Literary Reference


The Elements of Style
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
The Reader's Companion to World Literature
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1: The Middle Ages through the Restoration & the Eighteenth Century
Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses
Writers: Their Lives and Works
Danse Macabre
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Literature
Mythology
Horror: The 100 Best Books
Sara Baume
I remember the book I was reading. Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. I remember because there were so many things in Hour of the Star with which I found kinship that I'd brought along a stub of pencil in case I urgently needed to underline. ...more
Sara Baume, A Line Made By Walking

Rivka Galchen
So,' I said, partly to Magda, partly to myself, 'Rema left Argentina with this An-a-to-le person.' I adopted the four-syllable pronunciation with confidence, feeling myself an Hercule Poirot: it was near the end of the story, the suspects were in the room. ...more
Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances

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