Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of FreedomIn this part-memoir, part-manifesto, an acclaimed poet interprets Black radical literary traditions to reimagine freedom through refusal. "In these fierce yet tender pages, Camonghne Felix reveals how imagination can become a form of governance--an instrument for creating a world rooted in care, community, and...
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Letters from ToveA virtual memoir in letters by the beloved creator of the Moomins Tove Jansson's works, even her famed Moomin books, fairly teem with letters of one kind or another, from messages bobbing in bottles to whole epistolary novels. Fortunately for her countless readers, her...
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Irish RomanticismAuthor: Claire ConnollyPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/11/2025Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54dISBN: 9781107579538About the AuthorConnolly, Claire: - Claire Connolly is Professor of Modern English at University College Cork. She is the author of the award-winning A Cultural History of the...
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Into the Heart of Middle-Earth - A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings: A Spiritual Journey for the Hobbit at HeartAre you quite ready for a new adventure?Into the Heart of Middle-earth is a spiritual companion to The Lord of the Rings--an invitation to journey through J. R. R. Tolkien's epic tale with fresh eyes and a faithful heart. Written by Kaitlyn Facista, creator...
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Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected PoemsFrom Cornelius Eady, one of America's most engaging voices, comes an exciting collection of poetry that at once delineates the arc of the poet's universe and highlights the range of his considerable talents. Cornelius Eady's poems show him in full control of his considerable...
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Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of ProgressIn this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind.With her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, Cazzie reflects on the delusions that laid waste to her twenties...
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Banning Books in America: Not a How-ToThis is a book about banned books in the U.S. - about reading them, teaching them, and lending them under the shadow of political pressure not to. Banning Books in America features novelists on banning and being banned, arguments about the histories and politics...
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Wildness: Henry David Thoreau and the Making of an American TheologyIn and through his experience of nature, Henry David Thoreau imagined and developed a distinctly American theology of the wild.In Wildness: Henry David Thoreau and the Making of an American Theology, Lydia Willsky-Ciollo articulates how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting...
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Who's Allowed to Protest?WHO'S ALLOWED TO PROTEST? is the essential guide for understanding why some political voices are amplified, others are silenced, and how the fight over "who's too elite" to dissent will determine our democratic fates. Why do charges of "privilege" haunt every new protest wave?...
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Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TiktokAs a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans. However, at age 32, with big dreams and few tools to actualize them, he dedicated himself to learning...
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Tributaries: Essays & Verses Flowing From & Celebrating Favorite PoemsIn Tributaries, Kurt Luchs chooses twenty poems that hold vital meaning for him as a reader and writer-many, but not all, recognized as classics-and pays twofold tribute to them. First, he explores each poem with a deep-diving personal essay on how the poet works...
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The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We LoveA journey into the unique spaces where some of literature's greatest writers created their most memorable works Virginia Woolf famously wrote in A Room of One's Own that "it is necessary to have five hundred a year and a room with a lock on...
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The Way of Dante: Going Through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven with C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles WilliamsRediscovering Dante with Lewis, Sayers, and WilliamsFor centuries, readers have marveled at the imaginative brilliance of authors like C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams. But what inspired these literary giants? The Way of Dante takes you on a journey of discovering...
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The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and JouissanceA lucid guide through the labyrinth of Lacanian theory This book provides an illuminating account of the theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Guiding readers through many facets of Lacanian theory, Bruce Fink unpacks such central notions as the Other,...
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The Common ReaderWoolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as "Modern Fiction" and "The Modern Essay." Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.Author: Virginia WoolfPublisher: Mariner Books ClassicsPublished: 11/04/2002Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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The Body of Language: EsperruquancluzelubelouzerireluAn erudite exploration of transgressive language from the Renaissance by one of Europe's greatest living philosophers. This book explores how early modern authors broke linguistic boundaries, creating new words and languages that challenged traditional grammar and lexicon, providing historical insight into today's debates on...
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Study Guide to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, considered one of the most acclaimed achievements to date in the world of literature. As a philosophical novel set against a modernizing, nineteenth-century Russia, Dostoyevsky's last work...
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Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary EditionThis classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. The 3rd edition sees the addition of a short preface, further reading section,...
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Franz Kafka: The DrawingsThe first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka's graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings "The figures he drew stand alone as stories in themselves."--Lauren Christensen, New York Times Book Review "A sensational new book [that] reveals these hitherto hidden...
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Daughter of Mother-Of-PearlMollusks' innermost selves are absolute secrets because, not only do they hide in shells or distant habitats, but also that's just how it is with innermost selves. Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl collects Mandy-Suzanne Wong's reminiscences, dreams, investigations, and experiments in being with small invertebrates whose...
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