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    The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays

    Joan Acocella

    A collection of the New Yorker critic's finest essays, which examine the books that reveal and record our world.

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    Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays

    Joan Acocella

    Here is a dazzling collection from Joan Acocella, one of our most admired cultural critics: thirty-one essays that consider the life and work of some of the most influential artists…

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    The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays

    Joan Acocella

    The New Yorker critic examines the books that reveal and record our world in a new essay collection.

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    Dracula: Introduction by Joan Acocella

    Bram Stoker

    Since its publication in 1897, Dracula has continued to terrify readers with its depiction of a vampire possessing an insatiable thirst for blood, and the group of hunters determined to…

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    Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism

    Joan Acocella

    Shows how Cather’s work has been distorted by critics on the left and the right.

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    Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism

    Joan Acocella

    Shows how Cather’s work has been distorted by critics on the left and the right.

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    Creating Hysteria: Women and Multiple Personality Disorder

    Joan Ross Acocella

    This work offers an expose of the epidemic of so-called Multiple Personality Disordered women in America. It describes how the US mental health industry created and exploited this bogus diagnosis…

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    The Bloody Chamber, Wise Children, Fireworks: Introduction by Joan Acocella

    Angela Carter

    A hardcover omnibus edition of three classic works by British writer Angela Carter: two story collections (The Bloody Chamber and Fireworks) and one novel (Wise Children). A bibliography and chronology…

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    The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

    Vaslav Nijinsky

    A uniquely personal record of a great artist’s descent into madness

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    The Bloody Chamber, Wise Children, Fireworks

    Angela Carter

    In The Bloody Chamber, Carter’s famous collection of deeply unsettling stories inspired by fairy tales, a Beauty is turned into a Beast and Little Red Riding’s grandmother is stoned to…

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    My Life

    Isadora Duncan

    Unquestionably brave, creative, and erudite, the free spirit Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) captivated the American, European, and Soviet cultural scenes with her innovative modern dance and un-self-conscious lifestyle.

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    Dance To The Piper

    Agnes De Mille,Joan Acocella

    Born into a family of successful playwrights and producers, Agnes de Mille was determined to be an actress. Then one day she witnessed the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, and…

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    Beware of Pity

    Stefan Zweig

    Stefan Zweig’s brilliant novel, Beware of Pity, is an original and powerful work. The New York Times Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of…

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    Mission to Siam: The Memoirs of Jessie Mackinnon Hartzell

    Rosalind C. Morris

    Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell arrived in Northern Thailand in 1912. She was awed by its beauty and became devoted to its people. This work casts light on colonialism, the Asia missions…

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    Mission to Siam: The Memoirs of Jessie Mackinnon Hartzell

    Rosalind C. Morris

    Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell arrived in Northern Thailand in 1912. She was awed by its beauty and became devoted to its people. This work casts light on colonialism, the Asia missions…

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