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In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures)In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures)
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This was my first time reading Halberstam and I've decided we don't jell. If you're a fan, of...
The New Annotated DraculaThe New Annotated Dracula
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Cause for international celebration—the most important and complete edition of Dracula...
The Romantic DogsThe Romantic Dogs
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Discover Roberto Bola?o as he saw himself, in his own first calling as a poet. Roberto Bola?o...
Madame Bovary (Penguin Popular Classics)Madame Bovary (Penguin Popular Classics)
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Destined for doom and misfortune, Madame Bovary, the female protagonist, falls down the wrong...
Three Men in a Boat (Penguin Popular Classics)Three Men in a Boat (Penguin Popular Classics)
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I read a review before purchasing this novel that comapred the three main charcters to Bertie...


The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lonnrot (Oxford World's Classics Series)The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lonnrot (Oxford World's Classics Series)
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The Kalevala is the result of Elias L?nnrot collecting and commiting to paper the oral...
The Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh
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The EPIC of GILGAMESH Translation by Maureen Gallery Kovacs I first learned about The Epic of...
Lost Illusions (Modern Library Classics)Lost Illusions (Modern Library Classics)
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The Human Comedy is a saga of 92 novels that Balzac said was written by French society. Legend...
Empire of SignsEmpire of Signs
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It wearies to hear once more that Barthes' "The Empire of Signs" is an example of...
The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library)The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library)
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O. Henry wrote delightful short stories, always with surprising and often humorous endings. He...


Keats's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Editions)Keats's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Editions)
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This Norton Critical Edition seeks to return Keats—one of the most beloved poets of the...
Journal of a SolitudeJournal of a Solitude
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May Sarton is an author you must not miss. Not of you're a thinker (and do your own thinking).
The Alphabet (Modern & Contemporary Poetics)The Alphabet (Modern & Contemporary Poetics)
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Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)Middlemarch (Penguin Classics)
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My comments are related only to the electronic version/aspect of this edition of Middlemarch...
Crescent: A NovelCrescent: A Novel
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Reading Diana Abu-Jaber's novel, Crescent, we can fly with her on a magical carpet to Iraq and...

Greek Lyric Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)Greek Lyric Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)
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M.L. West is one of the finest classicists today dealing with Greek poetry. He knows this...
The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction (4th Edition)The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction (4th Edition)
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I've been using this book in a career writing class where we have been focusing on learning how...
The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics)The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics)
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These three stories are amongst London's best fictional works- some say they *are* the best,...
King Lear (The Pelican Shakespeare)King Lear (The Pelican Shakespeare)
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With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican...
Home To Harlem (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)Home To Harlem (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
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Written in 1928, Claude McKay's novel, Home to Harlem was created as an answer to its white...

Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative and HistoryUnclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative and History
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If you want to understand the state of trauma studies in their relation to the humanities, you...
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell StoriesThe Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
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This review is just to cover several points that Olly Buxton's and Allen Smalling's excellent...
North and South (Penguin Classics)North and South (Penguin Classics)
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After having seen the BBC's version of North & South, I couldn't wait to read the book. I...
Six American Poets: An AnthologySix American Poets: An Anthology
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This volume of six major American poets should be considered a must-have for anyone with even a...
Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (Norton Critical Edition)Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850 (Norton Critical Edition)
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It is interesting that Wordsworth should never have published his most impressive poem. Norton...

The History of the HobbitThe History of the Hobbit
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This three volume set gives new insight into the world of The Hobbit. The first book is The...
Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton AnthologyPostmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology
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For some reason, the reviews for the anthology itself are posted here, instead of reviews of...
Crafting the Very Short Story: An Anthology of 100 MasterpiecesCrafting the Very Short Story: An Anthology of 100 Masterpieces
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For starters, it's a mix of "very short stories" and "very short excerpts"...
Scenes of Subjection: Terr Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America (Race and American Culture)Scenes of Subjection: Terr Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America (Race and American Culture)
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I haven't read this book yet by Saidiya Hartman, but, if this is a poweful as "Lose Your...
Le Morte Darthur (Norton Critical Editions)Le Morte Darthur (Norton Critical Editions)
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Book was shipped quickly and was in excellent condition. Exactly as it was promoted to be.

The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction (4th Edition)The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction (4th Edition)
Best Price: $51.99
I've been using this book in a career writing class where we have been focusing on learning how...
The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics)The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics)
Best Price: $4.02
These three stories are amongst London's best fictional works- some say they *are* the best,...
King Lear (The Pelican Shakespeare)King Lear (The Pelican Shakespeare)
Best Price: $3.36
With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican...
Mary Barton (Penguin Classics)Mary Barton (Penguin Classics)
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This book shows the opposite side of life of Gaskell's final novel, Wives and Daughters. Where...
The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook 4th Ed. (book alone) Spiral BoundThe Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook 4th Ed. (book alone) Spiral Bound
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The Basics is an easy to read and follow plan for teaching ESL essay writing. As an ESL...

The Norton Introduction to Literature, Media EditionThe Norton Introduction to Literature, Media Edition
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It was excellent! The description was accurate, and the included cds were unharmed. Thank you...
On LiteratureOn Literature
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There seems to be a hiccup in the Kindle Store's database. This book is a collection of essays...
The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative (Cambridge Introductions to Literature)
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What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives and the texts we read? H....
Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Barnes & Noble Classics)Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Barnes & Noble Classics)
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Essays and Poems , by Ralph Waldo Emerson , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics ...
The Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Literature with Audio CDThe Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Literature with Audio CD
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Although this product took longer to ship than expected, I am extremely pleased. This textbook...

The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics)The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics)
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Zola's The Ladies Paradise is a fine translation from the French original. The author is right...
Master and Commander (Movie Tie-In Edition)Master and Commander (Movie Tie-In Edition)
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I have lost count of the number of times I have read and re-read all 20 books in the...
Aurelia & Other WritingsAurelia & Other Writings
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This was the first book I read by Antonin Artaud. I was really moved by this man and he helped...
Semiotics: The BasicsSemiotics: The Basics
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As intended, this is a very good summary of Semiotics and Structuralism. I discovered the book...
On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other EssaysOn Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays
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An extraordinary glimpse into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien through his own words and those of...

The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics)The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Penguin Classics)
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Firstly, I'm loving the book, for all the reasons already mentioned. But don't get this...
The Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact EditionThe Longman Anthology of Drama and Theater: A Global Perspective, Compact Edition
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I'm very pleased with this anthology partly because of its international scope, but also because...
The Axiom of ChoiceThe Axiom of Choice
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Comprehensive in its selection of topics and results, this self-contained text examines the...
The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature)The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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The endnotes don't link, but that isn't really an issue because they are at the end of each...
Cengage Advantage Books: A Pocketful of Essays: Volume II, Thematically Arranged, Revised Edition (The Pocketful Series)Cengage Advantage Books: A Pocketful of Essays: Volume II, Thematically Arranged, Revised Edition (The Pocketful Series)
Best Price: $8.99
Including titles in fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, David Madden's Pocketfuls series are...

Just Peace: A Message of HopeJust Peace: A Message of Hope
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When you're a child with Muscular Dystrophy, you have to do what you have to do in order to pay...
The Writings of St. Paul, Second Edition (Norton Critical Edition)The Writings of St. Paul, Second Edition (Norton Critical Edition)
Best Price: $16.27
This is a must-have book for those interested in Paul's writings. The first part contains his...
Much Ado about Nothing (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)Much Ado about Nothing (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series)
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Claire McEachern's 2006 Arden edition of "Much Ado" is the definitive work. Her...
The Charterhouse of Parma (Penguin Classics)The Charterhouse of Parma (Penguin Classics)
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C.K. Scott-Moncrieff's disastrous translations of Stendhal are still available in Everyman's...
Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)
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There is little need to review the actual text: it is undoubtedly (along with many other of...

Texts and Contexts (4th Edition)Texts and Contexts (4th Edition)
Best Price: $20.00
I assigned this book in an undergraduate course that included an introduction to critical...
    
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