Literary Criticism

JOHN COWPER POWYS A new collection of essays on John Cowper Powys (1872-1963). H.W. Fawkner's essay "Venus" explores issues of reading, movement, love and sex, the 'amorous self', and affectivity in A Glastonbury Romance. Ian Hughes looks at the genre...

这是一本通过解读四大名著而让基督信仰与中国文化相遇的书，帮助基督...

This book is about Poetry. Many different kinds of fables, short stories about life experiences, laughter, drama, murder, children, humor, love, inspirational, and some urban styles of poetry. Some of the poems might make you laugh or make you stop and...

Few politicians have fascinated the American people as much as Abraham Lincoln. The 1990s witnessed heightened interest in the sixteenth president and a flood of books about him that continues to the present. A recent tally indicates that at least 14,000...

A collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's remarks on his craft, taken from his works and letters to friends and colleagues--an essential trove of advice for aspiring writers. As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously decreed, "An author ought to write for the youth...

The Star Lord, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and...

Treatises on Friendship and Old Age, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)Author: Joseph TrappPublisher: Alpha EditionPublication Date: Jun 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 9361471996ISBN-13: 9789361471995

My First Visit to New England, and Others (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance), a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its...

Ce livre classique a ?t? initialement publi? il y a plusieurs d?cennies sous le titre "Mr. Zytztz goes to Mars". Il a maintenant ?t? traduit par Writat en langue fran?aise pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionn?s par la...

Ce livre classique a ?t? initialement publi? il y a plusieurs d?cennies sous le titre "My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale". Il a maintenant ?t? traduit par Writat en langue fran?aise pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionn?s par la...

Aquella tarde de julio de 2019, a Arnaldo Cruz-Malav? la energ?a de la revuelta que irradiaba en San Juan lo impuls? hasta el Central Park de la ciudad de Nueva York, donde las voces del junte diasp?rico -conjuradas entre el repique de la plena y los...

FIT, SCHLANK & GL?CKLICH! - Mit Hula-Hoop-T?nzerin Jenny FuchsDu willst endlich Dein ?bersch?ssiges Bauchfett loswerden und Dich so richtig wohl in Deiner Haut f?hlen?Mit Sicherheit wei t Du bereits, dass ein solches Vorhaben nicht ohne dem richtigen...

A cornucopia of poems on food and its place in women's imaginations and sensibilities.Author: Phyllis StowellPublisher: BOA EditionsPublication Date: Oct 01, 2002Number of Pages: 180 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1929918240ISBN-13:...

The first English translation of a full-length poetry title by acclaimed Brazilian poet Paulo Britto.Author: Paulo Henriques BrittoPublisher: BOA EditionsPublication Date: Jul 01, 2007Number of Pages: 140 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

An entirely new approach to reading, understanding, and enjoying Native American fiction This book has been written with the narrow conviction that if Native American literature is worth thinking about at all, it is worth thinking about as literature...

Open Papers is the primary statement on his art by Odysseas Elytis, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature, and a sweeping exploration of the mind and mythic imagination of one of the most original, visionary and compelling poets of this century...

"...spare, psalmlike poems....Together, the poems in this beautifully translated selection...provide us with the autobiography of a poet who felt most at home during winter, in solitude. Hauge deserves a larger American readership, and this book may...

The gnomon is the part of a sundial that casts its shadow, and Gnomon: Essays on Contemporary Literature represents, in its author s words, a report on ten years watching of shadows. Collecting the earliest short essays and reviews by a man who was...

Memory is like incense: as the censor passes, so does the intensity of the aroma, leaving only faint wisps. The substance is ephemeral, becoming vague and imprecise with the passing of time. No gathering in of the incense of our past can reveal a precise...

Using the structure of the liturgical calendar and the lives of the saints for inspiration, Kevin Brown explores not only faith, but subjects ranging from love to childhood and from grammar to grace. The saints' backgrounds serve as metaphors for our...

While it is impossible to know how or when a unified view of the self and the universe became divided in our Western view of things, Gary D. Swaim's poems contend that our world is not dualistic. Should we look to Saint Paul or Saint Augustine as...

In Rising, poet Jane Beal goes in search of America. She sings the Cherokee Creation story, imagining dialogue between Sky-Woman and First Man. She remembers being a child and exchanging her blood with a Cherokee friend, and then, years later, the birth...

Joseph of Nazareth, often ""the forgotten man"" in early Christian history, comes to life in the compelling historical novel, The Joseph Dialogues. At a time when Caesar Augustus has a firm grip on the Roman Empire, Alexios, a prominent tree farmer in a...

Le renard, est un livre classique et rare, qui a été considéré comme important tout au long de l'histoire de l'humanité, et pour que cet ouvrage ne soit jamais oublié, chez Alpha Editions, nous avons fait des efforts pour sa préservation en rééditant ce...

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing...

There are cracks in our foundation. Undeniable fractures that divide society when we should be standing united. Poet Gary Beck returns with another collection that examines the disconnect, the unchallenged chaos, and the possible downfall of humanity...

Princesa, cuando cumplas quince primaveras, de ti todo recuerdo se borrar?, todo lo ver?is nublado, y os hallar?is empezando nueva vida, donde ni vuestro nombre recordareis. Nada m?s poseer?is la cobertura de los dones que las dem?s hadas para ti han...

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of one of the most popular poems in the English language, 'If-', has long captured the interest of poetry lovers. Here, Thomas Pinney brings together a selection of...

Discover a fresh and detailed look at some of the most fascinating and controversial subjects on our planet and beyond.9-11, The Kennedy Assassination, Religion and The Paranormal, to our Planet and Universe, Quantum Physics, The Pyramids and strange...