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The Temptation of Christ: Holy Exchange with the Devil or Hallucination?

In: World Literatures (general)

By: William Padgett

Vice and Violence in Shakespeare: Sexual Humor and Violence in Shakespeare Plays

In: European Literature

By: Frank Yeats

Kappa, by Akutagawa Ryunosuke - Book Review: The Intriguing Satirical Short Story of A Japanese Folktale Creature

In: Asian Literature

By: Naoko Charity

Literary Analysis of The Death of Ivan Ilyich: The Message That Leo Tolstoy Sends to Society

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Kayla Cupp

The Myth of Atrahasis: The Story of the Flood Has an Ancient Pedigree

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Paris Franz

Russian Dramatic Greats - Gogol: 19th century Russian Drama; 'The Government Inspector' & 'Marriage'

In: European Literature

By: Alexandra Szydlowska

Hamlet – A Revenge Tragedy: William Shakespeare's Famous Play About Revenge

In: European Literature

By: Shreya Sanghani

African Women Tell Their Side of the Story: Moving Beyond Africa’s Oral Tradtion

In: African Literature

By: Feature Writer Uni Blake

French Author Faiza Guene: A Young Literary Sensation

In: European Literature

By: Jen Bouchard

New Books on Africa – Notable Nonfiction in 2009: From South Africa to Sudan, a Range of Current African Issues

In: African Literature

By: Cathy Sunshine

Russian Dramatic Greats - Sumarokov & Pushkin: Reading Russian Drama; 'Khorev', 'Boris Godunov' and More

In: European Literature

By: Alexandra Szydlowska

Paulo Coelho's Eleven Minutes; A Review: A Novel Battling Love And Sex

In: Latin American Literature

By: Ingrid Calderon

Homer's Depiction of the Human Body: The Active Living Body, Body Parts, and Motivation

In: European Literature

By: David Jacobs

A Review of The Iguana by Anna Maria Ortese: A Magical Realist Masterpiece by an Italian Writer

In: European Literature

By: Francesca Aniballi

In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami – Book Review: Sex and Violence in Tokyo's Kabukicho

In: Asian Literature

By: Jeremy Suizo

The Life and Works of Erich Kaestner: The Famous German Writer Penned "Emil and the Detectives"

In: European Literature

By: Kate Rodriguez

Reading List: Fall & Winter 2009 – 2010: Titles to Keep You Entertained During the Cold Months Ahead

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Joshua Nuttall

Reading List: Fall & Winter 2009 – 2010: Titles to Keep You Entertained During the Cold Months Ahead

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Joshua Nuttall

Anna Maria Ortese, a Great Italian Writer: The Writer Who Redeemed the Honor of Italian Literature Since 1945

In: European Literature

By: Francesca Aniballi

Review: Some Prefer Nettles – Junichiro Tanizaki: Tanizaki’s Novella Explores a Divorce in a Changing Japan

In: Asian Literature

By: Brian Jungwiwattanaporn

Nobel Prize in Literature 2009: Herta Müller's Work and Background

In: European Literature

By: Inka Piegsa-Quischotte

A Thousand Splendid Suns Book Review: Khaled Hosseini's Literary Glimpse Into Afghanistan's Culture

In: Middle Eastern Literature

By: Beth Hinds

Significance of Names in Shakespeare's King Lear: The Meanings of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia

In: European Literature

By: Tracey Carter

Review; By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness and the Magic of Love

In: Latin American Literature

By: Ingrid Calderon

Peony In Love – Book Review: Lisa See's Unforgettable Novel of Love and Tragedy

In: World Literatures (general)

By: My Nguyen

Book Review: A Drop of Glass and Other Stories: Progressive Thai Literature by Sidaoru’ang

In: Asian Literature

By: Brian Jungwiwattanaporn

'Disgrace' by J.M. Coetzee: A Critical Review of the Booker Prize-Winning Novel (1999)

In: African Literature

By: Alexandra Szydlowska

Shakespeare, Crafter of Cliches: Most Writers Unconsciously Borrow From the Bard

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Gene Owens

Paulo Coelho's The Devil and Miss Prym; A Review: A Novel of Temptation and the Fight Between Good and Evil

In: Latin American Literature

By: Ingrid Calderon

Life of Pi by Yann Martel: A Book That Will Renew Readers Faith in the Fantastical

In: World Literatures (general)

By: My Nguyen

Black Pioneers of Literature: Successful African-American, Black British and African Writers

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Kimberly Ward

Collins' "Terribly Strange Bed" Inspires Novel: Blood Money and Elaborate Traps Set Stage for The Haunted Hotel

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Amanda Flinner

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe: An African Literary Classic

In: African Literature

By: Farai Muchemwa

Hunters, Rogues & Heroes - Connor McKenzie: NZ Outdoor - Hunting Yarns from Favourite New Zealand Author

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Feature Writer Lyn Rasmussen

Paulo Coelho's The Zahir: A Review: A Story of Dark Obsession and Re-birth

In: Latin American Literature

By: Ingrid Calderon

Dangerous Liaisons & the Power of Love Letters: Amorous Epistles are Rhetorical Tools in Choderlos de Laclos's Novel

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Review – An Enemy of the People by Henrick Ibsen: A Commentary of Today's Society

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Roxanne Llamzon

A Review: Paulo Coelho's Brida: A Story of Love and Purpose

In: Latin American Literature

By: Ingrid Calderon

Ideology in Albert Camus' Novel The Outsider: Finding Ideological Meaning in Camus' Anti-Hero Outsider Novel

In: European Literature

By: Kathleen Duffy

Latin Quotations From the Satires of Juvenal: Sayings Coined by Ancient Rome's Greatest Satiric Poet

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Lolita – Nabakov's Classic Novel: Pedophilia in Fiction – The Psychology of Nabokov's Lolita

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Paula Marie Deubel

Murakami Haruki's Kafka on the Shore: A Review of One of Murakami's Best

In: Asian Literature

By: Sacha Idell

Review of The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme: Makine's Novel Reveals Much About the French/Russian Connection

In: European Literature

By: Victoria Robinson

Epic Theory in Frye's Anatomy of Criticism: Northrop Frye's Classic Helps Define Epic Genre in Narrative Art

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Japanese Magical Realism: A Brief Exploration of Fantastical Subversion in Japan's Literature

In: Asian Literature

By: Sacha Idell

Review of The Woman Who Waited by Andreï Makine: An Arrogant Intellectual Meets His Match in This Passionate Novel

In: European Literature

By: Victoria Robinson

Five Modern Age Utopias: How Conceptualizations of Reality Shape Visions of an Ideal World

In: European Literature

By: Jeanne Lombardo

Early Utopias: Myths of a Golden Age, Eden, and the Fortunate Isles

In: European Literature

By: Jeanne Lombardo

Piscine Patel is Richard Parker: Analysis of the Main Character and His Id in Martel's The LIfe of Pi

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Jaclyna Perez

Understanding Russian Names in Literature: How to Keep Track of Patronymics and Nicknames in Russian Novels

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Review of Perfume - The Story of a Murderer: Süskind's Novel Takes the Reader on an Olfactory Journey

In: European Literature

By: Victoria Robinson

The Farming of Bones: A Historical Narrative by Edwidge Danticat

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Dianha Simpson

An Introduction to Grettis Saga Ásmundarsonar: Saga Tells the Life of a Poet, Warrior, and Icelandic Folk Hero

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Shakespeare's Leading Ladies – Ophelia & Juliet: The Role of Tragic Female Characters in Hamlet and MacBeth

In: European Literature

By: Tracey Carter

Book Review of Dantes Inferno: The Inferno is an Imaginative and Poetic Book

In: European Literature

By: Yirssi Bergman

An Introduction to Egils Saga Skallagrímssonar: Icelandic Saga Tells the Life of a Singular Viking-Poet

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Sex and Desire in the Decameron: Boccacio's Renaissance Exploration of Natural Desire

In: European Literature

By: Tracey Carter

Book Review – Cry, the Beloved Country: Alan Paton’s Classic Tale of the Tragedy of Apartheid

In: African Literature

By: Alana Tutwiler

Abdulrazak Gurnah's Joseph Has a Tragic End: Gurnah Reconstructed the Story of Joseph in his 1994 Novel Paradise

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Azharul Islam

Review of The Thing Around Your Neck: Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Book Explores Nigerians at Home & Abroad

In: African Literature

By: Kimberly Ward

Feast of the Goat by Maria Vargoas Llosa: A Gripping Take on the Rise, Fall and Afterlife of a Dictator

In: Latin American Literature

By: Michael Mackey

À Rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans: A Portrait of Fin-de-Siècle Decadence

In: European Literature

By: Michelle White

Distant Star: A hard to review but beautifully writtne book devoid of a plot

In: Latin American Literature

By: Michael Mackey

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Dostoevsky's Attempt to Portray a Truly Beautiful Soul

In: European Literature

By: Bonnie Way

Kate Grenville's The Idea of Perfection: Orange Prize Winner is a Lovely and Quirky Page Turner

In: Australian Literature

By: My Nguyen

Book Review – A Village Romeo and Juliet: 19th Century Realist Fiction From Swiss Author Gottfried Keller

In: European Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - A Review: Discussing the Masterful Work of Junot Diaz

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Adam Burgess

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak – Book Review: Death Narrates This Story About a Girl's Love Affair With Books

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Feature Writer Roberta Goli

Italian Shoes is a Good Fit: Henning Menkel is More Than a Well-known Mystery Writer

In: European Literature

By: Douglas Nordfors

Book Review – Lovely Green Eyes by Arnost Lustig: Lustig's Novel Explores Survival Instinct, Trauma and Memory

In: European Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Lucky Everyday: A Novel

In: Asian Literature

By: Dianha Simpson

Elements of Chick Lit: The History and the Elements of the Books Women Just Love

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Nikola Stepic

Review of Four Letter Word by Knelman and Porter: Top Writers Explore the Modern Love Letter

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Victoria Robinson

Mythical Creatures From Ancient Greece: Threatening and Gruesome Monsters in Greek Legends

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Scott Hayden

Review of My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: From Chekhov to Munro, Jeffrey Eugenides Explores the Love Story

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Victoria Robinson

The Art of Satire– Herman Charles Bosman's Irony: Humour and Social Commentary in “Willem Prinsloo’s Peac

In: African Literature

By: Sarah Wild

Book Review – Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas: A Play For Voices that is Pretty but, Ultimately, Pointless

In: European Literature

By: Ryan Werner

Religion in Manil Suri's The Death of Vishnu: A Reflection of Indian Culture

In: Asian Literature

By: Derek Siegel

Review of A Life's Music by Andreï Makine: This Novella is Simply Told but Holds Hypnotic Emotional Depth

In: European Literature

By: Victoria Robinson

Book Review – La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh: Philippe Claudel’s Poignant Contemporary French Novel

In: European Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Review of The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Geraldine Eliot

How Literature Is Written - A Vocational Career: An Explanation According to Italo Calvino

In: European Literature

By: Chris Woolfrey

Flaubert's Madame Bovary: A Study in Female Rebellion

In: European Literature

By: Jackie Patrick

Review – Dreams of Water by Nada Awar Jarrar: An Attempt to Put a Human Angle on Lebanon's suffering

In: Middle Eastern Literature

By: Michael Mackey

Book Review – Eugénie Grandet by Balzac: A Classic Novel From one of France’s Most Esteemed Literary Realists

In: European Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Gender in Kerstin Ekman's Witches' Rings: Rochelle Wright's Argument of Cyclical Narrative

In: European Literature

By: Sandra Causey

Ignorance by Milan Kundera: A Novel About Returning Home

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Megan Jungwi

Book Review – The Lying Days by Nadine Gordimer: A Classic Coming-of-Age Novel From South African Writer Gordimer

In: African Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Secret Son by Laila Lalami – Book Review: Debut Novel by the Author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Feature Writer Christine Benlafquih

Review of The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe: Themes and Motifs of a Classic Japanese Novel

In: Asian Literature

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Norse Mythology in the Prose Edda: Snorri Sturluson's Treatise Preserved Stories of Pagan Norse Gods

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Bishop of Digne from Les Miserables: Victor Hugo’s ‘Upright Man’

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Book Review – Memories of My Melancholy Whores: A Novella by Gabriel García Márquez, Translated by Edith Grossman

In: Latin American Literature

By: Linda Ashar

An Introduction to Old Norse and Icelandic Sagas: Unique Viking Literature is Among the Best of the Middle Ages

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

The Greek Myth of Cassandra: The Prophetic Trojan Princess

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

The Phantom of The Opera: Gaston Leroux's Famous Ghost Story

In: European Literature

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

Why Books Are Good for Adults: The Benefits of Reading for Grown-up Mental Health and Happiness

In: World Literatures (general)

By: Michelle Pannecoucke

Book Review – Q & A by Vikas Swarup: Bollywood Masala in Print

In: Asian Literature

By: Angelina Nachimuthu

Analysis of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis": The Classic Theme of Parent Versus Child

In: European Literature

By: Jaclyna Perez

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: Book Review of Pulitzer Prize Novel by Junot Diaz

In: Latin American Literature

By: My Nguyen

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