Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Old English Gnomic Poems Maxims I and Maxims IIMaxims I and Maxims II, which comprise a seemingly haphazard assortment of Old English poetic gnomes (sayings put into verse to aid memory), are intriguing yet mysterious compositions. While they are interesting in that they might represent various facets of the values and worldview...
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The Latin Poetry of Thomas GrayIn the first full-scale edition of Thomas Gray's Latin poetry, the Latin text and facing English translation are complemented by a detailed introduction and comprehensive commentary that situate Gray's Latin verse in relation to his vernacular poetry, epistolary correspondence, and, especially, his appropriation of...
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The Edinburgh Companion to W. B. Yeats and the ArtsW. B. Yeats was not only a poet but also a cultural revolutionary. A compulsive, restless collaborator, he fostered numerous artistic enterprises, from the Abbey Theatre to the Cuala Press, and pursued a variety of inter-artistic spaces and media. From childhood co-creations with his...
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The Critic as Artist (Upon the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything)"Criticism is itself an art." This is one of the singular arguments in what must be one of Oscar Wilde's most compelling critical dialogues ever published. The Critic as Artist explores Wilde's defense of criticism through sharp, witty dialogue and riveting, thoughtful arguments. This...
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The Cambridge Companion to Manga and AnimeIn recent years, manga and anime have attracted increasing scholarly interest beyond the realm of Japanese studies. This Companion takes a unique approach, committed to exploring both the similarities and differences between these two distinct but interrelated media forms. Firmly based in Japanese sources,...
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The British Novel of IdeasThe novel of ideas is an important form that is both under-theorised and largely neglected in accounts of the development of the novel in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book sets out the history of this critical hostility, which took hold as the...
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity...
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity...
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Superheroes and Gods: A Comparative Study from Babylonia to BatmanThe work provides a unique study of superheroes and gods in literature, popular culture, and ancient myth. The author selects a number of mythological figures (e.g., Babylonia's Gilgamesh and Enkidu), ancient gods (e.g., Greece's Eros and Tartarus), and modern superheroes (e.g., the United States'...
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Soundin' Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and CitizenshipPart exploration of a key group of Black Canadian poets, part literary, cultural, and musical history, Soundin' Canaan demonstrates how music in Black Canadian poetry is not solely aesthetic, but a form of social, ethical, and political expression. Soundin' Canaan refers to the code...
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Soft Matter: The Poetics of Weakness in Late Soviet SocialismIdentifies and examines a poetics of weakness in Soviet underground literature Artists of the late Soviet era sought new, nonconformist ways of approaching literary fiction, arriving at weakness as a crucial principle of narrative and character formation. Julia Vaingurt argues that this counter-discourse of...
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Soft Matter: The Poetics of Weakness in Late Soviet SocialismIdentifies and examines a poetics of weakness in Soviet underground literature Artists of the late Soviet era sought new, nonconformist ways of approaching literary fiction, arriving at weakness as a crucial principle of narrative and character formation. Julia Vaingurt argues that this counter-discourse of...
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Shakespeare's Theater of Nature: Science, Religion, and the Orders of Mimesis in Early Modern EuropeShakespeare's Theater of Nature argues that Shakespeare combined art and nature in new ways while experimenting with relations between words, images, and objects as sources of knowledge and pleasure. Shakespeare's re-centering of nature as a source of theatrical representation in a range of plays...
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Shakespeare's Political Spirit: Negative Theology and the Disruption of PowerAuthor: Nicholas LukePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/19/2024Pages: 284Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781009348249This title is not returnable
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Sense of WonderSENSE OF WONDER is a broad, inexpensive, single-volume anthology designed to give students a sense both of literature and history; the book includes canonical works, stories written in response to those works, and essays on major themes and topics in the field. The book...
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Samantara Vakyam (Telugu)ఇదిబతుకుసేద్యంఇక్కడనేనుజీవనం హలంపట్టిదున్నుకుపోతున్నప్పుడుఅడ్డుపడ్డరాయిరప్పలూ గుచ్చుకున్న ముండ్లూచూసిఉక్రోషంఉప్పొంగినప్పుడల్లా నేను పడ్డనా సంవేదనల సారంనా ఘర్మజలంఇలాచెమరించినాసారాంశమైఈకవనక్షేత్రమంతాఇలాపారి తడిపేసింది- కవితశ్రీAuthor: D. Srinivasulu M. a.Publisher: Kasturi VijayamPublished: 05/05/2023Pages: 152Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38dISBN: 9788196229139Language: TeluguThis title is not returnable
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Sahitya VyasavaliThis book is a survey of Telugu literature from its origins to the present day. It covers the major genres of Telugu literature, including poetry, drama, and prose, and provides an overview of the historical, social, and cultural factors that have shaped Telugu literature...
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Revisioning Emerson as a Theorist of ReadingPushing beyond the anthologized writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson frequently taught in American literature courses, this book examines the corpus of his published work to cultivate a unique understanding of his ideas in relation to reading. By following the history of Emersonian criticism over...
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Ramayana PatraluThis book is a collection of essays that explore different aspects of the Ramayana, one of the most significant works of Indian literature. The essays examine the characters, themes, and symbolism of the Ramayana, and offer insights into its relevance for modern readers.This work...
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Pitiless Bronze: A Postpatriarchal Examination of Prepatriarchal CulturesArcheologists, historians, anthropologists, literary analysts, and others tend to assume that, if a man was leading an ancient culture, it must already have been a patriarchy.However, we now know that most cultures began as gynocentric cultures, valuing women above men in spiritual and social...
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