Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Bird-WhileA Bird-while. In a natural chronometer, a Bird-while may be admitted as one of the metres, since the space most of the wild birds will allow you to make your observations on them when they alight near you in the woods, is a pretty...
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Mary Shelley: Collected Tales and Stories with Original EngravingsPassion. Peril. Imposture. Shipwreck. Alchemy. Transformation. This is the stuff of Mary Shelley's richly Romantic stories. Set against varying backdrops of medieval chivalry, the wars and revolutions of her age, and grandiose scenes of nature, her tales mark a high point in the Gothic...
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Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime FictionSome of the most iconic, hard-boiled Irish detectives in fiction insist that they are not detectives at all. Hailing from a region with a cultural history of mistrust in the criminal justice system, Irish crime writers resist many of the stereotypical devices of the...
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The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and LiteratureA classic work on radical aesthetics by one of the great philosophers of the early twentieth century No work of philosopher and essayist Jos Ortega y Gasset has been more frequently cited, admired, or criticized than his response to modernism, "The Dehumanization of Art."...
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Marxism and Literary CriticismMarxist literary criticism is becoming increasingly important in Europe as a whole, and interest in the subject is rapidly growing in this country. In this book, Dr. Eagleton analyses the major issues that the subject presents, discussing the writing of Marx and Engels themselves...
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Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David ThoreauAuthor: Andrew BlaunerPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 03/07/2023Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsISBN: 9780691247953About the AuthorAndrew Blauner is a literary agent and the editor of seven previous anthologies, including Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on...
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The Poem That Changed AmericaA tribute to Ginsberg's signature work, which stirred a generation of angel-headed hipsters to cultural rebellion. In 1956, City Lights, a small San Francisco bookstore, published Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems with its trademark black-and-white cover. The original edition cost seventy-five cents, but...
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New Readings on Women in Old English LiteratureThe publication of this volume of essays is a milestone in Old English studies. It is the first collection to examine this literature from a feminist perspective. Although the contributors represent a plurality of approaches and positions, they share a common objective: to reassess...
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From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino IdentityNeither immigrants nor ethnics, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores...
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Emerson's EssaysAuthor: Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 07/24/1981Pages: 480Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 7.62h x 5.32w x 1.11dISBN: 9780060909062About the AuthorEmerson, Ralph Waldo: - Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. A self-proclaimed Naturalist, Emerson founded a distinctly American philosophy emphasizing optimism, individuality,...
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Drawing the Curtain: Cervantes's Theatrical RevelationsDrawing the Curtain examines the ways in which Miguel de Cervantes experiments with theatre and exploits theatricality in his diverse literary creations. Author: Esther Fern�ndezPublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 11/09/2022Pages: 392Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9781487508777This title is only available...
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Miriam's TambourineDrawing upon their rich religious and cultural heritage--a heritage that stretches back to Biblical times and passes through many varied epochs and environments--Jewish sages, artists, writers, and storytellers have continually created imaginative and evocative formulations of Jewishphilosophy, literature, art, law, liturgy, ritual, and especially...
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British Culture After Empire: Race, Decolonisation and Migration Since 1945This book follows the afterlives of empire from 1945 to present day, providing an interdisciplinary analysis of how the legacy of empire continues to shape the cultures, politics, spaces and memories of contemporary Britain. The essays it contains illustrate this with reference to a...
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SlugTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST The bestselling collection of poetry and prose from the...
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Political Affairs of the Heart: Female Travel Writers, the Sentimental Travelogue, and Revolution, 1775-1800Richly researched and engagingly written, Political Affairs of the Heart traces the emergence of female sentimental travel writing in late eighteenth-century Britain, and posits its centrality to women's engagement with national and gender politics. This study examines four travel narratives written by women between...
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Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in PrisonA memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit" In 2003 Daniel Genis, the son of a famous Soviet émigré writer, broadcaster, and culture critic, was fresh out of NYU when he faced a serious heroin...
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Performative Reflections of Indian Traditions: Towards a Liveable LearningThis book focuses on the cohering elements across various texts and traditions of India. It engages with several significant works from the Sanskrit tradition and emphasizes the need to move beyond colonial and postcolonial engagements with the enduring cultural pasts of India. The chapters...
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Rome: Modernity, Postmodernity and BeyondWhat do we know of the city of Rome, beyond the repertoire of images of universally recognisable monuments? In this new volume, architects, planners, historians, literary and film theorists come together to discuss the city beyond the walls: the city where the majority of...
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The Old English Version of the GospelsAuthor: R. M. LiuzzaPublisher: Early English Text SocietyPublished: 06/30/2017Pages: 280Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.82h x 5.66w x 0.85dISBN: 9780859917902About the AuthorR.M. Liuzza This title is only available via back order
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Sonia Sanchez's Poetic Spirit through HaikuThis collection of ten critical essays is the first scholarly criticism of haiku by Sonia Sanchez. Her haiku, full of power and emotional voice for people, love, human nature, and African American experience, redefine haiku in English and African American poetic expression with her...
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