Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Hated Because of the AnointingIf you're reading this book, I want you to know that you're better than that, and it doesn't matter if you've been told otherwise. As I have gotten closer to the Lord, I have learned that words make up stories, stories make up chapters...
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In the Palm of Your Hand, Second Edition: A Poet's Portable WorkshopIdeal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to...
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Cult of the Captured Bride: How Ancient Women Took PowerIn a society where men set the rules, could a feminine fertility festival have empowered women to the degree that it struck fear in men's hearts? At first glance, it seems absurd to suggest that an ancient Greek fertility festival should empower women let...
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Buzzworthy: Cocktails Inspired by Female Literary GreatsThe author of Free the Tipple is back with another collection of delectable cocktails--this time a literary mix inspired by the world's most iconic women writers. The fifty recipes in this volume are as unconventional, imaginative, and refreshing as the authors that inspired them....
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NB by J. C.: A Walk Through the Times Literary Supplement"Overall, NB might be loosely described as a gossip column for the erudite, but during the first 20 years of the present century, James Campbell made it into something more--a uniquely personal miscellany of wit, weirdness, and waspish provocation."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post"Campbell wrote about...
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The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an ActorTHE STAR DRESSING ROOM: Portrait of An Actor is Alan Shayne's affectionate, often uproarious new memoir that takes us back to Broadway's golden age.Fans of beloved theatre memoirs in the vein of Moss Hart's Act One and Helene Hanff's Underfoot in Show Business are...
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The Battle of Maldon: Together with the Homecoming of BeorhtnothAuthor: J. R. R. Tolkien, Peter GrybauskasPublisher: William Morrow & CompanyPublished: 06/06/2023Pages: 208Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00dISBN: 9780063338180
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The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3 Bagshot Row"Thought provoking and engaging." - Amanda Drake, The Tolkien SocietyThe works of J.R.R. Tolkien are some of literature's most beloved. For decades, scholars, fans, and critics alike have been discussing and debating the professor's Legendarium-much ink has been spilled, many books bound, all offering...
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Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling WebsAcclaimed author, psychology professor, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and "superherologist" Dr. Travis Langley has returned with the newest installment of his lauded Pop Culture Psychology series. Backed by an entourage of expert contributors, Dr. Langley explores the psychology of real human nature...
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101 Horror Books to Read Before You're MurderedThe Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get ready to bulk up your TBR piles! Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann has curated the best selection of modern horror books, including plenty of deep cuts. Indulge your heart's...
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your HeadMarvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel's dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel...
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Living Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice"Revision is the spiritual practice of transformation--of seeing text, and therefore the world, with new eyes. Done well, revision returns us to our original love." In Living Revision, award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew guides writers through the writing and revision process. With...
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Relocating the Sacred: African Divinities and Brazilian Cultural HybriditiesMaps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms.Author: Niyi AfolabiPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 05/02/2023Pages: 366Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82dISBN: 9781438490724About the AuthorNiyi Afolabi is Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the...
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StatelessIn Stateless, Talar Chahinian offers a rich exploration of Western Armenian literary history in the wake of the 1915 genocide that led to the dispersion of Armenians across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and beyond. Chahinian highlights two specific time periods-post WW I...
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Reaching Inside: 50 Acclaimed Authors on 100 Unforgettable Short StoriesA moving and inspiring anthology of masterful essays on stories that touch the hearts and minds of readers. "A writer," Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow once said, "is a reader who is moved to emulation." New York Times bestselling novelist and memoirist Andre Dubus...
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Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist: Second Edition Revised and Expanded"A combination of circumstances means that we know more about J.R.R. Tolkien than about almost any other author, from any period. Nevertheless, in spite of all the efforts, there remains a certain opacity about Tolkien, both professionally and personally.As this book shows, there is...
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Bookworm: Conversations with Michael SilverblattA Landmark Collection of Michael Silverblatt's Interviews from KCRW's Bookworm.Michael Silverblatt, host of KCRW's Bookworm, the nation's premier literary radio program, has been bringing writers and readers together in close company for more than three decades. Audiences around the world tune in each week...
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Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers MatterA noted literary scholar traverses the Russian canon, exploring how realists, idealists, and revolutionaries debated good and evil, moral responsibility, and freedom. Since the age of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, Russian literature has posed questions about good and evil, moral responsibility, and human freedom...
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Becoming Ezra Jack KeatsBecoming Ezra Jack Keats offers the first complete biography of acclaimed children's author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) intended for adult readers. Drawing extensively from his unpublished autobiography and letters, Becoming Ezra Jack Keats covers the breadth of Keats's life, taking readers through...
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Appalachia on the Table: Representing Mountain Food and PeopleWhen her mother passed along a cookbook made and assembled by her grandmother, Erica Abrams Locklear thought she knew what to expect. But rather than finding a homemade cookbook full of apple stack cake, leather britches, pickled watermelon, or other "traditional" mountain recipes, Locklear...
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