Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death RowOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2022"When I think about the fact that society, a nation, has sentenced me to death, all I can do is turn inside myself, to the place in my heart that wants so desperately to feel human, still connected to this...
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Tender ButtonsThe MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions has awarded Tender Buttons: The Corrected Centennial Edition its seal designating it an MLA Approved Edition.2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the original publication of Gertrude Stein's groundbreaking modernist classic, Tender Buttons. This centennial edition is the...
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TacoObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to...
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Stephen King: Uncollected, UnpublishedMajor Updates in this Revised and Expanded Edition of Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished and this updates are only found in this edition. There are a multitude of interesting updates in the revised edition of the classic book about Kings hidden work Stephen King: Uncollected,...
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So Many Books, 2nd Edition: Reading and Publishing in an Age of AbundanceA charming new edition of a much-loved book about books"A playful celebrant of literary proliferation."--New Yorker In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers...
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Shakespeare: The Bard's Guide to Abuses and AffrontsBaffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare's most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sections for quick retrieval when a stinging retort is demanded. Become the master of your own villainy...
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Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language2013 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This was the first book which presented, in a complete manner, a general theory of composition then current in Renaissance England. Its particular contribution is the reorganization...
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Shakespeare's Guide to Living the Good Life: Life Lessons for Comedy, Tragedy, and Everything in Between"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful." --Measure for Measure, act 3, scene 1 Shakespeare's plays and poems remain as beloved in the twenty-first century as they were in the sixteenth. For all the years between us, the world he inhabited was much like...
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Selected Prose of T.S. EliotThe Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot, edited by Professor Frank Kermode, gathers work from Eliot's unrivalled career as a literary and social critic. These thirty-one essays-categorized as "essays in generalization," "appreciations of individual authors," and "social and religious criticism" were written over the...
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Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade HistoryWinner, 2025 Merle Curti Intellectual History Award, Organization of American Historians Winner, 2024 Arline Custer Memorial Book Award, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference Winner, 2025 Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award, Library History Round Table of The American Library Association Honorable Mention, 2025 Lawrence W. Levine...
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Romeo and Juliet: The New Oxford Shakespeare'A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life' This edition provides a clear and accessible introduction to Shakespeare's enduring tale of ill-fated lovers. Hannah August pays particular attention to the dramatic function of the famous prologue and the significance of the play's ending. August...
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Ring Legends of Tolkien Deluxe EditionThe most popular legends about the Rings of Power are discussed in detail in this deluxe edition that will hold a special place on your bookshelf. The history of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with an ongoing struggle between...
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Reading Dante: From Here to EternityThis is far more than an exegesis of Dante's three-part Commedia. Shaw communicates the imaginative power, the linguistic skill and the emotional intensity of Dante's poetry--the qualities that make the Commedia perhaps the greatest literary work of all time and not simply a medieval...
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Reacher: The Stories Behind the StoriesAuthor: Lee ChildPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 10/01/2025Pages: 1Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.30dISBN: 9781420527865
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Queer Cambridge: An Alternative HistoryQueer Cambridge recounts the untold story of a gay community living, for many decades, at the very heart of the British Establishment. Making effective use of chiefly forgotten archival sources - including personal diaries and letters - the author reveals a network that was...
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five ActsExclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of Shaw's brilliantly witty exposure of the British class system--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library A Penguin ClassicShaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle--"an east-end dona with an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers"--for...
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Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book HistoryA funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television's favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY's hit series Pawn Stars.Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been...
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Pocket Book of Dragons: Myth, Magic & MeaningCelebrating the stories and symbolism of the king of mythical beasts, the Pocket Book of Dragons explores dragons throughout history and across the world. Overflowing with ancient and modern dragon tales from every corner of the globe and beautifully illustrated with a curated archive...
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Plums or Nuts: Ojibwe Stories of Anishinaabe HumorA master Ojibwe storyteller shares twenty-five stories--often bawdy, full of mischief and misbehavior--in Ojibwe and English. Larry Amik Smallwood had the gift of making people laugh. Of all the teachings Amik strove to pass along to his students, he cherished most the humor of...
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Philip Roth: Stung by LifeA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933-2018), one of America's most celebrated writers. Born in Newark, New Jersey--where his...
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