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Northwestern University Press A Writers Diary Volume 1 18731876 Writers Diary 18731876
Book SynopsisThe essential entries from Dostoevsky's complete Diary, called his boldest experiment in literary form, are now available in this abridged edition; it is a uniquely encyclopedic forum of fictional and nonfictional genres. A Writer's Diary began as a column in a literary journal, but by 1876 Dostoevsky was able to bring it out as a complete monthly publication with himself as an editor, publisher, and sole contributor, suspending work on The Brothers Karamazov to do so. The Diary's radical format was matched by the extreme range of its contents. In a single frame it incorporated an astonishing variety of material: short stories; humorous sketches; reports on sensational crimes; historical predictions; portraits of famous people; autobiographical pieces; and plans for stories, some of which were never written while others appeared later in the Diary itself. A range of authorial and narrative voices and stances and an elaborate scheme of allusions and cross-references preserve and pres
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Northwestern University Press The Noise of Time Selected Prose European
Book SynopsisOsip Mandelstam has come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. This volume includes his autobiographical sketches, ""The Noise of Time""; his novella ""The Egyptian Stamp""; ""Fourth Prose""; and his travel memoirs. There are essays by Clarence Brown.Trade ReviewThe most illuminating commentary on Mandelstam in English at the present moment...A work of impeccable scholarship. - Isaiah Berlin, New York Review of Books; ""In this translation, 'Journey to Armenia' takes its place among the outstanding masterpieces of twentieth century literature."" - Bruce Chatwin
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Northwestern University Press Redemption the Merchant God Dostoevskys Economy
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Northwestern University Press Long Shadows The Second World War in British
Book SynopsisFew countries attribute as much importance to the Second World War and its memory as Britain. Long Shadows is about how literature and film have helped shape this process. More precisely, these essays suggest that this is a continuous work in progress, subject to transgenerational revisions, political expediencies, commercial considerations, and the vicissitudes of popular taste.
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Northwestern University Press Handsomely Done
Book SynopsisBrings together leading and emerging scholars from comparative literature, critical theory, and media studies to examine Melville's works in light of their ongoing afterlife and seemingly permanent contemporaneity.Table of Contents Introduction: Handsomely Done, Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz Part 1. Melville and the Limits of the Political 1. Moby-Dick and Perpetual War, Sorin Radu Cucu and Roland Végsö 2. Bartleby Politics, Emily Apter 3. Land and See: The Theatricality of the Political in Schmitt and Melville, Walter Johnston 4. The Coward’s Paradox: Pip’s Weak Resistance, Barbara Natalie Nagel 5. From Lima to Attica: Benito Cereno, the Nixon Recordings, and the 1971, Prison Uprising, Paul Downes Part 2. Audio-Visual Melville 6. “A Sound Not Easily to Be Verbally Rendered”: The Literary Acoustic of Billy Budd, David Copenhafer 7. Necrophilology: Still/Hearing Bartleby, Jacques Lezra 8. Whaling in the Abyss between Melville and Zeppelin: Alex Itin’s Orson Whales, John Hamilton 9. The Confidence-Image (Melville, Godard, Deleuze), Peter Szendy 10. Belle Trouvaille: Aesthetics and Philology in Billy Budd (after Beau Travail), Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz 11. A-religion, Jean-Luc Nancy
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Northwestern University Press The Novel in the Age of Disintegration
Book SynopsisScholars have long been fascinated by the creative struggles with genre manifested throughout Dostoevsky's career. In The Novel in the Age of Disintegration, Kate Holland shows that Dostoevsky aimed to use the form of the novel as a means of depicting the disintegration caused by various crises in Russian society in the 1860s.
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Northwestern University Press Curating Worlds
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Northwestern University Press First Contact
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University of Pennsylvania Press From Margins to Mainstream
Book SynopsisStudies the fiction of twenty-five contemporary Italian women writers. Arguing for a notion of gender and genre, the author runs counter to many Anglo-American and French feminist theorists who contend that traditional genres cannot readily serve as vehicles for feminist expression.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Science Fiction Culture
Book SynopsisExplores the science fiction community and its relationships with the industries that sustain it, including the publishing, computer, and hotel/convention industries, and explores the issue of power in those relationships: Who seems to have it? Who does have it? How do they use it? What are the results of that use?Trade Review"Complex yet easy-to-read, Science Fiction Culture will appeal to the SF fans who cut their teeth on Azimov's I, Robot to the pre-teens picking up their first copy of a book starring Xena, Warrior Princess. Both such readers will enjoy the author's inside look at this wonderfully strange universe." * ForeWord *"A milestone work that brings sf studies into conversation with cultural studies." * Science Fiction Studies *Table of Contents1 Introduction PART I. CREATING THE LANDSCAPE 2 The Secret Masters of Fandom 3 Worldcon: Mobile Geography in Real Time 4 The Cyberscape: GEnie and the Rise of the Internet PART II. NEW GROUPS CHANGE THE FACE OF THE GENRES 5 The Women Were Always Here: The Obligatory History Lesson 6 Women in Science Fiction: The Backlash and Beyond 7 Gay and Lesbian Presence in Science Fiction 8 Youth Culture 9 Sexual Identity and Fandom PART III. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THE FICTION 10 From Fan to Pro: Getting Published 11 Best-Sellers, Short Fiction, and Niches 12 Laboring in the Fields of Cultural Production Appendix: Bulletin Boards, E-Mail, and Usenet Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Postmodern Fairy Tales
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic. . . . Bacchilega has a remarkable capacity to reveal the intersections of folklore, literature, and film. Her interpretations of classical folk-tale types and their postmodern revisions . . . are stunning.Jack Zipes, University of MinnesotaTrade Review"Examining the workings of the powerful desire machines built into postmodern versions of 'Snow White,' 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and 'Bluebeard,' Cristina Bacchilega's astute rereadings uncover intriguing mirrorings and revisions." * Ruth B. Bottigheimer, State University of New York at Stony Brook *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child
Book SynopsisFrom her youth, Mary Shelley immersed herself in the social contract tradition, particularly the educational and political theories of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the radical philosophies of her parents, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the anarchist William Godwin. Against this background, Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818. In the two centuries since, her masterpiece has been celebrated as a Gothic classic and its symbolic resonance has driven the global success of its publication, translation, and adaptation in theater, film, art, and literature. However, in Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child, Eileen Hunt Botting argues that Frankenstein is more than an original and paradigmatic work of science fiction—it is a profound reflection on a radical moral and political question: do children have rights?Botting contends that Frankenstein invites its readers to reason throughTrade Review"Botting's intervention in Frankenstudies is an important one." * Times Literary Supplement *"Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child, in its passion and commitments, vividly illustrates Frankenstein's continuing power, two hundred years on, to comment on the pressing political issues of the day." * Modern Philology *""One sets a very high bar in claiming that a book on Frankenstein advances a new, important reading-especially one appearing in 2018, when worldwide commemorations of the bicentenary of the first edition are focusing unprecedented attention on Shelley's novel. But such a feat is ventured and gained by Eileen Hunt Botting's Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child"" * The Modern Language Review *"Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child shows that Botting’s measured, logical, stepwise scholarly approach has produced a truly revolutionary intervention in the understanding of, and potential responses to, posthuman justice, speciesism, and cosmopolitan belonging." * 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries of the Early Modern Era *"Treating the creature as an abandoned and abused child, Eileen Hunt Botting brilliantly uses the novel Frankenstein to mount a series of thought experiments that interrogate the enduring political questions of whether children have rights and, if so, which ones. Deftly summarizing the positions of such writers as Hobbes, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, and Onora O'Neill, Botting persuasively argues for a child's universal rights to care, identity, and love-rights that Botting here extends to disabled, stateless, and genetically modified children." * Anne K. Mellor, University of California, Los Angeles *"While there has been a great deal written within literary theory and criticism on the novel Frankenstein, and there is a substantial, and growing, literature within moral and political philosophy on the rights of children and the obligations of parents, Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child is the first book to bring these two areas of inquiry together. Eileen Hunt Botting's fascinating analysis shows how literary texts, suitably reinterpreted, can make better sense of key philosophical claims." * David Archard, Queen's University Belfast *"Readers of Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child will never again be able to read Frankenstein simply as a work of Gothic fiction that questioned the counter-theology and scientific bravado of its day. Eileen Hunt Botting, more thoroughly than any previous commentator, has revealed the philosophical content of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and has firmly placed it in the context of modern political thought." * Gordon Schochet, Rutgers University *Table of ContentsPreface. Welcome to the Creature Double Feature Introduction. Frankenstein and the Question of Children's Rights Chapter 1. The Specter of the Stateless Orphan from Hobbes to Shelley Chapter 2. Wollstonecraft's Philosophy of Children's Rights Chapter 3. Shelley's Thought Experiments on the Rights of the Child Chapter 4. Three Applications of Shelley's Thought Experiments: The Rights of Disabled, Stateless, and Posthuman Children Notes Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Gothic Bodies
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University of Pennsylvania Press Sacred Fictions
Book SynopsisTrade Review"I would recommend this volume to those interested in the study of female sacred biography. It is a solid study of broad and heterogeneous textual traditions; it proposes interesting readings of female vitae, and illustrates the richness of these documents." * Catholic Historical Review *"One of the best works on hagiography to apear in the last decade." * Church History *
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University of Pennsylvania Press English Letters and Indian Literacies
Book SynopsisFocusing on boarding schools established by New England missionaries, English Letters and Indian Literacies explores the ways Native students negotiated the variety of pedagogical practices and technologies of literacy and managed those technologies for their own ends.Trade Review"Wyss's emphasis on the material culture of native experience and the missionary schools is fresh and compelling; her analysis of the Wheelock-Occum letters is perhaps the best reading of them to date; and the book's highlighting of figures whom history has shuffled aside-such as the Cherokee David Brown-make this volume well worth the read." * Journal of American History *"Hillary Wyss's English Letters and Indian Literacies quite fruitfully revises and expands existing accounts of Native participation in networks of written English in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." * American Literature *"Wyss skillfully draws on the fascinating history of literacy and literacy instruction in early New England to show how the process of learning to read was taught separately from the ability to comprehend the meaning of written words and how the act of learning to write was taught separately from the skill of self-expression." * History: Reviews of New Books *"English Letters and Indian Literacies promises to advance our understanding of the encounter between American Indians and Protestant English missionaries significantly. It deserves much attention from scholars in religion, literature, and history focused on the colonial period, Native responses to contact, the history of education, and literacy studies." * Laura M. Stevens, University of Tulsa *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Technologies of Literacy Chapter 1. Narratives and Counternarratives: Producing Readerly Indians in Eighteenth-Century New England Chapter 2. The Writerly Worlds of Joseph Johnson Chapter 3. Brainerd's Missionary Legacy: Death and the Writing of Cherokee Salvation Chapter 4. The Foreign Mission School and the Writerly Indian After Words: Native Literacy and Autonomy Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child
Book SynopsisFrom her youth, Mary Shelley immersed herself in the social contract tradition, particularly the educational and political theories of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the radical philosophies of her parents, the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the anarchist William Godwin. Against this background, Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, first published in 1818. In the two centuries since, her masterpiece has been celebrated as a Gothic classic and its symbolic resonance has driven the global success of its publication, translation, and adaptation in theater, film, art, and literature. However, in Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child, Eileen Hunt Botting argues that Frankenstein is more than an original and paradigmatic work of science fiction—it is a profound reflection on a radical moral and political question: do children have rights?Botting contends that Frankenstein invites its readers to reason throughTrade Review"Botting's intervention in Frankenstudies is an important one." * Times Literary Supplement *"Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child, in its passion and commitments, vividly illustrates Frankenstein's continuing power, two hundred years on, to comment on the pressing political issues of the day." * Modern Philology *""One sets a very high bar in claiming that a book on Frankenstein advances a new, important reading-especially one appearing in 2018, when worldwide commemorations of the bicentenary of the first edition are focusing unprecedented attention on Shelley's novel. But such a feat is ventured and gained by Eileen Hunt Botting's Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child"" * The Modern Language Review *"Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child shows that Botting’s measured, logical, stepwise scholarly approach has produced a truly revolutionary intervention in the understanding of, and potential responses to, posthuman justice, speciesism, and cosmopolitan belonging." * 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries of the Early Modern Era *"Treating the creature as an abandoned and abused child, Eileen Hunt Botting brilliantly uses the novel Frankenstein to mount a series of thought experiments that interrogate the enduring political questions of whether children have rights and, if so, which ones. Deftly summarizing the positions of such writers as Hobbes, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, and Onora O'Neill, Botting persuasively argues for a child's universal rights to care, identity, and love-rights that Botting here extends to disabled, stateless, and genetically modified children." * Anne K. Mellor, University of California, Los Angeles *"While there has been a great deal written within literary theory and criticism on the novel Frankenstein, and there is a substantial, and growing, literature within moral and political philosophy on the rights of children and the obligations of parents, Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child is the first book to bring these two areas of inquiry together. Eileen Hunt Botting's fascinating analysis shows how literary texts, suitably reinterpreted, can make better sense of key philosophical claims." * David Archard, Queen's University Belfast *"Readers of Mary Shelley and the Rights of the Child will never again be able to read Frankenstein simply as a work of Gothic fiction that questioned the counter-theology and scientific bravado of its day. Eileen Hunt Botting, more thoroughly than any previous commentator, has revealed the philosophical content of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and has firmly placed it in the context of modern political thought." * Gordon Schochet, Rutgers University *Table of ContentsPreface. Welcome to the Creature Double Feature Introduction. Frankenstein and the Question of Children's Rights Chapter 1. The Specter of the Stateless Orphan from Hobbes to Shelley Chapter 2. Wollstonecraft's Philosophy of Children's Rights Chapter 3. Shelley's Thought Experiments on the Rights of the Child Chapter 4. Three Applications of Shelley's Thought Experiments: The Rights of Disabled, Stateless, and Posthuman Children Notes Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press American Fragments
Book SynopsisIn the years between the independence of the colonies from Britain and the start of the Jacksonian age, American readers consumed an enormous number of literary texts called fragments. American Fragments recovers this archive of the romantic period to raise a set of pressing questions about the relationship between aesthetic and national realities: What kind of artistic creation was a fragment?, And how and why did deliberately unfinished writing emerge alongside a country that was itself still unfinished?Through discussions of eighteenth-century transatlantic aesthetics, the Revolutionary War, seduction novels, religious culture, and the construction of authorship, Daniel Diez Couch argues that the literary fragment was used as a means of representing individuals who did not fit neatly into the social fabric of the nation: beggars, prostitutes, veterans, and other ostracized figures. These individuals did not have a secure place in designs for the country's future, yet writers wieldedTrade Review"There’s a lot to admire here, including Couch’s ability to say something new about topics like the connections between aesthetics and liberal individualism, which may have otherwise seemed exhausted...American Fragments positions itself less as an intervention and more as a contribution, a missing piece that makes the conversation about early US aesthetics more complete." * Eighteenth-Century Studies *"How is it possible that no one before now has written a literary history of the 'fragment' in early US literature, or one which focuses on this form as important to a more broadly targeted literary history? The fact that such a question can even form itself in a reader’s mind is usually a concrete sign of an author’s success. In the present case, that success rests on the combination of the argument’s novelty and the obviousness of its importance to the field...Before this book’s publication, the 'fragment' may not have looked like a form essential to early American literary history; afterward, it most certainly does." * Early American Literature *"In American Fragments, Daniel Diez Couch urges us to examine the role that the fragment played both for readers and writers between 1787 and 1813...Couch’s work reminds us that there is meaning in the partial, intentionally incomplete silences of these fragments. Early American scholars will find this well-written analysis a thought-provoking addition to our understanding of this tumultuous and transitional period." * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *"In a field that has for decades glanced only fleetingly at the formal category of the fragment without focusing its critical attention, American Fragments is both a flash of illumination and a corrective lens. It restores to us, through the early republic’s minor forms, some of the freedom—and the historical contingency—that has been obscured by the myth of the national plot." * Matthew Garrett, Wesleyan University *
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Joyces Music and Noise Theme and Variation in
Book SynopsisThis text covers Joyce's writing in terms of music and evaluates the music - its form, kind and technique - in each work. Using Joyce's own rhetoric of theme and variation, the author moves from one character to another, through the poems, fiction and drama.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Posting It The Victorian Revolution in Letter
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Becoming Virginia Woolf Her Early Diaries and
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Hemingway and Italy
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Foundational Essays in James Joyce Studies
Book SynopsisPresents, in a single volume, key seminal essays in the study of James Joyce. Representing important contributions to scholarship that have helped shape current methods of approaching Joyce's works, the volume reacquaints contemporary readers with the literature that forms the basis of ongoing scholarly inquiries in the field.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Joyces Allmaziful Plurabilities
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Key West Hemingway
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The Catholic University of America Press All Great Art is Praise Art and Religion in John
Book SynopsisJohn Ruskin had an extraordinary ability to bring together aesthetics, religion, ecology, and social issues in a unitary, overarching vision, all expressed in a prose style worthy of comparison with any in the English language. This volume offers an analytic account of Ruskin’s principal writings on art, viewed through the lens of Ruskin’s religious claims.Trade Review“Impressive and ambitious . . . brings together in one volume a set of comments on most of Ruskin’s art writings.” —William McKeown, The University of Memphis
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The Catholic University of America Press Revelation and Convergence Flannery OConnor and
Book SynopsisDid Flannery O'Connor really write the way she did because and - not in spite of - her Catholicism? Revelation and Convergence brings together professors of literature, theology, and history to help both critics and readers better understand O'Connor's religious imagination. The contributors focus on many of the Catholic thinkers central to O'Connor's creative development.Trade Review“This volume makes a fresh and significant addition to our understanding of Flannery O’Connor’s intellectual and religious devel- opment and to our understanding of the literary and theological context of her fiction.” —Albert Gelpi, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Liteature, Emeritus, Stanford University
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Faithful Fictions The Catholic Novel in British
Book SynopsisCatholic writers have made a rich contribution to British fiction, despite their minority status. Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Muriel Spark are well-known examples, but there are many others. This is the first book to survey the whole range of this material and examine whether valid generalizations can be made about it.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Complete Short Stories Volume 1
Book SynopsisGathered here for the first time are the stories of Enid Dinnis, who lived and wrote in London throughout the first half of the 20th century. Few in London's literary scene knew that Dinnis was a nun but she lived most of her life in a small convent in Wimbledon with other well-known figures from the period, including Maud Petre.
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Rutgers University Press Everyday Use Women Writers Alice Walker Women
Book SynopsisAlice Walker's early story, Everyday Use, has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their maternal ancestors changed the way we define art, women's culture, and African American lives. By putting African American women's voices at the center of the narrative for the first time, Everyday Use anticipated the focus of an entire generation of black women writers. This casebook includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology of Walker's life, an authoritative text of Everyday Use and of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, an interview with Walker, six critical essays, and a bibliography. The contributors are Charlotte Pierce-Baker, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Thadious M. Davis, Margot Anne Kelley, John O'Brien, Elaine Showalter, and Mary Helen Washington.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Barbara T. Christian Chronology Everyday Use - Alice Walker Background to the Story: In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens - Alice Walker For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties - Alice Walker Interview with Alice Walker - John O'Brien Critical Essays: An Essay on Alice Walker - Mary Helen Washington Alice Walker's Celebration of Self in Southern Generations - Thadious M. Davis Alice Walker: The Black Woman as an Artist - Barbara T. Christian Patches: Quilts and Community in Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' - Houston A. Baker, Jr., and Charlotte Pierce-Baker Sisters' Choices: Quilting Aesthetics in Contemporary African-American Women's Fiction - Margot Anne Kelley Common Threads - Elaine Showalter Selected Bibliography Permissions
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Rutgers University Press Zombie Cinema Quick Takes Movies and Popular
Book SynopsisThe zombie apocalypse is here! The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they are now ubiquitous. Presenting a historical overview of zombies in film and on television, Zombie Cinema also explores this globalized phenomenon, examining why the dead have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences worldwide. Trade Review"Zombie Cinema is a brisk, informative read that gives us a zesty tour through an amazingly prolific and popular contemporary film cycle. He's clearly done his homework in excavating–or disinterring, as the case may be–zombie movies from disparate cultural and historical contexts." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"What the vampire was to the 1980s and 90s, the zombie has become for early twenty-first century audiences, the monster of choice, spreading through a multitude of media texts. Ian Olney organizes the history of the zombie in popular culture from Haitian voodoo practice to the present, providing clear analysis of its evolution and development. Theoretically informed, the writing is engaging and accessible throughout." -- Rick Worland * Southern Methodist University, author of The Horror Film: An Introduction *"Zombie Cinema offers both a pithy overview of zombie cinema and a fresh perspective on the most trenchant themes highlighted in zombie films. Olney manages to deftly weave [a quantity of scholarly as well as cinematic research] into the lithe booklet, all while presenting his own argument. It can be read in a matter of hours, but the observations Olney puts forth are sure to stick with the reader for much longer." * Journal of American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves 1 Black Mask, White Zombies 2 Consumer Culture 3 Boy Eats Girl Conclusion: Homebodies Further Reading Works Cited Index
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Rutgers University Press Zombie Cinema Quick Takes Movies and Popular
Book SynopsisThe zombie apocalypse is here! The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they are now ubiquitous. Presenting a historical overview of zombies in film and on television, Zombie Cinema also explores this globalized phenomenon, examining why the dead have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences worldwide. Trade Review"Zombie Cinema is a brisk, informative read that gives us a zesty tour through an amazingly prolific and popular contemporary film cycle. He's clearly done his homework in excavating–or disinterring, as the case may be–zombie movies from disparate cultural and historical contexts." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"What the vampire was to the 1980s and 90s, the zombie has become for early twenty-first century audiences, the monster of choice, spreading through a multitude of media texts. Ian Olney organizes the history of the zombie in popular culture from Haitian voodoo practice to the present, providing clear analysis of its evolution and development. Theoretically informed, the writing is engaging and accessible throughout." -- Rick Worland * Southern Methodist University, author of The Horror Film: An Introduction *"Zombie Cinema offers both a pithy overview of zombie cinema and a fresh perspective on the most trenchant themes highlighted in zombie films. Olney manages to deftly weave [a quantity of scholarly as well as cinematic research] into the lithe booklet, all while presenting his own argument. It can be read in a matter of hours, but the observations Olney puts forth are sure to stick with the reader for much longer." * Journal of American Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves 1 Black Mask, White Zombies 2 Consumer Culture 3 Boy Eats Girl Conclusion: Homebodies Further Reading Works Cited Index
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Rutgers University Press Wonder Woman Comics Culture Bondage and Feminism
Book SynopsisComics expert Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the Wonder Woman comics of the 1940s, vividly illustrating how William Marston's many quirks and contradictions, along with the odd disproportionate composition created by illustrator Harry Peter, produced a comic that was radically ahead of its time in terms of its bold presentation of female power and sexuality.Trade Review"In this smart and engaging book, Noah Berlatsky reveals how psychology, polyamory, bondage, feminism, and queer identities inspired comic books' most enduring superheroine. A fascinating read for anyone interested in comics, pop culture, or gender politics!" -- Julia Serano * Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity *"Berlatsky can always be counted on to show us new facets of what he examines, in fact, to show that the facets are part of a whole shape heretofore unperceived." -- Carla Speed McNeil * writer/artist of Finder *"Engaging and entertaining." -- Sean Kleefeld * FreakSugar *"Insightful...Berlatsky examines some of the most complex and controversial aspects of Wonder Woman. The analysis is solid, the research is thorough, and the conclusions are valid." * Publishers Weekly * "An engaging read from start to finish, and Berlatsky’s love of Golden Age Wonder Woman comics comes through on every page." * Comics Journal *"The research is astonishing. The dedication is breathtaking. And the fact that this would actually be usable as a college textbook in either a women’s literature, comic history, or even pop culture class is awesome." * Comic Booked.com *"[Berlatsky] reminds us of how Wonder Woman’s non-normative forms of sexuality and womanhood actually challenge sexism. " * Public Books *"Berlatsky, the editor of Hooded Utilitarian (a comics and culture site), has written a work filled with deep scholarly insights on the history and politics of Wonder Woman's creator, as well as a larger examination of the histories, lifestyles and personal ethos that gave rise to one of popular culture's most powerful figures." * Mic.com *"Noah Berlatsky took a deep dive into the marriage of psychology and artwork that is [William] Marston’s enduring pop culture impact." * New City Lit.com *"Berlatsky's accomplished analysis of [Wonder Woman]'s sexuality and narrative themes tell us much about Marston's philosophies." * Cinema Journal *"[Berlatsky] combs the verbal and visual texts to show how Marston and Peter conveyed their unique notions of liberation through bondage, submission, and the glorification of lesbian sexuality while simultaneously linking these ideas to feminism and freedom." * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Berlatsky does a dazzling and remarkably accessible reading of the 1940s Wonder Woman comics against some of the heavyweights of modern feminist theory—Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Shulamith Firestone, Julia Kristeva, Susan Brownmiller." -- Joan Hilty * Wellesley Centers for Women, Women's Review of Books *"Zounds! Who knew the wonders of Wonder Woman's sadomasochistic complexities? If you only know the TV show, get ready for the ropes and lassoes and chains of the 40's comics as examined by Noah Berlatsky. Be sure to buy the e-book to see the original images in glorious color!" -- Linda Williams * UC Berkeley *Author Noah Berlatsky published an article in The Verge directly connected to the topic of the book, entitled "The crucial thing the new Wonder Woman movie gets right about the character’s history." * The Verge *"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce McClain * Collectors' Corner *"In this smart and engaging book, Noah Berlatsky reveals how psychology, polyamory, bondage, feminism, and queer identities inspired comic books' most enduring superheroine. A fascinating read for anyone interested in comics, pop culture, or gender politics!" -- Julia Serano * Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity *"Berlatsky can always be counted on to show us new facets of what he examines, in fact, to show that the facets are part of a whole shape heretofore unperceived." -- Carla Speed McNeil * writer/artist of Finder *"Engaging and entertaining." -- Sean Kleefeld * FreakSugar *"Insightful...Berlatsky examines some of the most complex and controversial aspects of Wonder Woman. The analysis is solid, the research is thorough, and the conclusions are valid." * Publishers Weekly * "An engaging read from start to finish, and Berlatsky’s love of Golden Age Wonder Woman comics comes through on every page." * Comics Journal *"The research is astonishing. The dedication is breathtaking. And the fact that this would actually be usable as a college textbook in either a women’s literature, comic history, or even pop culture class is awesome." * Comic Booked.com *"[Berlatsky] reminds us of how Wonder Woman’s non-normative forms of sexuality and womanhood actually challenge sexism. " * Public Books *"Berlatsky, the editor of Hooded Utilitarian (a comics and culture site), has written a work filled with deep scholarly insights on the history and politics of Wonder Woman's creator, as well as a larger examination of the histories, lifestyles and personal ethos that gave rise to one of popular culture's most powerful figures." * Mic.com *"Noah Berlatsky took a deep dive into the marriage of psychology and artwork that is [William] Marston’s enduring pop culture impact." * New City Lit.com *"Berlatsky's accomplished analysis of [Wonder Woman]'s sexuality and narrative themes tell us much about Marston's philosophies." * Cinema Journal *"[Berlatsky] combs the verbal and visual texts to show how Marston and Peter conveyed their unique notions of liberation through bondage, submission, and the glorification of lesbian sexuality while simultaneously linking these ideas to feminism and freedom." * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Berlatsky does a dazzling and remarkably accessible reading of the 1940s Wonder Woman comics against some of the heavyweights of modern feminist theory—Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Shulamith Firestone, Julia Kristeva, Susan Brownmiller." -- Joan Hilty * Wellesley Centers for Women, Women's Review of Books *"Zounds! Who knew the wonders of Wonder Woman's sadomasochistic complexities? If you only know the TV show, get ready for the ropes and lassoes and chains of the 40's comics as examined by Noah Berlatsky. Be sure to buy the e-book to see the original images in glorious color!" -- Linda Williams * UC Berkeley *Author Noah Berlatsky published an article in The Verge directly connected to the topic of the book, entitled "The crucial thing the new Wonder Woman movie gets right about the character’s history." * The Verge *"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce McClain * Collectors' Corner *
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Wonder Woman Comics Culture Bondage and Feminism
Book SynopsisComics expert Noah Berlatsky takes us on a wild ride through the Wonder Woman comics of the 1940s, vividly illustrating how William Marston's many quirks and contradictions, along with the odd disproportionate composition created by illustrator Harry Peter, produced a comic that was radically ahead of its time in terms of its bold presentation of female power and sexuality.Trade Review"In this smart and engaging book, Noah Berlatsky reveals how psychology, polyamory, bondage, feminism, and queer identities inspired comic books' most enduring superheroine. A fascinating read for anyone interested in comics, pop culture, or gender politics!" -- Julia Serano * Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity *"Berlatsky can always be counted on to show us new facets of what he examines, in fact, to show that the facets are part of a whole shape heretofore unperceived." -- Carla Speed McNeil * writer/artist of Finder *"Engaging and entertaining." -- Sean Kleefeld * FreakSugar *"Insightful...Berlatsky examines some of the most complex and controversial aspects of Wonder Woman. The analysis is solid, the research is thorough, and the conclusions are valid." * Publishers Weekly * "An engaging read from start to finish, and Berlatsky’s love of Golden Age Wonder Woman comics comes through on every page." * Comics Journal *"The research is astonishing. The dedication is breathtaking. And the fact that this would actually be usable as a college textbook in either a women’s literature, comic history, or even pop culture class is awesome." * Comic Booked.com *"[Berlatsky] reminds us of how Wonder Woman’s non-normative forms of sexuality and womanhood actually challenge sexism. " * Public Books *"Berlatsky, the editor of Hooded Utilitarian (a comics and culture site), has written a work filled with deep scholarly insights on the history and politics of Wonder Woman's creator, as well as a larger examination of the histories, lifestyles and personal ethos that gave rise to one of popular culture's most powerful figures." * Mic.com *"Noah Berlatsky took a deep dive into the marriage of psychology and artwork that is [William] Marston’s enduring pop culture impact." * New City Lit.com *"Berlatsky's accomplished analysis of [Wonder Woman]'s sexuality and narrative themes tell us much about Marston's philosophies." * Cinema Journal *"[Berlatsky] combs the verbal and visual texts to show how Marston and Peter conveyed their unique notions of liberation through bondage, submission, and the glorification of lesbian sexuality while simultaneously linking these ideas to feminism and freedom." * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Berlatsky does a dazzling and remarkably accessible reading of the 1940s Wonder Woman comics against some of the heavyweights of modern feminist theory—Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Shulamith Firestone, Julia Kristeva, Susan Brownmiller." -- Joan Hilty * Wellesley Centers for Women, Women's Review of Books *"Zounds! Who knew the wonders of Wonder Woman's sadomasochistic complexities? If you only know the TV show, get ready for the ropes and lassoes and chains of the 40's comics as examined by Noah Berlatsky. Be sure to buy the e-book to see the original images in glorious color!" -- Linda Williams * UC Berkeley *Author Noah Berlatsky published an article in The Verge directly connected to the topic of the book, entitled "The crucial thing the new Wonder Woman movie gets right about the character’s history." * The Verge *"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce McClain * Collectors' Corner *"In this smart and engaging book, Noah Berlatsky reveals how psychology, polyamory, bondage, feminism, and queer identities inspired comic books' most enduring superheroine. A fascinating read for anyone interested in comics, pop culture, or gender politics!" -- Julia Serano * Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity *"Berlatsky can always be counted on to show us new facets of what he examines, in fact, to show that the facets are part of a whole shape heretofore unperceived." -- Carla Speed McNeil * writer/artist of Finder *"Engaging and entertaining." -- Sean Kleefeld * FreakSugar *"Insightful...Berlatsky examines some of the most complex and controversial aspects of Wonder Woman. The analysis is solid, the research is thorough, and the conclusions are valid." * Publishers Weekly * "An engaging read from start to finish, and Berlatsky’s love of Golden Age Wonder Woman comics comes through on every page." * Comics Journal *"The research is astonishing. The dedication is breathtaking. And the fact that this would actually be usable as a college textbook in either a women’s literature, comic history, or even pop culture class is awesome." * Comic Booked.com *"[Berlatsky] reminds us of how Wonder Woman’s non-normative forms of sexuality and womanhood actually challenge sexism. " * Public Books *"Berlatsky, the editor of Hooded Utilitarian (a comics and culture site), has written a work filled with deep scholarly insights on the history and politics of Wonder Woman's creator, as well as a larger examination of the histories, lifestyles and personal ethos that gave rise to one of popular culture's most powerful figures." * Mic.com *"Noah Berlatsky took a deep dive into the marriage of psychology and artwork that is [William] Marston’s enduring pop culture impact." * New City Lit.com *"Berlatsky's accomplished analysis of [Wonder Woman]'s sexuality and narrative themes tell us much about Marston's philosophies." * Cinema Journal *"[Berlatsky] combs the verbal and visual texts to show how Marston and Peter conveyed their unique notions of liberation through bondage, submission, and the glorification of lesbian sexuality while simultaneously linking these ideas to feminism and freedom." * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Berlatsky does a dazzling and remarkably accessible reading of the 1940s Wonder Woman comics against some of the heavyweights of modern feminist theory—Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Shulamith Firestone, Julia Kristeva, Susan Brownmiller." -- Joan Hilty * Wellesley Centers for Women, Women's Review of Books *"Zounds! Who knew the wonders of Wonder Woman's sadomasochistic complexities? If you only know the TV show, get ready for the ropes and lassoes and chains of the 40's comics as examined by Noah Berlatsky. Be sure to buy the e-book to see the original images in glorious color!" -- Linda Williams * UC Berkeley *Author Noah Berlatsky published an article in The Verge directly connected to the topic of the book, entitled "The crucial thing the new Wonder Woman movie gets right about the character’s history." * The Verge *"Quick Takes, Movie Comics, Wonder Woman, Watchmen and Archie" by Boyce McClain * Collectors' Corner *
£105.40
Rutgers University Press TwelveCent Archie
Book SynopsisFor over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America’s most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers with their never-ending exploits. But despite their ubiquity, Archie comics have been relatively ignored by scholars—until now.Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Inspired by Archie’s own concise storytelling format, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the Archie comics. Fans of the comics will be thrilled to read in-depth examinations of their favorite characters and motifs, including individual chapters devoted to Jughead’s hat and Archie’s sweater-vest. But the book also has plenty to interest newcomers to Riverdale, as it recounts the behind-the-scenes history of the comics and analyzes how Archie heTrade Review"Fascinating" * New York Magazine *"Archie gets, at last, academic and theoretical consideration in Bart Beaty's wildly readable Twelve-Cent Archie." * PopMatters *"Whether you’re interested in the differences between Harry Lucey’s Archie and Bob Montana’s, or simply haunted by the signifying structure that is Betty Cooper’s ponytail, there’s something here for everyone who’s ever read an Archie comic." -- Scott Bukatman * author of The Poetics of Slumberland: Animated Spirits and the Animated Spirit *"Funny, insightful, and perfectly paced, this is a highly enjoyable volume of criticism, one that would be equally at home in the ivory tower or by the porcelain throne." * Quill and Quire *"For readers interested in the history and form of comics as art, Beaty offers analyses of visual humour, borderless panels and the central authors and illustrators of this era. Twelve-Cent Archie will satisfy cultural critics, Archie fans and comics fans more broadly ... This book is as fun and satisfying as reading an Archie digest." * Alberta Views *"In its analytical vignettes on such a wide variety of topics, Twelve-Cent Archie attempts - and succeeds - not in ending our questions about Archie, but in showing us how many more questions we ought to be asking." * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *"exciting and often deeply funny" -- Neale Barnholden * English Studies in Canada *Table of ContentsThe Twelve-Cent Archie 3 How to Write (Archie) Comics 8 Story Length 11 The Archie Hierarchy 12 Archie Andrews 16 How Well Does Archie Speak French? 19 Bowling 19 Harry Lucey’s Rhythm 21 Veronica Lodge 26 Riverdale, USA 29 The Daily Strip 31 Footnote 33 “Why Is It Always between Archie and Reggie?” 34 Archie’s Jalopy 37 It’s as Easy as A-B-V 38 United Girls Against Jughead 41 Archie Giant Series 43 Invisible Paint 44 Archie Comics versus Art 46 Betty Cooper 49 Riverdale’s Racial Problem 52 Fashion 55 Betty’s Ponytail 56 Self-Plagiarism 57 Archie’s Sweater Vest 61 Jughead Jones 63 Beatniks, Hippies, and Other Undesirables 66 Dilton Doily 68 Moose 69 Reggie Mantle 70 Jealousy 73 “Are You Familiar with Shakespeare, My Young Ignoramus?” 76 “I Never Squeaked a Pip, Either!” 78 Jughead’s Hat 79 Fantastic Elements 82 Archie’s Joke Book 83 Often Imitated, Never Duplicated 84 The Historical Archie 88 Mutually Assured Destruction 90 Betty = Veronica 91 Head over Heels 92 Mr. Weatherbee 94 Caveman Archie 95 Life with Archie 99 What Is the Zip Code for Riverdale? 102 Cover Art 103 Fairy Godmothers 106 Dan DeCarlo’s Foreground Portraits 107 Archie as an Adventure Comic 108 Text Pieces 111 Previously on Archie 113 Notes for the Norton Anthology 115 Archie : Arch :Archiekins 118 Eep! Omigosh! And Other Unusual Contributions to the Language of Comics 119 Archie’s Black Book 121 Laugh and Pep: The Residual Titles 122 Pureheart the Powerful 124 Errors 127 Midge 128 You Can Take the Boy Out of Riverdale . . . 130 Archie Club News 132 Veronica’s Mother 133 Mr. Lodge 133 Betty’s Parents 137 Jingles 137 Li’l Jinx 139 Archie’s Gender Politics 140 Should Archie Marry Betty or Veronica? 143 Big Ethel 145 The Mayor of Riverdale 148 Worst. Archie. Story. Ever. 149 Archie the Klutz 150 Celebrity Culture 153 Jughead’s Dipsy Doodles 154 Imitation Is the Lowest Form of Flattery 156 Surf and Ski 158 Samm Schwartz’s Art 160 Self-Referential Metafictions 163 Riverdale High 166 Who Cut Veronica’s Hair? 167 Little Archie 169 Credits 173 Juvenile Delinquency 174 Teenese 176 The Archies 177 Pop Tate’s Choklit Shoppe 182 Unusual Panels 184 Smithers 185 The Archie Archive 186 Fads and Fashions 189 Borderless Panels 190 A Comic About Nothing 192 Fred (and Mary) Andrews 195 The Banjo in Archie Comics 196 Wordless Stories, or Nearly So 197 Hot Dog 201 Dan DeCarlo’s Split-Horizon Girl 203 The (Nearly) Perfect Archie Story 206 The Myth of Archie 209 Archie and Me 210 Index 213
£27.90
Rutgers University Press TwelveCent Archie
Book SynopsisFor over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America’s most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers with their never-ending exploits. But despite their ubiquity, Archie comics have been relatively ignored by scholars—until now.Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Inspired by Archie’s own concise storytelling format, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the Archie comics. Fans of the comics will be thrilled to read in-depth examinations of their favorite characters and motifs, including individual chapters devoted to Jughead’s hat and Archie’s sweater-vest. But the book also has plenty to interest newcomers to Riverdale, as it recounts the behind-the-scenes history of the comics and analyzes how Archie heTrade Review"Archie gets, at last, academic and theoretical consideration in Bart Beaty's wildly readable Twelve-Cent Archie." * PopMatters *"Fascinating" * New York Magazine *"Whether you’re interested in the differences between Harry Lucey’s Archie and Bob Montana’s, or simply haunted by the signifying structure that is Betty Cooper’s ponytail, there’s something here for everyone who’s ever read an Archie comic." -- Scott Bukatman * author of The Poetics of Slumberland: Animated Spirits and the Animated Spirit *"Funny, insightful, and perfectly paced, this is a highly enjoyable volume of criticism, one that would be equally at home in the ivory tower or by the porcelain throne." * Quill and Quire *"For readers interested in the history and form of comics as art, Beaty offers analyses of visual humour, borderless panels and the central authors and illustrators of this era. Twelve-Cent Archie will satisfy cultural critics, Archie fans and comics fans more broadly ... This book is as fun and satisfying as reading an Archie digest." * Alberta Views *"In its analytical vignettes on such a wide variety of topics, Twelve-Cent Archie attempts - and succeeds - not in ending our questions about Archie, but in showing us how many more questions we ought to be asking." * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *"exciting and often deeply funny" -- Neale Barnholden * English Studies in Canada *"Archie gets, at last, academic and theoretical consideration in Bart Beaty's wildly readable Twelve-Cent Archie." * PopMatters *"Fascinating" * New York Magazine *"Whether you’re interested in the differences between Harry Lucey’s Archie and Bob Montana’s, or simply haunted by the signifying structure that is Betty Cooper’s ponytail, there’s something here for everyone who’s ever read an Archie comic." -- Scott Bukatman * author of The Poetics of Slumberland: Animated Spirits and the Animated Spirit *"Funny, insightful, and perfectly paced, this is a highly enjoyable volume of criticism, one that would be equally at home in the ivory tower or by the porcelain throne." * Quill and Quire *"For readers interested in the history and form of comics as art, Beaty offers analyses of visual humour, borderless panels and the central authors and illustrators of this era. Twelve-Cent Archie will satisfy cultural critics, Archie fans and comics fans more broadly ... This book is as fun and satisfying as reading an Archie digest." * Alberta Views *"In its analytical vignettes on such a wide variety of topics, Twelve-Cent Archie attempts - and succeeds - not in ending our questions about Archie, but in showing us how many more questions we ought to be asking." * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *"exciting and often deeply funny" -- Neale Barnholden * English Studies in Canada *Table of ContentsThe Twelve-Cent Archie 3 How to Write (Archie) Comics 8 Story Length 11 The Archie Hierarchy 12 Archie Andrews 16 How Well Does Archie Speak French? 19 Bowling 19 Harry Lucey’s Rhythm 21 Veronica Lodge 26 Riverdale, USA 29 The Daily Strip 31 Footnote 33 “Why Is It Always between Archie and Reggie?” 34 Archie’s Jalopy 37 It’s as Easy as A-B-V 38 United Girls Against Jughead 41 Archie Giant Series 43 Invisible Paint 44 Archie Comics versus Art 46 Betty Cooper 49 Riverdale’s Racial Problem 52 Fashion 55 Betty’s Ponytail 56 Self-Plagiarism 57 Archie’s Sweater Vest 61 Jughead Jones 63 Beatniks, Hippies, and Other Undesirables 66 Dilton Doily 68 Moose 69 Reggie Mantle 70 Jealousy 73 “Are You Familiar with Shakespeare, My Young Ignoramus?” 76 “I Never Squeaked a Pip, Either!” 78 Jughead’s Hat 79 Fantastic Elements 82 Archie’s Joke Book 83 Often Imitated, Never Duplicated 84 The Historical Archie 88 Mutually Assured Destruction 90 Betty = Veronica 91 Head over Heels 92 Mr. Weatherbee 94 Caveman Archie 95 Life with Archie 99 What Is the Zip Code for Riverdale? 102 Cover Art 103 Fairy Godmothers 106 Dan DeCarlo’s Foreground Portraits 107 Archie as an Adventure Comic 108 Text Pieces 111 Previously on Archie 113 Notes for the Norton Anthology 115 Archie : Arch :Archiekins 118 Eep! Omigosh! And Other Unusual Contributions to the Language of Comics 119 Archie’s Black Book 121 Laugh and Pep: The Residual Titles 122 Pureheart the Powerful 124 Errors 127 Midge 128 You Can Take the Boy Out of Riverdale . . . 130 Archie Club News 132 Veronica’s Mother 133 Mr. Lodge 133 Betty’s Parents 137 Jingles 137 Li’l Jinx 139 Archie’s Gender Politics 140 Should Archie Marry Betty or Veronica? 143 Big Ethel 145 The Mayor of Riverdale 148 Worst. Archie. Story. Ever. 149 Archie the Klutz 150 Celebrity Culture 153 Jughead’s Dipsy Doodles 154 Imitation Is the Lowest Form of Flattery 156 Surf and Ski 158 Samm Schwartz’s Art 160 Self-Referential Metafictions 163 Riverdale High 166 Who Cut Veronica’s Hair? 167 Little Archie 169 Credits 173 Juvenile Delinquency 174 Teenese 176 The Archies 177 Pop Tate’s Choklit Shoppe 182 Unusual Panels 184 Smithers 185 The Archie Archive 186 Fads and Fashions 189 Borderless Panels 190 A Comic About Nothing 192 Fred (and Mary) Andrews 195 The Banjo in Archie Comics 196 Wordless Stories, or Nearly So 197 Hot Dog 201 Dan DeCarlo’s Split-Horizon Girl 203 The (Nearly) Perfect Archie Story 206 The Myth of Archie 209 Archie and Me 210 Index 213
£105.40
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Faulkner in the University
Book SynopsisIn 1957 and 1958, William Faulkner was Writer-in-Residence at University of Virginia. This volume includes what he said at 37 conferences where he answered over 2000 questions on a wide range of concerns, from exegetic problems in his novels to the role of the writer in modern society.
£23.70
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader
Book SynopsisAn anthology of fiction by one of America's important feminist writers, the author of the ""Yellow Wallpaper"", in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry. Collected here, by Lane, are 18 stories and fragments, including a selection from ""Herland"", Gilman's feminist Utopia.
£18.95
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Willa Cather The Writer and Her World
Book SynopsisA biography of Willa Cather, presenting a writer whose life and quietly modernist work reflected the artistic and cultural tensions of her day. It seeks to portray a woman and an artist who exemplifies the ambivalence, foreboding and complexity which we associate with the 20th-century mind.
£37.00
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Randall Jarrells Letters An Autobiographical and
Book SynopsisThese papers from the poet and critic Randall Jarrell include letters from Jarrell to Peter Taylor, publication of which was withheld during Taylor's lifetime. These letters add a further dimension of friendship and intellect to this behind-the-scenes glimpse of American literary history.Trade ReviewWitty, often brilliantly perceptive, often touching, usually funny, [these letters] have many of the best qualities of Randall Jarrell's criticism and his comic novel, Pictures from an Institution. They bristle with ideas while they also show great freshness and openness to experience.... Of recent collections of letters, only Flannery O'Connor's seem to me to rival these in their consistently high level of interest and entertainment. - Washington Post Book World ""Randall Jarrell - poet, critic, daimon - was an Enthusiast. Wedding an intense devotion to Old World culture with the frequent exhibition of glad American anarchy, he was Matthew Arnold at the wheel of an MG, tach up, top down, the wind in his literary hair."" - Boston Globe ""Mary Jarrell... has written witty and observant connecting passages that shape the book into a rounded narrative and... has unveiled Randall Jarrell's final enduring literary work. And in doing so, she has created her own."" - Charlotte Observer
£23.70
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Perfect Companionship Ellen Glasgows Selected
Book SynopsisEllen Glasgow's originality of mind and fascination with her native South are in display in this selection of her correspondence with women. Covering more than sixty years, Perfect Companionship collects some 250 letters.
£999.99
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Questioning Nature
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£36.05
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Life of William Faulkner This Alarming
Book SynopsisVolume two of this monumental work rests on an unprecedented trove of research, giving us the most penetrating and comprehensive life of William Faulkner and providing a fascinating look at the author's trajectory from under-appreciated ""writer's writer"" to world-renowned Nobel laureate and literary icon.Trade ReviewA lush story of a genius and his substantial achievements, failures, and demons.- Kirkus, starred review;""The concluding volume of this two-part biography of Faulkner shows Rollyson, a Baruch College professor emeritus, as both a careful observer of Faulkner the man, and an adept and perceptive reader of his work.... Rollyson's painstakingly researched and beautifully written biography should be a touchstone for Faulkner scholarship for years to come.""- Publishers Weekly, starred review
£26.06
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Spirit Deep Recovering the Sacred in Black
Book SynopsisWhat would it mean for American and African American literary studies if readers took the spirituality and travel of Black women seriously? Tisha Brooks addresses this question by focusing on three nineteenth-century Black women writers who merged the spiritual and travel narrative genres: Zilpha Elaw, Amanda Smith and Nancy Prince.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Unlikely Crossings 1: "Where have you come from, and where are you going?": Spirituality and Mobility in Hagar's Narrative 2: Visionary Movement in Zilpha Elaw's Memoirs 3: Colonial and Missionary Crossings in Amanda Smith's An Autobiography 4: Searching for Home in A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince 5: Mapping Sacred Movement in Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust 6: Secular Journeys, Sacred Recovery: Saidiya Hartman's Lose Your Mother Coda Bibliography
£67.15
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Criminal Cities
Book SynopsisWhy does crime feature at the centre of so many postcolonial novels set in major cities? This book interrogates the connections that can be found between narratives of crime, cities, and colonialism to bring to light the ramifications of this literary preoccupation, as well as possibilities for cultural, aesthetic, and political catharsis.Trade Review“There are many things to admire about this book. It is capacious in scope, while the close readings in the case studies provide instructive commentary on novels both highly canonical and less well known. It will make a significant contribution to postcolonial studies of criminality and crime fiction.” - Peter Kalliney, University of Kentucky, author of The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonization and Global LiteratureTable of Contents Preface: Atlanta as Postcolonial Criminal City Introduction: Towards a Theory of Cathartic Crime 1. "The Phenomenon of Walking": Mapping Postcolonial Criminal London 2. "Crime is Crime is Crime": Belfast and Universalizing Narratives 3. Whiteness, Historical Fiction, and Australian Cities 4. "Shot Through with Crime": Bombay After Mumbai 5. Neoliberal Criminality: Post-Apartheid Johannesburg 6. This Line Created a Country: Nairobi, Father and Son 7. His Memory Resists Ordering: The Difficulty of Catharsis in Palestine Coda: "Vestiges of Empire": Exit West, Brexit, and Migration Notes
£81.60
Wayne State University Press The Myth of Power and the Self Essays on Franz Kafka Kritik German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series
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£37.56
John Wiley & Sons Frankensteins Daughters
Book SynopsisStarting with the birth of science fiction in Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein"", Jane Donawerth examines science fiction and utopian literature written by women. She uses her reading of that work to pinpoint the gender problems that reside in the male-oriented science fiction genre.
£15.26
Syracuse University Press Memory Ireland Volume 4 James Joyce and Cultural
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Rogue Narrative and Irish Fiction 16601790
Book SynopsisInvestigates why writers during the long eighteenth-century so often turned to the rogue narrative to discuss Ireland. With consideration for themes of conflict, migration, religion, and gender, Lines offers up a compelling connection between the rogue themselves and the ever-popular rogue narrative in this early period of Irish writing.
£23.36
