Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Tent Life in SiberiaThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk: Kŭmo Sinhwa by Kim SisŭpOne of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435-1493). Kim was a major intellectual...
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Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production in the Era of Climate ChangeDuring the twenty-first century, Mexico has escalated extractive concessions at the same time that it has positioned itself as an international leader in the fight against climate change. Cultural production emergent from this contradiction frames this impasse as a crisis of imagination. Subjunctive Aesthetics...
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Quantum Justice: Global Girls Cultivating Disruption Through Spoken Word PoetryHow girls of color from eight global communities strategize on questions of identity, social issues, and political policy through spoken word poetry. Around the world, girls know how to perform. Grounded in her experience of "putting a mic in the margins" by facilitating workshops...
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Poetics (Translated by Ingram Bywater with a Preface by Gilbert Murray)Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important figures from classical antiquity. Aristotle was probably the most famous member of Plato's Academy in Athens, whose writings would ultimately form the first...
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Philosophy and Science FictionAuthor: Michael PhillipsPublisher: Prometheus BooksPublished: 04/01/1984Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.36w x 0.84dISBN: 9780879752484About the AuthorMichael Philips is emeritus professor of philosophy at Portland State University.
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Peace in the Us Republic of Letters, 1840-1900Peace in the US Republic of Letters, 1840-1900 explores the early peace movement as it captured the imagination of leading writers. The book charts the rise of the peace cause from its sources in the works of William Penn and John Woolman, through the...
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Ovid's Terence: Tradition and Allusion in the Love Elegies and BeyondThis book investigates the complex reception of Terence in Ovid and a number of allusions to the Terentian comedies in the love elegies and the exilic elegiac epistle Tristia 2. The genres of Latin love elegy and New Comedy are often seen as closely...
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Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern ScienceA captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests,...
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Monsters: A Fan's DilemmaA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. Can we love...
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Literature, Art and Slavery: Ekphrastic VisionsSince around 2000, there has been a noticeable upsurge in critical work on the visual archive of Atlantic slavery, resulting in a host of important studies. While most of these contributions are weighted towards images created during the era of slavery itself, some critics...
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La Traducción del Mundo: Las Conferencias Weidenfeld 2022 / Interpreting the WOR LD: The Weidenfeld Lectures 2022Cuatro textos magistrales sobre el poder de la ficción para comprender el mundo que habitamos - «Uno de los escritores más grandes del mundo . -Andrea Bajani, La Repubblica «Un escritor superdotado [...]. Uno de los escritores mayores del mundo hispánico . -Thierry Clermont,...
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Jameel Shaidai ki Elmi wo Adabi Khidmaat: (Research and Criticism)Dr. Mohammed Shafiuddin Zafar's book "Jameel Shaidai ki Elmi wo Adabi Khidmaat" contains research papers about the services and contributions that poet, writer, journalist, and critic Jameel Shaidai made to Urdu language and literature.نظام آباد (تلنگانہ) سے تعلق رکھنے والے قلمکار و استاد ڈاکٹر...
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Horace: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has exerted enormous influence but argues that...
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Game of Thrones Versus History: Written in BloodSince it first aired in 2011, Game of Thrones galloped up the ratings to become the most watched show in HBO's history. It is no secret that creator George R.R. Martin was inspired by late 15th century Europe when writing A Song of Ice...
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Forgiveness and Resentment in the Aftermath of Mass Atrocity: Jewish Voices in Literature and FilmThe author's starting point is the interweaving of forgiveness and resentment in the works of Jewish writers after the Holocaust, most especially Hannah Arendt and Jean Améry, to make sense of the catastrophe and to point to a way forward for both victims and...
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Finger Exercises for PoetsFrom "a poet of immense insight and masterful craft" (Kwame Dawes), Finger Exercises for Poets is an engaging invitation to practice poetry alongside one of its masters. With wide-ranging examples from classic and contemporary poets, Dorianne Laux demystifies the magic of language that makes...
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Fear, SomeStealing tropes from militancy to minstrelsy, Fear, some broadcasts from the slippery moments when personal, national, racial and aesthetic anxieties overlap. These poems seek to pressurize content ("At the Pink Teacup"), language ("Atomic Buckdance") and form (the Blaxploitation epic-remix, "(dig) Bloom is Boom, Sucka!")...
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Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden: Part Two--His Master's BladeKyokutei Bakin's Nansō Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of the nineteenth century and has been adapted many times into film, television, fiction, and comics.His Master's Blade,...
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Dublin TalesDublin is one of the world's great literary cities, immortalized in works by some of the most celebrated international authors. It is a city of warmth and character, which combines the richest of histories with a vibrant contemporary edge, and which welcomes millions of...
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