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By Fernand Robert. 1971
Petite synthèse d'histoire de la littérature grecque classique selon les genres: épopée, poésie lyrique, théâtre, histoire, philosophie. Le dernier chapitre…
traite de la littérature à l'époque alexandrine et romaine. [SDM]. 1971.By Fredson Bowers, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1983
By Fredson Bowers, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1980
For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here,…
collected for the first time, are his lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. 1980.By Frédéric Beigbeder. 2001
De Nadja d'André Breton (n° 50) à L'étranger d'Albert Camus (n° 1), F. Beigbeder offre un palmarès drolatique et irrespectueux…
de la littérature du XXe siècle. Il s'autorise ainsi tous les raccourcis et les parallèles avec les mouvements littéraires actuels.By Pierre Grimal. 1972
La littérature latine est celle de la Rome républicaine, impériale et triomphante. Du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. au Ve siècle…
de notre ère, cet ouvrage nous invite à découvrir les oeuvres de Livius, Caton, Cicéron, Ovide, Horace, Virgile, Sénèque, Tacite... 1972.By Catherine Mory, Daniel Berlion. 2013
"Un panorama des principaux genres et mouvements littéraires; des biographies vivantes des grands écrivains français et une analyse de leurs…
apports et de leurs styles; des focus sur les oeuvres les plus importantes de la littérature. "-- 4e de couv.By David Shields, Powell Caleb. 2014
An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate about life and art - beers included. Caleb Powell always wanted to…
become an artist, but he overcommitted to life, whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he overcommitted to art. They spend four days at a cabin in the Cascade Mountains, playing chess, shooting hoops, hiking; they rewatch My Dinner with André and The Trip, relax in a hot tub, and talk about everything they can think of in the name of exploring and debating life and art, marriage, family, sports, sex, happiness, drugs, death, betrayal - and, of course, writers and writing. 2014.By Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Harry Zohn. 1973
The literary-philosophical works of Walter Benjamin rank among the most influential of the post-war era. "Illuminations" contains essays on art…
and philosophy, as well as others on the art of translation, Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, Proust and book collecting. 1973. Uniform title: Schriften.By Nick Mount. 2017
In the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature was transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an enormous cultural phenomenon…
that produced Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler, and so many others. In "Arrival", acclaimed writer and critic Nick Mount answers the question: What caused the CanLit Boom? 2017.By Michael D. C Drout. 2006
In this course, Wheaton College professor Michael D.C. Drout traces the history of science fiction. From Mary Shelly's Frankenstein to…
today's cutting-edge authors, Drout offers a compelling analysis of the genre. 2006.By Charles Dickens, Phil Viner, Jools Viner, John Lomas. 2006
From the moment Pip meets Magwitch in the graveyard this full-cast drama leaps into life, and over the three hours,…
examines the themes and historical and social background of the novel. The CD also explores Dicken's work and life and consider the alternative ending presented in the original serialization. The "all-in-one" guide also presents two sample essay questions with suggestion for essay plans and coursework. Junior and Senior High. 2006.By Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay. 1997
Two professors present a "biography" of Kinsey Millhone, the fictional private detective of Sue Grafton's popular alphabetical mystery series. Millhone…
was first introduced in "A is for alibi." The authors compiled this work using the collection and Grafton's working journals. Some strong language and some violence. 1997.By Monica Brzezinski Potkay. 2006
In this course, College of William & Mary professor Monica Brzezinski Potkay provides an overview of the many different ways…
writers of fiction and nonfiction have imagined, and reimagined, the object known as the Grail. 2006.By Northrop Frye. 1980
By Dennis Lee. 1998
In this collection of essays, Lee explores the experience of "body music": the dance of energy that poems arise from.…
He also describes the process of writing verse for children and pays tribute to a variety of Canadian poets. 1998.By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walter Jackson Bate, James Engell. 1984
Biographia Literaria has emerged over the last century as a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics…
of English literature. Into this volume poured 20 years of speculation about the criticism and uses of poetry and about the psychology of art. Following the text of the 1817 edition, the editors offer the first completely annotated edition of the highly allusive work. 1984.The author looks at 15 novels that over the past 125 years have made considerable sums of money but have…
not been entirely acceptable to the literary community. Includes: King Solomon's Mines; Beau Geste; Forever Amber; Under Two Flags; and Tarzan of the Apes. c1981.By Edmund Wilson. 1969
By Phil Viner, Jools Viner, J. B Priestley, Gil Maine, Jonathan Lomas. 2006
Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of…
a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body". For senior high readers. 2006, c1945.By Sven Birkerts. 1987