Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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In the House of Tom BombadilWhat is Tom Bombadil doing in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ? His bright blue coat and yellow boots seem out of place with the grandeur of the rest of the narrative. "Some of the best insights ever made about J.R.R. Tolkien's...
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Ellmann's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its MakerThe story of the most acclaimed literary biography of the twentieth century--an ingeniously plotted, behind-the-scenes account of how the literary critic and scholar Richard Ellmann shaped James Joyce's reputation. Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, published in 1959, was hailed by Anthony Burgess as "the greatest...
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Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in FictionHailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration from the past and written acclaimed and prizewinning works of historical fiction. In Dust and Light, the first work...
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Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places"I have decided that the trouble with print is, it never changes its mind," writes Ursula Le Guin in her introduction to Dancing at the Edge of the World. But she has, and here is the record of that change in the decade since...
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Constant Reader: The New Yorker Columns 1927-28Dorothy Parker's complete weekly New Yorker column about books and people and the rigors of reviewing. When, in 1927, Dorothy Parker became a book critic for the New Yorker, she was already a legendary wit, a much-quoted member of the Algonquin Round Table, and...
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Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the WorldPowerful and universal retellings of seventy-eight divine stories, legends, and myths from around the world, each accompanied by a gorgeous illustration from acclaimed artist Yoshi Yoshitani. Many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among cultures and generations. In this riveting collection...
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As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare's As You Like It, the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity, now presented by the Folger Shakespeare Library with valuable new tools for educators and dynamic new covers. Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its...
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Any Person Is the Only Self: EssaysContagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of The Unreality of Memory. Who are we when we read? When we journal? Are we more ourselves alone or with friends? Right now or in memory? How...
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American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond"America is the world's biggest haunted house and American Scary is the only travel guide you need. I loved this book." --Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group From the acclaimed...
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A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James SchuylerThe long-awaited biography of the mercurial, troubled, brilliant poet James Schuyler, the Pulitzer Prize winner who helped shape the New York School of poetry in the 1960s.Nathan Kernan's A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler is the definitive biography of the...
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Why I WriteA selection of George Orwell's politically charged essays on language and writing that give context to his dystopian classic, 1984 Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war...
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Too Good to Be Altogether Lost: Rediscovering Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House BooksLaura Ingalls Wilder, author of the well-known Little House series, wrote stories from her childhood because they were "too good to be altogether lost." And those stories seemed far from being lost during the remainder of her lifetime and through most of the twentieth...
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The Voynich ManuscriptThe first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to...
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th-century black protest in America. In this collection of essays, first published...
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The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese FolkloreSignificantly expanded and updated--a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatures haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yōkai, they appear in many forms, from tengu mountain goblins...
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Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Editions - Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain EnglishShakespeare everyone can understand--now in this new EXPANDED edition of ROMEO AND JULIET! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded...
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Reflections on the Revolution in FranceThis new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a generation presented with challenges...
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Orwell's RosesFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography "An exhilarating romp through Orwell's life and times and also through the life and times of roses." --Margaret Atwood "A captivating account of Orwell as gardener,...
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Northanger Abbey'No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.' Northanger Abbey is a comedy about reading and misreading-of books and the world-and about different kinds of peril, both imagined and real. In it,...
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Marx for Cats: A Radical BestiaryAt the outset of Marx for Cats, Leigh Claire La Berge declares that "all history is the history of cat struggle." Revising the medieval bestiary form to meet Marxist critique, La Berge follows feline footprints through Western economic history to reveal an animality at...
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