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Irving Howe and the Critics
Irving Howe and the Critics is a selection of essays and reviews about the work of Irving Howe (1920–93), a vocal radical humanist and the most influential American socialist intellectual…
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Jeremy Corbyn: Accidental Hero (2nd Edition)
Literary Nonfiction. History & Politics. A few months ago, few had heard much about mild-mannered backbench MP Jeremy Corbyn. Now he is the surprise leader of the Labour Party, after…
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José Lezama Lima, Poet of the Image
“A stimulating and rigorous analysis of one of Spanish America’s most difficult and complex writers. Bejel’s sophisticated reading of Lezama’s texts and his skillful treatment of ‘image’….make this book a…
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Kill All the Lawyers?
Two-thirds of Shakespeare’s plays have trial scenes, and many deal specifically with lawyers, courts, judges, and points of law. Daniel Kornstein, a practicing attorney, looks at the legal issues and…
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Magnetic North: The Unauthorised Biography of Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Selfie PM
Literary Nonfiction. History & Politics. Justin Trudeau: scion of political royalty, privileged member of the ‘Canadian Kennedy’ dynasty, neglected son of difficult parents, actor, hot-tempered young delegate, selfie-taker, and possibly…
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María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
Since the recent republication of her novel The Squatter and the Don, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832–95) has become a key figure in the recovery of nineteenth-century Mexican American…
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Masterpieces of American Indian Literature
The five complete and unabridged works collected here are parts of a long and passionate testimony about American Indian culture as related by Indians themselves. Deep emotions and life-shaking crises…
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Modernism and Performance
The idea of performance as distinct artistic practice emerges in the context of modernity. This guide to modernism and performance introduces key developments and debates of the period (the rise…