Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Private Life of Lord ByronThe great Romantic poet Lord Byron starved himself compulsively for most of his life. His behaviour mystified his friends and other witnesses, yet he never imagined he was ill. Instead, he rationalized his behavior as a fight for spiritual freedom and made it the...
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Women's Literary Cultures in the Global Middle Ages: Speaking InternationallyInitiates a wider development of inquiries into women's literary cultures to move the reader beyond single geographical, linguistic, cultural and period boundaries. Since the closing decades of the twentieth century, medieval women's writing has been the subject of energetic conversation and debate. This interest,...
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Suetonius' Life of AugustusThe lifetime of Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE) was a key moment of transition for the Roman world. Following decades of civil war, the traditional government of the Roman Republic evolved to include a leading role for Augustus. Peace at home was balanced with...
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The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XXIV: Manuscripts in New York City LibrariesHandlist to the rich collection of manuscripts contained in five major libraries across New York, giving a full account of their provenance. This volume provides detailed descriptions of Middle English prose materials found in the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, The Pierpont...
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A Latin American Existentialist Ethos: Modern Mexican Literature and PhilosophyExamines twentieth-century Mexican literature and philosophy within the broad panorama of Latin American and European existentialisms.Author: Stephanie MerrimPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 05/01/2023Pages: 263Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63dISBN: 9781438493190About the AuthorStephanie Merrim is Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature...
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Representing Childhood and AtrocityExamines the ways in which writers and artists have attempted to address children's experience of atrocity.Author: Victoria NesfieldPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 06/02/2023Pages: 334Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781438490748About the AuthorVictoria Nesfield is Lecturer in Religion at York...
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The History of Science FictionPreface to Second Edition.- Preface to First Edition (2006).- 1. Definitions.- 2. SF and the Ancient Novel.- 3. From Medieval Romance to Sixteenth-Century Utopia.- 4. 17th-Century SF.- 5. 18th-Century SF. Big, Little.- 6. Early 19th Century SF.- 7. SF 1850-1900: Mobility and Mobilisation.- 8....
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The Complete Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Travels, Non-Fiction, Plays and PoemsDive into the captivating world of Robert Louis Stevenson with this comprehensive collection. "The Complete Robert Louis Stevenson" brings together all of the author's beloved novels, enchanting short stories, thrilling travels, thought-provoking non-fiction, mesmerizing plays, and evocative poems. Immerse yourself in Stevenson's masterful storytelling...
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Hidden Multilingualism in 19th-Century European Literature: Traditions, Texts, TheoriesThe disparagement of multilingualism is a European development of the 18th and 19th centuries in which one national language and national literature were advocated, established and institutionalised. Multilingual writers made use of the creative potential of several languages even then. However, they often adapted...
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The Complete Works of NietzscheThis is a complete collection of all the novels written by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Anti-Christ, The Gay Science, The Birth of Tragedy, Ecce Homo, Human All Too Human,...
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African American Literature in Transition, 1830-1850: Volume 3This volume charts the ways in which African American literature fosters transitions between material cultures and contexts from 1830 to 1850, and showcases work that explores how African American literature and lived experiences shaped one another. Chapters focus on the interplay between pivotal political...
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Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein NarrativesMary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains...
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Mark Twain & MeSamuel Langhorne Clemens and Dorothy Quick met aboard the S. S. Minnetonka in 1907. He was seventy-two years old, she almost eleven. The two began a great friendship that would endure until his death some years later. Dorothy became a frequent houseguest of Twain's,...
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Literatura Hispanoamericana: Antología E Introducción HistóricaSpanish Edition of Literatura hispanoamericana: antologÃ-a e introducciÃ3n histÃ3ricaAuthor: Florit Anderson-Imbert, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Eugenio FloritPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPublished: 01/01/1970Pages: 480Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.48lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.22w x 0.91dISBN: 9780470002933About the AuthorEnrique Anderson-Imbert was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic. Born...
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The Soul of Russia"Ecstasy, witchcraft, bewilderment-these ten loving vignettes on scandalous corners of Russian culture, by one of our most seasoned cultural critics, are a tribute to imperishable art even in our catastrophic time."-Caryl Emerson, Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton UniversityIn terms of literature,...
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Fictionality and Multimodal NarrativesFictionality and Multimodal Narratives interrogates the multimodal relationship between fictionality and factuality. The contemporary discussion about fictionality coincides with an increase in anxiety regarding the categories of fact and fiction in popular culture and global media. Today's media-saturated historical moment and political climate give...
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The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare RetoldTackling The Merchant of Venice? Easily understand every line and quickly master Shakespeare's tale of love and revenge. Does Shakespeare's 400-year-old language often leave you confused? Do you wish there was an easier way to get to the heart of the story without tedious...
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The Sea Cloak: And Other StoriesDrawn from her experiences of growing up as a young woman in the 'world's largest prison'--Gaza--Nayrouz Qarmout's stories stitch together a stirring patchwork of perspectives exploring what it means to be a Palestinian today. Whether following the daily struggles of orphaned children fighting to...
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The Fat Woodworker"The Fat Woodworker" is a delightful story in the tradition of the Italian Renaissance "beffe," stories of practical, often cruel jokes. It is the tale of a prank engineered by the great Renaissance architect, Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), played upon an unsuspecting (and perhaps less-than-brilliant)...
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John the Baptist's Prayer or the Descent Into Hell from the Exeter Book: Text, Translation and Critical StudyEdition, translation and full critical study of a hitherto marginalised text, bringing it to full attention for the first time. The Old English poem known popularly as the Descent into Hell, found on folios 119v to 121v of the Exeter Book, has to date...
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