Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of FaithMexico's leading poet, essayist, and cultural critic writes of a Mexican poet of another time and another world, the world of seventeenth-century New Spain. His subject is Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the most striking figure in all of Spanish-American colonial literature and...
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The Art of the SonnetFew poetic forms have found more uses than the sonnet in English, and none is now more recognizable. It is one of the longest-lived of verse forms, and one of the briefest. A mere fourteen lines, fashioned by intricate rhymes, it is, as Dante...
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Reflections on Exile and Other EssaysWith their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-awaited collection of literary and cultural essays, the first since Harvard University Press published The World, the Text, and the Critic in 1983,...
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American Daughter Gone to WarFrom Simon & Schuster, American Daughter Gone to War is Winnie Smith's story of being a 21-year-old student nurse joining the Army to see the world and was sent to Vietnam. American Daughter Gone to War is the extraordinary story of how she was...
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Earthway: A Native American Visionary's Path to Total Mind, Body, and Spirit HealthA look at the environment, holistic health, dream and vision interpretation, and Native American culture presents age-old traditions and includes a complete guide to traditional Native American herbal healing. In Earthway, Mary Summer Rain interweaves the inspired teachings of No-Eyes with a veritable encyclopedia...
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Stephen LivesFrom Simon & Schuster, Stephen Lives! is Anne Puryear's exploration of her son Stephen--his life, suicide, and afterlife. The mother of a teenager who committed suicide chronicles her grief process and her communication with Stephen beyond the grave, offering comforting advice to families in...
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The Book of MemoryMary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material...
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The Cambridge Introduction to the NovelBeginning its life as the sensational entertainment of the eighteenth century, the novel has become the major literary genre of modern times. Drawing on hundreds of examples of famous novels from all over the world, Marina MacKay explores the essential aspects of the novel...
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Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed Volume 8"Astute."--New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream...
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their ArtAt once handbook, reader, and guide to the literary tastes and wisdom of poets, An Exaltation of Forms is an indispensable resource certain to find a dedicated audience among poetry lovers. The editors invited over fifty contemporary poets to select a poetic meter, stanza,...
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Narrative, Violence, and the Law: The Essays of Robert Cover"Bob Cover was and remains the dominant voice of his generation among legal scholars. These essays, each one magnificent in itself, are, when taken together, even more important. The wisdom they impart is forever." --Guido Calabresi, Dean and Sterling Professor of Law, Yale University...
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Musil DiariesRobert Musil is ranked alongside Marcel Proust and James Joyce for his monumental, unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities. His Diaries, a distillation of forty-three years of material, are valuable in a number of ways: as a first-hand historical document of life in twentieth-century...
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The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King's Epic FantasyA COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO STEPHEN KING'S BESTSELLING DARK TOWER SERIES. "A valuable tool for exploring the series. Both newcomers and frequent visitors to Mid-World will be informed and delighted."--Stephen King The story of Roland Deschain of Gilead, the last gunslinger, and his lifelong quest...
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An Introduction to Literary StudiesIn this classic beginner's guide to English literature, Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in the study of literary texts, looking at: definitions of key terms such as literature and text the genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and film...
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Horace's Satires and EpistlesEarly in his life, and again in maturity, Horace sought to turn his poetic skills to the uses of moral and aesthetic discussion in the series of didactic works translated here. In the Satires, Horace adopts one persona after another, each of which reduces...
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Cavafy: Poems: Edited and Translated with Notes by Daniel MendelsohnThe Alexandrian Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) is a towering figure of twentieth-century literature. No modern poet brought so vividly to life the history and culture of Mediterranean antiquity; no writer dared break, with such taut energy, the taboos of his time surrounding homoerotic...
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Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019The definitive collection of literary essays by The New Yorker's award-winning longtime book criticEver since the publication of his first essay collection, The Broken Estate, in 1999, James Wood has been widely regarded as a leading literary critic of the English-speaking world. His essays...
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Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy TalesFascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy tales Jack Zipes has spent decades as a "scholarly scavenger," discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to...
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How to Read LiteratureA literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure--"English 101 in a book." (Michael Lindgren, Washington Post) What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like...
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Validity in Interpretation"Here is a book that brings logic to the most unruly of disciplines, literary interpretation. . . . This study is a necessary took for anyone who wants to talk sense about literature."--Virginia Quarterly Review By demonstrating the uniformity and universality of the principles...
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