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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0393091465 (0-393-09146-5)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Sculley Bradley, Mark Twain, E. Hudson Long, Thomas Cooley, Richmond Croom BeattyISBN 0393044548 (0-393-04454-8)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Beverly Lyon ClarkISBN 0393926036 (0-393-92603-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based, with typesetting errors corrected, on the first U.S. edition (1876), the most authoritative of the editions published in Twains lifetime.
Backgrounds and Contexts provides students with the standard source materials often cited by criticsTwains stories of Good and Bad Boys, his Boys Manuscript, his correspondence with William Dean Howells, and his 1870 letter to Will Bowen. This section also includes lesser-known but valuable contextual materials, among them Twains journalistic description of school exercise and the discussion of Perry Davis Pain Killer and other nineteenth-century nostrums.
Criticism includes interpretations by William Dean Howells, Hamlin L. Hill, Judith Fetterley, Alan Gribben, Glenn Hendler, Carter Revard, and Susan R. Gannon.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy 1000-1700by Carlo M. CipollaISBN 0393311988 (0-393-31198-8)
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Beowulf: An Illustrated Editionby Seamus HeaneyISBN 0393320979 (0-393-32097-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition'Book summary:In Beowulf warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with instant action, monsters abound, and fights are always to the death. The Anglo-Saxon epic, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, has long been accorded its place in literature, though its hold on our imagination has been less secure. In the introduction to his translation, Seamus Heaney argues that Beowulf's role as a required text for many English students obscured its mysteries and "mythic potency." Now, thanks to the Irish poet's marvelous recreation (in both senses of the word) under Alfred David's watch, this dark, doom-ridden work gets its day in the sun.
There are endless pleasures in Heaney's analysis, but readers should head straight for the poem and then to the prose. (Some will also take advantage of the dual-language edition and do some linguistic teasing out of their own.) The epic's outlines seem simple, depicting Beowulf's three key battles with the scaliest brutes in all of art: Grendel, Grendel's mother (who's in a suitably monstrous snit after her son's dismemberment and death), and then, 50 years later, a gold-hoarding dragon "threatening the night sky / with streamers of fire." Along the way, however, we are treated to flashes back and forward and to a world view in which a thane's allegiance to his lord and to God is absolute. In the first fight, the man from Geatland must travel to Denmark to take on the "shadow-stalker" terrorizing Heorot Hall. Here Beowulf and company set sail:
Men climbed eagerly up the gangplank,
After a fearsome night victory over march-haunting and heath-marauding Grendel, our high-born hero is suitably strewn with gold and praise, the queen declaring: "Your sway is wide as the wind's home, / as the sea around cliffs." Few will disagree. And remember, Beowulf has two more trials to undergo.
sand churned in the surf, warriors loaded
a cargo of weapons, shining war-gear
in the vessel's hold, then heaved out,
away with a will in their wood-wreathed ship.
Over the waves, with the wind behind her
and foam at her neck, she flew like a bird...Heaney claims that when he began his translation it all too often seemed "like trying to bring down a megalith with a toy hammer." The poem's challenges are many: its strong four-stress line, heavy alliteration, and profusion of kennings could have been daunting. (The sea is, among other things, "the whale-road," the sun is "the world's candle," and Beowulf's third opponent is a "vile sky-winger." When it came to over-the-top compound phrases, the temptations must have been endless, but for the most part, Heaney smiles, he "called a sword a sword.") Yet there are few signs of effort in the poet's Englishing. Heaney varies his lines with ease, offering up stirring dialogue, action, and description while not stinting on the epic's mix of fate and fear. After Grendel's misbegotten mother comes to call, the king's evocation of her haunted home may strike dread into the hearts of men and beasts, but it's a gift to the reader:
A few miles from here
In Heaney's hands, the poem's apparent archaisms and Anglo-Saxon attitudes--its formality, blood-feuds, and insane courage--turn the art of an ancient island nation into world literature. --Kerry Fried [via]
a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch
above a mere; the overhanging bank
is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface.
At night there, something uncanny happens:
the water burns. And the mere bottom
has never been sounded by the sons of men.
On its bank, the heather-stepper halts:
the hart in flight from pursuing hounds
will turn to face them with firm-set horns
and die in the wood rather than dive
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Bulimia/Anorexia: The Binge-Purge Cycleand Self-Starvationby Marlen Boskind-WhiteISBN 0393319237 (0-393-31923-7)
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Gibian, Jessie Senior CoulsonISBN 0393092925 (0-393-09292-5)
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The Diversity of Lifeby Edward O. WilsonISBN 0393319407 (0-393-31940-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Diversity of Life: With a New Introduction'Book summary:Humans, the Harvard University entomologist Edward O. Wilson has observed, have an innate--or at least extremely ancient--connection to the natural world, and our continued divorce from it has led to the loss of not only "a vast intellectual legacy born of intimacy" with nature, but also our very sanity. In The Diversity of Life, Wilson takes a sweeping view of our planet's natural richness, remarking on what on the surface seems a paradox: "almost all the species that ever lived are extinct, and yet more are alive today than at any time in the past." (Wilson's elegant explanation is a scientific education in itself.) This great variety of species is, of course, threatened by habitat destruction, global climate change, and a host of other forces, and Wilson revisits his oft-stated call for the protection of wilderness and undeveloped land, noting that "wilderness has virtue unto itself and needs no extraneous justification." We should, he continues, regard every species, "every scrap of biodiversity," as precious and irreplaceable, without attempting to quantify that regard with utilitarian measures such as "bio-economics." In short, Wilson offers with this book a simple, workable environmental ethic that extends the work of Aldo Leopold and other conservationists. A remarkably productive and influential scientist, Wilson is also a fine writer, and his survey of biodiversity makes for welcome and instructive reading. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Divine Comedyby John Ciardi, Dante AlighieriISBN 0393044726 (0-393-04472-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance.
Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages. [via]More editions of The Divine Comedy:
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Doing Things With Texts: Essays in Criticism and Critical Theoryby M. H. AbramsISBN 0393307476 (0-393-30747-6)
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The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissanceby Anthony GottliebISBN 039332365X (0-393-32365-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance'Book summary:Writing a history of more than 2,000 years of philosophy is no mean feat, and writing it in fewer than 500 pages of intelligent but graceful prose is more difficult still. Yet this is just what Anthony Gottlieb accomplishes in The Dream of Reason, which guides the reader from the earliest Greek philosophers to the pre-Cartesian Renaissance. Gottlieb's project is undeniably ambitious, and by necessity it is big-picture philosophy. But it is exactly this big-picture context that is often lamentably absent from other works of this sort. Gottlieb's skill at rendering historical context makes his account both unusually engaging and surprisingly illuminating.
Gottlieb is an admirable guide through the little-understood pre-Socratic philosophers of ancient Greece, giving fair measure to philosophers who are too often simplified or lampooned. His account of Plato and Aristotle is good too, as is his treatment of the later Hellenistic schools, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. Gottlieb's treatment of medieval philosophy, particularly Thomist and Arabic philosophy, is lean, as the author chooses to focus more heavily on antiquity and the modern era (to be continued in a second volume), and the narrative history that bridges the two. Ever enthusiastic, Gottlieb's storytelling voice and character-driven approach make The Dream of Reason compelling reading. It is an ideal book for nonexperts interested in an appealing and informative history of philosophy as well as for students looking for a lucid and comprehensive account of premodern thinkers. --Eric de Place [via]
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Film Music: A Neglected Art A Critical Study of Music in Filmsby Roy M. PendergastISBN 039330874X (0-393-30874-X)
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Cyrus Henry HoyISBN 0393316424 (0-393-31642-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles Dickens, Fred Kaplan, Sylvere MonodISBN 0393103242 (0-393-10324-2)
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph Conrad, Paul B. ArmstrongISBN 0393926362 (0-393-92636-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Darkness'Book summary:The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbroughs meticulously re-edited text.
Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrads style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlows voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous collection of maps and photographs that bring the Belgian Congo to life. Textual materials, topically arranged, address nineteenth-century views of imperialism and racism and include autobiographical writings by Conrad on his life in the Congo. New to the Fourth Edition is an excerpt from Adam Hochschilds recent book, King Leopolds Ghost, as well as writings on race by Hegel, Darwin, and Galton. "Criticism" includes a wealth of new materials, including nine contemporary reviews and assessments of Conrad and Heart of Darkness and twelve recent essays by Chinua Achebe, Peter Brooks, Daphne Erdinast-Vulcan, Edward Said, and Paul B. Armstrong, among others. Also new to this edition is a section of writings on the connections between Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now by Louis K. Greiff, Margot Norris, and Lynda J. Dryden. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of The Heart of Darkness:
Morality Playby Barry UnsworthISBN 0393315606 (0-393-31560-6)
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Mummies of Urumchiby E. J. W. BarberISBN 0393320197 (0-393-32019-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mummies of Urumchi'Book summary:The 2000-year-old mummies of Ürümchi, found in central Asia along the famed Silk Road trading route, are so well preserved as to show clearly that they seem to be of Caucasoid origin. Where did these people come from? Where did they go? You can find their pale-skinned, light-haired descendents among the people of the region, but the story of their presence in this forbidding land leaves more mysteries than it answers. Mass migrations during the Bronze Age scattered many peoples across Europe and Asia, and these startlingly lively-looking mummies may help answer some questions about this period of human history. Their intact, fantastically colored and patterned clothing captures much of author Elizabeth Wayland Barber's attention--she is an expert on prehistoric textiles. Her enthusiastic descriptions of the sewing skills of these migrant people, while focusing on details, lend an immediacy to this fascinating tale. Black-and-white as well as color photos, maps, and diagrams illustrate Barber's colorful tale of anthropology. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networksby Mark BuchananISBN 0393324427 (0-393-32442-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks'Book summary:As Chaos explained the science of disorder, Nexus reveals the new science of connection and the odd logic of six degrees of separation. How can geometry explain the puzzles of human behavior? In this incisive, insightful work Mark Buchanan presents the fundamental principles of the emerging field of "small worlds" theorythe idea that a hidden pattern is the key to how networks interact and exchange information, whether that network is the information highway or the firing of neurons in the brain. Mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, and social scientists are working to decipher this complex organizational system, for it may yield a blueprint of dynamic interactions within our physical as well as social worlds. Highlighting groundbreaking research behind network theory, Buchanan documents mounting support for the small-worlds idea and demonstrates its multiple applications to diverse problemswhether explaining the volatile global economy or the Human Genome Project, the spread of infectious disease or ecological damage. Nexus is an exciting introduction to the hidden geometry that weaves our lives so inextricably together. 20 illustrations. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literatureby Meyer Howard Abrams, Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393151085 (0-393-15108-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature'Book summary:Majors authors edition. This book presents a rich selection of the best and most characteristic writings of thirty-one masters of English literature. [via]
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Norton Anthology of English Literatureby M. H. AbramsISBN 0393950514 (0-393-95051-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature'Book summary:This anthology covers writers and works of English literature. Among the major works included are the complete texts of Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"; Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"; Beckett's tragicomic "Endgame"; and Achebe's "Things Fall Apart". The 7th edition features works by 60 women writers, 21 writers new to the "Norton Anthology", 20 represented with additional selections or reselected works. Fourteen new and expanded thematic clusters gather short texts that illuminate cultural, historical, and literary concerns within each period. Examining 20th-century literature in English, this edition reflects the global reach of literature in English with ten new authors - Jean Rhys, Chinua Achebe, Alice Munro, V. S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, Les Murray, Salman Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, Eavan Boland, and Paul Muldoon. "The Persistence of English", a new essay by Geoffrey Nunberg, Stanford University and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, provides a lively exploration of the English language - its emergence and spread, and its apparent "triumph" as a world language. Visual materials are included from several periods - Hogarth's satiric "Marriage A-la-Mode", engravings by Blake, and illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Period introductions, author headnotes, annotations, and bibliographies have been thoroughly revised, many completely rewritten, for the 7th Edition. New pedagogical features include timelines for each period and revised endpaper maps. The text is accompanied by 2 audio CDs. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literatureby Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. AbramsISBN 0393925315 (0-393-92531-5)
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Agesby Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393927172 (0-393-92717-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Ages'Book summary:Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.
Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologiesthorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possibleThe Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool. [via]More editions of The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Ages:
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Norton Anthology of English Literature of Major Authorsby M. AbramsISBN 0393947513 (0-393-94751-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors'Book summary:This anthology aims to enable the reader to gauge the achievement of principal authors of English literature by providing examples of their most characteristic work. Works featured range from Beowulf written in the 15th century to contemporary literature from the likes of Larkin and Rushdie. [via]
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Norton Anthology of English Literature Packageby GreenblattISBN 0393928330 (0-393-92833-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norton Anthology of English Literature Package'Book summary:Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.
Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologiesthorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possibleThe Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool.
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Norton Anthology of Modern Poetryby Richard Ellmann, Robert O'ClairISBN 0393093484 (0-393-09348-4)
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The Norton Anthology of Poetryby Alexander W. AllisonISBN 039395224X (0-393-95224-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Poetry'Book summary:The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, native American and Asian American poets. There are 26 new poets representing the Commonwealth literature tradition: now included are more than 37 poets from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Caribbean, South Africa and India. A reconsideration of many classic poets, from Shakespeare and Bradstreet to Larkin and Rich has been added in this edition, together with a wider representation of the beginnings of poetry in English: the Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn" and selections from "Beowulf", as well as Middle English lyrics, popular riddles, romance, allegory, and the verse tales of Chaucer and Langland, are now included. The collection also includes short biographical sketches and a system of annotation. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of Poetryby Arthur M. EastmanISBN 0393099164 (0-393-09916-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Poetry'Book summary:The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, native American and Asian American poets. There are 26 new poets representing the Commonwealth literature tradition: now included are more than 37 poets from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Caribbean, South Africa and India. A reconsideration of many classic poets, from Shakespeare and Bradstreet to Larkin and Rich has been added in this edition, together with a wider representation of the beginnings of poetry in English: the Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn" and selections from "Beowulf", as well as Middle English lyrics, popular riddles, romance, allegory, and the verse tales of Chaucer and Langland, are now included. The collection also includes short biographical sketches and a system of annotation. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of Poetry: Revised Shorter Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0393092518 (0-393-09251-8)
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The Norton Anthology of Poetryby W. W. NortonISBN 0393092402 (0-393-09240-2)
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Norton Book of Nature Writingby Robert Finch, John ElderISBN 0393027996 (0-393-02799-6)
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The Norton Book of Nature Writing/Field Guideby Robert FinchISBN 0393946347 (0-393-94634-7)
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0393092194 (0-393-09219-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, he showed that new species are achieved by 'natural selection'. Development, diversification, decay, extinction and absence of plan are all inherent to his theories. Darwin read prodigiously across many fields; he reflected on his experiences as a traveller, he experimented. His profoundly influential concept of 'natural selection' condenses materials from past and present, from the Galapagos Islands to rural Staffordshire, from English back gardens to colonial encounters. The Origin communicates the enthusiasm of original thinking in an open, descriptive style, and Darwin's emphasis on the value of diversity speaks more strongly now than ever. [via]
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Paradise Lostby Scott Elledge, John MiltonISBN 0393044068 (0-393-04406-8)
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Paradise Lostby John Milton, Gordon TeskeyISBN 0393924289 (0-393-92428-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise Lost'Book summary:This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need to think critically about this landmark epic.
Gordon Teskey's freshly edited text of Milton's masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Miltons syntax. "Sources and Backgrounds" collects relevant passages from the Bible and Miltons prose writings, including selections from The Reason of Church Government and the full text of Areopagitica. "Criticism" brings together classic interpretations by Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Victor Hugo, and T. S. Eliot, among others, and the most important recent criticism and scholarship surrounding the epic, including essays by Northrop Frye, Barbara Lewalski, Christopher Ricks, and Helen Vendler. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Paradise Lost:
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The Partnershipby Barry UnsworthISBN 0393321479 (0-393-32147-9)
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Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnership; he thinks up the ideas and designs and has pretensions to even greater artistry in his cherub lamps and fixtures. Moss, the seemingly quiet one who supplied the capital for the venture, manufactures them. Barry Unsworth sets his scene magnificentlya Cornish village, Lanruan, thriving on specious tourism, and its local characters: Graham, the primitive painter; Bailey, the loud-mouthed Northerner who comes to Lanruan to make his fortune; Barbara, the nearest thing the village possesses to a bad girl; and above all Gwendoline, who, inadvertently, begins the rift in the partnership between Foley and Moss. The Partnership is a disquieting, darkly funny tale about hidden desires and the unspoken attachments we have for one another. [via]More editions of The Partnership:
Pearl: A New Verse Translationby Marie BoroffISBN 0393091449 (0-393-09144-9)
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Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthologyby Paul HooverISBN 0393310906 (0-393-31090-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology'Book summary:Beginning in 1950 with Charles Olsen, Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology is the first anthology since Donald Allens groundbreaking collection to fully represent the movements of American avant-garde poetry.
Postmodern American Poetry provides a deep and wide selection-411 poems by 103 poets-of the major poets and movements of the late twentieth century. Included are the leading Beat and New York School poets, the Projectivists, and "Deep Image" poets. Included, too, is the rich array of poetry written since 1975-language and performance poetry, the work of African American, Hispanic, Asian American, gay and lesbian, and women experimentalists.
In addition, a final section of poetics-with writings by Frank OHara, Denise Levertov, Jerome Rothenberg, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Bernstein, among others-provides valuable contexts for reading the poems. [via]More editions of Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology:
The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, Robert Martin AdamsISBN 0393044483 (0-393-04448-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:Robert M. Adamss superb translation of Machiavellis best-known work is again the basis for this Norton Critical Edition.
Accurate, highly readable, and thoroughly revised for the Second Edition, this translation renders Machiavellis 1513 political tract into clear and concise English.
"Backgrounds" relies entirely upon Machiavellis other writings to place this central Florentine in his proper political and historical context. Included are excerpts from The Discourses, a report from a diplomatic mission, a collection of private letters, and two poems from Carnival Songs.
"Interpretations" retains three of the previous editions seminal essays while adding five selections by Felix Gilbert, Federico Chabod, J. H. Whitfield, Isaiah Berlin, and Robert M. Adams.
"Marginalia" is an eclectic collection of writings germane to both Machiavelli and The Prince. Of the eight selections represented, five of them are new to the Second Edition, including Pasquale Villaris comic portrayal of Machiavellis first diplomatic post in 1499, Francesco Guicciardinis lofty rebuttal to Machiavelli, and a collection of Tuscan Sayings to further the readers understanding of this timeless text.
An updated Selected Bibliography is also included. [via]
Psychologyby Henry GleitmanISBN 0393951022 (0-393-95102-2)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby M. BorroffISBN 0393097544 (0-393-09754-4)
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The Song of Rolandby Frederick GoldinISBN 0393090086 (0-393-09008-6)
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The Sound and the Furyby William Faulkner, David L. MinterISBN 0393025462 (0-393-02546-2)
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They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter In Academic Writingby Gerald Graff, Cathy BirkensteinISBN 0393924092 (0-393-92409-2)
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"They Say / I Say" shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said ("they say") to set up ones own argument ("I say"). In addition to explaining the basic moves, this book provides writing templates that show students explicitly how to make these moves in their own writing. [via]More editions of They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter In Academic Writing:
They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writingby Gerald Graff, Cathy BirkensteinISBN 0393065456 (0-393-06545-6)
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Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareISBN 039392579X (0-393-92579-X)
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Utopiaby Thomas More, Robert Martin AdamsISBN 0393092569 (0-393-09256-9)
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Why the Allies Wonby R. J. OveryISBN 039331619X (0-393-31619-X)
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Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissanceby Lisa JardineISBN 0393318664 (0-393-31866-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance'Book summary:Drawing from her earlier and more academic studies, Lisa Jardine approaches the challenge of creating a new history of the Renaissance with remarkable bravura and all the boldness required to deliver a fresh and highly readable story of an age we think we know so well. In Worldly Goods, Jardine argues that while the Renaissance was indeed marked by a flourishing cultural identity, it was the material and commercial spirit of the 15th and 16th centuries that set the tone. Commerce and international trade provided the enormous fortunes that funded artistic production, and luxury goods, including great works of art, became important as means of displaying newly acquired wealth and status. It was an urge to own, a ceaseless quest for new horizons and exotic treasures, that fueled the cultural output of the Renaissance, according to Jardine, and that taste for conspicuous displays of opulence characterizes the Western experience of the arts and culture to this day.
That Worldly Goods succeeds in telling a captivating new story of the Renaissance is testimony to Jardine's literary and scholarly success at a difficult task. That her book, richly illustrated and well written, makes contemplation of its subject a thrill is testimony of a very good read. [via]
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Wuthering Heights, Revised: An Authoritative Text, with Essays in Criticismby Emily Bronte, William Merritt SaleISBN 0393042308 (0-393-04230-8)
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