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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 622
Publisher
Twayne
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A literary history of the year 1922 in the lives of Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, and T.S. Eliot"--
"A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernism The World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M....
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Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The author examines Miller's novel, its publishing history, and its place in American letters. The work was labeled pornography for its graphic language and explicit sexuality, and tested American censorship laws. Tropic of Cancer was published in 1934 by a pornographer in Paris, but was banned in the United States until 1961, when Grove Press was able to publish it despite the censors. The author states that Tropic of Cancer is "lawless, violent,...
11) Andy Warhol
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Series
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The 'Prince of Pop' Andy Warhol redefined the boundaries between high art and popular culture, from his paintings and prints of Campbell's Soup cans, Brillo boxes, dollar bills to his multiple portraits of such stars as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. This book explores his work.
12) Francis Bacon
Author
Series
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The art of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) epitomises the angst at the heart of the modern human condition. His dramatic images of screaming figures and distorted anatomies are painted with a richly gestural technique, alluding to such old masters as Titian, Vel?azquez and Rembrandt. Displaying repressed and raw emotion, his body of work includes portraits of Lucian Freud and John Deakin.
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English
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Description
If the Bible isn't a science book or an instruction manual, then what is it? What do people mean when they say the Bible is inspired? When Rachel Held Evans found herself asking these questions, she began a quest to better understand what the Bible is and how it is meant to be read. What she discovered changed her--and it will change you too. Drawing on the best in recent scholarship and using her well-honed literary expertise, Evans examines some...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The first-ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, featuring previously unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.
In 991 AD, Vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defense-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely...
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