The Cracked Looking Glass

Author : Katherine Anne Porter
Publisher : Penguin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780241339626
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cracked Looking-Glass written by Katherine Anne Porter and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She only wished to prove to herself she was once more on a train going somewhere' A tender story of devotion, resentment and ennui from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

Author : Albert Wachtel
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945636274
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cracked Lookingglass written by Albert Wachtel and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are basic problems, and if we can't solve them we should hold off on theorizing. To begin at the beginning, what was Father Flynn's "great wish" for the boy in "The Sisters"? The uncle thinks he knows, but is he right? Can we be sure? How? And how about the beginning and end of "An Encounter"? How do they fit together? What is the specific import to the boy in "Araby" of the shards of conversation between the salesgirl and the Britishers? Can we (or Eveline) be certain of Frank's motives in her story? If not, what relevance do they have? And how in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man do Stephen's use and understanding of art evolve? In what crucial respects do they fall short of the understanding a careful reader of the novel can attain? What in Ulysses does Buck Mulligan have in mind when he demands "twopence for a pint" (of what!)? And in what ways are Bloom's ruminations about things like "mity cheese" that "digests all but itself" and saltwater fish ("Why is it that [they] are not...") crucial to the novel? There are bigger questions. What roles do all the accidental occurrences play? Do they heighten or diminish causality and probability? What are the functions of allusion and stylistic experimentation? Is/are there any overriding significance/s to the whole? Is there a didactic component in Joyce's writing? If so, is the didactic element a flaw in his art? What is the relationship between art and instruction--in Joyce and in general? Is good didactic art a contradiction in terms? These latter questions are enticing, but to speculate, theorize, deconstruct, or decontextualize Joyce's works with regard to them without a firm understanding, and perhaps even answers to, the vital though sometimes seemingly trivial former questions is to abrogate critical responsibility and relinquish what one of the formative giants of the twentieth century has to say to us. When relevant, the former are almost always answerable, and the mundane answers, often surprising, are frequently crucial not only for answering the latter questions but for fresh insight into both Joyce's world and our own. By mapping routes to the revelations such mundane "facts" yield, The Cracked Lookingglass establishes a firm base for future interpretations of Joyce's stories from Dubliners through Ulysses. It approaches his works as "fictional histories," grounding its "examplary" readings in relationships among the underlying facts of Joyce's created worlds. The study presents both a method of inquiry and, as examples of its fruit, some of the ways in which the apparent undiscoverables of Joyce's fiction disclose new and indisputable insights into his characters and stories, and through them our world. The approach opens avenues of access to the depths of Dubliners; to the assessments of art, religion, and human relationships in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; to the necessitous underpinnings of Joyce's experimentation in Ulysses, the ground and justification of his uses of "psychocasual chance," the "mythical method," and the seemingly gratuitous stylistic experiments that mirror our lives and suggest new directions for them.

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through the Looking-glass written by Lewis Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katherine Anne Porter
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156188760
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter written by Katherine Anne Porter and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1979 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porter's reputation as one of americanca's most distinguished writers rests chiefly on her superb short stories. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; and The Leaning Tower as well as four stories not available elsewhere in book form. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Author : Jake Fior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781527256903
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through A Looking Glass Darkly written by Jake Fior and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781853264276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of James Joyce written by James Joyce and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. B. Yeats was Romantic and Modernist, mystical dreamer and leader of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel prizewinner, dramatist and, above all, poet. He began writing with the intention of putting his 'very self' into his poems. T. S. Eliot, one of many who proclaimed the Irishman's greatness, described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. For anyone interested in the literature of the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century, Yeats's work is essential. This volume gathers the full range of his published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics (by which he is still fondly remembered) to the magnificent later poems which put beyond question his status as major poet of modern times. Paradoxical, proud and passionate, Yeats speaks today as eloquently as ever.

Author : C. M. Stunich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781792023286
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass written by C. M. Stunich and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm so fucking scared right now.No, not just scared--I'm terrified.And if you're reading this, you should be, too.I fell through the Looking-Glass; I got back home.But get this: I didn't come alone. Oh, and it doesn't feel like home anymore.Unlike Alice in the original story, this is not my Wonderland.In the original story, the Walrus and the Carpenter didn't follow Alice back.In that story, she didn't bring her harem of lovers with her to meet Dad.Mom, Dad, meet my nine boyfriends; one of them's a faerie who foretells the future--is that what I'm supposed to say?Back in Underland, things are even worse.Betrayal, heartbreak, and death ... that's all that's waiting for us in Castle Heart.I'm "the Alice", bringer of prophecy, and I'm starting to fall for all nine men in my life.So, can I stop the chaos that's rolling in on black wings?If you're reading this, can you help me, please?Save the world, get the guys, and give me my happy ending.ALLISON SHATTERS THE LOOKING-GLASS (Book 3 of 3 in the "Harem of Hearts" series) -- is a full-length reverse harem/new adult/dark romance novel, a gritty retelling of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Don't expect a children's tale; these characters are nothing like their more innocent counterparts. This book contains: drugs, cursing, violence, sex ... and love found in the darkest shadows.***THIS IS A COMPLETED SERIES***

Author : Judi Getch Brodman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625268488
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Looking Glass Labyrinth written by Judi Getch Brodman and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unheeded warning from her best friend, an estate sale at a "haunted" crumbling Victorian, a painted woman whose sparkling blue eyes follow her every move, a cracked discolored mirror that reflects another's face, and mysterious words that materialize in a diary - all these events create a vortex through which Rachael Corbet is sucked back to 1804 and into Lady Rachael Johnston's body. Why? Lady Rachael's written words are quite clear, "You can and will save my captain." Impossible - the man has been dead for centuries, shot and killed right here in this house. Trying to escape what she hopes is a dream, Rachael runs directly into the arms of Lady Johnston's returning sea captain and totally understands why Lady Rachael desires to keep him alive... he's takes Rachael's breath away with his tenderness, strength and thoughtfulness. Is she falling for a man who died centuries ago? She would have to change the past to keep him alive. Yet history has a way of repeating itself. Unscrupulous rogues, including Lady Rachael's pathetic brother, attempt to abduct her for her inheritance. A shot is heard; Nathaniel shouts for Rachael to run; she turns to flee and then, in an instant, chooses to alter history. If she saves him, will she give him up? Will she return to her pathetic life or choose to stay with the sea captain she loves?

Author : Harry John Mooney
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973987
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fiction and Criticism of Katherine Anne Porter written by Harry John Mooney and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest, and still one of the most perceptive analyses of Katherine Anne Porter, it gives careful interpretation of the style and intent of Porter's work from 1935 through the publication and critical reception of Ship of Fools.

Author : James T. F. Tanner
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780929398228
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Texas Legacy of Katherine Anne Porter written by James T. F. Tanner and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of Porter’s work, Tanner focuses on Porter’s denial of her Texas heritage, her apparent urge to distance herself from Texas and all things Texan. He analyzes Porter’s settings and characters, emphasizing and clarifying the influence of her Texas upbringing on her creative art, exploring the conflict between the Texas Porter and the urbane-sophisticate Porter. Born in Indian Creek, Texas, in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter was always a Texas writer, even though she roamed widely, and seemed to represent, for many readers, a more Southern and genteel facet of Texas culture than they were prepared to accept. Tanner deals with Porter as a Texas story-teller, who, her wanderings over the earth notwithstanding, was a Texas writer first and last.