Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Study Guide to The Crucible and Other Works by Arthur MillerA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Arthur Miller, two-time Tony Winner and 1949 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama. Titles in this study guide include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A Memory...
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Study Guide to the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes and John LockeA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and John Locke's Two Treatises of Government. These two English philosophers are recognized for being some of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. As two of the most prominent...
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Selected PoemsUltimately Lew's poems are devotional songs to the Goddess Gaia . . . -Gary SnyderAuthor: Lew WelchPublisher: Grey Fox PressPublished: 01/01/2001Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.95h x 5.79w x 0.33dISBN: 9780912516202
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There's Something About Darcy: The curious appeal of Jane Austen's bewitching heroFor some, Colin Firth emerging from a lake in that clinging wet shirt is one of the most iconic moments in television. What is it about the two-hundred-year-old hero that we so ardently admire and love? Dr Malcolm examines Jane Austen's influences in creating...
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Jane Austen: Writing, Society, PoliticsIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. So runs one of the most famous opening lines in English literature. Setting the scene in Pride and Prejudice, it deftly...
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An Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutes and Organizations across NationsThe Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology - and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the foundation for strong...
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The Cambridge Companion to Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) remains a book of the moment. This Companion builds on successive waves of generational inheritance and debate in the novel's reception by asking new questions about how and why Nineteen Eighty-Four was written, what it means, and why it...
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Caldo de Pollo Para El Alma: Vivir La Fe Católica: 101 Historias Para Compartir Esperanza, Fe Y AmorThese 101 positive powerful stories from Catholics of all ages will offer hope, deepen faith, and spread love. Vivir la fe cat lica is not only a book about "living the faith" but also about a faith that is living. Whether you are a...
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Funny Things to PonderSteve Vogt was born on January 22, 1950 in Wood River, Illinois. Vogt graduated from Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto, Illinois in 1968. During that time he went through both the Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts. He was awarded the Eagle Scout Rank...
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Émile Zola: A Very Short IntroductionÉmile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as 'naturalism' and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social and cultural landscape of the late nineteenth century in ways that scandalized...
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The Cambridge History of Native American LiteratureNative American literature has always been uniquely embattled. It is marked by divergent opinions about what constitutes authenticity, sovereignty, and even literature. It announces a culture beset by paradox: simultaneously primordial and postmodern; oral and inscribed; outmoded and novel. Its texts are a site...
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The Steampunk HandbookAuthor and lecturer Phoebe Darqueling has compiled and updated her best articles from The Steampunk Journal and beyond to surprise, inform, and delight Steampunk and Gaslamp Fantasy fans old and new. Within these pages, you'll find a stroll through the first 30 years of...
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More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers' Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly AnsweredThis compilation of medical and forensic science questions from crime writers around the world provides insight into medical and forensic science as well as a glimpse into the writer's creative mind. How do hallucinogenic drugs affect a blind person? Will snake venom injected into...
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Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek TragedyDo we take pleasure in reading ancient Greek tragedy despite the unsettling content or because of it? Does a safe aesthetic distance protect us from tragic suffering, or does the proximity to death tap into something more primal? Aristotle proposed catharsis, an emotional cleansing--or,...
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A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated CompendiumA Shakespeare Motley is a delightful cabinet of Shakespearean curiosities, arranged in alphabetical order, that will inform, enthuse, intrigue, and amuse anyone who wants to know more about the life and work of the world's best-known author. Drawing unusual connections, this ingenious guide will...
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Study Guide to The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le GuinA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, a book that pioneered the feminist science fiction movement. As a science-fiction, fantasy novel of the mid to late 1900s, The Left Hand of...
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Study Guide to The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, which was the best selling book in 1939 and won the National Book Award. As a 1939 American realist novel, The Grapes of Wrath follows a...
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December: 39 Stories, 39 PicturesIn the historic tradition of calendar stories and calendar illustrations, author and film director Alexander Kluge and celebrated visual artist Gerhard Richter have composed December, a collection of thirty-nine stories and thirty-nine snow-swept photographs for the darkest month of the year.In stories drawn from...
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For NowIn this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work "A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."--Kirkus Reviews " Myles] has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil, . . . is...
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The Art of Editing: Raymond Carver and David Foster WallaceThe place of the editor in literary production is an ambiguous and often invisible one, requiring close attention to publishing history and (often inaccessible) archival resources to bring it into focus. In The Art of Editing, Tim Groenland shows that the critical tendency to...
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