Dracula

Written by Bram Stoker
Introduction by Joan Acocella

Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Everyman's Library
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-59385-6 (0-307-59385-1)

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Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints
Essays
Written by Joan Acocella

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27576-9 (0-307-27576-0)

Here is a dazzling collection from Joan Acocella, one of our most admired cultural critics: thirty-one essays that consider the life and work of some of the most influential artists of our time (and two saints: Joan of Arc and Mary Magdalene).

Acocella writes about Primo Levi, Holocaust survivor and chemist... Read more >

Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism

Written by Joan Acocella

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 15, 2002
Price: $11.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71295-1 (0-375-71295-X)

Joan Acocella’s acute and often very funny critique of the critics untangles Cather’s reputation from decades of politically motivated misreadings, and proposes her own view of Cather’s genius. Serving also as a concise and graceful summary of Cather’s life and work, Willa Cather and the Politics of Criticism is a refreshing... Read more >