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  • Baudelaire: Critical study

    Jean-Paul Sartre

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    Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. We may often disagree with his interpretations of the...

  • Seven Types of Ambiguity

    William Empson

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    First published in 1930, Seven Types of Ambiguity has long been recognized as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism.

  • The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud

    Henry Miller

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    This study is not literary criticism but a fascinating chapter in Miller's own spiritual autobiography.

  • Stand Still Like the Hummingbird

    Henry Miller

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    One of Henry Miller's most luminous statements of his personal philosophy of life,Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, provides a symbolic title for...

  • Pamela

    Samuel Richardson, William Sale Jr

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    Based on actual events, Pamela is the story of a young girl who goes to work in a private residence and finds herself pursued by her employer's son, described as a "gentleman of free principles."