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Author | : John Kennedy Toole |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2007-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802197620 |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
Author | : Mary Ruefle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2020-09 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9781940696997 |
A stunning new collection of poems from Mary Ruefle inviting the many readers of her prose to discover the central form of her literary imagination.
Author | : Jesse Ball |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780990593546 |
"A text for teachers who want to reconsider hierarchy in their classrooms and for those curious about education as a context for creativity and collaboration. Drawn from Ball’s experiences teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Notes on my Dunce Cap includes advisory material regarding the role of the teacher, the creation of syllabi, and the manner in which groups may evaluate the work of an individual without harm. Alongside these notes that reflect on his teaching practice, sample SAIC syllabi create contexts in which students develop habits that become the basis for a writing practice. Reading lists cover topics such as child protagonists, the dérive, and fairytales, and classroom procedures encourage students to lucid dream, take long walks without cellphones, and participate in the Franz Kafka Fancier Society of Chicago. Ball describes dynamic ways to ask questions, facilitate discussion, organize exhibitions, and incorporate theatrical elements to draw the most out of students and teachers alike. Ball shakes up classroom habits and breathes new life into reading, questioning, teaching, and learning."--
Author | : Mariella Glenn Hartsfield |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0820334448 |
These tales range from the supernatural to the romantic and from the sacred to the secular. A celebration of American imagination, tradition, and manners, this collection of folktales reveals the spirit of people who responded to the demands of rural living with grace, good humor, and endurance.
Author | : Mary Ruefle |
Publisher | : Wave Books |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2006-05-01 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1933517034 |
An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry.
Author | : Kate Jaimet |
Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2009-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1554690978 |
"There's strength in numbers, even small ones." Ages 8+.
Author | : William Purton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1861 |
Genre | : Homerus |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kate Jaimet |
Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2014-10-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1459805879 |
The Dunces—Josh, Magnolia, Wang and Wilmot—are back, and this time they’re going up against a formidable foe: Principal Hale, who has canceled their school’s drama and music program just when Wilmot needs it most. He has a guitar (given to him by a teen named Headcase), but no teacher and nowhere to practice (his dad hates rock ’n’ roll). The Dunces’ plan to convince Principal Hale to reinstate the program involves Josh’s reluctant participation in a hockey team, Magnolia’s enthusiastic role-playing and Wang’s disillusionment with a suspicious character named Hui Bing (aka Larry). But can the Dunces really rock, even when they rebrand themselves as Cousin Willy and the Wang Dang Doodles?
Author | : Claude Arnaud |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 1039 |
Release | : 2016-09-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300182163 |
This passionate and monumental biography reassesses the life and legacy of one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau’s “fragile genius—a combination almost unlivable in art” but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer who, as a young man, pretended to be a sort of a god, but who died as a humble and exhausted craftsman. His moving and compassionate account examines the nature of Cocteau’s chameleon-like genius, his romantic attachments, his controversial politics, and his intimate involvement with many of the century’s leading artistic lights, including Picasso, Proust, Hemingway, Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Already published to great critical acclaim in France, Arnaud’s penetrating and deeply researched work reveals a uniquely gifted artist while offering a magnificent cultural history of the twentieth century.
Author | : Fletcher, Joel |
Publisher | : Pelican Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2005-03-31 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781455606986 |
"Ken has a real gift for mimicry and a refined sense of the absurd . . . the English faculty . . .both fear and court Ken because of his biting comic talent." --from Joel L. Fletcher's journal John Kennedy Toole's first published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, which Walker Percy called a"gargantuan tumultuous human tragi-comedy," became a publishing phenomenon, with almost two million copies in print worldwide in eighteen languages. The book's outrageous protagonist, Ignatius Reilly, is an icon of contemporary American fiction. Now Ken and Thelma sheds new light on the tragic life story of the author, known as 'Ken' to his friends. Drawing on his own journals and personal letters, Joel L. Fletcher recreates his friendship with Ken in the early 1960s and his long association with Ken's indomitable mother, Thelma Ducoing Toole, after the book's publication. Ken and Thelma features personal photographs, many never before published.