Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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After Django: Making Jazz in Postwar FranceHow did French musicians and critics interpret jazz--that quintessentially American music--in the mid-twentieth century? How far did players reshape what they learned from records and visitors into more local jazz forms, and how did the music figure in those angry debates that so often...
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On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of Al-Andalus"With extraordinary linguistic range, Calderwood brings us the voices of Arabs and Muslims who have turned to the distant past of Spain to imagine their future."--Hussein Fancy, Yale University How the memory of Muslim Iberia shapes art and politics from New York and Cordoba...
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Testimonia. OriginesAncient Rome's original archconservative. M. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC), one of the best-known figures of the middle Roman Republic, remains legendary for his political and military career, especially his staunch opposition to Carthage; his modest way of life; his integrity of character and austere...
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Orations. Other FragmentsAncient Rome's original archconservative. M. Porcius Cato (234-149 BC), one of the best-known figures of the middle Roman Republic, remains legendary for his political and military career, especially his staunch opposition to Carthage; his modest way of life; his integrity of character and austere...
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Twelve Angry MenTV Script for the Emmy-award-winning courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men, concerning the jury of a homicide trial. It explores the deliberations of a jury of a homicide trial, in which a dozen "men with ties and a coat" decide the fate of a teenager...
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The Jane Austen Handbook: Proper Life Skills from Regency EnglandBridgerton fans and Jane Austen neophytes will be bewitched, body and soul, by this fun, informative guide to the nuances of life in Regency England Every young lady dreams of a life spent exchanging witty asides with a dashing Mr. Darcy, but how should...
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Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City CultureWhile analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City...
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A Description of Acquaintance: The Letters of Laura Riding and Gertrude Stein, 1927-1930Gertrude Stein and Laura Riding enjoyed a fascinating if brief three-year friendship via correspondence between 1927 and 1930, and in A Description of Acquaintance, Logan Esdale and Jane Malcolm make the letters available to a larger audience for the first time. Riding and Stein...
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Book Buddies: Don't Talk to Me While I'm Reading!A Perfect Gift for Book Lovers Book Buddies: Don't Talk to Me While I'm Reading is a beautifully illustrated celebration of all things bookworm--from the sweet to the snarky, including puns, inspirational quotes, trivia, and other delights. A playful illustration of an owl in...
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Reconfiguring Modernism: Explorations in the Relationship Between Modern Art and Modern LiteratureReconfiguring Modernism explores the relationship between modern literature and modern art. Spanning the high modernist period between the late-nineteenth century and World War 2, the cultural interrelationships between painters such as Manet, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Picasso, and writers such as James, Conrad, Eliot and...
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Reading Joyce's UlyssesReissued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday, Reading Joyce's 'Ulysses' includes a new preface taking account of scholarly and critical development since its original publication. It shows how the now important issues of post-colonialism, feminism, Irish Studies and urban culture are addressed within...
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The Making of Shakespeare's First FolioA revised and updated edition of Shakespeare's First Folio that explains the significance of the iconic publication. The Making of Shakespeare's First Folio offers the first comprehensive biography of the earliest collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. In November 1623, the book arrived in the...
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Una Habitación Propia / A Room of One's OwnEl ensayo sobre la condición de la mujer que se ha convertido en un icono de la literatura y del feminismo. «Virginia Woolf es dios, nadie ha escrito mejor. --Milena Busquets Considerado uno de los textos fundadores del feminismo moderno, Una habitación propia (1929)...
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NonbinaryThis autotheoretical Element, written in the tense space between feminist and trans theory, argues that movement between 'woman' and 'nonbinary' is possible, affectively and politically. In fact, a nonbinary structure of feeling has been central in the history of feminist thought, such as in...
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The Foreign Connection: Writings on Poetry, Art and TranslationThe word 'foreign' has gathered hostile associations but its Latin root - foris: a door - is close to the spirit of these writings which explore openings and connections across and within artforms, eras, cultures and languages. McKendrick traces a series of dynamic, often...
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Crisis: The Theatre RespondsThis new book by Dr Carol Rocamora (New York University's Tisch School of the Arts) explores the courageous playwrights of the world who used the stage as a platform to address crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. From Bertolt Brecht to present day...
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Eastward Ho: Chapman, Jonson and MarstonScholarly and detailed annotations. Provides a thorough sense of the plays background and content. Full and comprehensive introduction.Author: R. W. Van FossenPublisher: Manchester University PressPublished: 03/11/1999Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.46w x 0.88dISBN: 9780719030925About the AuthorR. W. Van Fossen is Professor of...
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The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation2014 ACKER AWARD WINNER Anyone who cares to understand the literary and cultural ferment of America in the later twentieth century must be familiar with the writings and lives of those scruffy bohemians known as the Beat Generation. In this highly entertaining work, Bill...
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The Vorkosigan CompanionFirst Time in Paperback for the Book That Thousands of Fans of Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan Have Been Waiting For. Lois McMaster Bujold's best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award....
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Accustomed to Obedience?: Classical Ionia and the Aegean World, 480-294 BceMany histories of Ancient Greece center their stories on Athens, but what would that history look like if they didn't? There is another way to tell this story, one that situates Greek history in terms of the relationships between smaller Greek cities and in...
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