Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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On Writers and Writing: Selected EssaysA new selection of Henry James's essays on the art of writing, from his famous essay "The Art of Fiction" to pieces on George Eliot, Ivan Turgenev, Honoré de Balzac, and others. Witty, erudite, and passionate, James's essays are a delight for any lover...
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Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves: Bookmarked"There was a book. Oh man was there a book. It is still to this day a book I mention it to any book lover if asked for a recommendation. The best books stick with you, often reminding you of the power, and potential,...
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Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected LecturesThis is one of the wisest books I've read in years... --New York Times Book Review No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery...
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Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (Loa #325): Run River / Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play It as It Lays / A Book of Common Prayer / The White AlbumLibrary of America launches a definitive collected edition of one of the most original and electric writers of our time with a volume gathering her five iconic books of the 1960s & 70s Joan Didion's influence on postwar American letters is undeniable. Whether writing...
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James JoyceRichard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.Author: Richard EllmannPublisher: Oxford University PressPublished:...
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How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an AnswerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, from the author of Humanly PossibleHow to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love--such questions arise in most people's lives. They are all versions...
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Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers"This book is dangerous. A veritable cornucopia of crime fiction and gardening lore, it faces the reader with multiple temptations--books to seek out, plants to obtain, garden tours to book." --Vicki Lane, author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries "Belongs on the shelf of...
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Female MasculinityIn this quintessential work of queer theory, Jack Halberstam takes aim at the protected status of male masculinity and shows that female masculinity has offered a distinct alternative to it for well over two centuries. Demonstrating how female masculinity is not some bad imitation...
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the Sun Also Rises"Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white." -- James Wolcott, Vanity Fair "An...
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Encounter on the Seine: Essays"James Baldwin was born for truth. It called upon him to tell it on the mountains, to preach it in Harlem, to sing it on the Left Bank in Paris. . . . He was a giant." -- Maya Angelou This collectible edition celebrates...
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African LiteratureNgugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of literature. North America: Heinemann; Kenya: EAEPAuthor: Ngugi Wa Thiong'oPublisher:...
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A River Dies of Thirst"Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people . . . lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant--and never anything less than free--what he would dream for all his people." -- Naomi Shihab Nye "Catherine Cobham's translations sway delicately between mystery...
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A Little Book about Books: Quotes for the Bibliophile in Your LifeBibliophiles everywhere will find something contained herein which will delight them - over 200 one-liners and quotes, as well as great lines from great works have been brought together and put into this small but perfectly formed little book about books.Author: OhPublisher: OhPublished: 09/06/2022Pages:...
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Alice's Oxford: People and Places That Inspired WonderlandA guide and history of the town and young girl that inspired Lewis Caroll's famous Alice stories.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are two of the most famous fantasies in world literature, and yet their roots are firmly in the nineteenth century...
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Worlds of Wonder: Celebrating the Great Classics of Children's LiteratureA beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children's literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years From Little Women to Harry Potter, children's literature is a treasure trove of literary magic. Written in multiple genres and featuring...
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out*NATIONAL BESTSELLER**A WGN Radio Best Book of 2024**A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a "beloved and wonderful writer" (George Saunders), teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to...
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Wait for Me Yesterday in Spring (Light Novel)Childhood friends use time travel to try to avert tragedy in this bittersweet book about growing up, love, and loss--by the creators of the light novel and manga series The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (also from Seven Seas) that inspired an...
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (Light Novel)The award-winning, bittersweet sci-fi tale of a mysterious tunnel, time travel, and young summer love that inspired an anime film. Don't miss the manga adaptation and the light novel Wait For Me Yesterday in Spring (by the same creators), both also from Seven Seas!...
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The Novel Matrix: The Complete Novel Writing GuideSpoiler: There's no secret code for writing a bestselling novel.But there are fundamental principles of story structure that will make your novel work.Once you understand these fundamentals, writing a novel transforms from a chaotic, enigmatic roller coaster into a succinct and sensible process.Whether you're...
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The Mad Files: Writers and Cartoonists on the Magazine That Warped America's Brain!: A Library of America Special PublicationCelebrate America's zaniest and most subversive magazine in 26 essays and comix from all-star contributors, including Roz Chast, Jonathan Lethem, and Grady Hendrix. Before SNL and the wise-guy sarcasm of Letterman and Colbert, before The Simpsons and online memes, there was . . . MAD. A mainstay...
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