Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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On Black MenMutilated, dying, or dead, black men play a role in the psychic life of culture. From national dreams to media fantasies, there is a persistent imagining of what black men must be. This book explores the legacy of that role, particularly its violent effect...
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When in Doubt, Tell the Truth: And Other Quotations from Mark TwainMark Twain is one of the most beloved figures in American history, and one of the most gifted storytellers and critics; through his novels, essays and letters, he is probably one of the most quoted Americans of all time. When in Doubt, Tell the...
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Simplify, Simplify: And Other Quotations from Henry David ThoreauSampling from Walden, "Civil Disobedience," The Maine Woods, and Henry David Thoreau's abolitionist and nature writings, letters, and other texts, Kevin P. Van Anglen distills the intellectual's immense, creative, clever, and surprisingly progressive thought into 750 quotations, offering a concise and straightforward introduction to...
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Tales of LoveHer analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate."Author: Julia KristevaPublisher: Columbia University PressPublished: 04/05/1989Pages: 414Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 8.89h x 5.84w...
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Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and ArtDesire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount...
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The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of QuotesIt is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first line of Pride and Prejudice, which has muscled out many other excellent sentences. So many gems of wit and wisdom from her...
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The Art of the Novel: Critical PrefacesThis collection of prefaces, originally written for the 1909 multi-volume New York Edition of Henry James's fiction, first appeared in book form in 1934 with an introduction by poet and critic R. P. Blackmur. In his prefaces, James tackles the great problems of fiction...
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius. Author: Harold C. GoddardPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 09/15/1960Pages: 306Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.05h x 5.31w...
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The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 1In two magnificent and authoritative volumes, Harold C. Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius.Author: Harold C. GoddardPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 04/24/1951Pages: 408Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 7.92h x 5.24w x...
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On Symbols and SocietyKenneth Burke's innovative use of dramatism and dialectical method have made him a powerful critical force in an extraordinary variety of disciplines--education, philosophy, history, psychology, religion, and others. While most widely acclaimed as a literary critic, Burke has elaborated a perspective toward the study...
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The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume I (A, B, C): The Ancient World, the Medieval Era, and the Early Modern PeriodThe Longman Anthology of World Literature offers a fresh and highly teachable presentation of the varieties of world literature from the ancient world to the early modern period. 0205625932 / 9780205625932 Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume I (A, B, C), The: The Ancient...
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Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short IntroductionA vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and...
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Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short IntroductionIn the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before. Writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Mario Vargas Llosa all became part of the general culture of educated readers...
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Hellenistic LivesAlexander * Demosthenes * Phocion * Eumenes * Demetrius * Pyrrhus * Agis and Cleomenes * Aratus * Philopoemen * Flamininus This selection of ten Lives traces the history of Hellenistic Greece from the rise of Macedon and Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire...
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Indo-European Poetry and MythThe Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to...
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Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St. EdmundsThis narrative of events between the years 1173 and 1202--as recorded by Jocelin of Brakelond, a monk who lived in the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, in the region of West Suffolk--affords many unique insights into the life of a medieval religious community. It...
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Ghalib: Innovative Meanings and the Ingenious MindInterpretations of Mirza Ghalib's works have been changing with the times. Romantics, classicists, progressives, and modernists, all have found evidence in his writings that appeared close to their viewpoints. This work studies the ingenious poetics of Ghalib by tracing the roots of his creative...
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Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire, 1898-2001The masculinity of those who serve in the American military would seem to be indisputable, yet it is full of contradictions. To become a warrior, one must renounce those things in life that are perceived to be unmasculine. Yet at the same time, the...
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Stories about Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of MythMyth is oral, collective, sacred, and timeless. Fantasy is a modern literary mode and a popular entertainment. Yet the two have always been inextricably intertwined. Stories about Stories examines fantasy as an arena in which different ways of understanding myth compete and new relationships...
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Bestsellers: A Very Short IntroductionLady Chatterley's Lover. The Blue Lagoon. Portnoy's Complaint. The Da Vinci Code. For the last century, the tastes and preferences of the common reader have been reflected in the American and British bestseller lists, and this Very Short Introduction takes an engaging look through...
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