. It also covers numerous related topics such as the fairy tale and film, television,...
2) Why poetry
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"In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder takes on what it is that poetry - and poetry alone - can do. Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it... Anchored in poetic...
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a comprehensive reference work dealing with all aspects of its subject: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. Prepared by recognized authorities, its articles treat their topics in sufficient depth and with enough lucidity to satisfy the scholar and the general reader alike.
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A New Literary History of America contains essays on topics from the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop. Literature, music, film, art, history, science, philosophy, political rhetoriccultural creations of every kind appear in relation to each other, and to the time and place that give them shape.
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Studies in literary themes and genres volume no. 3
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Surveys the origins and evolution of science fiction including its social context in England, France, and the U.S. Focuses on key works that mark significant phases of the development of the genre.
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Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond.
Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative...
Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative...
8) Edward Albee
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 141
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edward Albee.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 531
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Stephen King.
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"The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What Americans don't know is the story of how this everyday "broadside...
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The study of children's literature and culture has been experiencing a renaissance, with vital new work proliferating across many areas of interest. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, this work presents 49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts of the field with scope, clarity, and interdisciplinary play between concepts. From Aesthetics to Young Adult, a multidisciplinary cast of scholars explores the vocabulary central to the study of...
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 334
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Provides a critical introduction to American Indian poetry.
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Provides a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 467
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Provides a critical introduction to Native American literature.
15) Edgar Allan Poe
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edgar Allan Poe.
16) Conrad Richter
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 81
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Conrad Richter.
17) John Steinbeck
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of John Steinbeck.
20) David Hume
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of David Hume.