Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Borderland Brutalities: Violence and Resistance Along the Us-Mexico Borderlands in Literature, Film, and CultureIn Borderland Brutalities, Lauren Elena Belmonte analyzes how border violence is perpetuated and sanctioned by private corporations as well as the US and Mexican governments and how this violence is represented through border literature and cultural production. Belmonte examines literature, art, and film produced...
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Beckett and CioranThis Element discusses the association between Samuel Beckett, and the Romanian-born philosopher, E. M. Cioran. It draws upon the known biographical detail, but, more substantially, upon the terms of Beckett's engagement with Cioran's writings, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Certain of Cioran's key...
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A Wodehouse Handbook: Vol. 1 the World of WodehouseIn 1981, Norman Murphy caused a minor stir in literary circles when he published In Search of Blandings, which demonstrated that many of P.G. Wodehouse's legendary characters and settings were based on fact. In the two volumes of A Wodehouse Handbook, he reveals his...
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America the BeautifulClassic Americana and patriotism meet in this picture book version of the beloved song "America the Beautiful." Katharine Lee Bates's timeless and beloved poem alongside art by award-winning author and artist Wendell Minor, capturing the magnificent beauty of the United States. Celebrate America's ideals...
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Write Cut Rewrite: The Cutting Room Floor of Modern LiteratureAn illumination of writing's mysteries through examining the words and ideas that were edited out of renowned novels, poems, and plays. Imagine looking over your favorite author's shoulder and witnessing the moment they begin writing the opening chapter of their best-loved novel. What you...
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Women of the Catholic Imagination: Twelve Inspired Novelists You Should KnowThere is no lack of talented women in the Catholic literary tradition. Yet these brilliant writers are often unfamiliar to today's readers, or, if widely read, their Catholic identity is unrecognized. This collection introduces a dozen Catholic women novelists from the past two hundred...
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What Nails ItFrom a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art "Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful reading for anyone reflecting on the mysteries of art."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Writers write. They can't help it. They can't not."...
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What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today. Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive...
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Water and Dreams: An Essay On the Imagination of MatterAuthor: Gaston BachelardPublisher: Dallas Institute PublicationsPublished: 02/19/2021Pages: 226Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.57dISBN: 9780911005257This title is not returnable
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VICTORIAN VERSE A Guide for Edexcel A level English Literature (9ET0/3)The Guide has been written primarily for students of A Level English Literature as specified by Edexcel in the post-2015 syllabus (9ET0). It addresses Component 3 (9ET0/3) - Poetry, specifically, the requirement to study a "literary period". The Guide covers all the poems in...
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Trump and Hitler: A Comparative Study in LyingThis book compares Trump and Hitler as political performance artists. It explores their populist self-staging and rhetorical strategies and explains how they connected with their respective audiences. It also analyses the two men's character, work ethic, and management style. In addition, the book addresses...
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Tolkien and the Gothic: Peter Roe Series XXIVThis volume of proceedings contains papers from the Tolkien Society Hybrid Seminar 2022. It seeks to add to the conversation on what the words 'Goth' and 'Gothic' meant to J.R.R. Tolkien and the ways in which their various associated traditions proliferate his writing. From...
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The sensitive plantThe sensitive plant, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and...
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The Catholic Writer TodayDana Gioia's The Catholic Writer Today confronts the paradoxical fact that though Catholicism constitutes the largest religious and cultural group in the United States, Catholic writers are currently almost invisible in American public culture. After establishing a lucid definition of Catholic literature, Gioia examines...
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Strange Novel Worlds: Essays on Star Trek Tie-In FictionSince the publication of the first James Blish novelizations of Star Trek episodes in 1967, close to 900 tie-in novels, anthologies, and omnibus editions have been published. Star Trek tie-in novels have had a significant influence on Western popular culture. The works of beloved...
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Proper Words in Proper Places: Dialectical Explication and English LiteratureProper Words in Proper Places: Dialectical Explication and English Literary History explores how literary history intertwines cultural, political, philosophical, religious, and commercial influences with literary production to create new ways of reading, meaning, and understanding. The text provides a delightful and surprising mix of...
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Paleface: The Philosophy of the Melting PotDistinguished and highly original, the irrepressible controversialist Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) is known for his sharp wit and sardonic insight. Though Lewis was a prolific British author, Paleface: The Philosophy of the Melting Pot, ringing perhaps a bit too true and nearly prophetic, remains one...
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Much ADO about Numbers: Shakespeare's Mathematical Life and TimesBooks on Shakespeare are plentiful, but until now there has never been a book written for a general audience about math and science in Shakespeare's time and how they influenced his works.Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable mathematical innovation. From astronomy to...
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Miklos Radnoti: The Complete Poetry in Hungarian and EnglishThis book contains the complete poems in Hungarian and in English translation of Hungary's great modern poet, Miklos Radnoti, murdered at the age of 35 during the Holocaust. His earliest poems, the six books published during his lifetime, and the poems published posthumously after...
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Mademoiselle Fifi and Other Storiesb'It was raining as it only rains in Normandy, as though great gouts of water were being sprayed by some angry, giant hand.'/b Maupassant believed that we delude ourselves into believing that we are not animals acting upon instinct but rational creatures capable of...
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