Ryan Ruby Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Mill on the Floss: 2
George EliotRyan RubySource: Nancy Henry, "George Eliot and the Colonies." Victorian Literature and Culture. Vol. 29, No. 2 (2001) pg. 413
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The Gift
Vladimir NabokovRyan RubyArendt reports that, when given a copy of Lolita in prison, Eichmann called it "quite an unwholesome book." Thirty years earlier Arendt and Nabokov crossed paths at the State Library in Berlin, where she was writing a biography of Rahel Varnhagen and he was writing the The Gift.
Paperback, 1991
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Joyce's Kaleidoscope: An Invitation to Finnegans Wake
Philip KitcherRyan Ruby@MicahSVernon Haven’t done much FW secondary lit, but in case this is of use, do recall enjoying Philip Kitcher’s Joyce’s Kaleidoscope.
Paperback, 2009
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Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Carlo GinzburgRyan Ruby@RortyRuby Just dropping by to recommend Carlo Ginzburg’s Night Battles, which supports typology A
Paperback, 2013
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Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations
Jacques RoubaudRyan Ruby@sublunaryeds jacques roubaud's great fire of london project
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Frankenstein: (Original Edition)
M. W. ShelleyRyan Ruby@laurenstokes Jaeggy's Sweet Days of Discipline, Robert Walser's The Walk, Shelley's Frankenstein, Rousseau's Confessions
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The Blind Owl
Sadegh HedayatRyan Ruby@damiankelleher in all seriousness, the book i think you should read is the blind owl by sadegh hedayat, if you have it lying around.
Paperback, 2010
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
Mike DavisRyan RubyFor each of us, there are a few books that literally change the way we see the world: they give us the analytical tools and historical context we need to interpret our physical surroundings. Growing up in "Fortress LA," one of those books for me was Mike Davis' City of Quartz.
Paperback, 2018
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Henri: The Web and Woof of Life
William G. CambridgeRyan RubyThe word "telepathy" was coined in 1882 by the Cambridge classicist and poet Frederic W.H. Meyers, the lover of John Addington Symonds Jr. Meyers founded the Society for Psychical Research, whose presidents included Henry Sidgwick, Arthur Balfour, William James and Henri Bergson.
Hardcover, 2019
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First Love
Gwendoline RileyRyan Ruby@timfarrington on the US publication of Gwendoline Riley’s “bracing” “refined” novels First Love and My Phantoms by @nyrbclassics. Have yet to read Riley’s work but Tim’s masterfully efficient piece has convinced me that I ought to do so ASAP. https://t.co/q4FeBYj4Lw
Paperback, 2022
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