Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Jane Kenyon: The Making of a PoetDemystifying the "Poet Laureate of Depression" Pleasure-loving, sarcastic, stubborn, determined, erotic, deeply sad--Jane Kenyon's complexity and contradictions found expression in luminous poems that continue to attract a passionate following. Dana Greene draws on a wealth of personal correspondence and other newly available materials to...
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HypothermiaOne cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam at her holiday cottage. At first sight, it appears like a straightforward case of suicide; María had never recovered from the death of her mother two years previously and she had a...
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HarborsLiterary Nonfiction. African American Studies. Suspended between continents and cultures, Donald Quist charts the forceful undercurrents of an American identity. Through these essays Quist explores feelings of oppression and alienation as he wrestles with a single act of violence in a Washington, DC suburb,...
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Greatest Works of Jane Austen (Set of 5 Books)Jane Austen, a renowned English novelist of the nineteenth century, crafted timeless tales that continue to captivate readers to this day. Her greatest works are a testament to her wit, social commentary, and keen understanding of human nature. In this set of five books,...
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Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary HistoryIn this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. In place of the traditionally selective literary canon of a few hundred texts, Moretti offers charts, maps and time lines, developing the...
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Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan PoeOver 170 years after his death, Edgar Allan Poe remains a figure of enduring fascination and speculation for readers, scholars, and devotees of the weird and macabre. In Fallen Angel, acclaimed novelist and poet Robert Morgan offers a new biography of this gifted, complicated...
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Fables for Our Time"These tiny stories, in which a wide variety of animals show us humans how we really are, are completely uproarious." --The Saturday Review of Literature James Thurber has been called "one of our great American institutions' (Stanley Walker) and "a magnificent satirist" (Boston Transcript)....
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Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for LifeShakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen. 'Better three hours too soon than...
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Eric Stanton: Bound To Please & Other Bizarre ArtEmbark on an intriguing artistic journey through the mesmerizing world of Eric Stanton in this carefully curated collection, now available in English, German (Deutsch), and French (Français). Discover three super-rare gems-Bound to Please, Bondage Playmates, and Captured and Bound by Captain Bonds-each restored to...
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Did Jesus Have a Cat?: And Other Observations from a Quirky MindConnie Pursell is an astute observer of life whose writings capture the eccentric, the quirky, and even the divine in everyday incidents. Inspired by the writings of Natalie Goldberg, David Sedaris, and Nora Ephron, Connie's own unique insights come alive as she eloquently tackles...
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Der Zorn Der Nibelungen: Rivalitat Und Rache Im 'Nibelungenlied'Reaktionen heutiger Leser auf das um 1200 entstandene Nibelungenlied sind zumeist ambivalent: Wo blutige Kampf- und Schlachtszenen zunachst abstossen, wird die Leidenschaftlichkeit der Figuren zugleich als ratselhaft und faszinierend erlebt - gleichgultig lasst der Text kaum. Diesen epischen Kosmos mit seinem uberwaltigenden Untergangsgeschehen mochte...
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Der Text Und Seine (Re)ProduktionAuthor: Niklas FröhlichPublisher: de GruyterPublished: 10/02/2023Pages: 253Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9783110998825Language: GermanThis title is only available via back order
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Death of a Discipline: Twentieth Anniversary EditionGayatri Chakravorty Spivak is among the foremost figures in the study of world literature and its cultural consequences of the past half-century. In this book, originally published in 2003, she declares the death of comparative literature as we know it and sounds an urgent...
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Dante and the Night JourneyDante and the Night Journey articulates a psychological approach to the Commedia, based on the Jungian concept of the descent into the darkest possibilities of the self and of human nature, which is necessary for spiritual progress. Different chapters explore Dante's growth in the...
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C. S. Lewis in America: Readings and Reception, 1935-1947Perhaps no other literary figure has transformed the American religious landscape in recent history as much as C. S. Lewis. Even before the international publication and incredible success of his fictional works such as The Chronicles of Narnia or apologetic works like Mere Christianity,...
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Conversations with Jerry W. Ward Jr.Jerry W. Ward Jr. (b. 1943) has published nonfiction, literary criticism, encyclopedias, anthologies, and poetry. Ward is also a highly respected scholar with a specialty in African American literature and has been recognized internationally as one of the leading experts on Richard Wright. Ward...
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CLI-Fi and Class: Socioeconomic Justice in Contemporary American Climate FictionSince its emergence in the late twentieth century, climate fiction-or cli-fi-has concerned itself as much with economic injustice and popular revolt as with rising seas and soaring temperatures. Indeed, with its insistent focus on redressing social disparities, cli-fi might reasonably be classified as a...
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Class Acts: Derrida on the Public StageClass Acts examines two often neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the "speech act" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one doing when one...
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A Warning for Fair Women: Adultery and Murder in Shakespeare's TheaterA Warning for Fair Women is a 1599 true-crime drama from the repertory of Shakespeare's acting company. While important to literary scholars and theater historians, it is also readable, relevant, and stage-worthy today. Dramatizing the murder of London merchant George Saunders by his wife's...
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American Landscapes: Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing WorldAmerican Landscapes: Meditations on Art and Literature in a Changing World is a major contemporary survey of landscapes in art and literature of the United States, especially the American South. Inspired by William Dunlap's extraordinary landscape Meditations on the Origins of Agriculture in America...
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