Postmodern American Literature and Its Other

Postmodern American Literature and Its Other
Author: W. Lawrence Hogue
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2009
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 0252033833

Redefining postmodern American literature to include the voices of women and nonwhite writers

Jade Cabinet

Jade Cabinet
Author: Rikki Ducornet
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1628975369

Made speechless by her eccentric father, the beautiful Etheria is traded for a piece of precious jade. Memory, her sister, tells her story, that of a childhood enlivened by Lewis Carroll and an orangutan named Dr. Johnson and envenomed by the pernicious courtship of Radulph Tubbs, Queen Victoria's own Dragon of Industry. The novel travels from Oxford to Egypt where one million ibis mummies wait to be transformed into fertilizer, where Baconfield the architect will cause a pyramid to collapse, and where a scorned and bloated hunger artist who speaks in tongues will plot a bloody revenge. The fourth element in a tetralogy of novels - Earth (The Stain), Fire (Entering Fire), Water (The Fountains of Neptune) and Air - The Jade Cabinet is both a riveting novel and a reflection on the nature of memory and desire, language and power. Following the novel is an afterword, "Waking to Eden, " in which Ducornet reflects on the sources for her writing and on the quartet of novels completed by The Jade Cabinet.

Worth

Worth
Author: Robyn Schiff
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2002-07-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1587294273

These strong, multilayered poems test the transformative powers of dressmakers, jewelers, actors, and Darwin’s darkest finches as they adapt to a changing world where the same train hurtles past them toward marketplace and death camp both. Throughout, many of the poems use inherited forms to tell their stories, but the inheritance here comes down damaged and threadbare—yet full of power. In Worth Robyn Schiff inquires about making, buying, selling, and stealing in the material world, the natural landscape, and the human soul. Opening with the renowned couture house of Charles Frederick Worth, the father of high fashion— “The dress was so big, / one's hand is useless to take glass from table; / the skirt approaches while the hand is yet distanced” —and ending with the House of De Beers and a diamond thief named Adam Worth— “You'll know me by my approach / I'm coming on foot with a diamond in my mouth” —Schiff moves from Cartier and Tiffany to the Shedd Aquarium, from Marie Antoinette to the Civil War, from Mary Pickford to Marilyn Monroe.

Fifteen Years in Exile

Fifteen Years in Exile
Author: Barry Callaghan
Publisher: Exile Editions, Ltd.
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781550960259

中華名畫

中華名畫
Author: E. A. Strehlneek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1914
Genre: Art objects, Chinese
ISBN:

Rebirth: Perfect Rural Life

Rebirth: Perfect Rural Life
Author: You Poyingluo
Publisher: Funstory
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2019-10-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1646779460

Reborn in an ancient farmhouse, what to do if the family is poor? She grows tea and does embroidery to lead the family to prosperity. In her previous life, She encountered numerous waves but still tenacious, and finally achieved success in her career, but she did not expect to be plotted by traitors and died young before she could realize her ideals. Unexpectedly, her soul traveled through time and space to a remote small village in ancient times. She is grateful to God for giving her a chance to live again, so she is ready to face life positively. Especially in such a beautiful village, there is no longer the pressure of urban life. Although the family is poor, she knows how to grow tea trees and do embroidery. These skills have enabled her to earn a lot of money, and her brothers and sisters no longer have to worry about too poor to go to school! On the way to picking tea, she met a handsome young man, and they two fell in love at first sight. In the subsequent slow contact, their feelings gradually warmed up ... ☆About the Author☆ You Po Ying Luo, a creative online novel author, has a rich creative experience and excellent creative ability. Her novel is very popular with readers.

The American Novel Now

The American Novel Now
Author: Patrick O'Donnell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010-01-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781444317909

The American Novel Now navigates the vast terrain of the American novel since 1980, exploring issues of identity, history, family, nation, and aesthetics, as well as cultural movements and narrative strategies from over seventy different authors and novels. Discusses an exceptionally wide-range of authors and novels, from established figures to significant emerging writers Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Louise Erdrich, Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Kathy Acker and many more Explores the range of themes and styles offered in the wealth of contemporary American fiction since 1980, in both mainstream and experimental writings Reflects the liveliness and diversity of American fiction in the last thirty years Written in a style that makes it ideal for students and scholars, while also accessible for general readers

Alice in Transmedia Wonderland

Alice in Transmedia Wonderland
Author: Anna Kérchy
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476626162

Part of Alice's appeal is her ambiguity, which makes possible a range of interpretations in adapting Lewis Carroll's classic Wonderland stories to various media. Popular re-imaginings of Alice and her topsy-turvy world reveal many ways of eliciting enchantment and shaping make-believe. Late 20th century and 21st century adaptations interact with the source texts and with each other--providing readers with an elaborate fictional universe. This book fully explores today's multi-media journey to Wonderland.

Casting for Crafters

Casting for Crafters
Author: Marie Browning
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781402724466

Provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the craft, with a wide range of techniques, stunning projects to make, and beauty shots of every item.