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Shakespeare in Swahililand Shakespeare in Swahililand Edward PhD Wilson-Lee
Camp Austen Camp Austen Ted Scheinman
The Songs We Know Best The Songs We Know Best Karin Roffman
The Future as Catastrophe The Future as Catastrophe Eva Horn
Housman Country Housman Country Peter Parker
Scandinavian Noir Scandinavian Noir Wendy Lesser
Heroines Heroines Kate Zambreno
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Toibin
Rapture's Roadway Rapture's Roadway Virginia Jealous
The Art of Death The Art of Death Edwidge Danticat
North by Shakespeare North by Shakespeare Michael Blanding
He Held Radical Light He Held Radical Light Christian Wiman
Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Virginia Woolf
American Smoke American Smoke Iain Sinclair
Character Character Marjorie Garber
The Genius of Jane Austen The Genius of Jane Austen Paula Byrne
The Magic Language The Magic Language Andrea Marcolongo
American Philosophy American Philosophy John Kaag
The End of the Novel of Love The End of the Novel of Love Vivian Gornick
The Trip to Echo Spring The Trip to Echo Spring Olivia Laing
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Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read Virginia Woolf
North by Shakespeare North by Shakespeare Michael Blanding
The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Themes, Symbols and Myths The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Themes, Symbols and Myths David Harvey
Thomas McGrath. Start the Poetry Now! Thomas McGrath. Start the Poetry Now! Studs Terkel
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare James Shapiro
The Same River Twice The Same River Twice Chris Offutt
The Songs We Know Best The Songs We Know Best Karin Roffman
A Place Like Mississippi A Place Like Mississippi W. Ralph Eubanks
Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters Why To Kill a Mockingbird Matters Tom Santopietro
Mr. Straight Arrow Mr. Straight Arrow Jeremy Treglown
Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins Theodore M. Bernstein
Poetics of the Incarnation: Middle English Writing and the Leap of Love Poetics of the Incarnation: Middle English Writing and the Leap of Love Cristina Maria Cervone
Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 John Boston
Jeremiah's Scribes Jeremiah's Scribes Meredith Marie Neuman
Re-Writing Women into Canadian History Re-Writing Women into Canadian History Elodie Rousselot
Medieval Boundaries Medieval Boundaries Sharon Kinoshita
Ethnography After Antiquity Ethnography After Antiquity Anthony Kaldellis
Beyond Horatio's Philosophy: The Fantasy of Peter S. Beagle Beyond Horatio's Philosophy: The Fantasy of Peter S. Beagle David Stevens
Exposes and Excess Exposes and Excess Cecelia Tichi
How to Read a Novel How to Read a Novel John Sutherland
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Drug Lords, Cowboys, and Desperadoes Drug Lords, Cowboys, and Desperadoes Rafael Acosta Morales
Sin Sick Sin Sick Joshua Pederson
Writing Gender in Early Modern Chinese Women's Tanci Fiction Writing Gender in Early Modern Chinese Women's Tanci Fiction Li Guo
The Real George Eliott The Real George Eliott Lisa Tippings
Theft: A Play In Four Acts Theft: A Play In Four Acts Jack London
Anathema Anathema Leonid Andreyev
To Write as if Already Dead To Write as if Already Dead Kate Zambreno
Migratory Birds Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver
Gag Order Gag Order Timothy Wall
Homo Psyche Homo Psyche Gila Ashtor
Portraits Portraits David Patterson
Commodified Communion Commodified Communion Antonio Eduardo Alonso
The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland Angela Youngman
It Could Lead to Dancing It Could Lead to Dancing Sonia Gollance
Finding Ferrante Finding Ferrante Alessia Ricciardi
Chapters of Our Lives Chapters of Our Lives Joe Lovett
Homer's Iliad: the Real Story Homer's Iliad: the Real Story John D. Martin
Autobiography of Mark Twain Autobiography of Mark Twain Mark Twain
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Experimental Novel The Experimental Novel Émile Zola