Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays, 1999 - 2023Essays on everything from the music of Joni Mitchell to the declining quality of Bengali food from one of India's preeminent writers. "I'm an Indian, so of course I write about India. But then, again, I don't write about India. I'm not interested in...
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Hell Is Dark with No Flowers, Vol. 4 (Light Novel)Shiroshi and Seiji receive a letter of challenge from Ibara and head to a certain sleeper train to defeat him and put an end to the competition over Hell. There are six passengers on the luxurious train, and soon after it leaves the station,...
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African American StudiesThis book brings together chapters authored by leading African American Studies/Black Studies scholars in the USA and the UK. It focuses on the roots of the discipline, reaching back to early brilliant Black intellectuals, discusses the historical and epistemological development of formal Black Studies,...
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What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost"Enlightening and enthusiastic." --Ed Simon, The New York Times Book Review Now in paperback, a highly original hybrid of literary criticism and political history, telling of the enduring, surprising and ever-evolving relevance of Milton's epic poem through the scandalous life of its creator and...
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Utopia'To find citizens ruled by good and wholesome laws, that is an exceeding rare, and hard thing.' Thomas More's Utopia presents an account of an idealised fictional society that has fascinated readers since its first publication in Latin in 1516. It is a scathing...
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Timon of AthensThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction...
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The Sound of the MountainFrom the Nobel Prize-winning writer and acclaimed author of Snow Country comes a beautiful rendering of the predicament of old age--about an elderly Tokyo businessman who must face the failures of his memory and the sudden upsurges of passion that illuminate the end of...
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The Poetic Edda"She sees, coming up a second time, earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mountain hunting fish." After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The...
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The Darker Face of the EarthPublished to coincide with its British premiere at the Royal National Theatre, The Darker Face of the Earth is Rita Dove's first play. Set on a plantation in pre-Civil War South Carolina, it has been performed to great critical acclaim.Author: Rita DovePublisher: Oberon BooksPublished:...
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The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday LifeElijah Anderson, called "one of our best urban ethnographers" by the New York Times Book Review, introduces the concept of the "cosmopolitan canopy" the urban islands of civility amid segregated ghettos, suburbs, and ethnic enclaves.Author: Elijah AndersonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 03/12/2012Pages: 338Binding...
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Stephen King's the Dark Tower ConcordanceThe Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself. The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Eight books and more...
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Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers (Free Audio Download)Short stories by Japan's cutting-edge writers, in vertical text and with vocabulary, notes, and FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD to make reading Japanese easier than ever. Long-awaited by teachers and students, Read Real Japanese Fiction presents short works by six of today's most daring and provocative...
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Poetry, Language, ThoughtPoetry, Language, Thought collects Martin Heidegger's pivotal writings on art, its role in human life and culture, and its relationship to thinking and truth. Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers, this book opens up appreciation of Heidegger beyond the...
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Love Sonnets of ShakespeareCarry the Bard with you wherever you go with this illustrated miniature hardcover gift of Shakespeare's sonnets. This is the perfect miniature gift for any poetry or drama history lover. Once it blooms, it changes everything. Love is uplifting, enlightening, transforming. In this timeless...
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Kahlil Gibran Classics Collection: The Prophet, The Madman, Sand and Foam, The Broken Wings, A Tear and a Smile, Twenty Drawings, The Forerunner & SpiA priceless collection of Kahlil Gibran most notable works including 37 original illustrations. Books included in this collection: The Prophet The Madman Sand and Foam The Broken Wings A Tear and a Smile Twenty Drawings The Forerunner Spirits Rebellious Kahlil Gibran is the third-best-selling...
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Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen KingOne of the most prolific and popular authors in the world today, Stephen King has become part of pop culture history. His best-selling novels such as Carrie, It, Christine, and many others have captured the imaginations of millions of readers. But who is the...
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A Book of the Magi: Lore, Prayers, and Spellcraft of the Three Holy KingsThis book traces the cult of the Magi through their lore: their history, art, legends, rituals, and devotions. It examines their political and social influences as well as their cultural and religious impact, showing them to be cast both as legitimisers of established power...
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Twelfth Night: Third SeriesCritically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities. In recent years it has returned to the centre of critical debate surrounding gender and sexuality. The Introduction explores the multiple factors that...
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read ThemOne of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year From the author of Either/Or and The Idiot, Elif Batuman's The Possessed presents the true but unlikely stories of lives devoted--Absurdly! Melancholically! Beautifully!--to the Russian Classics. No one who read Batuman's first article (in the...
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The Poetry Reader: An AnthologyYou have picked up this book because you are a poetry reader. Or you are about to be one. Because as soon as you read a poem, that's what you are. Filled with the profound, the lyrical, the consoling, and the curious, The Poetry...
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