Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of VanderbiltWall Street Journal BestsellerFor fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts.Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The family...
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Agatha Christie: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringAgatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays,...
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Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work"Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone." --bell hooks, "women who write too much"In this timeless essay collection on the writing life,...
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The Complete PlaysThe complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, in which the lure of dark forces drives the shifting balances between weak and strong, sacred and profane Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine,...
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Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers WriteRooms of Their Own travels around the world examining the unique spaces, habits and rituals in which famous writers created their most notable works. The perennial question asked of all authors is, 'How do you write?'. What do they require of their room or...
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The Merry Wives of WindsorThe 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 Art of the HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien's complete artwork for The Hobbit, presented for the first time in celebration of the 75th anniversaryWhen J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist and drew illustrations for his book white it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit...
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Oshun, Lemonade, and Intertextuality: Afro-Atlantic Religion in Black Cultural ProductionExploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used toportray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyoncé to Ntozake Shange In this book, SheneeseThompson analyzes works of film and literature to explore how Afro-Atlanticreligion intersects with themes of resilience in Black femininity andwomanhood. Focusing on...
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The Lady and Her MonstersThe Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.Montillo recounts how--at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution--Shelley's Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists...
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The Plants of Middle Earth: Botany and Sub-CreationBeautifully illustrated with dozens of original full-color and black-and-white drawings, The Plants of Middle-earth connects readers visually to the world of Middle-earth, its cultures and characters and the scenes of their adventures. Tolkien's use of flowers, herbs, trees, and other flora creates verisimilitude in...
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Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Graphic NovelsNOW IN COLOR! Read Macbeth in graphic-novel form--with NO FEAR! Based on the No Fear Shakespeare modern translations, this dynamic graphic novel--now with fully-colored illustrations--brings the time-old tale of greed and power to life. The illustrations are distinctively offbeat and sure to appeal to...
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Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology Through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-Earth"Tolkien Dogmatics overflows with insights and is a must-read for serious students of Tolkien." --The Gospel CoalitionTheology through mythologyJ. R. R. Tolkien was many things: English Catholic, father and husband, survivor of two world wars, Oxford professor, and author. But he was also a...
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How Sondheim Can Change Your LifeAn "incisive...heartwarming" (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musical theater masterworks as Company, West Side Story, and Into the Woods. Stephen Sondheim died on November...
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The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor SwiftA keen, ardent celebration of unbridled female ambition in the work of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath In The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard,...
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Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the EnvironmentFrom the 2025 recipient of the Pak Kyongni Prize, often referred to as Korea's Nobel Prize in Literature. A collection of essays on themes central to Ghosh's work: imperialism and decolonization, climate change, and the stories of ordinary people making lives amid these historical...
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When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and WritingA quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France's leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award-winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight--alone for ten hours--in the Annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank and her family had...
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The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our FutureBooks are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-- they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America's most iconic founding fathers. In this engaging memoir, Franklin recounts his remarkable journey from humble beginnings to becoming a...
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Selected Writings of Gertrude SteinAuthor: Gertrude SteinPublisher: VintagePublished: 03/17/1990Pages: 736Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 8.06h x 5.26w x 1.21dISBN: 9780679724643About the AuthorGertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874. At Radcliffe College she studied under William James, who remained her lifelong friend, and then went to...
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Search for Spock: A Star Trek Book of Exploration: A Highly Illogical Search and Find ParodyIt's Where's Waldo? for Trekkies--the activity book you didn't know you needed! Dr. Spock is missing! Travel through space and time to search and find Dr. Spock among more than 100 other characters, aliens, villains, and crew members. This hidden intergalactic adventure is a...
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