Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Northanger Abbey'No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine.' Northanger Abbey is a comedy about reading and misreading-of books and the world-and about different kinds of peril, both imagined and real. In it,...
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Networks of Improvement: Literature, Bodies, and Machines in the Industrial RevolutionA new literary-cultural history of the Industrial Revolution in Britain from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. Working against the stubbornly persistent image of "dark satanic mills," in many ways so characteristic of literary Romanticism, Jon Mee provides a fresh, revisionary account of...
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Nelson Algren: His Life, Work and ColleaguesThis book addresses critical gaps in existing biographies of Nelson Algren, providing new perspectives on his writing style, literary contributions, professional colleagues, and personal life--especially his relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. Although Beauvoir maintained a simultaneous relationship with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, the correspondence exchanged...
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Leading Rome from a Distance, 300 BCE-37 CE: Asserting Autocracy through AbsenceRoman political leaders used distance from Rome as a key political tool to assert pre-eminence.Through the case studies of Caesar's hegemony, Augustus's autocracy, and Tiberius's reign, this book examines how these figures' experiences and manipulations of absence established a multipolar focus of political life...
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Keeping 007 AliveIan Fleming's iconic secret agent, James Bond, has captivated audiences for decades with his martini-dry wit, deadly efficiency, and high-octane adventures. Yet, Fleming's original novels were just the beginning. Go deeper into the world of 007 with Keeping 007 Alive: Conversations with James Bond...
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Jharka Kholathauସତ୍ୟ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାରସ୍ୱତ ଜଗତରେ ଯଶୋମୟ ଏକ ବିମୁଗ୍ଧ ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ । ଚିନ୍ମୟ ଚେତନାରେ ତଲ୍ଳୀନ ତାଙ୍କ କବିତା କେବେ ତନ୍ମୟ ତ କେବେ ମନ୍ମୟ, କେବେ ମୃଣ୍ମୟ ତ କେବେ ହିରଣ୍ମୟ, କେବେ ପୁଣି ଅମ୍ମୟ ତ ଆଉକେବେ ଅଶ୍ମମୟ, କେବେ ଦର୍ଭମୟ, କେବେ ଉର୍ଣାମୟ, କେବେ ଛାୟାମୟ, କେବେ ମାୟାମୟ, କେବେ ରୂପମୟ, କେବେ ରସମୟ, କେବେ...
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Jane Austen on Nature: The Novels as Pastoral LiteratureJane Austen's heroines respond to the power of the natural world, seeking comfort in nature's calm or referencing trees and "verdure"--meaning fresh greenness and fertility--in relation to their awakening self-knowledge and, in most, their sexuality. This book focuses on interactions between Austen's heroines and...
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan ZweigA refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. In the Future of Yesterday delves into Stefan Zweig's considerable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Jewish tradition. His privileged social background saw him embrace European culture and cosmopolitanism. A...
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Forensic Crime FictionThis study of forensic crime fiction from the US and the UK examines the prominent roles that women play in many of these novels, arguing that there are historical continuities with earlier forms of contact with the dead body.Author: Aliki VarvogliPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished:...
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Explorations in the Interpretation of Samuel: Intertextuality and ReceptionAuthor: Rachelle Lynda GilmourPublisher: de GruyterPublished: 12/16/2024Pages: 280Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dISBN: 9783111143644
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El Mundo Zurdo 9: Selected Works from the 2022 Meeting of the Society for the Study of Gloria AnzalduaEl Mundo Zurdo 9 is a collection of diverse essays and poetry that offer scholarly and creative responses inspired by the life and work of Gloria Anzald?a, selected from the 2022 meeting of The Society for the Study of Gloria Anzald?a.Contributors include: Sylvia Mendoza...
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Drafts of DraculaA decade after making Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula available to the public, Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth Miller reach a new plateau with this revised and updated version of their groundbreaking work. - J. Gordon Melton, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead....
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Did You Think My Yuri Was Just for Show?Suzune Senmiya, a young voice actress, has been struggling for six months to get over the retirement of her favorite idol, Karin Kanezuki. One day, Karin appears as a new voice actress in Suzune's agency! While Suzune tries to play it cool and keep...
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Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black LiteracyThe enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American South Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was...
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Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal: Latin text, notes, maps, illustrations and vocabularyTrebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) make him one of history's most celebrated military leaders. This biography by...
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Constitutional Innovation and Same-Sex Desire in d'Annunzio's Fiume, 1919-1920Drawing on novel archival evidence that sheds light on Anglo-Italian diplomatic relations and the French-Italian contest for power in the Adriatic, this book recounts the story of decadent poet Gabriele D'Annunzio's occupation of Fiume. Determining the fate of this Italian enclave in coastal Croatia...
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Classic Irish Short StoriesIn his introduction to this collection, Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short story writer, emphasizes the richness of the short story tradition in Ireland. The stories he has chosen, all written between the end of the last century and the 1950s, illustrate his meaning...
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Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of TranscendentalismA group biography of five women who played path-breaking roles in the transcendentalist movement In November 1839, a group of young women in Boston formed a conversation society "to answer the great questions" of special importance to women: "What are we born to do?...
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Beginning ShakespeareIntroduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a...
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Arthurian Literature XLArthurian Literature has established its position as the home for a great diversity of new research into Arthurian matters. It delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Appropriately for the journal's fortieth milestone, this volume of Arthurian Literature offers...
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