Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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On Moral FictionA genuine classic of literary criticism, On Moral Fiction argues that "true art is by its nature moral."Author: John GardnerPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 10/05/1979Pages: 234Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.04h x 5.16w x 0.52dISBN: 9780465052264About the AuthorJohn Gardner (1933-1982) was a bestselling novelist and one of...
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The Sonnets and Narrative Poems - The Complete Non-Dramatic PoetryWith an introduction by W.H. Auden and commentary from Helen Vendler, among others, this volume presents all of Shakeseare's non-dramatic poetry in one place.Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Signet BookPublished: 04/01/2008Pages: 448Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 6.80h x 4.23w x 0.98dISBN: 9780451530899Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorWilliam Shakespeare...
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Titus Andronicus and Timon of AthensAs part of the Signet Classics Shakespeare Series edited by Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University, this edition includes commentaries on both plays as well as up-to-date production histories.Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Signet BookPublished: 01/04/2005Pages: 464Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 6.85h x 4.14w x 0.99dISBN: 9780451529565Audience: Young...
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Sex Theories and the Shaping of Two Moderns: Hemingway and H.D.This book examines the impact of scientific and sexologic theories on the creation of character in the prose of two moderns, Hemingway and H.D.Author: Deirdre Anne McVicker PettipiecePublisher: RoutledgePublished: 09/11/2014Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9780415866842This title is not returnable
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The Poet's Notebook: Excerpts from the Notebooks of 26 American PoetsThe Poet's Notebook brings together excerpts from the working notebooks of twenty-six American poets. Unsystematic, spontaneous, irreverent, intense, witty, unexpected, these notebooks shimmer with reflections, speculations, confessions, quotations, impressions, and ruminations. They create a portrait of the artist as a purposeful gatherer and sifter...
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Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in ChildhoodEver wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we...
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Dictionary of the UndoingFor John Freeman--literary critic, essayist, editor, poet, "one of the preeminent book people of our time" (Dave Eggers)--it is the rare moment when words are not enough. But in the wake of the election of 2016, words felt useless, even indulgent. Action was the...
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Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's LiteratureIn sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's books tend...
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Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen KingOne of the most prolific and popular authors in the world today, Stephen King has become part of pop culture history. His best-selling novels such as Carrie, It, Christine, and many others have captured the imaginations of millions of readers. But who is the...
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Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and AmericaA blockbuster of a biography . . . absolutely magnificent.--San Francisco Chronicle Jack Kerouac--King of the Beats, unwitting catalyst for the '60s counterculture, groundbreaking author--was a complex and compelling man: a star athlete with a literary bent; a spontaneous writer vilified by the New...
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The Merchant of VeniceIn this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business...
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Fundamentals of Chinese CharactersFundamentals of Chinese Characters focuses on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognize and write Chinese characters before they learn to speak Chinese. Presenting fundamental knowledge of Chinese characters according to their intrinsic regularity...
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Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality"Once again I repeat that I am not an impartial; objective critic. My judgments are nourished by my ideals, my sentiments, my passions. I have an avowed and resolute ambition: to assist in the creation of Peruvian socialism. I am far removed from the...
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Morning Star: Surrealism, Marxism, Anarchism, Situationism, UtopiaAn expanded edition of revered theorist Michael Löwy's Morning Star: Marxism and Surrealism (previously published in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Greek), this masterwork collects the author's essays on the ways in which surrealism intersected with a variety of revolutionary political approaches, ranging from...
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The Dialogic Imagination: Four EssaysThese essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)--known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky--as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. The Dialogic Imagination presents, in superb English translation, four selections from Voprosy literatury...
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Crime Fiction: A Very Short IntroductionCrime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Shakespeare. In this Very Short Introduction Richard Bradford explores the history of the genre, by considering the various definitions...
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Medieval LiteratureThis Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses...
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Demosthenes: Selected Speeches'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as showing...
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Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-TextThis is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society,...
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IdyllsA key figure in the development of Western literature, the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse, was the inventor of "bucolic" or pastoral poetry in the first half of the third century BC. These vignettes of country life, which center on competitions of song and...
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