Literary Criticism

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...

A "dogography" written from the point of view of Eric, an outspoken and memorable Pomeranian. From his birth on a remote dog breeding farm, deep inside rural New South Wales, Australia through his formative years in Singapore and into old-age, you will...

"An analysis of script interpretation for the theater. The text includes theories on performance as well as examples from the works of Shelley, Ibsen and Pinter. In his new preface, Hornby laments the modernization of classic plays which he believes...

This is a prose poem about reading--a playful, epigrammatic nocturne upon the dream-state one falls into when lost in a book, and the uncanny, trancelike pleasure of making silent marks on paper utter sounds inside one's head. A meditation on reading,...

A witty and stylish assessment of the work of two icons of cultural criticism: Susan Sontag and Pauline Kael. Though outwardly they had some things in common--they were both Westerners who came east, both schooled in philosophy, both secular Jews and...

Mikita Brottman wonders, just why is reading so great? It's a solitary practice, one that takes away from time that could be spent developing important social networking skills. Reading's not required for health, happiness, or a loving family. And, if...

Did you know that less than two weeks after Jack Kerouac reported to the Newport, RI U.S. Naval Training Station (the same month that the German 6th Army was surrendering at Stalingrad), he was discharged, diagnosed with a "Constitutional Psychopathic...

"Biespiel's supple memoir of becoming a poet will surely inspire other writers to embrace the bodily character of writing and feel the power and, sometimes, the emptiness of the act of writing poetry." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) The Education...