Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden CityTravel with an Intrepid Explorer into the Heart of TibetMy Journey to Lhasa is a riveting account of one woman's determination to achieve her goal in the face of numerous formidable obstacles. Written in 1927 by Alexandra David-Neel, a French-Belgian explorer and spiritualist, the...
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Modernism in the Peripheral Metropolis: Form, Crisis and the City in Latin AmericaThis book shows how Latin American writers and artists in the crisis-decades of the 1920s and 1930s used modernist techniques to explore national issues in relation to global capitalism. Drawing on a rich interdisciplinary archive of novels, poetry, essays, photography, and architecture, it includes...
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Misrecognitions: Plotting Capital in the Victorian NovelMisrecognitions mounts a vigorous defense of the labyrinthine plotting of Victorian novels, notorious for their implausible concluding revelations and coincidences. Critics have long decried Victorian recognition scenes--the reunions and retroactive discoveries of identity that too conveniently bring the story to a close--as regrettable contrivances....
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MazaltobA first-ever English translation of a compelling work by a forerunner of modern Sephardi feminist literature. Raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century, sixteen-year-old Mazaltob finds herself betrothed to José, an uncouth man from her...
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Language of Fiction: Essays in Criticism and Verbal Analysis of the English Novel"The Language of Fiction" was the first book of criticism by the novelist David Lodge. In it he established a fresh approach to the appreciation of literature that focuses the reader's attention on the significance of language. This edition has a new foreword from...
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Knowing Me Knowing You "Take A Walk With Me""Knowing Me, Knowing You" by Elizabeth Murphy, Ed.D. is a profound exploration of human personality and the art of understanding oneself and others. Dr. Murphy delves deep into the intricacies of personality development, emphasizing the interplay between introversion and extraversion, sensing and intuition, and...
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Instrument of Memory: Encounters with the Wandering JewHow can immortality be a curse? According to the Wandering Jew legend, as Jesus made his way to Calvary, a man refused him rest, cruelly taunting him to hurry to meet his fate. In response, Jesus cursed the man to wander until the Second...
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I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So WellLiterary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Winner of the 2016 Essay Collection Competition. Growing up queer in Florida in the 1980s, James Allen Hall's life has taken him to places that high culture rarely treads. Losing their once-thriving family business in the pre-crash 2000s, his broke...
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If I Were A Racist: Exploring racism in music teaching'If I Were A Racist' is a thought-provoking examination of racism within music education. Delving into the portrayal of Africa, the intersections of European Classical music with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, DEI and notation, this book offers critical insights and socio-historical context to understand...
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Homer: The Odyssey MapThe locations mentioned in the Odyssey have long been debated. Already in ancient times, there were different opinions about where the places visited by Odysseus were located. This illustrated map shows Odysseus' adventurous journey with various alternative locations along the route. The map also...
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Historical Dictionary of Fantasy LiteratureFantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire,...
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Handbook of Historical Japanese LinguisticsThis volume will be the first full-length exploration in any language of the details of the history of the Japanese language written by experts in the different subfields of linguistics. Overall, while including factual and background information, the volume will focus on presenting original...
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Guilty Aesthetic PleasuresIn the wake of radical social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, literary studies' embrace of politics entailed a widespread rejection of aesthetic considerations. For scholars invested in literature's role in supporting or challenging dominant ideologies, appreciating literature's formal beauty seemed frivolous and irresponsible,...
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Girls Who Wore Black: Women Writing the Beat GenerationWhat do we know about the women who played an important role in creating the literature of the Beat Generation? Until recently, very little. Studies of the movement have effaced or excluded women writers, such as Elise Cowen, Joyce Johnson, Joanne Kyger, Hettie Jones,...
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Genetic Inroads into the Art of James JoyceThis book is a treasure trove comprising core writings from Hans Walter Gabler's seminal work on James Joyce, spanning fifty years from the analysis of composition he undertook towards a critical text of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, through the...
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Gaming the Stage: Playable Media and the Rise of English Commercial TheaterRich connections between gaming and theater stretch back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when England's first commercial theaters appeared right next door to gaming houses and blood-sport arenas. In the first book-length exploration of gaming in the early modern period, Gina Bloom shows...
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Exacting Clam No. 12: Spring 2024The Discerning Mollusk's Guide to Arts and Ideas. Contributions by Roberta Allen, Iván Argüelles, Jesi Bender, Christopher Boucher, Ian Boulton, S.T. Brant, Marvin Cohen, Robert Crooke, Timothy Dodd, Andrew Farkas, Dave Fitzgerald, Daniel Fraser, Ellen Harrold, Tomoé Hill, D.A. Hosek, Vivian Ia, Paul Kavanagh,...
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English Common Law In The Early American Colonies (1899)English Common Law in the Early American Colonies is a historical book written by Paul Samuel Reinsch and published in 1899. The book explores the impact of English common law on the early American colonies, particularly in the areas of governance, legal systems, and...
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Enchanted Wales: Myth and Magic in Welsh StorytellingDelve into the ancient roots of Welsh mythology, exploring sculptures, carvings, and artifacts that were made at least a thousand years before evidence of them was written down. The magical world of Welsh mythology deserves to be better known outside its homeland. With its...
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De ProfundisOscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer and poet who distinguished himself as a leader of London's school of Aesthetics in the late nineteenth century. He became famous for his long hair, flamboyant dress, green carnations and colorful, biting wit. His successful novels, social...
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