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1	Sexual Personae: Art & Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson more books like this by Camille Paglia Is Emily Dickinson "the female Sade"? Is Donatello's David a bit of paedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley, between the Medusa and Madonna? How do liberals and feminists - as well as conservatives - fatally misread human nature? This audacious and omnivorously learned work of guerilla scholarship offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	How to read and why more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom "Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Location of Culture more books like this by Homi K Bhabha, K Bhabha Homi Terry Eagleton once wrote in the Guardian, 'Few post-colonial writers can rival Homi Bhabha in his exhilarated sense of alternative possibilities'. In rethinking questions of identity, social agency and national affiliation, Bhabha provides a working, if controversial, theory of cultural hybridity, one that goes far beyond previous attempts by ... see all copies from $11.66! new only from $19.25! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Classics of Western Thought Series: The Modern World, Volume III more books like this by Edgar E Knoebel (Editor) Originally published under the General Editorship of Thomas H. Greer, the series emanated from the Humanities Department of Michigan State University. The books remain today perhaps the best sources available for the comprehensive study in one volume of every subject area which might be included in the umbrella of humanities. Most major literary ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $50.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Axel's Castle: A Study in the Imaginative Literature of 1870-1930 more books like this by Edmund Wilson An early example of Wilson's powerful abilities as a literary critic, "Axel's Castle" helped establish his reputation as such. The book traces the development of the French Symbolist movement and its influence on six modern writers: William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Proust, and Paul Valery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.82! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Against interpretation and other essays more books like this by Susan Sontag Susan Sontag's first collection of essays, the book that made her famous, was published in 1966. Most of the essays--potent demonstrations of her dazzling analytical gifts--take avant-garde novelists, dramatists, and filmmakers as their subjects, including Sartre, Camus, Godard, and Beckett. But the collection also includes her erudite and ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.66! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Hugging the Shore more books like this by John Updike In this collection of literary essays by the great American novelist, Updike's subjects range from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Don DeLillo, from folk tales to Lévi-Strauss. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Against Interpretation more books like this by Susan Sontag This work is a selection from Susan Sontag's early writings about the arts and contemporary culture. First published in 1966, the book quickly became a modern classic and has had enormous influence here and abroad. As well as the title essay, 'On Style' and the famous 'Notes on Camp', the book includes discussion of such figures as Satre, Simone ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.09! \| first editions
9	A Scream Goes Through the House: What Literature Teaches Us about Life more books like this by Arnold Weinstein A Brown University professor writes about books, which he believes are fundamental to the cultivation of true humanity. The "scream" of the title is, Weinstein believes, the subject of literature and art, and the thing that unites all people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.70! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The reader's encyclopedia more books like this by William Rose Benét see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Modern Book Collecting more books like this by Robert A. Wilson From what to collect and who to buy from to how to care for a collection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Anathemas and admirations more books like this by E. M. Cioran In this collection of essays and epigrams, E. M. Cioran gives us portraits and evaluations - which he calls "admirations" - of Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the poet Paul Valery, and Micea Eliade, among others. In alternating sections of aphorisms - his "anathemas" - he delivers insights on such topics as solitude, ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Nation and Narration more books like this by Homi K Bhabha A classic collection of essays providing an excellent introduction to the many different narrations of the 'nation'. see all copies from $18.44! new only from $36.75!
14 view cover	Retellings: A Thematic Literature Anthology more books like this by Arlene Clarke, Marlene B Clarke This four-genre, thematically-arranged collection groups together selections that retell the same story or events: three interpretations of Cinderella from Walt Disney, The Brothers Grimm, and a Chinese folktale, for example, or the myth of Oedipus as told by Sophocles, Rita Dove, Randall Jarrell, and Sigmund Freud. "Retellings" includes many ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $40.34!
15 view cover	The Din in the Head more books like this by Cynthia Ozick One of America"s foremost novelists and critics focuses on the essential joys of great literature, with particular emphasis on the novel. With razor-sharp wit, she investigates unexpected byways in the works of Leo Tolstoy, Saul Bellow, Helen Keller, Isaac Babel, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Beacon Best of 2001 more books like this by Junot Diaz (Editor) This third edition in the annual series features work by Sherman Alexie, Ann Beattie, Major Jackson, Zadie Smith, and many others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.98! \| first editions
17 view cover	Henry James: Literary Criticism more books like this by Henry James The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ... see all copies from $6.18! new only from $22.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Evergreen Review more books like this by Fred Jordan (Editor), Barney Rosset (Editor) 'Evergreen Review' was the bible for a generation of radicals and free thinkers. The magazine championed Beckett and Brautigan, erotica and activism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| first editions
19 view cover	Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad more books like this by Carol J Verburg "Making Contact: Readings from Home and Abroad" comprises seventy-two essays and stories surrounding familiar themes and representing more than thirty countries. The book's unique organization keeps the readings manageable and accessible while providing multiple cultural perspectives. Within each of the six thematic units, a dozen or so short ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.61!
20 view cover	James: Literary Criticism: Volume 2 more books like this by Henry James, Leon Edel (Editor), Mark Wilson (Editor) The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $40.45! \| first editions
21 view cover	Men without art. more books like this by Wyndham Lewis see all copies from $8.00! new only from $47.05! \| first editions
22	Literature and Western man more books like this by J. B. Priestley see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.13! \| first editions \| SVS
23	A Few Good Voices in My Head: Occasional Pieces on Writing, Editing, and Reading My Contemporaries more books like this by Ted Solotaroff see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Chaos and Order: Complex Dynamics in Literature and Science more books like this by N Katherine Hayles (Editor) The scientific discovery that chaotic systems embody deep structures of order is one of such wide-ranging implications that it has attracted attention across a spectrum of disciplines, including the humanities. In this volume, fourteen theorists explore the significance for literary and cultural studies of the new paradigm of chaotics, forging ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.97! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	New Directions in Prose and Poetry more books like this by James Laughlin, Fredrick R. Martin (Editor), Peter Glassgold (Editor) Since 1936, the New Directions in Prose and Poetry anthologies have served as vehicles for the presentation of new and variant trends in world literature. The twenty-eighth number in the series, which draws on authors from five different countries places a special emphasis on prose--narrative, dramatic, and impressionistic; a relatively small but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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