Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Great Gatsby: An Edition of the ManuscriptAuthor: F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/15/2022Pages: 242Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55dISBN: 9781108445559Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.3Point Value: 8Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 708 / Great GatsbyThis title is not returnable
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The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 2007-2017The second volume of The Ethics of Narrative completes the project of bringing together nearly all of Hayden White's uncollected essays from the last two decades of his life, including articles, essays, and previously unpublished lectures. As in the first volume, volume 2 features...
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The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry Since 1945Contemporary American poetry can often seem intimidating and daunting in its variety and complexity. This engaging and accessible book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the rich body of American poetry that has flourished since 1945 and offers a useful map to its current...
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The Cambridge Guide to Reading PoetryAt the heart of this book is a belief that poetry matters, and that it enables us to enjoy and understand life. In this accessible guide, Andrew Hodgson equips the reader for the challenging and rewarding experience of unlocking poetry, considering the key questions...
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The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature 2 Volume Paperback SetChina has one of the longest continuous literary traditions in the world. From the beginnings of the Chinese written language to the lively world of internet literature, these two volumes tell the story of Chinese writing, both as an instrument of the state and...
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The Aspern Papers and Other Tales, 1884-1888The nine tales in this collection, published between 1884 and 1888, exemplify James' continuing interest in the art of short fiction. This first scholarly edition provides extensive annotations, a detailed textual history of the work, and a full introduction exploring the novel's literary, cultural...
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The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and PhilosophyThis volume brings together Seth Benardete's studies of Hesiod, Homer, and Greek tragedy, eleven Platonic dialogues, and Aristotle's Metaphysics.The Argument of the Action spans four decades of Seth Benardete's work, documenting its impressive range. Benardete's philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading...
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Tender Is the NightAuthor: F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/15/2022Pages: 452Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.01dISBN: 9781009282062Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 8.8Point Value: 20Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 8674 / Tender Is the NightThis title is not returnable
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Teaching the Literature of Climate ChangeEssays on teaching the global climate crisis through cli-fiOver the past several decades, writers such as Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Octavia E. Butler, and Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner have explored climate change through literature, reflecting current anxieties about humans' impact on the planet. Emphasizing the importance...
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Soundings in Context: Poetry's EmbodimentsRenowned poets and scholars address the question of how poetry sounds and signifies in different contexts.Author: Judith GoldmanPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 05/01/2024Pages: 178Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41dISBN: 9781438497563This title is not returnable
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Sound Recording Technology and American LiteratureThis book investigates the sustained engagement between American literature and sound recording technologies during the twentieth century.Author: Jessica E. TeaguePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 02/02/2023Pages: 264Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781108793797This title is not returnable
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Shakespeare at War: A Material HistoryPresenting engaging, thought-provoking stories across centuries of military activity, this book demonstrates just how extensively Shakespeare's cultural capital has been deployed at times of national conflict. Drawing upon scholarly expertise in Shakespeare and War Studies, first-hand experience from public military figures and insights from...
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Selected Poems: Dual-Language EditionFor most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest...
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Secret Writing in the Long Eighteenth Century: Theories and Practices of CryptologyAuthor: Katherine EllisonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/08/2022Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781009078146This title is not returnable
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Radio Dialogs IIAs in the first volume of Arno Schmidt's Radio Dialogs, published by Green Integer in 1999, this second volume contains dialogic discussions of literary figures, performed over German radio from 1953 to 1971 by the great novelist. Here Schmidt discusses, again, his beloved James...
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Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American LiteraturePublication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with an intellect and a voice that matters. Because nineteenth-century Black Americans knew that publication could empower them, and because they faced...
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New Orleans: A Literary HistoryA comprehensive literary history of New Orleans, one of the most storied cities in the world.Author: T. R. JohnsonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/08/2023Pages: 399Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82dISBN: 9781108705660This title is not returnable
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New Maladies of the Soul"These days, who still has a soul?" asks Julia Kristeva in her psychoanalytic exploration, New Maladies of the Soul. Drawing on her many years of experience as a practicing psychoanalyst, Kristeva reveals to readers a new kind of patient, symptomatic of an age of...
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Millennial Style: The Politics of Experiment in Contemporary African Diasporic CultureIn Millennial Style, Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman looks at recent experiments in black expressive culture that begin in the place of ruin. By ruin, Abdur-Rahman means the political terror and social abjection that constitute the ongoing peril of black lives. Whereas earlier black writers and...
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Letters to a Young Poet and Poems"Letters To A Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke is a prosaic work, but it refers directly to poetry. There are ten letters written to a young man about to enter the German military. In the very beginning of the 1903, Rilke received a...
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