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Ignatius Rising

Author : René Pol Nevils
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807130599
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Ignatius Rising written by René Pol Nevils and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenal success of John Kennedy Toole's comic masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces, is now legendary, a story that has long beckoned a deeper exploration into the life, imagination, and demise of the writer responsible for one of American literature's most memorable characters -- Ignatius J. Reilly. In Ignatius Rising, René Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of Toole, drawing upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his influencing mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs. Frank yet sympathetic, Ignatius Rising deftly describes a life that is dark, tragic, bizarre, and amazing -- but luminous with the gift of laughter, a life not unlike those of Toole's beloved characters, now loved the world over.

A Confederacy of Dunces

Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802197620
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Confederacy of Dunces written by John Kennedy Toole and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).

Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South

Author : Bryan Giemza
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807150916
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South by : Bryan Giemza

Download or read book Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South written by Bryan Giemza and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this expansive study, Bryan Giemza recovers a neglected subculture and retrieves a missing chapter of Irish Catholic heritage by canvassing the literature of American Irish writers from the U.S. South. Giemza offers a defining new view of Irish American authors and their interrelationships within both transatlantic and ethnic regional contexts. From the first Irish American novel, published in Winchester, Virginia, in 1817, Giemza investigates a cast of nineteenth-century writers contending with the turbulence of their time—writers influenced by both American and Irish revolutions. Additionally, he considers dramatists and propagandists of the Civil War and Lost Cause memoirists who emerged in its wake. Some familiar names reemerge in an Irish context, including Joel Chandler Harris, Lafcadio Hearn, and Kate (O’Flaherty) Chopin. Giemza also examines the works of twentieth-century southern Irish writers, such as Margaret Mitchell, John Kennedy Toole, Flannery O’Connor, Pat Conroy, Anne Rice, Valerie Sayers, and Cormac McCarthy. For each author, Giemza traces the influences of Catholicism as it shaped both faith and ethnic identity, pointing to shared sensibilities and contradictions. Flannery O’Connor, for example, resisted identification as an Irish American, while Cormac McCarthy, described by some as “anti-Catholic,” continues a dialogue with the Church from which he distanced himself. Giemza draws on many never-before-seen documents, including authorized material from the correspondence of Cormac McCarthy, interviews from the Irish community of Flannery O’Connor’s native Savannah, Georgia, and Giemza’s own correspondence with writers such as Valerie Sayers and Anne Rice. This lively literary history prompts a new understanding of how the Irish in the region helped invent a regional mythos, an enduring literature, and a national image.

The Rising

Author : Wendy M. Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687609741
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Rising written by Wendy M. Wright and published by . This book was released on 1995-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Princess, Or The Beguine

Author : Lady Morgan (Sydney)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princess, Or The Beguine written by Lady Morgan (Sydney) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rising

Author : Robert Ovies
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586178512
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Rising written by Robert Ovies and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nine-year-old C.J. Walker touches the arm of his mother's dead friend at her wake service and whispers the wish that she wouldn't be dead, he's just trying to do the right thing. But when the undertaker sees the woman's rosary sliding off her outstretched fingers and tumbling down her raised left arm, the firestorm can't be held in check. Frightened people near and far demand to know how many of their own loved ones might have been buried alive by the same undertaker, or by any undertaker. But proof that C.J. Walker can indeed raise the dead is secretly videoed, then publicly aired. In a single morning, C.J.'s mother, Lynn, watches their home becoming a fortress and her son becoming a target. Grieving individuals desperate to see death let go of their loved ones; representatives from news, medical, and scientific organizations; influential religious representatives; and powerful government agencies all move in to gain maximum positions of influence over the greatest power on earth. Through the ordeal, Lynn and her separated husband, Joe, struggle to find a way to escape with C.J., to keep him hidden from every pursuer, and somehow to make it possible for him to live a normal life again. But to do it all they must act quickly, before he's stolen away by authorities in high places.

An Innocent Generation

Author : Justin Chiarot
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761857117
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book An Innocent Generation written by Justin Chiarot and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Innocent Generation is an inspired tour de force that delves into the waters of politics, theology, history, and philosophy. In this book, Chiarot offers a uniquely poignant social commentary: the current generation, whether consciously or subconsciously, has taken a Nietzscheian approach to dealing with guilt. Rather than internalizing guilt and dealing with it, we have been taught to outsource our guilt. This unnatural process is at the root of many current societal ills. Chiarot chases the consequences of this paradigm shift down alleys that leads him to the door steps of everyone from Thomas Hobbes and John Calvin to Lady Gaga and Rip Van Winkle. Clever prose, careful analysis, and witty anecdotes make this both an enjoyable and educational read.

The Departure of an Apostle

Author : Alexander N. Kirk
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161543111
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Departure of an Apostle written by Alexander N. Kirk and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was Paul's attitude toward his own death? How did he act and what did he say and write in view of it? What hopes did he hold for himself beyond death? Alexander N. Kirk explores these questions through a close reading of four Pauline letters that look ahead to Paul's death and other relevant texts in the first two generations after Paul's death (AD 70-160). The author studies portraits of the departed Paul in Acts, 1 Clement, the letters of Ignatius, Polycarp's letter To the Philippians, and the Martyrdom of Paul. He also examines portraits of the departing Paul in 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philippians, and 2 Timothy, arguing that Paul's death did not primarily present an existential challenge, but a pastoral one. Although touching upon several areas of recent scholarly interest, Alexander N. Kirk sets forth a new research question and fresh interpretations of early Christian and Pauline texts.

Startup Rising

Author : Christopher M. Schroeder
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137356715
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Startup Rising written by Christopher M. Schroeder and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Startup Rising presents a surprising look at the surge of entrepreneurship that accompanied the uprisings in the Middle East, and why it's the new best place for Western investment and opportunity. Despite the world's elation at the Arab Spring, shockingly little has changed politically in the Middle East; even frontliners Egypt and Tunisia continue to suffer repression, fixed elections, and bombings, while Syria descends into civil war. But in the midst of it all, a quieter revolution has begun to emerge, one that might ultimately do more to change the face of the region: entrepreneurship. As a seasoned angel investor in emerging markets, Christopher M. Schroeder was curious but skeptical about the future of investing in the Arab world. Travelling to Dubai, Cairo, Amman, Beirut, Istanbul, and even Damascus, he saw thousands of talented, successful, and intrepid entrepreneurs, all willing to face cultural, legal, and societal impediments inherent to their worlds. Equally important, he saw major private equity firms, venture capitalists, and tech companies like Google, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and PayPal making significant bets, despite the uncertainty in the region. With Startup Rising, he marries his own observations with the predictions of these tech giants to offer a surprising and timely look at the second stealth revolution in the Middle East-one that promises to reinvent it as a center of innovation and progress.

Regnum Caelorum

Author : Charles Evan Hill
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802846341
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Regnum Caelorum written by Charles Evan Hill and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regnum Caelorum is a groundbreaking book that explores the largely overlooked connection in early Christian thought between understandings of the millennium and the intermediate state of the soul after death. Charles Hill traces Christian views of the soul's fate in Jewish texts, the New Testament, and in early Christian writers through the mid-third century A.D. His findings lead to a provocative new assessment of the development of Christian eschatology that corrects many misconceptions of earlier scholarly research. This second edition updates and substantially expands Hill's highly respected original work published by Oxford.

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

Author : Ignatius Sancho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African written by Ignatius Sancho and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agents of Innocence: A Novel

Author : David Ignatius
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066711
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Agents of Innocence: A Novel written by David Ignatius and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "superlative spy novel" (New York Times) by the author of the bestselling espionage thrillers Body of Lies and The Director. Agents of Innocence is the book that established David Ignatius's reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. Into the treacherous world of shifting alliances and arcane subterfuge comes idealistic CIA man Tom Rogers. Posted in Beirut to penetrate the PLO and recruit a high-level operative, he soon learns the heavy price of innocence in a time and place that has no use for it.

Diocese of Hartford [by] J. H. O'Donnell. Diocese of Burlington [by] J. S. Michaud. Diocese of Springfield [by] J. J. McCoy

Author : William Byrne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Diocese of Hartford [by] J. H. O'Donnell. Diocese of Burlington [by] J. S. Michaud. Diocese of Springfield [by] J. J. McCoy written by William Byrne and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Curious Habits of Man

Author : Brian Kenneth Swain
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475996632
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The Curious Habits of Man written by Brian Kenneth Swain and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Curious Habits of Man shares an amusing glimpse at life as one man contemplates many of our greatest--and smallest--questions. In this collection of essays the author tackles hundreds of life's questions while exploring a vast array of subjects -- from tubas to two-year-olds, from field goals to child labor laws, and from high school shop class to the worst round of golf ever played. With an ascerbic wit and an honest approach, Swain shares his perspective on such pivotal matters as how to ski without losing a limb or your self-esteem, how to correctly prepare and consume lobster according to Maine standards, and whether marketing ploys hypnotically convince consumers to replace perfectly functioning items without a second thought.

The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces

Author : Stephan Eicke
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476689318
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Unfilmable Confederacy of Dunces written by Stephan Eicke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years, dozens of film directors, writers and producers tried and failed to adapt John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Along the way lawsuits were filed, filming locations destroyed, friendships shattered, reputations trashed, production companies bankrupted. Drawing on exclusive interviews, internal documents and private correspondence, this book tells the remarkable story of the non-making of A Confederacy of Dunces as a breathless and absurdist thriller. Celebrity appearances include John Belushi, Steven Soderbergh, Stephen Fry, Robin Williams, Warren Beatty and Harvey Weinstein, among others.

The Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans

Author : Susan Larson
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807153095
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Booklover’s Guide to New Orleans written by Susan Larson and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literary tradition of New Orleans spans centuries and touches every genre; its living heritage winds through storied neighborhoods and is celebrated at numerous festivals across the city. For booklovers, a visit to the Big Easy isn't complete without whiling away the hours in an antiquarian bookstore in the French Quarter or stepping out on a literary walking tour. Perhaps only among the oak-lined avenues, Creole town houses, and famed hotels of New Orleans can the lust of A Streetcar Named Desire, the zaniness of A Confederacy of Dunces, the chill of Interview with the Vampire, and the heartbreak of Walker Percy's Moviegoer begin to resonate. Susan Larson's revised and updated edition of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans not only explores the legacy of Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner, but also visits the haunts of celebrated writers of today, including Anne Rice and James Lee Burke. This definitive guide provides a key to the books, authors, festivals, stores, and famed addresses that make the Crescent City a literary destination.

South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature

Author : Margaret Eby
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393248267
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature written by Margaret Eby and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fascinating…Eby lyrically uncovers a bit of the magic that makes a Southern writer Southern." —Josh Steele, Entertainment Weekly What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America’s greatest literature? And why do we think of the authors it influenced not just as writers, but as Southern writers? In South Toward Home, Margaret Eby goes in search of answers to these questions, visiting the stomping grounds of ten Southern authors, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, and Flannery O’Connor. Combining biographical detail with expert criticism, Eby delivers a rich and evocative tribute to the literary South.