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  • Pearl by Stanbury, Sarah
    Pearl
    Pearl resists identification by author, date, occasion, or place of composition; still it is almost unanimously hailed as one of the masterpieces of our literature, so skilled is its author, so eloquent its language. It is a story, according to Sarah Stanbury, "of crossing-over,...
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  • Otherworldly Mothering: The Maternal Grammar of Black Women's Writing, 1970-1990 by Ceschia, Marika
    Otherworldly Mothering: The Maternal Grammar of Black Women's Writing, 1970-1990
    Otherworldly Mothering argues that literary works by Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, and Toni Cade Bambara reimagine subjectivity in processual and relational terms through a rewriting of maternal praxis, a technique that unveils the historical continuities between antebellum and neoliberal America....
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  • Novios de Federico, Los by de Dalmases, Pablo
    Novios de Federico, Los
    Author: Pablo de DalmasesPublisher: AlmuzaraPublished: 09/24/2024Pages: 324Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9788419387912Language: Spanish
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  • Nobre Alcorao: Portuguese by Noaha Foundation
    Nobre Alcorao: Portuguese
    Nobre Alcorao in Portuguese: Translation Nobre Alcorao]. O Alcor o a maior d diva de Deus humanidade e a sua sabedoria de uma esp cie nica, exposto, em termos breves, o prop sito do Livro consiste em ser o recepitor das revela es divinas,...
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  • Murder in the West End Volume II (hardback): The Plays of Agatha Christie and Her Disciples by Kabatchnik, Amnon
    Murder in the West End Volume II (hardback): The Plays of Agatha Christie and Her Disciples
    During the first two decades of the twentieth century, only a few criminous plays premiered in London's West End. The Tragedy of Nan (1908), by John Masefield, is the story of Nan Hardwick, whose father was hung for stealing sheep and she moves in...
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  • Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, 1837-1871 by Dittmer, Nicole C.
    Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, 1837-1871
    Offering an ecofeminist approach to the interdisciplinary readings of the early-to-mid Victorian Gothic of both canonical narratives and ephemeral penny bloods and dreadfuls, Dittmer identifies assumed "monstrous" women as monistic mind-body figurations, who reject social confines and reclaim nature.Author: Nicole C. DittmerPublisher: Rlpg/GalleysPublished: 04/08/2024Pages:...
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  • Medieval Outlaws: Twelve Tales in Modern English Translation by Ohlgren, Thomas H.
    Medieval Outlaws: Twelve Tales in Modern English Translation
    Description Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Dillinger, and Al Capone were all are criminals who robbed and killed, yet they were considered good outlaws, celebrated in sensational newspapers, newsreels, and dime novels of the day, and later in film and television, for their...
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  • Jane Austen and the Creation of Modern Fiction: Six Novels in "a Style Entirely New" by Hemingway, Collins
    Jane Austen and the Creation of Modern Fiction: Six Novels in "a Style Entirely New"
    Jane Austen's creative process has been largely unexamined. This book explores her development as a writer: what she adapted from tradition for her needs; what she learned novel to novel; how she used that learning in future works; and how her ultimate mastery of...
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  • H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book: Weirdly Illustrated by Lovecraft, H. P.
    H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book: Weirdly Illustrated
    Acclaimed artist Michael Bukowski takes the weird scribbled entries in H.P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book that formed the foundation of the author's more infamous stories and creates a memorable addition to any bookshelf devoted to the weird. Featuring a mix of full-color spreads and cleverly...
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  • Heroes for an Age of Anxiety: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Huntley, Dana
    Heroes for an Age of Anxiety: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
    Author: Dana HuntleyPublisher: Central Park South PublishingPublished: 08/06/2024Pages: 228Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52dISBN: 9781956452709
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  • Glorious Bodies: Trans Theology and Renaissance Literature by Gordon, Colby
    Glorious Bodies: Trans Theology and Renaissance Literature
    A prehistory of transness that recovers early modern theological resources for trans lifeworlds. In this striking contribution to trans history, Colby Gordon challenges the prevailing assumption that trans life is a byproduct of recent medical innovation by locating a cultural imaginary of transition in...
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  • Folk Tales from the Deccan - Part 1 (Full Colour) by Naeem, Arifa
    Folk Tales from the Deccan - Part 1 (Full Colour)
    Author: Arifa NaeemPublisher: White Falcon PublishingPublished: 08/09/2024Pages: 56Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.15dISBN: 9798892224048
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  • Estudiar Antigone: Análisis de pasajes clave de la obra de Anouilh by Lauzanne, Gloria
    Estudiar Antigone: Análisis de pasajes clave de la obra de Anouilh
    An lisis de pasajes clave de la obra de Anouilh ANTIGONA.Author: Gloria LauzannePublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 11/30/2018Pages: 36Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09dISBN: 9781790554058Language: SpanishThis title is not returnable
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  • Early American Writing by Various
    Early American Writing
    Drawing materials from journals and diaries, political documents and religious sermons, prose and poetry, Giles Gunn's anthology provides a panoramic survey of early American life and literature--including voices black and white, male and female, Hispanic, French, and Native American. For more than seventy years,...
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  • Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction by Chinn, Sarah E.
    Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
    During the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men were injured, and underwent amputation of hands, feet, limbs, fingers, and toes. As the war drew to a close, their disabled bodies came to represent the future of a nation that had been torn apart,...
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  • Counterfeit Spies: How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction by Buckton, Oliver
    Counterfeit Spies: How World War II Intelligence Operations Shaped Cold War Spy Fiction
    A "savvy study" (Publishers Weekly) and a fascinating exploration of the roles many spy novelists played during World War II and the influence of intelligence work on their writing.World War II deception operations created elaborate fictions and subterfuges to prevent the enemy from apprehending...
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  • Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation by Wolf, Mark J. P.
    Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation
    Mark J.P. Wolf's study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on narrative, medium, or...
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  • Blood on the Nash Ambassador: Investigations in American Culture by Mottram, Eric
    Blood on the Nash Ambassador: Investigations in American Culture
    This collection of eight wide-ranging essays on aspects of American culture, first published in 1988, has been out of print for many years. It explores guns, cars, racism, politics and paranoia in startling ways, unparallelled before or since. It is even more relevant today....
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  • Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction by Jenkins, Jerry Rafiki
    Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction
    In Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction, Jerry Rafiki Jenkins examines four types of human monsters that frequently appear in Black American horror fiction-the monsters of White rage, respectability, not-ness, and serial killing. Arguing that such monsters represent specific ideologies of...
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  • A Caribbean Poetics of Spirit by Regis, Hannah
    A Caribbean Poetics of Spirit
    A Caribbean Poetics of Spirit offers a rare and penetrativeexploration into Caribbean literary articulations of non-material and numinouspresences. The study incorporates representations of African-Caribbean and Indigenousmythologies, syncretic spirituality, and magico-religious practices. From textsby ten writers, Hannah Regis extracts thematic and poetic references toCaribbean spectrality,...
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Literary criticism books are essential resources for anyone interested in analyzing and understanding literature on a deeper level. These books offer insights into various literary theories, critique methods, and analytical approaches that help readers and scholars interpret and evaluate literary works.

Literary criticism books delve into the analysis of literature, exploring how different aspects such as themes, characters, and narratives contribute to a text's meaning and impact. They provide valuable frameworks and perspectives that enhance the reader's ability to engage critically with literary texts.

Criticism literature includes works that assess and interpret the value and significance of various literary genres, styles, and authors. Books such as "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom and "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster are highly regarded for their comprehensive exploration of literary traditions and techniques.

Literary criticism theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding literature. These theories include formalism, structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, and post-colonialism, among others. Books like "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács offer foundational knowledge in these critical perspectives, providing readers with tools to analyze texts through various lenses.

For those seeking the best books to read on literary criticism, it’s helpful to explore both classic and contemporary texts. Works like "Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide" by Lois Tyson and "The Elements of Literary Style" by William K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley offer practical advice and theoretical insights for readers and students.

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Q. What are literary criticism books used for?

A. Literary criticism books are used to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature. They offer various theoretical frameworks and methods to understand and critique literary works, helping readers and scholars explore themes, characters, and narrative techniques in depth.

Q. Can you recommend some foundational books on literary criticism theory?

A. Yes, some foundational books on literary criticism theory include "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton, which provides an overview of various critical approaches, and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács, which explores the evolution and form of the novel.

Q. What is criticism literature, and why is it important?

A. Criticism literature refers to works that analyze and assess the value and significance of literary texts. It is important because it helps readers and scholars gain a deeper understanding of literature, its context, and its impact, enhancing appreciation and critical engagement with texts.

Q. Where can I find the best literary criticism books?

A. You can find the best literary criticism books at online bookstores such as BooksDeli.com. These bookstores offer a wide selection of both classic and contemporary texts on literary criticism, making it easy to access essential readings and expand your knowledge.

Q. How do I choose the right literary criticism book for my needs?

A. To choose the right literary criticism book, consider your interests and the type of literature you are studying. Look for books that cover the specific theories or approaches you want to explore. Reviews, recommendations, and best-seller lists can also guide you in selecting books that are well-regarded and relevant to your needs.

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