Subjects:  1. Continental European    2. Europe - General    3. History - General History    4. Literary Collections    5. Literature: Classics   

Subjects:  1. Ancient and Classical    2. Classics    3. Fiction    4. Fiction - General    5. Historical - General    6. Literary Criticism    7. Rome    8. Satire, Latin    9. Translations into English    10. Latin    11. Modern fiction    12. Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. 19th Century American Novel And Short Story    2. 19th century    3. American - General    4. American wit and humor    5. History    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature and society    10. Literature: Classics    11. Man-woman relationships in literature    12. Satire And Humor    13. United States    14. American English    15. English    16. Gender studies    17. Literary Criticism & Collections / American    18. Literary studies: 19th century    19. Literature/English | American Literature | 19th C    20. Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century    21. USA   

Subjects:  1. Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books    2. Latin    3. Literature: Classics    4. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval   

Reviews (1)

Pretentious pap
You can tell what this person really thinks of the medium of the comic book by the very fact that she feels she needs to justify reading them. Does anybody ever feel like they must justify reading a book or watching a film unless they consider it trash? This book is just insulting to anyone who enjoys words and pictures used together to tell a story. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Comic books, strips, etc    2. Comic books, strips, etc.    3. General    4. Graphic Satire And Humor    5. Heroes    6. History and criticism    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature - Classics / Criticism    9. Literature: Classics    10. Popular Culture    11. Comic book & cartoon art    12. Cultural studies    13. History / General    14. Psycholinguistics   

Subjects:  1. English Satire And Humor    2. English language    3. English wit and humor    4. Form - Parodies    5. History and criticism    6. Literary Style    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Style    9. Style, Literary    10. Ancient (Classical) Greek    11. Semantics (meaning)   

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Fine British literary gem with fabulous nuanced dialogue!
The British writer Henry Green's literary skill went far beyond a comedy of manners, which this book appears to be on the surface. Dense with meaning, "Nothing" is a short literary gem, which forces the reader to read a million nuances into the witty and yet deeply dense conversations which make up the entirety of the book.The story is set in 1948 and follows John and Jane, now middle aged but still reminiscing about an affair they had many years before when they were still married. They both have new relationships, Liz and Richard, but still see each other frequently for meals or for tea.Their respective children, Mary and Philip, are now grown and want to marry.But of course there are complications.

Unabashedly charming and delightful novel
With a little patience, the reader will quickly adjust to the rhythms of one of English literature's most unique, and until recently, nearly forgotten novelists; and in the process enjoy an utterly and unabashedly charming and delightful novel. Years after having an affair that almost ruined their respective marriages, Jane Weatherby and John Pomfret are reunited when their children decide to get married despite questions regarding their possible kinship and the fact that they have almost no money to their name. Afraid that Mary Pomfret and Philip Weatherby are destined for the working-class, Jane and John attempt to stall the development of the wedding plans by having endlessly witty conversations about, well, nothing. This gives Jane -- a shrewd, resourceful widow -- the opportunity to embark on a scheme to lure John away from his current love interest. As the plot advances through discussions filled with misdirections and omissions, Green demonstrates that there is nothing like the spoken word to conceal one's true intentions, yet at the same time reveal everything. One of Green's final novels, Nothing is a worthy addition to the varied tradition of English literature that includes Virginia Woolf and Evelyn Waugh. Fans of Austen, Forster, and Wharton should also be rewarded. Green's masterful description of the novel's centerpiece alone -- an as-if-you-were-there party -- is worth the price of purchase. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Classics    2. Conflict of generations    3. Fiction    4. General    5. Humorous stories    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Parent and child    8. Satire   

Reviews (3)

Owed to Horace
This may be a fine book of translation but on the whole it is not poetry.Compare versions of any ode translated by Alexander and Ferry and you'll see: Alexander is working with language, Ferry is working with poetry.If you want Horace's poetry, buy the Ferry text.

The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace (Lockert Library of
A brilliant translation that takes a one-time "required reading" to a new plane. Lively, witty, enjoyable makes Horace a man for the next millenium. Sadly I must tell your readers that the translator SidneyAlexander, a wonderful renaissance scholar who has written extensively on Michaelangelo has died (Dec. 11,1999) at the age of 87.

now easily the best Horace in English!!!
This translation by Sidney Alexander kicks David Ferry's in the butt, no exaggeration!David Ferry's absurdly popular version is wildly overhyped, with his friends in academia lining up to contribute glowing blurbs for thecover.Believe me, this is THE translation of Horace that you will want toread and re-read! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Continental European    2. Horace    3. Laudatory poetry, Latin    4. Literary Criticism    5. Poetry    6. Reference    7. Roman Literature    8. Rome    9. Translations into English    10. Verse satire, Latin    11. Classics    12. Comparative Literature    13. Latin    14. Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval    15. Poetry / Ancient, Classical & Medieval    16. Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    2. General    3. Literary Criticism    4. Literature - Classics / Criticism    5. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    6. Literary Studies   

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The decadence of Nero's Rome
Follow the bawdy adventures of Encolpius through the Not for the squeamish, but very amusing
This is all that remains of what was apparently a much longer work - unless Petronius' allusions to lost episodes of the text are merely for effect, which they might be. The best known of the surviving sections is "Trimalchio's Dinner-party", which is devoted to a description of a vulgar and opinionated self-made man with much more money than sense or learning. The satire is razor-sharp. The book revolves around the misadventures of Encolpius (who is impotent), his lover Ascyltus, and Giton, for whose sexual favours the two of them quarrel bitterly. No account of the book would be quite complete with mentioning that little detail; so let the buyer beware. After Encolpius and Ascyltus split up, Encolpius and Giton fall in with Eumolpus, who is a thorough con man and generally a complete scoundrel. And of the same tastes as the others. Petroniusdrops his characters in one compromising situation after another - and leaves them to get themselves out. Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - Greece    2. Ancient and Classical    3. Fiction    4. History    5. History: World    6. Latin Literature    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Rome    9. Satire, Latin    10. Translations into English    11. Ancient Greece    12. Classical Studies | Classical Literature in Translation    13. Latin    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical    15. Other prose: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. General    3. Literary Criticism    4. Literature publishing    5. Literature: Classics    6. Poetry    7. Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744    8. Verse satire, English    9. French    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    11. Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries    12. Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries    13. Works by individual poets: 16th to 18th centuries   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. European - Italian    3. Fiction    4. General    5. History    6. History: World    7. Latin Literature    8. Literature: Classics    9. Medical / Nursing    10. Rome    11. Satire, Latin    12. Classical Studies | Classical Literature-Original Language    13. Latin    14. Literary Criticism & Collections / Italian    15. Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval    16. United Kingdom, Great Britain    17. Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval   

Reviews (2)

My, my, my, what an excellent book.
Wow! I could not believe how remarkably crispy this book was. I mean the pages were just crisp with crispness. You know how when sometimes you're reading a book and you think to yourself "Dam! This book is crispy!"? Well, when you read this book, it will make you think that. Are you ready to ascend to new levels of crispiness? Then reading this handsome man's audacious study of the crisp. I found particularly interesting the area where he compares Lacan's mirror stage to Ralph Ellison's novel: "THE CRISP FACTOR". What a tight, irresistable thriller!

Studies the role and purpose of satire as a literary genre
Darryl Dickson-Carr's African American Satire is recommended for college-level audiences; this studies the role and purpose of satire as a literary genre in African-American writings. Afro-American literature and the history of satire are concurrently studied in chapters which argue that major works by Hughes, Ellison and other should be viewed as satires in order to fully appreciate their meaning. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. African American Novel And Short Story    3. African American authors    4. American - African American & Black    5. American fiction    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. Humor    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Politics and literature    12. Satire And Humor    13. United States    14. American English    15. Black studies    16. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, e    3. French language    4. Humor    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Puns and punning    7. Wit and humor   

Subjects:  1. 1835-1917    2. 1859-1916    3. Criticism and interpretation    4. European - German    5. History and criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Literature: Folklore/Mythology    8. Mendele Mokher Sefarim,    9. Satire, Yiddish    10. Sholem Aleichem,    11. Social problems in literature    12. Yiddish Novel And Short Story    13. General & Literary Fiction    14. Mendele Mokher Sefarim    15. Novels, other prose & writers    16. Peretz, Isaac Leib    17. Sholem Aleichem    18. Yiddish   

Reviews (49)

Long, At Times Boring, But Somehow "Interesting"
Basically I recommend this book which I "read" as a book on tape.The theme is "a man's life"---and the "emptiness of life"-------and the search for "the meaning of life". You may perceive certain aspects of YOUR life in the life storyof Mr. Babbitt.Thus, you finish the book with the idea,"Hey, this author understands me"....."I'm not alone."Other people have intermittantfeelings of "meaningless of life" and I'm not alone."You probably will get "bored" with some long-winded passages but overall the book is worth reading.Don't expect any "deep answers" to the meaning of life.But, the book does have a "satisfying" ending.Email:boland7214@aol.co

What life was like for conservative Republicans in the 1920s
I like books about the retro-suburbs.Two years ago, I read "Man In The Gray Flannel Suit" which took place in suburban 1950s.So I wanted to go back even further to see what life was like in the suburbs in the 1920s.
Drab
This book was utterly boring. It is a cutesy attempt at satire, only the entire time, I kept thinking, "Edith Wharton did it better." The problem with Lewis's version of what a satire is is that satire is supposed to be subtle; outright criticism of the characters and lifestyles is almost insulting to the reader's intellect.
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Subjects:  1. Businessmen    2. Classics    3. Conformity    4. Fiction    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Literature: Classics    7. Middle aged men    8. Middle-aged men    9. Psychological fiction    10. Fiction / Classics    11. Satire   

Subjects:  1. Ancient and Classical    2. Comic, The, in literature    3. Criticism and interpretation    4. General    5. Greek Literature    6. History and criticism    7. History: American    8. Literary Criticism    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Lucian,    11. Satire, Greek    12. Sophists (Greek philosophy) in literature    13. of Samosata    14. Ancient (Classical) Greek    15. Hellenic languages    16. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    17. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    18. Lucian    19. Other prose: classical, early & medieval   

Subjects:  1. 18th Century English Novel And Short Story    2. 18th century    3. English Satire And Humor    4. English fiction    5. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    6. General    7. History and criticism    8. Imitation in literature    9. Literary Criticism    10. Literature - Classics / Criticism    11. Satire, English    12. British Isles    13. English    14. Humour    15. Literary studies: general    16. Modern fiction   

Subjects:  1. 1667-1745    2. Gulliver's travels    3. Imaginary societies in literature    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Literature: Classics    7. Reference    8. Satire, English    9. Study & Teaching    10. Study and teaching    11. Swift, Jonathan,    12. Voyages, Imaginary   

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...But They Cook With Gas
Let's face it: Real Men have reached the cataracts of the Nile, they've penetrated the depths of the Amazon.com jungle, they've walked on the moon (remember Alan Shepard's 5000 yard birdie on the universe's only 1,000,000 hole course?), and they went head-to-head with Nazi scum on D-Day, and won. But no Man, however Real, has ever been able to penetrate the mysteries of the female mind or the secrets of her natural domain, the kitchen. (Hey, Nancy, sit down and don't complain, this is a Real Man Review!)
avril lavigne insert
May I be to say this is one my faavorite books.it contains many joke and funny.please be to preparing me a new weapon, fashioned of ageless bronze.who maxed out my f-ing mastercard?dot.com. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American - General    2. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, e    3. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc    4. Cookery    5. General    6. Humor    7. Literature - Classics / Criticism    8. Masculinity    9. Wit and humor    10. Humour    11. Non-Classifiable