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Literary Criticism

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  • From Dead Thoughts and Withered Leaves to Unextinguished Hearth and Awakened Earth: Percy Bysshe Shelley in Politics and Society by Ngide, George Ewane
    From Dead Thoughts and Withered Leaves to Unextinguished Hearth and Awakened Earth: Percy Bysshe Shelley in Politics and Society
    In this thought-provoking new book, George Ewane Ngide explores Percy Byshe Shelley's poetry and visionary insight of a millennial future, an everlasting spring or a New Jerusalem where man will be "sceptreless-just man." Shelley's altruistic goal, Ngide asserts, is to reclaim the universe's original...
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  • For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age by Roda, Jessica
    For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age
    Winner of the 2024 Jewish Music Special Interest Group Prize A compelling look at the lives of ultra-Orthodox and formerly ultra-Orthodox Jewish women and their use of media technologies to create a new market for music and film Mainstream portrayals of ultra-Orthodox religious women...
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  • Finding the Numinous: An Ecocritical Look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings by DiPasquale, Willow Wilson
    Finding the Numinous: An Ecocritical Look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings
    Analyzing how the mythopoeic fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert portray the natural world Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and the Dune saga are not only for the purpose of...
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  • Evolutionary Aestheticism in Victorian Culture by Wilhelm, Lindsay
    Evolutionary Aestheticism in Victorian Culture
    The Aesthetic Movement, a collection of artists, writers and thinkers who rejected traditional ideas of beauty as guided and judged by morals and utility and rallied under the banner of 'art for art's sake', are often associated with hedonism and purposelessness. However, as Lindsay...
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  • Erosion: American Environments and the Anxiety of Disappearance by Caison, Gina
    Erosion: American Environments and the Anxiety of Disappearance
    In Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment. Examining canonical American texts and photography, including John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Octavia Butler's Parable series,...
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  • Epic of the Earth: Reading Homer's Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World by Hall, Edith
    Epic of the Earth: Reading Homer's Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World
    An urgent study of Homer's Iliad, exposing the beginnings of the ecological disaster we now face and facilitating our understanding of its history The roots of today's environmental catastrophe run deep into humanity's past. Through this unprecedented reading of Homer's Iliad, the award-winning classicist...
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  • Emergent Poetics: Ecological Sites in Contemporary Poetry by Matteson, Travis W.
    Emergent Poetics: Ecological Sites in Contemporary Poetry
    Author: Travis W. MattesonPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished: 11/13/2024Pages: 116Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.35h x 6.18w x 0.49dISBN: 9783031707360About the AuthorTravis W. Matteson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Humanities at SUNY Alfred State College, USA. He has published...
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  • Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media by Ezell, Margaret J. M.
    Early English Periodicals and Early Modern Social Media
    Using the lens of early modern social authorship and contemporary social media, this Element explores a new print genre popular in England at the end of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the periodical. Traditionally, literary history has focused on only one aspect, the...
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  • Dissatisfactions: Queer Latinidad and the Politics of Style by Guzm?n, Joshua Javier
    Dissatisfactions: Queer Latinidad and the Politics of Style
    How the queer Chicano punks of post-1960s Los Angeles developed a unique politics of style In this groundbreaking work, Joshua Javier Guzmán explores the queer punk and Chicano/Latino avant-garde art scenes in post-1968 Los Angeles from the rise of Ronald Reagan to the height...
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  • Didion and Babitz by Anolik, Lili
    Didion and Babitz
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Air Mail, Harper's Bazaar, The Washington Post, and more! Joan Didion is revealed at last in this "vivid, engrossing" (Vogue), and outrageously provocative dual biography "that reads like a...
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  • Decoding the Osirian Myth: A Transcultural Reading of Plutarch's Narrative by Sarischouli, Panagiota
    Decoding the Osirian Myth: A Transcultural Reading of Plutarch's Narrative
    The earliest written references to the Osirian myth-complex appeared already in the Pyramid Text spells (c. 2400-2300 BCE). The most complete exposition of this ancient Egyptian myth is, however, found in the Greek treatise On Isis and Osiris, in which the 2nd-century CE Platonist...
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  • Culture's Futures: Science Fiction, Form and the Problem of Culture by Aronoff, Eric
    Culture's Futures: Science Fiction, Form and the Problem of Culture
    This book argues that science fiction has been a key participant, along with anthropology and literary theory, in the interdisciplinary debates over "culture" and narrative form from the modernist period to the present. Both science fiction and the anthropological ethnography, in their modernist forms...
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  • Confessions of a Thug by Taylor, Philip Meadows
    Confessions of a Thug
    'You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's life, his ceremonies, and his acts' Often overshadowed by Kipling's Kim or Forster's A Passage to India, Philip Meadows Taylor's forgotten classic, Confessions of a Thug (1839), is nevertheless the most influential novel of early...
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  • Cognitive Spaces and Perspective in Literature by Finnigan, Liz
    Cognitive Spaces and Perspective in Literature
    This book brings an original perspective to literary theory and criticism by using insights drawn from visual cognition and neuroscience. Employing recent findings in neuroscience to explain consistent patterns in the representation of space in literature, Finnigan explores how these patterns exploit readers' power...
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  • Chinese Theories of Literary Creation: A Historical and Critical Introduction by Cai, Zong-Qi
    Chinese Theories of Literary Creation: A Historical and Critical Introduction
    This supplement to volume 20 of Prism is the first installment of a four-part project, with roughly concurrent publication in Chinese and English. The works in this project, which include Chinese monographs by Prism's editor Zong-qi Cai, cover Chinese theories of literature, literary creation,...
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  • Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel and American Hegemony by Tucker-Abramson, Myka
    Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel and American Hegemony
    The road novel is often dismissed as a mundane, nostalgic genre: Jack, Sal, and other tedious white men on the road trying to recapture an authentic youth and American past that never existed. Yet, new road novels appear every year, tackling unexpected questions and...
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    Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel and American Hegemony
    The road novel is often dismissed as a mundane, nostalgic genre: Jack, Sal, and other tedious white men on the road trying to recapture an authentic youth and American past that never existed. Yet, new road novels appear every year, tackling unexpected questions and...
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  • Botanical Culture and Popular Belief in Shakespeare's England by Lander Johnson, Bonnie
    Botanical Culture and Popular Belief in Shakespeare's England
    Author: Bonnie Lander JohnsonPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/09/2025Pages: 202Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781009396523This title is not returnable
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  • Border Politics in Novels by European Women in Translation by Morris, Pam
    Border Politics in Novels by European Women in Translation
    Is conflict inherent to the politics of borders? Recent global events, erupting from national, religious, class, racial and gender boundaries would suggest it is. From the inhumanity of post-Brexit British immigration policy to the violent suppression of women's freedom in Iran, to Russia's territorial...
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  • Beyond Earth: Navigating the New Frontier of Exopolitics by Salazar, Miguel
    Beyond Earth: Navigating the New Frontier of Exopolitics
    In this groundbreaking exploration, delve into the emerging field of exopolitics, which examines the political, social, and ethical implications of extraterrestrial life and interstellar relations. From defining exopolitics and its historical evolution to the importance of extraterrestrial diplomacy and the impact of UFO disclosure...
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Literary criticism books are essential resources for anyone interested in analyzing and understanding literature on a deeper level. These books offer insights into various literary theories, critique methods, and analytical approaches that help readers and scholars interpret and evaluate literary works.

Literary criticism books delve into the analysis of literature, exploring how different aspects such as themes, characters, and narratives contribute to a text's meaning and impact. They provide valuable frameworks and perspectives that enhance the reader's ability to engage critically with literary texts.

Criticism literature includes works that assess and interpret the value and significance of various literary genres, styles, and authors. Books such as "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom and "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas C. Foster are highly regarded for their comprehensive exploration of literary traditions and techniques.

Literary criticism theory encompasses a range of approaches to understanding literature. These theories include formalism, structuralism, post-structuralism, feminism, and post-colonialism, among others. Books like "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács offer foundational knowledge in these critical perspectives, providing readers with tools to analyze texts through various lenses.

For those seeking the best books to read on literary criticism, it’s helpful to explore both classic and contemporary texts. Works like "Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide" by Lois Tyson and "The Elements of Literary Style" by William K. Wimsatt and Monroe C. Beardsley offer practical advice and theoretical insights for readers and students.

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Q. What are literary criticism books used for?

A. Literary criticism books are used to analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature. They offer various theoretical frameworks and methods to understand and critique literary works, helping readers and scholars explore themes, characters, and narrative techniques in depth.

Q. Can you recommend some foundational books on literary criticism theory?

A. Yes, some foundational books on literary criticism theory include "Literary Theory: An Introduction" by Terry Eagleton, which provides an overview of various critical approaches, and "The Theory of the Novel" by Georg Lukács, which explores the evolution and form of the novel.

Q. What is criticism literature, and why is it important?

A. Criticism literature refers to works that analyze and assess the value and significance of literary texts. It is important because it helps readers and scholars gain a deeper understanding of literature, its context, and its impact, enhancing appreciation and critical engagement with texts.

Q. Where can I find the best literary criticism books?

A. You can find the best literary criticism books at online bookstores such as BooksDeli.com. These bookstores offer a wide selection of both classic and contemporary texts on literary criticism, making it easy to access essential readings and expand your knowledge.

Q. How do I choose the right literary criticism book for my needs?

A. To choose the right literary criticism book, consider your interests and the type of literature you are studying. Look for books that cover the specific theories or approaches you want to explore. Reviews, recommendations, and best-seller lists can also guide you in selecting books that are well-regarded and relevant to your needs.

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