Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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In the Neighborhood: Women's Publication in Early AmericaIn this compelling and original book, Caroline Wigginton reshapes our understanding of early American literary history. Overturning long-standing connections between the male-dominated print culture of pamphlets, broadsides, and newspapers and the transformative ideas that instigated the American Revolution, Wigginton explores how women's relational publications--circulated...
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Zen in English Literature and Oriental ClassicsIt was R.H Blyth's belief that "all that is good in European literature and culture is simply and solely that which is in accordance with the Spirit of Zen." He thereafter applied himself to the task of searching the writings of East and West...
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Awakening Higher Consciousness: Guidance from Ancient Egypt and SumerExplains the relevance of ancient myths to the awakening to higher states of consciousness and enlivened experience of the world - Shows how higher consciousness can arise within each of us by following the guidance found in ancient myths - Reveals how myths influence...
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Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack KirbyJack Kirby (1917-1994) is one of the most influential and popular artists in comics history. With Stan Lee, he created the Fantastic Four and defined the drawing and narrative style of Marvel Comics from the 1960s to the present day. Kirby is credited with...
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The New Negro: An Interpretation2015 Reprint of 1925 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Alain Locke is the acknowledged father of the Harlem Renaissance. A highly educated man and the first African to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, Locke served as...
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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology2011 Reprint of 1914 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Otto Rank, (1884--1939), was an Austrian psychologist who was part of Sigmund Freud's inner circle. This early monograph by Rank is a groundbreaking application of the psychoanalytic...
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Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi ExplodedA Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist explores the weird and wild story of when rock 'n' roll met the sci-fi world of the 1970sAs the 1960s drew to a close, and mankind trained its telescopes on other worlds, old conventions gave way to...
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Resurrection from the Underground: Feodor DostoevskyIn a fascinating analysis of critical themes in Feodor Dostoevsky's work, Ren Girard explores the implications of the Russian author's "underground," a site of isolation, alienation, and resentment. Brilliantly translated, this book is a testament to Girard's remarkable engagement with Dostoevsky's work, through which...
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A Blake Dictionary: The Ideas and Symbols of William BlakeWilliam Blake, poet, artist, and mystic, created a vast multidimensional universe through his verse and art. Spun from a fabric of symbolism and populated by a host of complex characters, Blake's comprehensive world has provided endless inspiration to subsequent generations. For the reader of...
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The Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus ChristIn twelve plays for broadcasting at monthly intervals, Dorothy L. Sayers drew on material from all four Gospels, keeping the theme of Jesus of Nazareth's divine kingship in focus throughout, while locating him firmly in the social and political context of his time. The...
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The Great Books: A Journey Through 2,500 Years of the West's Classic LiteratureAnyone Can Read the Great Books . . . with a Little Help "An illuminating, learned, well-written, and entertaining survey of the giants of world literature. Busy people, and especially the young, will be grateful for this useful and concise introduction." --Paul Johnson Not...
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I Am Myself: A Woman Growing Up with Tourette SyndromeIn I Am Myself, Thersea Borrelli recounts her journey from a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome in childhood, to a state of acceptance. At first, Theresa developed an attitude that was defensive, and critical of the doctors who treated her. Slowly, as a young adult,...
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Big Energy Poets: Ecopoetry Thinks Climate ChangeLiterary Nonfiction. California Interest. Contributors include: Stephen Collis, CAConrad, Matthew Cooperman & Aby Kaupang, Adam Dickinson, Suzi F. Garcia, Brenda Hillman, Brenda Iijima, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Lucas de Lima, Eric Magrane, Joyelle McSweeney, Julie Patton, Craig Santos Perez, Evelyn Reilly, Linda Russo, Metta...
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The Mythic Dimension: Selected Essays 1959-1987In these pages, the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging, and brilliant essays gathered together for the first time. The essays explore myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday...
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The Comics Journal Library Vol. 10: The EC Artists Part 2No comics publisher has had a greater impact -- or generated more controversy -- than the immensely influential EC Comics. The second and concluding volume of conversations with the creators behind the EC war/horror/science fiction/suspense line brings The Comics Journal's definitive interviews together with...
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The Sweet and the Bitter: Death and Dying in J. R. R. Tolkien's the Lord of the RingsIn 1956, J. R. R. Tolkien famously stated that the real theme of The Lord of the Rings was Death and Immortality. The deaths that underscore so much of the subject matter of Tolkien's masterpiece have a great deal to teach us. From the...
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Reading Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea: Glossary and CommentaryThe Old Man and the Sea is a deceptively simple work. An old man goes fishing. He catches a giant marlin after much struggle. Sharks attack and destroy the fish. The old man is left with the bare bones of the fish--a Monday morning...
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The System of ComicsThe System of Comics by Thierry Groensteen translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen. This edition of Thierry Groensteen's The System of Comics makes available in English a groundbreaking work on comics by one of the medium's foremost scholars. In this book, originally published...
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Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of ThinkingThe Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking brings together contributions from established and emerging scholars about the comics of Chicago-based cartoonist Chris Ware (b. 1967). Both inside and outside academic circles, Ware's work is rapidly being distinguished as essential to...
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Mark Twain's Civil War: The Private History of a Campaign That FailedFrom the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed." Twenty years after Appomattox, Twain published a highly fictionalized account of his two-week stint in the Confederate Army. Ostensibly this...
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