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The essay, as a notably hard form of writing to pin down, has inspired some unflattering descriptions: It is a greased pig,” for example, or a pair of baggy pants into which nearly anything and everything can fit.” In Tracing the Essay, G. Douglas Atkins embraces the very qualities that have moved o...
Author
G. Douglas Atkins
Binding
Paperback
Pages
184
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN #
0820327875
EAN Code
9780820327877
ISBN #
9
A fresh and original look at the phenomenon of "cult branding" -- how companies cultivate fanatical customer loyalty. At first glance, companies like Apple and Nike have little in common with organizations like the Hell’s Angels and the Unification Church. But in reality, they all fulfill the main ...
Author
Douglas Atkin
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
256
Publisher
Portfolio Hardcover
ISBN #
1591840279
EAN Code
9781591840275
ISBN #
1
Author
G. Douglas Atkins
Binding
Paperback
Pages
168
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN #
0813101654
EAN Code
9780813101651
ISBN #
6
In Estranging the Familiar, G. Douglas Atkins addresses the often lamented state of scholarly and critical writing as he argues for a criticism that is at once theoretically informed and personal. The revitalized critical writing he advocates may entail--but is not limited to--a return to the essay,...
Author
G. Douglas Atkins
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN #
0820314536
EAN Code
9780820314532
ISBN #
10
This series of essays has been designed to analyze the relationship between contemporary literary theory and critical and pedagogical practice. The authors have selected 12 of the most prominent, influential and far-reaching theoretical positions currently available, such as hermeneutics, archetypal...
Author
Laura Morrow, Douglas G. Atkins
Binding
Paperback
Pages
249
Publisher
Univ of Massachusetts Pr
ISBN #
0870236423
EAN Code
9780870236426
ISBN #
8
Hundreds of years ago, deep within an ancient Jewish religious work, the details of a prophesied judgment day are revealed. Written in 300 BC, the book of Enoch holds the truth for the future. The world needs to know the reality, but one question remains-who will spread the word? Long after the turn...
Author
Douglas C. Atkins
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
360
Publisher
iUniverse.com
ISBN #
1475915500
EAN Code
9781475915501
ISBN #
7
Consisting of six essayistic chapters, this book centers on two seminal yet not often associated Irish texts: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726) and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916). Practicing a comparative way of reading indebted to T.S. Eliot, Atkins traces t...
Author
G. Douglas Atkins
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
74
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
ISBN #
1137399813
EAN Code
9781137399816
ISBN #
5
This book offers an exciting new approach to T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets through both a close reading and a comparison to Eliot's other works, notably the poems "The Waste Land", "The Hollow Men", and "Ash-Wednesday". G. Douglas Atkins reveals that in Four Quartets, incarnation is the universal, tim...
Author
G. Douglas Atkins
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
196
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN #
023011248X
EAN Code
9780230112483
ISBN #
4
Douglas Atkin discusses the characteristics of the most powerful brand...