mimi10v3Writers and critics walking around the machinery of literature—wonder, style, place, science writing, cultural pilgrimage, and the durable question of why certain invented worlds remain habitable.
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A place to begin
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Intentions
About the bookThis volume gathers Oscar Wilde's critical essays, showcasing his distinctive voice in discussions of aestheticism, art criticism, and the interplay between art and life. Wilde's prose…
5/10Language : Literary CriticismFreud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel)
About the bookSimon Goldhill takes readers on a witty and erudite journey to the homes and haunts of five literary giants: Sir Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, the Brontës, Sigmund Freud, and Willia…
4/10Language : Literary CriticismLiterary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
About the bookThis visual anthology surveys the history of fictional world-building in literature, tracing the evolution of imaginary realms from the ancient epic of Gilgamesh to contemporary franchi…
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| Books do Furnish a Life: An electrifying celebration of science writing | Richard Dawkins | 2021 | — | Unread | → |
| Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave (Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel) | Simon Goldhill | 2011 | 5 | Read | → |
| Intentions | Oscar Wilde | 1891 | 6 | Read | → |
| Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created | Laura Miller | 2016 | 4 | Read | → |
| Six Memos for the Next Millennium | Italo Calvino | 1988 | — | Unread | → |