Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
-
The Norse HamletShakespeare's "Hamlet" is not a wholly original story, but is the greatest retelling of the legend of Amleth, recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus four centuries before Shakespeare. Saxo's tale is a highly entertaining adventure in its own right and provides insights into...
- $21.95 AUD
- $21.95 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Zen Judaism: For You, a Little EnlightenmentFew spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of Zen Judaism," says David M. Bader in the foreword to Zen Judaism. "This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much...
- $31.58 AUD
- $31.58 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's BOOK OF THE NEW SUNGene Wolfe's BOOK OF THE NEW SUN has been hailed by both critics and readers as quite possibly the best science fiction novel ever written. And yet at the same time, like another masterpiece of fiction, James Joyce's Ulysses, it's been deemed endlessly complex...
- $40.65 AUD
- $40.65 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Adventures of Mr Wilson: Beyond the GateThe Adventures of Mr. Wilson is a children's series, telling the tales of a Himalayan cat that thinks he's pretty special. Have a peek into the world of a curious cat and his new family, as he explores his exciting and colorful world beyond...
- $29.43 AUD
- $29.43 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Mythopoetic Musings: 2007-2018Mythopoetic Musings is a gathering of essays and reworked lectures written by Christine Downing during the years since the 2006 publication of her earlier collection Gleanings. Many represent returns to the themes and images, the stories and writers, that have played a central role...
- $56.50 AUD
- $56.50 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
A Doll's House: A New Version by Frank McGuinnessNora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the life of a pampered, indulged child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora's acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound change. To the horror of the...
- $39.65 AUD
- $39.65 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Wreck of the Whaleship EssexOn the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of thirty had time only to collect some bread and water before pulling away in three...
- $67.95 AUD
- $67.95 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 2, 1923-1925The Letters of Ernest Hemingway documents the life and creative development of a gifted artist and outsized personality whose work would both reflect and transform his times. Volume 2 (1923-1925) illuminates Hemingway's literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris in the 1920s....
- $67.83 AUD
- $67.83 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The New Cambridge Companion to ShakespeareWritten by a team of leading international scholars, this Companion is designed to illuminate Shakespeare's works through discussion of the key topics of Shakespeare studies. Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to recent scholarship and criticism for readers keen to expand their knowledge...
- $105.73 AUD
- $105.73 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The First Part of King Henry IVThe New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second...
- $29.43 AUD
- $29.43 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Cambridge Companion to MachiavelliNiccol Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the iconic names of the Renaissance. The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli brings together sixteen original essays by leading experts, covering his life, his career in...
- $112.28 AUD
- $112.28 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American...
- $67.93 AUD
- $67.93 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Ovid: Heroides: Select EpistlesIn this volume, Professor Knox provides the first full-scale commentary in English in this century on a selection from Ovid's Heroides, a collection of letters in elegiac verse supposedly addressed by heroines of mythology to their absent lovers or husbands. This edition is intended...
- $128.30 AUD
- $128.30 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Pericles, Prince of TyreOver the past two decades there has been a resurgence of theatrical interest in Shakespeare's Pericles, which has been rescued from comparative neglect and is now frequently performed. This development is charted in the introduction to this edition, which differs radically from any other...
- $29.43 AUD
- $29.43 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher MarloweProviding a comprehensive survey of Christopher Marlowe's literary career, this Introduction presents an approachable account of the life, works and influence of the groundbreaking Elizabethan dramatist and poet. It includes in-depth discussions of all of Marlowe's plays, stressing what was new and revolutionary about...
- $64.13 AUD
- $64.13 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Collected Poems of Philip LamantiaThe Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia represents the lifework of the most visionary poet of the American postwar generation. Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) played a major role in shaping the poetics of both the Beat and the Surrealist movements in the United States. First mentored...
- $84.80 AUD
- $84.80 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Homer the Preclassic: Volume 67Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems-in particular the Iliad and Odyssey-during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. Gregory Nagy traces the evolution of rival "Homers" and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual...
- $131.93 AUD
- $131.93 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon SlayerThe Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic epic of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle and a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien and...
- $82.85 AUD
- $82.85 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Mark Twain's Book of Animals: Volume 3Longtime admirers of Mark Twain are aware of how integral animals were to his work as a writer, from his first stories through his final years, including many pieces that were left unpublished at his death. This beautiful volume, illustrated with 30 new images...
- $56.50 AUD
- $56.50 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
On Earth: Last Poems and an EssayRobert Creeley, one of the most significant American poets of the twentieth century, helped define an emerging counter-tradition to the prevailing literary establishment--a postwar poetry originating with Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky and expanding through the lives and works of Charles...
- $70.63 AUD
- $70.63 AUD
- Unit price
- per