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  • Prefaces to Shakespeare by Tanner, Tony
    Prefaces to Shakespeare
    When Tony Tanner died in 1998, the world lost a critic who was as sensitive a reader of Jane Austen as he was of Thomas Pynchon, and who wrote with a warmth and clarity that belied his fluency in literary theory. In the final...
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  • Questioning Creole: Creolisation Discourses in Caribbean Culture by Shepherd, Verene A.
    Questioning Creole: Creolisation Discourses in Caribbean Culture
    In his seminal work, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, Kamau Brathwaite attempted to expose the essential "Jamaican" nature of the identity that developed at the interstices between the cultures of Europe and Africa. He took the concept of Creole society beyond mere...
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  • One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in by Kennedy, Kate
    One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in
    From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeistOne In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of...
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  • Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2022 by Atwood, Margaret
    Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2022
    In this brilliant selection of essays--including three new pieces--the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from whether or not The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopia to the importance...
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  • A Loom of One's Own: Crafts for Book Lovers by Wool, Virginia
    A Loom of One's Own: Crafts for Book Lovers
    Author: Virginia WoolPublisher: HarperCollinsPublished: 04/04/2023Pages: 128Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 7.11h x 5.32w x 0.64dISBN: 9780008529246About the AuthorVirginia Wool was an English writer, feminist and craft-obsessive. The seventh child in her family, she spent most of her youth searching for the perfect place to house...
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  • Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho: Transpacific Modernity and Nikkei Literature in Argentina by Hagimoto, Koichi
    Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho: Transpacific Modernity and Nikkei Literature in Argentina
    In the early twentieth century, historical imaginings of Japan contributed to the Argentine vision of "transpacific modernity." Intellectuals such as Eduardo Wilde and Manuel Domecq García celebrated Japanese customs and traditions as important values that can be integrated into Argentine society. But a new...
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  • Vastarien: A Literary Journal vol. 6, issue 1 by Padgett, Jon
    Vastarien: A Literary Journal vol. 6, issue 1
    Vastarien: A Literary Journal is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. The journal includes nonfiction, literary horror fiction, poetry, artwork and non-classifiable hybrid pieces. Cover art by Jesse Peper,...
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  • Thoreau's Botany: Thinking and Writing with Plants by Warren, James Perrin
    Thoreau's Botany: Thinking and Writing with Plants
    Thoreau's last years have been the subject of debate for decades, but only recently have scholars and critics begun to appreciate the posthumous publications, unfinished manuscripts, and Journal entries that occupied the writer after Walden (1854). Until now, no critical reader has delved deeply...
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  • Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling by Jones, Jamie L.
    Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling
    Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil's popularity. Here, from our...
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  • Railroad by Footle, Jenny
    Railroad
    Through haunting imagery and evocative language, the raw emotions of one who has endured the unimaginable finds expression, transcending the confines of a single story and speaking to the universal human experience of suffering, survival, and the triumph of the soul. This collection of...
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  • A Word or Two Before I Go: Essays Then and Now by Krystal, Arthur
    A Word or Two Before I Go: Essays Then and Now
    Author: Arthur KrystalPublisher: University of Virginia PressPublished: 09/12/2023Pages: 160Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.43w x 0.87dISBN: 9780813950624
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  • The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil: From Their Origins Through the Nineteenth Century by Fitz, Earl E.
    The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil: From Their Origins Through the Nineteenth Century
    In this survey of Central and South American literature, Earl E. Fitz provides the first book in English to analyze the Portuguese- and Spanish-language American canons in conjunction, uncovering valuable insights about both. Fitz works by comparisons and contrasts: the political and cultural situation...
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  • The Collected Shorter Works of Mark Twain: A Library of America Boxed Set by Twain, Mark
    The Collected Shorter Works of Mark Twain: A Library of America Boxed Set
    For the first time in a collector's boxed set, the authoratative two-volume Library of America edition of Mark Twain's incomparable short writings -- the stories, sketches, burlesques, hoaxes, tall tales, speeches, satires, and maxims of America's greatest humorist. "Against the assault of laughter nothing...
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  • Thoreau's Botany: Thinking and Writing with Plants by Warren, James Perrin
    Thoreau's Botany: Thinking and Writing with Plants
    Thoreau's last years have been the subject of debate for decades, but only recently have scholars and critics begun to appreciate the posthumous publications, unfinished manuscripts, and Journal entries that occupied the writer after Walden (1854). Until now, no critical reader has delved deeply...
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  • The Dark Shadows Daybook Unbound: Eagle Hill Edition by McCray, Patrick
    The Dark Shadows Daybook Unbound: Eagle Hill Edition
    Following up 2021's bestseller, THE DARK SHADOWS DAYBOOK, this volume, expanded for the fall of 2023, offers over 100 irreverent insightful reviews and the past, present, and future of the landmark, supernatural drama, DARK SHADOWS, from the mind of underground comics author, designer, and...
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  • The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil: From Their Origins Through the Nineteenth Century by Fitz, Earl E.
    The Literatures of Spanish America and Brazil: From Their Origins Through the Nineteenth Century
    In this survey of Central and South American literature, Earl E. Fitz provides the first book in English to analyze the Portuguese- and Spanish-language American canons in conjunction, uncovering valuable insights about both. Fitz works by comparisons and contrasts: the political and cultural situation...
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  • Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction by Lavender, Isiah, III
    Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction
    LITERARY EXPLORATIONS INTO THE RADICAL, HOPEFUL RACIAL FUTURES IMAGINED BY SCIENCE FICTION Essays by Marleen S. Barr, Gerry Canavan, Grace L. Dillon, M. Elizabeth Ginway, Matthew Goodwin, Edward James, De Witt Douglas Kilgore, Malisa Kurtz, Robin Anne Reid, Lysa M. Rivera, Patrick B. Sharp,...
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  • Voidopolis by Mustatea, Kat
    Voidopolis
    Longlisted for the 2023 Lumen Prize, a hybrid digital artistic and literary project in the form of an augmented reality book, which retells Dante's Inferno as if it were set in pandemic-ravaged New York City. Voidopolis is a digital performance about loss and memory...
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  • Caesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII by Krebs, Christopher B.
    Caesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII
    Author: Christopher B. KrebsPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 07/27/2023Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83dISBN: 9781009177146
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  • Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology by Wilhelm, James J.
    Lyrics of the Middle Ages: An Anthology
    This anthology features nearly 300 works in 14 linguistic areas: Latin hymns and lyrics from 800 to 1300...Carmina Burana...Proven al lyrics...Italian lyrics...North French lyrics...German lyrics...lyrics of Iberia, including Arabic, Hebrew, Mozarabic, Galician-Portuguese, Castilian, and Catalan...lyrics of Great Britain, including Irish, Welsh, Old English, Middle...
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Literary criticism books are essential resources for anyone interested in analyzing and understanding literature on a deeper level. These books offer insights into various literary theories, critique methods, and analytical approaches that help readers and scholars interpret and evaluate literary works.

Literary criticism books delve into the analysis of literature, exploring how different aspects such as themes, characters, and narratives contribute to a text's meaning and impact. They provide valuable frameworks and perspectives that enhance the reader's ability to engage critically with literary texts.

Criticism literature includes works that assess and interpret the value and significance of various literary genres, styles, and authors. Books such as "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom and "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster are highly regarded for their comprehensive exploration of literary traditions and techniques.

Literary criticism theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding literature. These theories include formalism, structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, and post-colonialism, among others. Books like "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács offer foundational knowledge in these critical perspectives, providing readers with tools to analyze texts through various lenses.

For those seeking the best books to read on literary criticism, it’s helpful to explore both classic and contemporary texts. Works like "Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide" by Lois Tyson and "The Elements of Literary Style" by William K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley offer practical advice and theoretical insights for readers and students.

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Q. What are literary criticism books used for?

A. Literary criticism books are used to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature. They offer various theoretical frameworks and methods to understand and critique literary works, helping readers and scholars explore themes, characters, and narrative techniques in depth.

Q. Can you recommend some foundational books on literary criticism theory?

A. Yes, some foundational books on literary criticism theory include "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton, which provides an overview of various critical approaches, and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács, which explores the evolution and form of the novel.

Q. What is criticism literature, and why is it important?

A. Criticism literature refers to works that analyze and assess the value and significance of literary texts. It is important because it helps readers and scholars gain a deeper understanding of literature, its context, and its impact, enhancing appreciation and critical engagement with texts.

Q. Where can I find the best literary criticism books?

A. You can find the best literary criticism books at online bookstores such as BooksDeli.com. These bookstores offer a wide selection of both classic and contemporary texts on literary criticism, making it easy to access essential readings and expand your knowledge.

Q. How do I choose the right literary criticism book for my needs?

A. To choose the right literary criticism book, consider your interests and the type of literature you are studying. Look for books that cover the specific theories or approaches you want to explore. Reviews, recommendations, and best-seller lists can also guide you in selecting books that are well-regarded and relevant to your needs.

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