Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Souls of Black Folk"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." Thus speaks W.E.B. Du Bois in The Souls Of Black Folk, one of the most prophetic and influental works in American literature. In this eloquent collection of essays, first published in...
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Theory of LiteratureBringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. At the core of the book's discussion is a series of underlying questions: What...
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The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold BloomA selection of the lively letters between one of the world's greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admiredBringing together a collection of Harold Bloom's letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an...
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Review of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler"He has grasped the falsity of the hedonistic attitude to life." Orwell read Hitler--and believed him. In this blistering review from 1940, he lays out what most of polite society refused to face: that Hitler's appeal wasn't madness, but meaning. Not policy, but myth....
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Poetry for DummiesExplore the mystique, power, and beauty of poetry with this easy-to-read guide Poetry For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-follow and insightful guide to poetry designed to unlock your innate ability to understand and appreciate this powerful art form. The authors offer clear discussions...
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Pleasures of Reading in an Age of DistractionIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers,...
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My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy"An engaging, introspective view of poet Langston Hughes and curates a compelling narrative of Hughes as an activist, advocate, and champion of justice through his poetry." --Library Journal "By resisting a sanitized version of Hughes, My America presents him as a radical thinker who,...
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How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy PanelsEverything that you need to know about reading, making, and understanding comics can be found in a single Nancy strip by Ernie Bushmiller from August 8, 1959. Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden's groundbreaking work How to Read Nancy ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks...
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Commentary on PlotinusA preeminent Renaissance philosopher on the founder of Neoplatonism Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) was the leading Platonic philosopher of the Renaissance and is generally recognized as the greatest authority on ancient Platonism before modern times. Among his greatest accomplishments as a scholar was his 1492...
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Bibliophobia: A Memoir"A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."--Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "Stirring and sparkling."--The Washington Post A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND ELECTRIC LIT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - ONE OF THE...
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A Third Commonness: Essays on Poetry, Poetics, and the Natural WorldPulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass explores poetry for what it is: a relationship between people and the land.In A Third Commonness, US Poet Laureate Robert Hass follows a literary river through time and topography--from Zen Buddhism to California ecopoetics, from Barry Lopez to Walt...
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Around the Sun: Stories and Symbols from Across the WorldDiscover the universal allure of the hero's journey captured in these global folktales, powerfully retold and gorgeously illustrated by the author and artist behind Tarot of the Divine and Beneath the Moon Around the Sun is a storybook comprised of twelve beautifully illustrated folktales...
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-EarthThe range of J. R. R. Tolkien's talents is remarkable. Not only was he an accomplished linguist and philologist, as well as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature and Norse folklore, but also a skillful illustrator and storyteller. Drawing on these talents, he...
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The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus AureliusThe Meditations of Marcus Aurelius are treasured today--as they have been over the centuries--as an inexhaustible source of wisdom. And as one of the three most important expressions of Stoicism, this is an essential text for everyone interested in ancient religion and philosophy. Yet...
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Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up"A generous, heartfelt gift." -- Kirkus (STARRED review)The legendary Academy Award-winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us all believers.We all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be able to share that...
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Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning"Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning" is a foundational exploration into the relationship between language, imagination, and the historical development of human consciousness. Written by Owen Barfield, this profound philosophical inquiry challenges conventional views on how words acquire and change their meanings over time....
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Novel without a Name"Reminiscent of All Quiet on Western Front and The Red Badge of Courage. . . . A breathtakingly original work."--San Francisco Chronicle Twenty-eight-year-old Quan has been fighting for the Communist cause in North Vietnam for a decade. Filled with idealism and hope when he...
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Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on WritingFrom the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments "A clear-eyed glance into the shadows where writers work and live." --The Washington Post Book World In this wise and irresistibly quotable book, one of the most intelligent writers now working in English...
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Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American FictionA revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to today Middlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but least visible figures: the literary agent. Chronicling the story of agents...
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Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: From the Suppressed to the StrangeOffers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law.Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York offers a fresh look at 1920s New York City, unearthing stories of everyday life and...
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