A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love. Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melancholy. What if instead we dared to love poetry? To choose comedy over Hamlet’s tragedy, romance over Benjamin’s suicide on the edge of France, of Europe, of civilization? Paul Bové challenges young lit critters to throw away their shades and let the sun shine in. Love’s Shadow is his three-step manifesto for a new literary criticism that risks sentimentality and melodrama and eschews self-consciousness. The first step is to choose poetry. There has been since the time of Plato a battle between philosophy and poetry. Philosophy has championed misogyny, while poetry has championed women, like Shakespeare’s Rosalind. Philosophy is ever so stringent; try instead the sober cheerfulness of Wallace Stevens. Bové’s second step is to choose the essay. He praises Benjamin’s great friend and sometime antagonist Theodor Adorno, who gloried in the writing of essays, not dissertations and treatises. The third step is to choose love. If you want a Baroque hero, make it Rembrandt, who brought lovers to life in his paintings. Putting aside passivity and cynicism would amount to a revolution in literary studies. Bové seeks nothing less, and he has a program for achieving it.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - 'There's only one thing I must really implore you, Edith, ' said Bruce anxiously. 'Don't make me late at the office ' 'Certainly not, Bruce, ' answered Edith sedately. She was seated opposite her husband at breakfast in a very new, very small, very white flat in Knightsbridge - exactly like thousands of other new, small, white flats. She was young and pretty, but not obvious. One might suppose that she was more subtle than was shown by her usual expression, which was merely cheerful and intelligent. 'Now I have to write that letter before I go, ' Bruce exclaimed, starting up and looking at her reproachfully. 'Why didn't I write it last night?' Edith hadn't the slightest idea, as she had heard nothing of the letter before, but, in the course of three years, she had learnt that it saved time to accept trifling injustices. So she looked guilty and a little remorseful. He magnanimously forgave her, and began to write the letter at a neat white writing-table.

Edith hadn't the slightest idea as she had heard nothing of the letter before but in the course of three years she had learnt that it saved time to accept trifling injustices. So she looked guilty and a little remorseful. He magnanimously forgave her and began to write the letter at a neat white writing-table.

A little dog has fun playing with his shadow at the beach.

In her autobiographic Graphic Novel "The World Beyond My Shadow" awarded artist and writer Daniela Schreiter describes her childhood and youth with Asperger syndrome. She tells her story about a life on "the wrong planet" in wonderful pictures and with a great sense of humor. This book helps to understand what it means to live with Asperger's and is an entertaining read at the same time.

In "Young Love part 1", Sean and Katherine fell in love, but Katherine broke up when she got afraid that things became too serious. Things became complicated when Katherine promised Sean she would return to him after they graduate from high school. After trying for months to convince herto reconsider, Sean gave up. "Young Love Part 2, First Love's Shadow", starts at the beginning of the summer holiday. Sean has accepted a holiday job in the seaside resort Ostend. He tries to move on. It's difficult though to forget about Katherine, when so many of the issues he experiences in his new relationships look almost identical to what he went through before with her. At the start of their last year at school, Sean and Katherine discover that it isn't simple to spend most active hours of every day in the same classroom with your ex. After some time, Katherine invites Sean to date again. Are second chances really possible? And is Sean even willing to accept the terms Katherine's offer comes with?

A doomed romance brings a town to its knees in this teen gothic graphic novel from acclaimed comics writer Tapalansky and phenomenal newcomer artist Espinosa.

My Dad has a shadow that's blue as can be, and there's nothingbut blue in my whole family tree.But mine is quite different, it's not what you think.For mine is not blue... My shadow is PINK!An uplifiting book about daring to be different and having thecourage to be true to yourself.

The thrilling sequel to Monstrous Devices--Alex and his grandfather hold the fate of history itself in their hands in a Rick Riordan meets Raiders of the Lost Ark adventure of epic proportions! A few months ago, Alex's world changed...forever. Now, just when it seems life is almost getting back to normal, Alex's grandfather crashes back into the picture with grave news: their friend Harry has fallen into the clutches of a familiar foe, and the old man needs Alex's help to rescue him. This time, the duo's desperate dash across Europe leads from Paris deep into Germany's foreboding Black Forest, as they chase down the mystery Harry had been investigating when he disappeared. A series of art thefts has made headlines across the continent, but the thieves are after more than priceless paintings. In the wrong hands, these stolen artifacts could unlock an ancient secret bigger than anything Alex ever dreamed of. If they can't solve the riddle in time, innocent lives - and even history itself - could be at stake.