Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Star Trek FAQ (Unofficial and Unauthorized): Everything Left to Know about the First Voyages of the Starship EnterpriseThis book is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures, or the Star Trek franchise. Star Trek FAQ tells the complete story of Star Trek, from the before the beginning (the books, films, and TV shows that inspired producer Gene...
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The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf JacobsenNorway's Rolf Jacobsen is one of Europe's most acclaimed writers yet, as Robert Bly points out in his introduction: This magnificent poet is so little known in the United States. This bilingual edition, which selects the best work from Jacobsen's ten volumes, will help...
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Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of BeautyThe nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller "Sacred Games" about the surprising overlap between writing and computer codingVikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist. In this extraordinary new book, his first...
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Henry IV - Part One: A Broadview Internet Shakespeare EditionRosemary Gaby provides an engaging guide to the real-life sources, literary contexts, and performance history of one of Shakespeare's most beloved--and contentious--plays. Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 09/09/2013Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60dISBN: 9781554810512Audience: Young AdultAbout the Author Rosemary...
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Troubling Tricksters: Revisioning Critical ConversationsTroubling Tricksters is a collection of theoretical essays, creative pieces, and critical ruminations that provides a re-visioning of trickster criticism in light of recent backlash against it. The complaints of some Indigenous writers, the critique from Indigenous nationalist critics, and the changing of academic...
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Julio Cesar (Spanish) EditionEs una obra tr gica que recrea la conspiraci n en contra del dictador romano Julio C sar, su homicidio y sus secuelas. Constituye uno de las tantos trabajos shakespearianos basados en hechos hist ricos.Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 06/28/2017Pages: 68Binding Type:...
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El Retrato de Dorian Gray (Spanish) EditionWilde revisar a la obra, har a varias modificaciones y agregar a nuevos cap tulos para su publicaci n posterior como novela, su nica obra publicada como novela.Author: Oscar WildePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 05/17/2017Pages: 94Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19dISBN:...
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Let's Learn German! German Learning for KidsThis book is perfect for the really little ones who are only beginning to learn a new language. Designed to catch and maintain their interests in the German language, this book is heavily loaded with creative lessons and activities to make the learning fun....
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Influencing Hemingway: People and Places That Shaped His Life and WorkErnest Hemingway embraced adventure and courted glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world. Hemingway's personal relationships and experiences influenced the content of his fiction, while the progression of places where the author chose to live and work shaped...
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The MetamorphosisThe Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been called one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world.The story begins with a traveling salesman,...
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Revelations: Black & White Edition: An In-Depth Look at the Themes and Symbols of Puella Magi Madoka MagicaRevelations is an exploration of the unique storytelling style of the critically acclaimed anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It deciphers the visual symbolism, narrative metaphor, and literary themes of the series to give the reader enhanced insight into the characters, their motivations, and the...
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Come and Sleep: The Folklore of the Japanese FoxIdeal wife and sexual vampire. Prankster and saint. Tree and train. The Japanese fox left her paw-print on Japanese culture. She challenges traditional, negative views of women. She brings harmony and division. She possesses and protects. She is the shape of Japan's soul. Discover...
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Lucian, True Stories: An Intermediate Ancient Greek ReaderLucian's True Stories is an excellent text for students who have completed the first year of college-level Ancient Greek or its equivalent. Its length is relatively modest, its syntax is generally straightforward, and its narrative - a sophisticated satire that blends elements of fantasy...
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Whither Fanon?: Studies in the Blackness of BeingFrantz Fanon may be most known for his more obviously political writings, but in the first instance, he was a clinician, a black Caribbean psychiatrist who had the improbable task of treating disturbed and traumatized North African patients during the wars of decolonization. Investigating...
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The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity Through the Middle AgesAncient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective--the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within, and the comprehensive vision available to those without. Mazes simultaneously assert order and chaos, artistry and confusion, articulated clarity and...
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High HeelBest Fifteen Books of March 2019, Refinery29 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels...
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The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside inContributions by Michelle Ann Abate, Leah Anderst, Alissa S. Bourbonnais, Tyler Bradway, Natalja Chestopalova, Margaret Galvan, Judith Kegan Gardiner, Katie Hogan, Jonathan M. Hollister, Yetta Howard, Katherine Kelp-Stebbins, Don L. Latham, Vanessa Lauber, Katherine Parker-Hay, Anne N. Thalheimer, Janine Utell, and Susan R. Van...
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Conversations with Gary SnyderGary Snyder (b. 1930) is one of the most distinguished American poets, remarkable both for his long and productive career and for his equal contributions to literature and environmental thought. His childhood in the Pacific Northwest profoundly shaped his sensibility due to his contact...
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Key Concepts in Modern Indian StudiesModern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts--such as ahimsa, caste, darshan, and race--have taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues,...
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Avidly Reads Theory"Theory offered us a way of understanding the world that, like so many youthful exuberances, was both vital and ridiculous." As an avowed "theory head," Jordan Alexander Stein confronts a contradiction: that the abstract, and often frustrating rigors of theory also produced a sense...
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