As the prominent Imagist poet Amy Lowell observes in the preface to her 1917 work, the "new movement" then transforming American poetry was "evidence of the rise of a native school," certainly an exciting development in American literary history. Despite their stylistic differences, early twentieth-century poets like Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and John Gould Fletcher all represented fresh new directions in American poetry and a break from the outlook...

A collection of stories, folklore, poetry, and songs from Ireland.

Dedicated to Ralph Waldo Emerson, this 1893 collection of critical writings includes assessments of classic poets and philosophers: Dryden, Shakespeare, Lessing, and Rousseau. Also included are chapters on "Witchcraft," "New England Two Centuries Ago," and "The Sentimentalists."

From the Booker Prize–winning author of The English Patient comes a visionary novel about an icon of American violence.

William Bonney a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve. By the time he was twenty-one he had, by his own reckoning, slain nineteen more. In the intervening years he had become "Billy the Kid," bloodthirsty ogre and outlaw saint.

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This engrossing volume of literary criticism from Henry James, one of the world's foremost critics, looks at the work of the Goncourt brothers, James Russell Lowell, Henrik Ibsen, Robert Browning, and Gustave Flaubert, among others. It also includes a piece of travel writing about London.

A collection of short essays from the author of World of Wonders that investigate the relationship between humans and food, discussing how different dishes and traditions impact our identities and evoke associations and remembrances of joy, grief and desire.

Paris (1898) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Paris is the final installment in Zola's celebrated Three Cities Trilogy. Published toward the end of Zola's career, the trilogy is an ambitious, sweeping study of one man's struggle with faith in political, religious, and social life. Following his protagonist Abbé Pierre Froment, Zola provides a striking portrait of the soul of modern man in crisis with itself and with an ever-changing world....

Whether you're a long-time fan of Thomas Hardy's works or a first-time reader who is curious about the author of such masterpieces as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd, this collection of short stories offers a gratifying introduction to the renowned British naturalist's literary talent. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing...