Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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In the Face of Adversity: Translating difference and dissentIn the Face of Adversity explores translation as a project of making available and preserving a corpus of texts that would otherwise be in danger of becoming censored, misperceived or ignored. Author: Thomas NoldenPublisher: UCL PressPublished: 02/20/2023Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 9.13h x 6.06w...
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27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & PoetryBuilding on its successful 27 Views series, Eno Publishers showcases the literary community of Asheville, North Carolina, in 27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry. Twenty-seven writers contribute poetry, essays, short stories, and book excerpts that focus on the...
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Fathering Daughters: Reflections by MenA landmark collection of original essays that fills the void of writing by men about their daughters. Contributors include Phillip Lopate, Rick Bass, Gerald Early, Gary Soto, Scott Sanders, Nicholas Delbanco, and Alan Cheuse.Author: DeWitt HenryPublisher: Beacon PressPublished: 05/20/1999Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.97h...
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Revolutionary Poetics: The Rhetoric of the Black Arts MovementIn Revolutionary Poetics, Sarah RudeWalker details the specific ways that the Black Arts Movement (BAM) achieved its revolutionary goals through rhetorical poetics--in what forms, to what audiences, and to what effect. BAM has had far-reaching influence, particularly in developments in positive conceptions of Blackness,...
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Bohemians: A Very Short IntroductionThe Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed in the wake of the Age of Revolution. Without the patron system,...
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Songs of The Cid - The Epic Poem the Romances and the Carmen CampidoctoriThe epic Song of The Cid, one of the highlights of world literature, gallops across the fields of Spain in the most brilliant English translation yet. The Carmen Campidoctoris, penned by a monk in Catalonia, was written while the Cid was still alive. The...
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What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last AnimalsLife on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two...
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Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget OpenedEvenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened, is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in...
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Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist NarrativesIn medieval Japan (14th-16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received a premier education in Buddhist scriptures, poetry, music, and dance. When the boys reached adolescence, some underwent...
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Elias; An Epic of the AgesElias; An Epic of the Ages, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole...
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Magill's Survey of American Literature: 0This revised edition of Magill's Survey of American Literature, originally published in 1991, with a 1994 supplement updates essays and adds many newones, covering 340 writers at the heart of literary studies. Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition offers profiles of major U.S....
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Reading Emily Dickinson's Letters: Critical EssaysEmily Dickinson, who regarded a letter as a joy of Earth, was herself a gifted epistolary artist--cryptic and allusive in style, dazzling in verbal effects, and sensitively attuned to the recipients of her many letters. In this volume, distinguished literary scholars focus intensively on...
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Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and CultureThe intertwined stories of two archipelagos and theirdiasporas Thisvolume is the first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico fromboth a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributorshighlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos in social categoriessuch as nation, race, class, and...
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Thomas Nashe and Late Elizabethan WritingA critical biography of one of the most celebrated prose stylists in early modern English. This book provides an overview of the life and work of the scandalous Renaissance writer Thomas Nashe (1567-c.1600), whose writings led to the closure of theaters and widespread book...
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Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic HistoryFigures from the Scots-Irish Andrew Jackson to the Caribbean-Irish Rihanna, as well as literature, film, caricature, and beauty discourse, convey how the Irish racially transformed multiple times: in the slave-holding Caribbean, on America's frontiers and antebellum plantations, and along its eastern seaboard. This cultural...
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Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830The pride o' a' our Scottish plain;Thou gi'es us joy to hear thy strain, (Janet Little, 'An Epistle to Mr Robert Burns') The 18th century saw Scotland become one of the leading international centres of literature, philosophy, and publishing and yet still retain its...
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La isla desconfigurada: Josefina Plá y la renovación teatral en ParaguayLa producción intelectual de Josefina Plá abarca numerosas disciplinas, de las cuales el teatro, en su dimensión escénica y literaria, ha quedado ensombrecido por su obra poética y narrativa. Este libro reconstruye su labor teatral como crítica, historiadora, directora, docente y dramaturga desde su...
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The Life and Letters of Elizabeth PrentissThe Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for...
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The Dreadful Years: Collected Interviews & Reflections - 2018 to 2021Forewords by Gigi Saul Guerrero & Heather BuckleyIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Joshua Millican dreamed of working for a legacyhorror site like Dread Central since he began blogging in the early 2010s. He became a regularcontributor in...
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Harry Potter and HistoryA guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter--just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam...
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