Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Philanthropy in Children's Periodicals, 1840-1930: The Charitable ChildDrawing on a wealth of material from children's periodicals from the Victorian era to the early twentieth century, Kristine Moruzi examines how the concept of the charitable child has been defined through the press. Charitable ideals became increasingly prevalent at a time of burgeoning...
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On Grief and Reason: EssaysOn Grief and Reason collects the essays that Joseph Brodsky wrote between his reception of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and his death in January 1996. The volume includes Brodsky's Nobel lecture; essays on the condition of exile, the nature of history,...
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On Fiction and Being a Good AnimalInstead of making readers into better people, what if fiction could help us to become better animals? On Fiction and Being a Good Animal argues that we should abandon the persistent humanist idea that fiction can produce better people. Instead, we should read and...
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Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism & Translation: Issue 21A Stanford University Press classic.Author: Jason BeckmanPublisher: Stanford University PressPublished: 12/12/2023Pages: 294Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9798985966510This title is not returnable
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L. M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon: A Children's Classic at 100Contributions by Yoshiko Akamatsu, Carol L. Beran, Rita Bode, Lesley D. Clement, Allison McBain Hudson, Kate Lawson, Jessica Wen Hui Lim, Lindsey McMaster, E. Holly Pike, Katharine Slater, Margaret Steffler, and Anastasia Ulanowicz Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author best known for...
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Law, Equity and Romantic Writing: Seeking Justice in the Age of RevolutionsThis volume examines the activity of seeking justice through literature during the "age of revolutions" (c. 1750-1850), marked by efforts to expand political and human rights and rethink attitudes towards poverty and criminality. While the chapters revolve around legal topics, they concentrate on literary...
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Kirkyard Romanticism: Death, Modernity and Scottish Literature in the Nineteenth CenturyThe early nineteenth century saw the dead take on new life in Scottish literature; sometimes quite literally. This book brings together a range of Scottish Romantic texts, identifying a shared interest an imagined national dead. It argues that the publications of Edinburgh-based publisher William...
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Ins-CreationsAuthor: Renette CantyPublisher: Hov PublishingPublished: 07/18/2024Pages: 130Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35dISBN: 9781955107204
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Four LecturesFour Lectures by Lisa Jarnot is the seventh book in the Bagley Wright Lecture Series, comprising autobiographical essays that form an intimate, uncompromising, and generous glimpse into a remarkable life in poetry.Across the lectures, or talks, given between October of 2020 and December of...
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Flush: A BiographyFlush: A Biography, an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. It was Written after the completion of her emotionally draining The Waves, the work returned Woolf to the...
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Domestic Subjects: Gender, Citizenship, and Law in Native American LiteratureAmid the decline of U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans in the late nineteenth century, assimilation policy arose as the new front in the Indian Wars, with its weapons the deployment of culture and law, and its locus the American Indian home and family....
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Crash Course in Storytime FundamentalsThis manual is a "one-stop shop" on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations. This beginner's guide to storytelling traces the...
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Catharsis of the Soul - A Journey Through the Ink"Catharsis of the Soul," delves into the profound aspects of the human experience. Through this collection of heartfelt poetry, the book explores loss, grief, heartbreak, and the ever-enigmatic emotion of love. Each piece serves as a poignant tribute to the complexities of life, celebrating...
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Cambridge Latin AnthologyA classic anthology for GCSE. The eight sections of adapted prose include sections from Apuleius, Caesar, Cicero, Pliny, Sallust, Tacitus, and the Acts of the Apostles in the Vulgate. Glosses and other explanations are provided opposite each of the texts, and the writing is...
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Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer, Proclamation, and Prophetic WitnessStereotypical images of African American Christian spirituality eclipse the profound diversity of Black preaching. As a result, contemplative preaching has become one of the most overlooked streams of gospel proclamation in Black Protestant contexts. Far from a new phenomenon, contemplative preaching consists of a...
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Black Buffalo Woman: An Introduction to the Poetry & Poetics of Lucille CliftonThis long-awaited and much-needed volume shines new light on one of America's most beloved, and profound, poets--Lucille Clifton.Black Buffalo Woman is a deep, comprehensive dive into Clifton's work through the eyes of celebrated poet and scholar, Kazim Ali. Collecting chapters of Clifton's early manuscripts,...
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Apparitions, Daemons, and Emanations: Poetry and Painting in the Work of Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, and Henri MichauxAuthor: Charles FreelandPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 09/02/2024Pages: 297Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9781438496641
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An Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods: Political Ideology and Insurrection in the Mayan Popul Vuh and the Andean Huarochiri ManuscriptAn Unholy Rebellion, Killing the Gods is the first comprehensive comparison of two of the greatest epics of the Indigenous peoples of Latin America: the Popul Vuh of the Quich? Maya of Guatemala and the Huarochiri Manuscript of Peru's lower Andean regions. The rebellious...
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A Companion to Wolfram's ParzivalUp-to-date criticism and commentary on the greatest of the German courtly epics. Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival expands and transforms the Arthurian tradition into a grand depiction of the medieval cosmos around 1200. Standing between clerical and chivalric cultures and articulating the interests andvalues of...
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100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors: From 50s to 90s Discover Funny Story Collections that are Easy to Read for Elderly Women and MenStep into a world of laughter and nostalgia with "100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors." This captivating collection offers a treasure trove of 100 funny and true tales, carefully curated to bring joy and warmth to the hearts of elderly readers. With large print...
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