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Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture
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Audrey Becker |
"Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Togethe… |
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Metareference across Media
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Werner Wolf |
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Influence and resistance in nineteenth-century English poetry
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Margot Kathleen Louis,G. Kim Blank |
A volume of original essays answering common questions on English poetry in the 19th century, going into detail about the differences between Romantics and Victorians. |
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How Literature Saved My Life
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David Shields |
Blends criticism, anthropology, and biography to celebrate the power of literature, concluding that the fundamental truths found in literature render it an essential component of life. |
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The influence of Tennessee Williams
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Philip C. Kolin |
"The author of A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof drew on personal and family drama for material. Essays examine how Williams's confessional style influenced Inge, Mamet, Kushner, Lor… |
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Why Homer matters
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Adam Nicolson |
"In this passionate, deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters--to him, to you, to the world--in a text full of twists, turns and surprises. In a spectacular journey through myth… |
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Surprised by C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald & Dante
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Kathryn Ann Lindskoog |
"Sound scholarship is a treasure, and bright prose is a pleasure." "This book combines the best of both these worlds. It includes something to challenge, enrich, amaze, or amuse every reader of C. S.… |
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Authorisms
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Paul Dickson |
"William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays… |
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Luther refracted
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Derek R. Nelson,Piotr J. Małysz |
Luther Refracted speaks to the currency that Luther's life and thought continue to enjoy in today's Christian reflection. The contributors, representing a variety of Christian denominations, demonstr… |
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Ezra Pound, popular genres, and the discourse of culture
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Michael Coyle |
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In 1917, having begun the long poem that would prove his life's work, Ezra Pound affirmed that the ultimate goal of scholarship is popularization. Few scholars subsequently have noticed… |
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Paradise Lost and the Romantic Reader
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Lucy Newlyn |
Was Milton on the side of the angels or the devils? Was he republican or anti-republican, feminist or misogynist? Did he value innocence or experience? This book shows how the Romantic reader respond… |
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The making of T.S. Eliot
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Joseph Maddrey |
"Eliot remains one of the world's most celebrated 20th century poets. He is often cited as an authority on modern art, philosophy, and religion, despite that his words are cited in an overwhelming va… |
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Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition
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Lincoln Konkle |
"Fresh examination of the works of Thornton Wilder emphasizing continuities in American literature from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Sees Wilder as a literary descendant of Edward Tay… |
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The tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the epic cycle
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Jonathan S. Burgess |
"Much of our understanding of the mythological tradition surrounding the Trojan War comes from Homer. Although the Iliad and Odyssey describe only the last years of this conflict, for centuries these… |
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