Criticism
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Author:Dobie, Ann B.Summary: -
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Author:Nafisi, AzarSummary:Structured as a series of letters to her father, who taught her as a child about how literature can rescue us in times of trauma, Nafisi Azar explores the most probing questions of our time through the works of Toni Morrison, Salman...
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"Ovid and Masculinity in English Renaissance Literatureuncovers a surprising nuance in the Renaissance construction of masculinity -- namely, that it is precisely the destabilization of manhood in Ovid that Renaissance writers use to...
- Author:Cotte, JérômeSummary:
Professeur de philosophie au niveau collégial, Jérôme Cotte s'intéresse à ce que les grands philosophes de toutes les époques ont dit ou écrit sur l'humour; il fait des liens avec ce que font ou disent les humoristes modernes du...
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Author:French, DavidSummary:A son returns after an absence of two years to find both his mother and family friend Wiff trying to sustain his father, Jacob. A heart attack has forced Jacob out of work, and he can't reconcile himself to his frightening situation....
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Author:Culler, Jonathan D.Summary: - Author:Summary:
- Author:Marsan, Jean-Sébastien, Beaucage, RéjeanSummary:
Icône moustachue de la contre-culture californienne, tantôt compositeur (trop) expérimental, tantôt bouffon provocateur et vulgaire... L’opinion publique entretient une image fragmentaire et superficielle de Frank Zappa, limitée à...
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Author:Leedahl, Shelley A.Summary:Some people claim they'd like to walk away from their lives -- Shelley A. Leedahl had the nerve to do it. Was it selfishness, or self-preservation? Drawing upon childhood memories, hikes, road trips, foreign travel, her self-...
- Author:Babiak, PeterSummary:
In Garage Criticism Peter Babiak eviscerates and deflates some of the cultural hot topics of our time. Babiak deconstructs our fascination with internet culture, devolves the rhetorical hallucinations of economics and marketing, and...
- Author:Nelson, Holly Faith, Alker, SharonSummary:
Siege literature has existed since antiquity but has not always been understood as a crucial element of culture. Focusing on its magnetic force, Besieged brings to light its popularity and potency between the British Civil War and the...
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Author:Glover, DouglasSummary:In the tradition of E.M. Forster, John Gardner, and James Wood, Douglas Glover has produced a book on writing at once erudite, anecdotal, instructive, and amusing. Attack of the Copula Spiders represents the accumulated wisdom of a...
