Comparative Literature
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Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
$17.00 Add to cart“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation’s history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and i… [more below]
- Author: Jacobs, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1984878425
- Language: English
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The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom
$30.00 Add to cartA selection of the lively letters between one of the world’s greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired
Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0300283830
- Language: English
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Writing During the Apocalypse: Reflections on the Great Unraveling
$24.95 Add to cartAll of American literature is a tragedy. What we’re living through now isn’t a tragedy, however – it’s a horror novel. Why bother writing when the world’s on fire?
Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inf- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 22 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765123218
- Language: English
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Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
$22.95 Add to cartA captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was kn- Author: Bergland, Renée
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0691235309
- Language: English
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Thinking Through Shakespeare
$35.00 Add to cartHow Shakespeare’s exploration of central human questions–about identity, politics, religion and right and wrong–explains his lasting power, popularity and relevance
In the eighteenth century, Samuel- Author: Womersley, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0691154104
- Language: English
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Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays, 1999 – 2023
$22.95 Add to cartEssays on everything from the music of Joni Mitchell to the declining quality of Bengali food from one of India’s preeminent writers.
“I’m an Indian, so of course I write about India. But then, again,- Author: Chaudhuri, Amit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1681379651
- Language: English
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Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
$21.00 Add to cartOne of the Washington Post’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A Boston Globe Best Book of 2024
“Ambitious, intelligent, and happily unpretentious.” —Louis- Author: Frank, Edwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397839
- Language: English
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Far Calls: On Omens, Slips, & Epiphanies
$37.00 Add to cartAn inquiry into the theories and practices of overhearing
When words are not heard but overheard, when phrases are perceived in bits and pieces, and when speakers, failing to do as they intend, state- Author: Heller-Roazen, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1945861045
- Language: English
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Why Poetry
$18.00 Add to cartAn impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder
In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Ma
- Author: Zapruder, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0062343084
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
$32.00 Add to cartThoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest–a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of w
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 11 2014
- ISBN10: 006232652X
- Language: English
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Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
$32.00 Add to cartA captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was kn- Author: Bergland, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0691235287
- Language: English
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories – 20th Anniversary Edition
$29.99 Read more**20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION**
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of ‘basic stories’ in the world.- Author: Booker, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1399415921
- Language: English
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Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005
$27.00 Add to cartJ.M. Coetzee’s latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018.
In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplis- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 014311378X
- Language: English
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Powers of Reading: From Plato to Audiobooks
$29.95 Add to cartA historical, literary, and philosophical study that transforms our understanding of reading
“Peter Szendy offers a subtle, persuasive, and unprecedented account of the time of reading and its scene o- Author: Szendy, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1942130961
- Language: English
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The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded
$18.99 Add to cartNow in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature…. [more below]
- Author: Fadiman, Clifton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0062720732
- Language: English
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Pathemata, Or, the Story of My Mouth
$25.00 Add to cartPathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth is an experiment in interiority written in the pandemic studio. Something of a companion piece to 2009’s Bluets, Pathemata merges a pain diary chronicling a decad… [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Maggie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
$21.95 Read morePROSE AWARDS MEDIA ADN CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024
The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765115862
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$14.99 Read moreThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America’s most iconic founding fathers. In this engagi
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9358562145
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from the Great Gatsby to the Hat
$19.99 Add to cartThoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest–a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of w
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 006330774X
- Language: English
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Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
$33.00 Add to cartA Washington Post most anticipated fall book
“How can we live differently?” a young woman urgently dema
A legendary editor’s reckoning with the twentieth-century novel and the urgent messages it sends.- Author: Frank, Edwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0374270961
- Language: English
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