Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Monster in Theatre History: This Thing of DarknessMonsters are fragmentary, uncertain, frightening creatures. What happens when they enter the realm of the theatre? The Monster in Theatre History explores the cultural genealogies of monsters as they appear in the recorded history of Western theatre. From the Ancient Greeks to the most...
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Narrative Form: Revised and Expanded Second EditionThis revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions.Author: Suzanne KeenPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished: 07/29/2015Pages: 211Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...
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A Brief History of English LiteratureThis new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of...
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The Cambridge Companion to Queer StudiesThis Companion provides a guide to queer inquiry in literary and cultural studies. The essays represent new and emerging areas, including transgender studies, indigenous studies, disability studies, queer of color critique, performance studies, and studies of digital culture. Rather than being organized around a...
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Spenser's Images of LifeThis book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It is Lewis's longest piece of literary criticism, as distinct from literary history. It approaches The Faerie Queene as a majestic pageant of the universe and nature,...
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The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic NovelSince the graphic novel rose to prominence half a century ago, it has become one of the fastest growing literary/artistic genres, generating interest from readers globally. The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the...
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Thomas Pynchon and American CountercultureThomas Pynchon and the American Counterculture employs the revolutionary sixties as a lens through which to view the anarchist politics of Pynchon's novels. Joanna Freer identifies and elucidates Pynchon's commentaries on such groups as the Beats, the New Left and the Black Panther Party...
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The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Hardback Set Volumes 2 and 3: Volume 2-3The Letters of Ernest Hemingway document the life and creative development of a gifted artist and legendary personality whose work would both reflect and transform his times. Volume 2 (1923-1925) follows Hemingway's literary apprenticeship in expatriate Paris and the experiences that forged his earliest...
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MelincourtAuthor: Thomas Love PeacockPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/09/2022Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.60w x 1.20dISBN: 9781107032262
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Between Eternities: And Other WritingsAn exhilarating collection of critical and personal writings--spanning more than twenty years of work--from the internationally renowned author of The Infatuations and A Heart So White. Javier Marías is a tireless examiner of the world around us: essayist, novelist, translator, voracious reader, enthusiastic debunker...
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The New Feminist Literary StudiesAuthor: Jennifer CookePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/18/2022Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57dISBN: 9781108458603This title is not returnable
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Lord of the Rings and the EucharistWhat is "the one great thing to love on earth", according to J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings? The Eucharist! Tolkien made sure his one great love was woven throughout his books. It's easy to find if you...
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Trans Homo...Gasp! Gay Ftm and Cis Men on Sex and LoveLiterary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Finalist for a 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Anthology. TRANS HOMO...GASP offers an honest, tender, sexy and rare look into the hearts and minds of gay and queer trans men and their trans/cis male lovers. Authors share hot, vulnerable...
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Nature's Nightmare: Analyzing David Foster Wallace's OblivionFrom the author of Elegant Complexity comes a cogent analysis of David Foster Wallace's Oblivion. Nature's Nightmare is the first book of criticism devoted to Wallace's masterful story collection. Carlisle gives an in-depth narrative analysis of each story: "Mr. Squishy," "The Soul is Not...
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Movable TyypeKathleen Fraser's inventive new book showcases poems from four recent collaborative artist books that exhibit "her longtime love of words as objects into play" (The New York Times). These new poems, many created through her unique collage and hand paste-up techniques, continue Fraser's ambitious...
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Julius Caesar: A Verse TranslationThis complete, line-by-line translation of Julius Caesar makes the language of Shakespeare's play contemporary while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture both sound and sense of Shakespeare's tragedy without the need for glosses or...
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100 Reasons Shake-speare was the Earl of Oxford"An exceptionally lucid and thorough exploration of the arguments supporting J.T. Looney's controversial theory that the true Shakespeare was the Earl of Oxford. Masterfully organized, the book takes the reader through 100 primary reasons supporting the theory. Whittemore's long experience studying and writing about...
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Dragon Ball Culture Volume 1: OriginSee Dragon Ball with new eyes. This book is your cultural tour guide to Dragon Ball, the world's most recognized anime and manga series. Over 12 years in development, Dragon Ball Culture is a 7 Volume analysis of your favorite series. You will go...
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The Portable Ana'is NinThe Portable Anais Nin is the first comprehensive collection of the author's work in nearly 40 years, during which time her catalogue has doubled with the release of the erotica and unexpurgated diaries. A handy source book of Nin's most important writings, arranged chronologically...
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Beat PoetryThis is the poetry of the San Francisco Renaissance of the 50s, reconsidered as literature: Lawrence Ferlinghetti's lyrical cityscapes, Jack Kerouac's blues and haikus, Allen Ginsberg's saxophone prophecies, Gregory Corso's obsessive odes, John Wieners' true confessions, Michael McClure's physical hymns, Philip Lamantia's surreal passions,...
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