Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Joyce's VoicesAn original and entertaining study of, chiefly, Ulysses . . . This is a most stimulating book. Anthony BurgessAuthor: Hugh KennerPublisher: Dalkey Archive PressPublished: 01/01/2007Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9781564784285Review Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 294About...
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Teaching with Folk Stories of the Hmong: An Activity BookTeach students about Hmong culture, build appreciation of diversity, and extend learning across the curriculum with engaging activities based on Hmong folktales and traditions. After a fascinating overview of the history and customs of the Hmong, Dia shares her experience of emigrating from Vietnam...
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How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and LiteratureIn this first comprehensive collection of autobiographical and literary essays, Margaret Walker--described by Booklist as "one of the intellectual beacons of her generation"--recounts the search for family and social history from which she wrote her carefully researched novel of the Civil War. The autobiographical...
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Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem RenaissanceFocusing on the years from 1922 to 1938, this book revisits an important moment in black cultural history to explore how visual elements were used in poems, novels, and photography to undermine existing stereotypes. Miriam Thaggert identifies and analyzes an early form of black...
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Province of Joy: Praying with Flannery O'Connor"Like a beautiful quilt, Province of Joy is a deeply loving, imaginative work of art and faith." -Elizabeth A. Johnson This unique "Book of Hours" is modeled on the spiritual life and prayer practices of one of our most interesting writers. "Flannery O'Connor's stories...
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Past Watchful Dragons""I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralysed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God...
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The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the StoryA writer may have a story to tell, a sense of plot, and strong characters, but for all of these to come together some key questions must be answered. What form should the narrator take? An omniscient, invisible force, or one--or more--of the characters?...
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Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American CultureIn 1991, Dana Gioia's provocative essay "Can Poetry Matter?" was published in the Atlantic Monthly, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine's history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to...
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The Literary Enneagram: Characters from the Inside OutAs entertaining as it is illuminating, THE LITERARY ENNEAGRAM offers a fresh version of the standard "Great Books" course, using characters from literature to show the inner dynamics of the nine Enneagram personality types and their variations. This book is: - FOR STUDENTS OF...
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Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature PoemsThe first anthology to focus on the rich tradition of Canadian nature poetry in English, Open Wide a Wilderness is a survey of Canada's regions, poetries, histories, and peoples as these relate to the natural world. The poetic responses included here range from the...
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Anarchy Explained to My FatherLiterary Nonfiction. Politics. Anarchism. An accessible discussion of the revolutionary mode of thought that rejects all forms of domination and seeks, in the words of Louise Michel, order through harmony. Francis Dupuis-D ri, a professor of political science and an anarchist, reveals through dialogue...
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The Anatomist of Power: Franz Kafka and the Critique of AuthorityFew twentieth-century writers remain as potent as Franz Kafka--one of the rare figures to maintain both a major presence in the academy and on the shelves of general readers. Yet, remarkably, no work has yet fully focused on his politics and anti-authoritarian sensibilities. The...
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Concert of Voices - Second Edition: An Anthology of World Writing in EnglishThis new edition of Concert of Voices is distinctive for the variety of genres, styles, cultures, and eras represented. Author: Victor J. RamrajPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 08/17/2009Pages: 608Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30dISBN: 9781551119779About the Author Victor J. Ramraj is Professor...
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Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacbethIn these lectures I propose to consider the four principal tragedies of Shakespeare from a single point of view. Nothing will be said of Shakespeare's place in the history either of English literature or of the drama in general. No attempt will be made...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula - A Critical Study GuideThis A Level study guide is designed to support a student's reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Elements such as setting, form, language and narrative voice are suitably analysed and a comprehensive timeline gives the reader a clear chronological breakdown of the events within the...
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Ancient Israel's History: An Introduction to Issues and SourcesThe history of Israel is a much-debated topic in Old Testament studies. On one side are minimalists who find little of historical value in the Hebrew Bible. On the other side are those who assume the biblical text is a precise historical record. Many...
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Tolkien and Sanskrit (second, expanded edition): The Silmarillion in the Cradle of Proto-Indo-EuropeanThis is "The Director's Cut," as a cinematographically minded wag termed it.This study is based on the observation that Tolkien calqued the names of the Sapta Sindhavah (Seven Rivers) from the Rig Veda as the Seven Rivers of Ossiriand. In other words, Tolkien created...
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Miss JulieAugust Strindberg's tantalizing and controversial 1888 drama, MISS JULIE, is revisited in an exciting new version by Niclas Olson. Telling the story of a young countess in turn of the century Sweden, Strindberg weaves a spellbinding tale of seduction and intrigue as Miss Julie...
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Lady SusanLady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This epistolary novel, an early complete work that the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the main character-the widowed Lady Susan-as she...
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The Figure of Beatrice - A Study in Dante'The Figure of Beatrice' is an analytical discussion of the character by the same name who features heavily in the writings of Dante. Originally published in 1943, Williams' essay is a thought-provoking interpretation of Dante and both the human and divine aspects associated with...
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