Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic MythThe definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology,...
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The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and PracticeA wide-ranging gathering of 34 brief essays and 66 prose poems by distinguished practitioners, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry is as personal and provocative, accessible and idiosyncratic as the genre itself. The essayists discuss their craft, influences, and experiences, all...
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The Origin of Others"The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison's accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world." --Nell Irvin Painter, New Republic America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear,...
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The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the WestA compact abridgment of the legendary Chinese classic that inspired the hit game Black Myth: Wukong! Anthony C. Yu's celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years...
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The Medieval Mind of C. S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great MindMany readers know C. S. Lewis as the fantasy writer of the Chronicles of Narnia or the apologist of Mere Christianity. But few know how deeply Lewis was formed by medieval authors like Dante and Boethius and how he saw their worldviews' relevance to...
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The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien InventedThe classic guide to the tongues of elves, dwarves, hobbits, and men--and an examination of the fourteen languages created by J.R.R. Tolkien and spoken throughout his beloved Middle-earthJ.R.R. Tolkien is known worldwide as writer of the fantasy classics The Hobbit and The Lord of...
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The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the InternetA 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE PROSE AWARDS MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024 The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present - and draws out lessons for the age to come. The age of print...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Norton Critical EditionThis Norton Critical Edition includes: An expanded translation from the Akkadian by Benjamin R. Foster based on new discoveries, adding lines throughout the world's oldest epic masterpiece. Benjamin R. Foster's full introduction and expanded explanatory annotations. Eleven illustrations. Analogues from the Sumerian and Hittite...
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The Bible Reexamined: Eve Is a Hero, Mary Is Not a Virgin, Jesus Is Not the WayThis book presents several counterintuitive interpretations of classical biblical texts: Creation as a parable, not exposition. Eve as a hero, not a villain. Love, not Jesus, as the way the truth and the life. The gospels as sectarian tracts, not history. The book also...
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The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and IllustrationsPublished to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems--ranging from character sketches and notebook pages to...
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The Apocalypse of ElijahAuthor: Albert PietersmaPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublished: 01/01/1981Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.32dISBN: 9780891303732This title is not returnable
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Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being HumanNATIONAL BESTSELLER - What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and the X-Men--the list of names as familiar as our own. They are on our movie and television...
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Romeo and Juliet In Plain and Simple English: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)Love. Feuds. Secret plans. Tragedy. Romeo and Juliet has it all-but the language can be hard to follow if you're not used to reading Shakespeare.Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories ever written-but that doesn't mean it's easy to read....
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Reading ColoradoTake a drive into the literary landscapes of Colorado. Meet Kent Haruf's bachelor farmers in the Eastern Plains, ford the South Platte with Mark Twain, rail against nuclear weapons with Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg, hitch a ride to Denver with Jack Kerouac, climb...
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Proofs and TheoriesWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureProofs and Theories, winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Non-Fiction, is an illuminating collection of essays by Louise Glück, one of this country's most brilliant poets.Like her poems, the prose of Glück, who won the Pulitzer...
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O Pioneers!Willa Cather said that O Pioneers! was her first authentic novel, "the first time I walked off on my own feet-everything before was half real and half an imitation of writers whom I admired." Cather's novel of life on the Nebraska frontier established her...
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Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live InA new edition of a major work of literary and cultural criticism restores C. L. R. James's reflections about Moby Dick and political persecution. Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist, and cricket enthusiast, C. L. R. James (1901-89) was a brilliant polymath who was...
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Macbeth: The New Oxford Shakespeare'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?' Dark and violent, Macbeth is a restless, haunting exploration of the human costs of violence and power. One of the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's plays, Macbeth has endured as a psychologically...
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Laozi's DAO de Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative TimeA fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics--the foundational work of Daoism--by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text. Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a...
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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in BetweenThe New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an...
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