Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Cambridge Companion to Gothic FictionFourteen world-class experts on the Gothic provide thorough accounts of this haunting-to-horrifying genre from the 1760s to the end of the twentieth century. Essays explore the connections of Gothic fictions to political and industrial revolutions, the realistic novel, the theater, Romantic and post-Romantic poetry,...
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OrnamentalismFocusing on the cultural and philosophic conflation between the "oriental" and the "ornamental," Ornamentalism offers an original and sustained theory about Asiatic femininity in western culture. This study pushes our vocabulary about the woman of color past the usual platitudes about objectification and past...
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The Merchant of VeniceEverything You Need To Make The GradeTest? Paper? Class discussion? Don't worry, we have you covered. This book has everything you need.Not only does it feature the complete text of The Merchant of Venice, it offers a comprehensive study guide that will easily help...
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Two Cheers for DemocracyEssays that applaud democracy's toleration of individual freedom and self-criticism and deplore its encouragement of mediocrity: "We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two."Author: E. M. ForsterPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 01/24/1962Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.52h...
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Dr Faustus: The A- and B- texts (1604, 1616)Dr Faustus, first published in 1604 long after Christopher Marlowe had died (in 1593) and then published in an expanded version in 1616, has long fascinated readers and scholars alike as one of the great puzzles in Renaissance English drama. Marlowe himself was highly...
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Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, ArchivesCultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology, and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the "arts" of its construction, particularly various media such as writing,...
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Sherlock Holmes: The Major Stories with Contemporary Critical EssaysContaining fifteen Sherlock Holmes stories, this volume of Sherlock Holmes features concise commentary on how each story relates to the author, the series, and the detective genre as well as nine accompanying essays which reflect the recent critical interest in Holmes and examine the...
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The Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy: A New TranslationC. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has written some of the most powerful poems in history. His work uncannily translates history, the record of the many, into an individual personal document. Though Cavafy is wickedly satirical, many of his poems are located in a landscape of...
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Literature and the GodsBrilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso's lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us...
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PhiloctetesBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...
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Promises, Promises: Essays on Literature and PsychoanalysisAs an essayist, Adam Phillips combines the best of two worlds: a mastery of psychotherapy as both practitioner and theorist, and a reputation as one of the best literary writers around. In this collection of essays, he brings these two gifts to bear upon...
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A View from the BridgeAmerica's greatest playwright weaves a vivid, crackling, idiomatic psychosexual horror tale. --Frank Rich, The New York Times Winner of the 2016 Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play and Best Direction of a Play: Ivo van Hove. In A View from the Bridge...
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Albert Wendt and Pacific Literature: Circling the VoidAlbert Wendt is the leading writer and exponent of Pacific literature. His work is consistently different in style, politically challenging, and ranges across essays, plays, poems, stories and novels, two of which have been filmed. This book is the first full-length study of his...
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AlcestisA translation and interpretation of one of Euripides' plays, this version reveals the formal beauty and thematic concentration of the Alcestis. The late William Arrowsmith presents the play as a drama of human existence with recognizably human characters who also represent masked embodiments of...
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Humor: A Reader for WritersRead. Write. Oxford. From Jerry Seinfeld's legendary standup to Kristen Wiig's sidesplitting impersonations, Humor: A Reader for Writers explores the key patterns and features within numerous comedic sources in order to show how jokes work. This survey looks at comedy in a variety of...
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Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to AfrofuturismWithin the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted a transfigured world. Daring to speculate on a future beyond white supremacy, black utopian artists and thinkers offer powerful visions of ways of being...
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Shakespeare LPWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts...
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Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus HeaneyWidely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared before now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, Stepping Stones retraces Heaney's steps from his first exploratory testing of...
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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of DramaWhat makes good drama? How does drama matter in our lives? In Three Uses of the Knife, one of America's most respected writers reminds us of the secret powers of the play. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, poet, essayist, and director, David Mamet celebrates the...
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Tale of Two CitiesThis Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel (1859) accompanied by twenty-seven illustrations, from original images by Halbot Knight Browne ("Phiz") to cartoons from The Simpsons. An expansive introduction and detailed explanatory annotations by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. Thematically organized contextual materials designed...
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