Literary Criticism
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Berlin Childhood Around 1900Begun in Poveromo, Italy, in 1932, and extensively revised in 1938, Berlin Childhood around 1900 remained unpublished during Walter Benjamin's lifetime, one of his large-scale defeats. Now translated into English for the first time in book form, on the basis of the recently discovered...
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Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit"An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes of The Hobbit, following the there-and-back-again progress from its famous first line on through to Bilbo's return home at the story's end." -- Douglas A. Anderson, author of The Annotated Hobbit The Hobbit is one...
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The Cambridge Companion to Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope was among the most prolific, popular, and richly diverse writers of the mid-Victorian period, with forty-seven novels and a variety of other writings to his name. Both a serial and series writer whose novels traversed Ireland, England, Australia and New Zealand, and...
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Oscar Wilde: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'The truth is rarely pure, and never simple.' . . .in married life three is company and two is none.' Is this play a unique work of art' as Oscar Wilde believed? Or, as a first-night reviewer claimed in 1895, it represents nothing, means...
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Conversations on the Plurality of WorldsSurveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see...
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Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to in Search of Lost TimeA la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust is one of the most profoundly visual works in Western literature. Not only are there frequent references to specific works of art, but certain characters are also evoked by comparison to particular paintings. Bloch's appearance...
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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneA collection that includes the complete texts of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone--translated by Paul Roche. Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of...
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These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily DickinsonOn August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready" and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely "at home" (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson's interior world was extraordinary. She...
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never HadHave you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic...
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Kingdom of Shadows"Kingdom of Shadows must be called a spy novel, but it transcends genre, as did some Graham Greene and Eric Ambler classics."--The Washington Post Paris, 1938. As Europe edges toward war, Nicholas Morath, an urbane former cavalry officer, spends his days working at the...
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Axel's CastlePublished in 1931, Axel's Castle was Edmund Wilson's first book of literary criticism--a landmark book that explores the evolution of the French Symbolist movement and considers its influence on six major twentieth-century writers: William Butler Yeats, Paul Val ry, T. S. Eliot, Marcel Proust,...
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The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American PilgrimageThe story of four modern American Catholics who made literature out of their search for God In the mid-twentieth century four American Catholics came to believe that the best way to explore the questions of religious faith was to write about them-in works that...
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I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. DickFor his many devoted readers, Philip K. Dick is not only one of the one of the most valiant psychological explorers of the 20th century (The New York Times) but a source of divine revelation. In the riveting style that won accolades for The...
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The Paris Review Interviews, III: The Indispensable Collection of Literary WisdomI have all the copies of The Paris Review and like the interviews very much. They will make a good book when collected and that will be very good for the Review.--Ernest Hemingway Since The Paris Review was founded in 1953, it has given...
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The AwakeningThis critical edition of Kate Chopin's The Awakening presents the classic novel alongside critical essays assembled from the perspectives of feminism, gender, and historical, deconstructionist, and reader response criticism to enhance your connection to the issues within the novel.Author: Kate ChopinPublisher: Bedford BooksPublished: 12/29/1999Pages:...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of ThoughtAn iconic figure in American culture, Frank Lloyd Wright is famous throughout the world. Although his achievements in architecture are stunning, it is his importance in cultural history, Jerome Klinkowitz contends, that makes Wright the object of such avid and continuing interest. Designing more...
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Splinters Are Children of WoodThe wildly unrestrained poems in Splinters Are Children of Wood, Leia Penina Wilson's second collection and winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry, pose an increasingly desperate question about what it means to be a girl, the ways girls are shaped by the...
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Kojiki: An Account of Ancient MattersJapan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new...
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Three Steps on the Ladder of WritingThree Steps on the Ladder of Writing is a poetic, insightful, and ultimately moving exploration of 'the strange science of writing.' In a magnetic, irresistible narrative, Cixous reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for 'great' writing: The School of...
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The Collected Poems"A Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe." E. M. Forster's famous description of C. P. Cavafy--the most widely known and best loved modern Greek poet--perfectly captures the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on...
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