Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of ManyAuthor: HillmanPublisher: Kent State University PressPublished: 12/19/2023Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9781606354711About the AuthorThomas P. Hillman is a retired scholar and teacher of classics whose work on J. R. R. Tolkien has appeared in Tolkien Studies and in presentations...
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Palestine as MetaphorPalestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poet's personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwish's conception of...
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Look Back in AngerJimmy Porter, frustrated and bitter in his drab flat, lives with his middle-class wife, Alison. Also sharing the flat is Cliff who keeps things tenuously together. Alison's friend Helen arrives and persuades her to leave Jimmy only to fall for him herself. When Alison...
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Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do"If this book isn't a minor classic--and one uses the term 'minor' only because it is so gorgeously funny and not ponderous enough to be a major--well, one doesn't know what book is. Let's compromise and just call it a classic." --Will Cuppy, New...
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I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading LifeFor so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we...
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I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2As the second volume of S. T. Joshi's comprehensive biography of H. P. Lovecraft begins, we find Lovecraft dwelling in misery in a one-room apartment in Brooklyn Heights: his wife, Sonia, has had to move to the Midwest for work, and he must rely...
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Goodbye TsugumiBanana Yoshimoto's novels of young life in Japan have made her an international sensation. Goodbye Tsugumi is an offbeat story of a deep and complicated friendship between two female cousins that ranks among her best work. Maria is the only daughter of an unmarried...
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Forty-Three Ways of Looking at HemingwayThe multifaceted, cubist, and comprehensive perspective of Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway appears on the fortieth anniversary of Meyers's magisterial biography of Hemingway. This approach has never before been used to illustrate the complexity of his character, the range of his interests, and...
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Faeries, Sprites & Malevolent Spirits: An Anthology of Classic Poetry & StoriesA captivating collection of dark poetry and prose, perfect for fans of gothic romantasy and twisted horror. Step into the enchanting realm of Faeries Sprites & Malevolent Spirits, where the exquisite beauty and treacherous allure of the unseelie court come to life through classic...
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Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920sThe adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "the lost generation", are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Cowley and others "escaped" to Europe, as...
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Early PoemsBeloved American poet Robert Frost's first three books, in one collection This volume presents Frost's first three books, masterful and innovative collections that contain some of his best-known poems, including "Mowing," "Mending Wall," "After Apple-Picking," "Home Burial," "The Oven Bird," "Birches," and "The Road...
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Bibliophile: Diverse SpinesIt's time to diversify your reading list. This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper (founder of the...
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Between Interpretation and Imagination: C. S. Lewis and the BibleA New Testament scholar illuminates C. S. Lewis's writings on the BibleIn this highly original study, New Testament scholar Leslie Baynes illuminates C. S. Lewis's writing on the Bible. She reveals never-before-published notes, written by Lewis in books that he owned, that offer unique...
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A Treasury of Yiddish Stories: Revised and Updated EditionFifty-two Yiddish short stories describe life in the shetl and other aspects of the Jewish experience, and include works produced by Jewish writers during the last two centuries.Author: Irving HowePublisher: Penguin BooksPublished: 12/01/1990Pages: 688Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.16w x 1.18dISBN: 9780140144192About the...
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A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript EditionEvery year at the holidays, the historic Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan displays one of the crown jewels of its extraordinary collection: the original manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, with its detailed emendations, deletions, and insertions in Dickens's own hand. Here,...
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13 Ways of Looking at the NovelFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that "inspires wicked delight." --Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFrom classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to fiction...
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Words I Wish I WroteIn Words I Wish I Wrote, Robert Fulghum reveals the works of writers who have inspired him. During the past four decades he's reviewed and revised the basic principles of his philosophy many times, sometimes as an exercise in personal growth, but more often...
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Tyrant: Shakespeare on PoliticsExamining the psyche--and psychoses--of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, and Coriolanus, Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the disasters visited upon the societies over which these characters rule. Tyrant shows that Shakespeare's...
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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth"Fascinating, gorgeously illustrated and thought-provoking. . . . [A] masterful book."--Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post A lavishly illustrated look at the locales familiar to J. R. R. Tolkien, the creator of Middle-earth This book takes you to the places that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien...
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The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's CreationNo writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his Middle-earth--a world that has felt so real to so many readers that it is almost impossible to imagine that any single person could have simply created it, seemingly out...
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