Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and EnhancedThe Weirdest Story Ever ToldIn this definitive history and analysis of Weird Tales magazine, Robert Weinberg's original narrative is expanded and enhanced with contributions from a who's who of pulp scholars, including S.T. Joshi, Darrell Schweitzer, Mike Ashley, Rob Roehm, Bobby Derie, Jason Ray...
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Empire's Nursery: Children's Literature and the Origins of the American CenturyHow children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, young people became essential to its creation. Through children's literature, authors instilled the idea of America's power and the importance of...
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The Science of Life and Death in FrankensteinThe first book to compile the historical scientific and medical thought that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. What is life? This was a question of particular concern for Mary Shelley. But how did Shelley and her fellow Romantic writers incorporate this debate into their work,...
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Lucretius III: A History of MotionFor Lucretius, history means something surprisingly different than we ordinarily think. Instead of thinking of history in terms of time, he thought of it in terms of motion. This book unpacks the implications of this unique kinetic philosophy of history. In the final volume...
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George Herbert: 100 PoemsGeorge Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His profound influence can be seen in the lasting popularity of his verse. This selection of one hundred lyric poems by Herbert is designed for readers to enjoy the...
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Value in Art: Manet and the Slave TradeArt historian Henry M. Sayre traces the origins of the term "value" in art criticism, revealing the politics that define Manet's art. How did art critics come to speak of light and dark as, respectively, "high in value" and "low in value"? Henry M....
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Touches of Sweet Harmony: Pythagorean Cosmology and Renaissance PoeticsThe notion of a harmonious universe was taught by Pythagoras as early as the sixth century BC, and remained a basic premise in Western philosophy, science, and art almost to our own day. In Touches of Sweet Harmony, S. K. Heninger first recounts the...
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Biopolitical Futures in Twenty-First-Century Speculative FictionDrawing on a rich array of twenty-first-century speculative fiction, this book demonstrates how the commodification of life through biotechnology has far-reaching implications for how we think of personhood, agency, and value. Sherryl Vint argues that neoliberalism is reinventing life under biocapital. She offers new...
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Occasional Views, Volume 2: The Gamble and Other EssaysMore essays and interviews from one of literature's iconic voicesSamuel R. Delany is an acclaimed writer of literary theory, queer literature, and fiction. His works have fundamentally altered the terrain of science fiction (SF) through their formally consummate and materially grounded explorations of difference....
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Swedish Gothic: Landscapes of Untamed NatureThe book explores the Gothic tradition in Swedish literature - including Swedish-language literature by Finland-Swedish writers. It aims to give an overview of the development of Swedish Gothic from the Romantic age until today, and to highlight the characteristic features of the Swedish tradition...
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The Consolation of Philosophy (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)The Consolation of Philosophy was written in 523 AD during a one-year imprisonment Boethius served while awaiting trial-and eventual execution-for the alleged crime of treason under King Theodoric the Great. Boethius held the prestigious office of magister officiorum in Rome, but was brought down...
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Arab and Muslim Science Fiction: Critical EssaysHow is science fiction from the Arab and Muslim world different than mainstream science fiction from the West? What distinctive and original contributions can it make? Why is it so often neglected in critical considerations of the genre? While other books have explored these...
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The Permeable Self: Five Medieval RelationshipsHow, Barbara Newman asks, did the myth of the separable heart take such a firm hold in the Middle Ages, from lovers exchanging hearts with one another to mystics exchanging hearts with Jesus? What special traits gave both saints and demoniacs their ability to...
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The Liminal Chrysalis: Imagining Reproduction and Parenting Futures Beyond the BinaryThe Liminal Chrysalis: Imagining Reproduction and Parenting Futures Beyond the Binary is an edited collection that works to identify and deconstruct many of the countless binaries that operate within the realms of parenting and reproduction. Weaving poetry, speculative fiction, and autobiography with interviews, critical...
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Countries That Don't Exist: Selected NonfictionAlmost unknown during his lifetime, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is now hailed as a master of Russian prose. His short stories and novels, unpublishable under Stalinism but rediscovered long after his death, have drawn comparisons to the works of Jorge Luis Borges for their distinctive blend...
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To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American AuthorshipIn To Make Negro Literature Elizabeth McHenry traces African American authorship in the decade following the 1896 legalization of segregation. She shifts critical focus from the published texts of acclaimed writers to unfamiliar practitioners whose works reflect the unsettledness of African American letters in...
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Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume I, Issue 1Liberties - A Journal of Culture and Politics features new essays and poetry from some of today's best writers and artists, along with introducing new talent, to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of culture and politics. This inaugural issue of Liberties...
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Summary: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie KondoNotice: This is a SUMMARY of Marie Kondo's bestseller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up became a #1 New York Times bestseller for simple reasons...Marie Kondo's unique approach to tidying changes lives....
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Study Guide to 1984 by George OrwellA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Orwell's 1984, considered to be a classic novel. As a novel of the twentieth-century, it was among the first of many in the popular dystopian fiction genre. Moreover, 1984 focuses on...
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Study Guide to Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind, a political play that fictionalized the 1925 Scopes ""Monkey"" Trial. As a play of the 1950's, Inherit the Wind defended intellectual freedom. Moreover,...
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