In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in Making Stars interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Although biography was not invented in the eighteenth century, the period saw the emergence of works that focus on individuals who are interesting as much, if not more, for their everyday, lived experience than for their status or actions. At the same time, celebrity emerged as public fascination for the private lives of publicly visible individuals...

Shapeshifting stories by Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, and others: "Rich reading that meets the editors' high standards." — Kirkus ReviewsIn world mythology, transformation legends are attached to almost every type of animal: a variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and even insects. In this book, you'll find stories inspired by such myths from around the world, retold and reimagined by some of the very best writers in the realm of fant...

When I am in doubt, I talk with Cornelia; and while I am with her, my uncertainties disappear. But this subject she herself broached, at her home in one of those paradises of wood and water where Americans of her class have learned to hide their lives—for the summer. She is a young woman of forty-five, with what Hazlitt somewhere calls a “coronet face,” finely cut and proudly borne, and it gives one a feeling of distinction merely to be in her presence. My memory holds like a piece of radi...

UN’IMPERDIBILE OPERA GOTICA STA PER COMINCIARE! Nonostante gli esami che continua a effettuare su di sé, Bruce Wayne non riesce a capire quale sia la fonte del terrore che lo attanaglia. Nel frattempo alcuni strani demoni imperversano a Gotham e un’antica melodia si diffonde per le strade di questa tormentata città. Ma se, molto presto, diventasse impossibile distinguere chi è un essere umano da chi non lo è? E se l’Uomo Pipistrello finisse per smarrirsi in questo inconsueto labirinto di d...

LA MORSA SI STRINGE! Batman sta soffrendo. Reduce da un grave incidente in cui ha rischiato la vita, non riesce a svolgere la sua missione con la consueta efficienza. La famiglia Orgham, un’antica dinastia criminale, è da poco tornata a Gotham e il suo piano di conquista della città prevede il totale annichilimento del Cavaliere Oscuro, servendosi di alleati come Due Facce e Mister Freeze. Ma qual è il suo legame con il passato di Gotham? Il talentuoso fumettista Ram V (Swamp Thing), affia...

Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that "the Germans lack talent for two things: revolution and crime novels," there is a long tradition of German crime fiction; it simply hasn't aligned itself with international trends. Duringthe 1920s, German-language writers dispensed with the detective and focused instead on criminals, a trend that did not take hold in other countries until after 1945, by which time Germany had gone on to produce antidetective novels that were similarly ahead of thei...

Stuart Pratt Sherman (1881-1926) was an American literary critic, educator and journalist, known for having been an advocate of the "Nativist" movement in American literature, which defended traditional modes of American literature against Modernism.From Sherman’s fundamental literary collection Critical Woodcuts, published in New York in 1926, we have drawn the study Chekhov, Chekhovians, Chekhovism, which today we propose to modern readers. It’s a short essay ded...

Stuart Pratt Sherman (1881-1926) was an American literary critic, educator and journalist, known for having been an advocate of the "Nativist" movement in American literature, which defended traditional modes of American literature against Modernism.From Sherman’s fundamental literary collection Critical Woodcuts, published in New York in 1926, we have drawn the study Pierre Loti and Exotic Love, which today we propose to modern readers. It’s a short essay dedicate...

Stuart Pratt Sherman (1881-1926) was an American literary critic, educator and journalist, known for having been an advocate of the "Nativist" movement in American literature, which defended traditional modes of American literature against Modernism.From Sherman’s fundamental literary collection Critical Woodcuts, published in New York in 1926, we have drawn the study Oscar Wilde. A dandy of letters and acquainted with grief, which today we propose to modern reader...

During the 1800s in America, the rise of industrialization reduced the cost of goods allowing people to have more possessions than ever before. However, a group known as the Transcendentalists believed that possessions created vanity. Instead, they valued the individual’s relationship with divinity. One of the movement’s most famous members, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote prolifically about his beliefs and experiences. A representative selection of his writings is presented here in this volume...

Kristen Stewart’s non-conformist style and choices of unique film roles mark her as a maverick in the industry. Through the fluke success of the Twilight Saga, Kristen has become a household name, but her definition of success is not pegged by box office numbers. Read more to learn why Kristen is suited for FAME.

Kristen Stewart’s non-conformist style and choices of unique film roles mark her as a maverick in the industry. Through the fluke success of the Twilight Saga, Kristen has become a household name, but her definition of success is not pegged by box office numbers. Read more to learn why Kristen is suited for FAME.