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Reading like a writer : a guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them

by Francine Prose
Paperback, 2006
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non-fiction, writing and grammar, literary criticism, books about books, reference
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Script and scribble : the rise and fall of handwriting

by Kitty Burns Florey
Hardcover, 2009
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non-fiction, cultural history, writing and grammar, books about books, calligraphy and handwriting
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The life and death of Yukio Mishima

by Henry Scott Stokes
Paperback, 1985
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non-fiction, books about books, autobiography and biography, japanese literature, literary biography
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Mirror and the lamp : romantic theory and the critical tradition

by M. H. Abrams
Paperback, 1971
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The uses of enchantment : the meaning and importance of fairy tales

by Bruno Bettelheim
Paperback, 1976
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non-fiction, myth and folklore, literary criticism, books about books, cultural history, essays, Vintage Books, author suicide, National Book Award
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Illuminated manuscripts

by Michael Kerrigan
Hardcover, 2014
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non-fiction, art and aesthetics, Masterpieces of Art, medieval literature, medieval history, cultural history, books about books, calligraphy and handwriting
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The pleasures of Japanese literature

by Donald Keene
Hardcover, 1988
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non-fiction, japanese literature, books about books, poetry, art and aesthetics, essays, cultural history
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Fifty works of English and American literature we could do without

by Brigid Brophy
Hardcover, 1967
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The Russian literary imagination

by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
Hardcover, 1969
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The well wrought urn : studies in the structure of poetry

by Cleanth Brooks
Paperback, 1947
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Travels in hyper reality : essays

by Umberto Eco
Hardcover, 1986
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non-fiction, italian literature, essays, literary criticism, philosophy and religion, books about books, postmodernism
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Ueda Akinari

by Blake Morgan Young
Hardcover, 1982
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non-fiction, autobiography and biography, asian history, literary criticism, books about books, cultural history, literary biography
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Aspects of the novel

by E. M. Forster
Paperback, 1985
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Rereadings : seventeen writers revisit books they love

by Anne Fadiman
Hardcover, 2005
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Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress

by Sijie Dai
Paperback, 2002
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chinese literature, french literature, novel, books about books, fiction
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Auto-da-fé

by Elias Canetti
Paperback, 1981
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novel, Nobel Prize, austrian literature, german literature, books about books, fiction, 1001 books
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Possession : a romance

by A. S. Byatt
Paperback, 1991
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novel, english literature, Booker Prize, epistolary, romance, fiction, Victorian, Vintage Books, books about books, 1001 books
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Flaubert's parrot

by Julian Barnes
Paperback, 1984
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novel, english literature, books about books, fiction, postmodernism, 1001 books
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Dewey : a small-town library cat who touched the world

by Vicki Myron
Hardcover, 2008
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Ex libris : confessions of a common reader

by Anne Fadiman
Paperback, 2000
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The art of fiction: illustrated from classic and modern texts

by David Lodge
Paperback, 1992
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Wide Sargasso Sea

by Jean Rhys
Paperback, 2000
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caribbean literature, novel, books about books, fiction, 1001 books
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead

by Tom Stoppard
Paperback, 2002
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english literature, theater, books about books, humor, fiction, Grove Press, postmodernism
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A room of one's own

by Virginia Woolf
Paperback, 1989
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Classics revisited

by Kenneth Rexroth
Paperback, 1986
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The late Lord Byron : a biography

by Doris Langley Moore
Paperback, 2011
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The Edogawa Rampo reader

by Ranpo Edogawa
Paperback, 2008
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The Rilke alphabet

by Ulrich Baer
Paperback, 2014
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The undiscovered country : text, translation, and modernity in the work of Yanagita Kunio

by Melek Ortabasi
Hardcover, 2014
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non-fiction, japanese literature, literary criticism, asian history, books about books
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A true novel

by Minae Mizumura
Paperback, 2013
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japanese literature, novel, Yomiuri Prize, books about books, fiction, Other Press, Best Translated Book Award shortlist
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Detective fiction and the rise of the Japanese novel, 1880-1930

by Satoru Saito
Hardcover, 2012
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By its cover : modern American book cover design

by Ned Drew
Paperback, 2005
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Readings : essays & literary entertainments

by Michael Dirda
Paperback, 2003
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How to read and why

by Harold Bloom
Paperback, 2001
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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury
Paperback, 1953
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novel, american literature, science fiction, books about books, fiction, dystopia
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Bound to please : an extraordinary one-volume literary education : essays on great writers and their books

by Michael Dirda
Paperback, 2005
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A handbook to literature

by William Harmon
Paperback, 2008
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non-fiction, reference, literary criticism, books about books
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If on a winter's night a traveler

by Italo Calvino
Paperback, 1981
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novel, italian literature, books about books, surrealism and magical realism, second person perspective, fiction, postmodernism, 1001 books, oulipo and metafiction
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A history of Japanese literature : the first thousand years

by Shuichi Kato
Paperback, 1991
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japanese literature, non-fiction, cultural history, books about books
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A history of Japanese literature : the modern years

by Shuichi Kato
Paperback, 1990
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The Kiso Road : the life and times of Shimazaki Tōson

by William E. Naff
Hardcover, 2011
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My individualism ; and, The philosophical foundations of literature

by Sōseki Natsume
Paperback, 2004
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japanese literature, non-fiction, essays, philosophy and religion, literary criticism, books about books, Tuttle
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In the shade of spring leaves : the life and writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, a woman of letters in Meiji Japan

by Robert Lyons Danly
Paperback, 1992
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japanese literature, non-fiction, short stories, books about books, literary criticism, fiction, National Book Award
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A reader's guide to Japanese literature

by J. Thomas Rimer
Paperback, 1988
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Crisis in identity and contemporary Japanese novels

by Arthur G. Kimball
Paperback, 1973
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non-fiction, literary criticism, cultural history, japanese literature, books about books, Tuttle
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Japanese literature : an introduction for western readers

by Donald Keene
Paperback, 1955
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non-fiction, cultural history, literary criticism, japanese literature, books about books, Grove Press
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Matsuo Basho

by Makoto Ueda
Paperback, 1982
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japanese literature, non-fiction, autobiography and biography, asian history, literary criticism, books about books, literary biography
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Understanding illuminated manuscripts : a guide to technical terms

by Michelle Brown
Paperback, 1994
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non-fiction, art and aesthetics, medieval history, cultural history, reference, books about books, calligraphy and handwriting
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Seeds in the heart : Japanese literature from earliest times to the late sixteenth century

by Donald Keene
Paperback, 1995
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non-fiction, japanese literature, anthology, cultural history, books about books, medieval literature
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A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 4: Dawn to the West

by Donald Keene
Paperback, 1999
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non-fiction, japanese literature, asian history, cultural history, books about books, anthology
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