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  • Warrior Women and Trans Warriors: Performing Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature by Castellanos Gonella, Carolina
    Warrior Women and Trans Warriors: Performing Masculinities in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature
    Latin American literature has depicted warrior woman and trans warrior characters in armed conflicts, but literary critics have not paid much attention to their empowerment. They also have critiqued these characters using traditional gender binary concepts or have viewed their access to power as...
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  • Understanding Lynn Nottage by Hayes, Jennifer L.
    Understanding Lynn Nottage
    The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. In settings ranging from seventeenth-century France (Las Meninas) to twenty-first century conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ruined) and at a...
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  • Transnationalism in Irish Literature and Culture by Parsons, C?il?n
    Transnationalism in Irish Literature and Culture
    Transnationalism in Irish Literature and Culture offers a wide-ranging set of essays exploring the travels of Irish literature and culture over the last century and more. The essays focus on writers and artists whose work has been taken up and re-read overseas; on cultural...
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  • Three Myths of Kingship in Early Greece and the Ancient Near East by Metcalf, Christopher
    Three Myths of Kingship in Early Greece and the Ancient Near East
    On the basis of recently discovered sources and original research, this book identifies and analyses three story-patterns associated with human kingship in early Greek and ancient Near Eastern myth. The first of these, the 'Myth of the Servant', was used to explain how an...
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  • The War Comes with You: Enduring War in Life, Fiction, and Fantasy by Peebles, Stacey
    The War Comes with You: Enduring War in Life, Fiction, and Fantasy
    How do we tell twenty-first-century war stories when the wars seem to go on forever? In the post-2011 surge of war stories published in America and Iraq, the defining characteristic is the depiction of combat violence that crosses borders, overtakes civilian spaces, and disrupts...
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  • The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia: Alfonso X's General Estoria by Alegre, Juan Udaondo
    The Spanish Hermes and Wisdom Traditions in Medieval Iberia: Alfonso X's General Estoria
    A captivating study of translation, adaptation, and intellectual cross-pollination that situates the Castilian Hermes in the center of medieval Mediterranean cultural exchange Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic conflation of the Greek Hermes (god of interpretative wisdom) and the Egyptian Thoth (god of wisdom) was considered...
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  • The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong by Orr, David
    The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong
    A cultural "biography" of Robert Frost's beloved poem, arguably the most popular piece of American literature "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . ." One hundred years after its first publication in August 1915, Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is...
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    The Re-Center Method Natural Diet Salad Book: Celebrate the Joy of Salad International Recipes from 7 Continents to boost your metabolism in Just 21 D
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  • The Oxford Chaucer: Volumes 1 and 2 by Cannon, Christopher
    The Oxford Chaucer: Volumes 1 and 2
    This authoritative edition of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer presents Chaucer's works for a new generation of students, and for a wide range of general readers. It provides all that undergraduates and graduate students will need to understand and appreciate Chaucer in his...
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  • The New Nineteenth-Century American Literary Studies by Castronovo, Russ
    The New Nineteenth-Century American Literary Studies
    The New Nineteenth-Century American Literary Studies takes stock of critical developments over the past twenty years, offering a fresh examination of key interpretative issues in this field. In eclectic fashion, it presents a wide range of new approaches in such areas as print and...
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  • The Lost Libraries of Tunis: Book Culture of Ḥafṣid Ifrīqiya and Arabic Manuscripts in Europe After the Sack of Tunis (1535) by Hinrichsen, Laura
    The Lost Libraries of Tunis: Book Culture of Ḥafṣid Ifrīqiya and Arabic Manuscripts in Europe After the Sack of Tunis (1535)
    Only little is known about the book culture of Tunis, although the city had been a centre for teaching and learning throughout Ḥafṣid rule in Ifrīqiya (c. 1230 to 1574). The libraries of Tunis are considered lost since the sack of the city by...
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  • The Kingdom of God: A 2,000-Year Deception by Werb, M. L.
    The Kingdom of God: A 2,000-Year Deception
    Near then and here now...Jesus references within the Gospels that the Kingdom of God is near, as does John the Baptist. Many in Scripture had encountered the Kingdom of God. God is spirit and resides within His domain, His Kingdom. He reached out many...
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  • The Inwardness of Things: Joseph Conrad and the Voice of Poetry by Baldwin, Debra
    The Inwardness of Things: Joseph Conrad and the Voice of Poetry
    The Inwardness of Things considers Joseph Conrad as a modern voice in an ancient and enduring quarrel between the poets and the philosophers. Beginning from the polemical poetics of his 1897 preface, Debra Romanick Baldwin focuses on Conrad's distinctively poetic "inward" approach to truth...
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  • The Dynamics of Paratextuality in Late Antique Literature: Stumbling Texts by Guerra, Christian
    The Dynamics of Paratextuality in Late Antique Literature: Stumbling Texts
    Through an examination of paratextuality in late antique literature, this collection of essays reconsiders the importance of the written material that appears in the margins of ancient poetic texts. Paratexts such as headings, prefaces, letters et al. have largely been skimmed over or completely...
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  • The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness: The Legacies of German Philosophy in the Kyoto School by Moss, Gregory S.
    The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness: The Legacies of German Philosophy in the Kyoto School
    The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness investigates the appropriations, critiques, and innovative interpretations of German philosophy by the Kyoto School, showing how central concepts of German philosophical traditions found a place within non-Western frameworks such as Zen and Pure Land Buddhism, thereby transcending the original...
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  • The Common Reader, First Series by Woolf, Virginia
    The Common Reader, First Series
    A brilliant exploration of literature, The Common Reader, First Series by Virginia Woolf offers incisive essays on authors, books, and the art of reading. With her keen intellect and elegant prose, Woolf guides readers through a rich tapestry of literary history, making complex ideas...
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  • The Cambridge Introduction to Literary Posthumanism by Tabbi, Joseph
    The Cambridge Introduction to Literary Posthumanism
    At a time when scholars in both literary and scientific disciplines are advancing the term posthumanism, this book offers a through-line. Beginning with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and continuing into the post-print, born-digital excursions of Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, this literary introduction defines posthumanism and...
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  • The Cambridge Companion to Romanticism and Race by Chander, Manu Samriti
    The Cambridge Companion to Romanticism and Race
    Author: Manu Samriti ChanderPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 11/28/2024Pages: 286Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781009180160This title is not returnable
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  • The Cambridge Companion to Literature in a Digital Age by Hammond, Adam
    The Cambridge Companion to Literature in a Digital Age
    Literature has experienced two great medium shifts, each with profound implications for its forms, genres, and cultures: that from orality to writing, and that from writing to printing. Today we are experiencing a third shift, from printed to digital forms. As with the previous...
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  • The Call of Albion: Protestants, Jesuits, and British Literature in Poland-Lithuania, 1567-1775 by Hanusiewicz-Lavallee, Miroslawa
    The Call of Albion: Protestants, Jesuits, and British Literature in Poland-Lithuania, 1567-1775
    An in-depth look at British-Polish literary pre-Enlightenment contacts, The Call of Albion explores how the reverberations of British religious upheavals in distant Poland-Lithuania surprisingly served to strengthen the impact of English, Scottish, and Welsh works on Polish literature. This book argues that Jesuits played...
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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?

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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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