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Literary Criticism

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  • An Analysis of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow by Allan, Jacqueline
    An Analysis of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
    Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman offers a general audience access to over six decades of insight and expertise from a Nobel Laureate in an accessible and interesting way. Kahneman's work focuses largely on the problem of how we think, and warns of...
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  • Prose Poetry: An Introduction by Hetherington, Paul
    Prose Poetry: An Introduction
    An engaging and authoritative introduction to an increasingly important and popular literary genre Prose Poetry is the first book of its kind--an engaging and authoritative introduction to the history, development, and features of English-language prose poetry, an increasingly important and popular literary form that...
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  • Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession by Trahan, Marcia
    Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession
    One of BuzzFeed's 15 Books from Smaller Presses You Won't Be Able to Put Down. One of Book Riot's 10 Best New Indie Press Books of Summer 2020. Literary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. When Marcia Trahan began watching true crime television, she did so in...
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  • Biblioterapia. Leer Es Sanar by Ouaknin, Marc-Alain
    Biblioterapia. Leer Es Sanar
    Qu ocurre cuando un libro se re ne con su lector? C mo el acto de leer tiene repercusiones sobre nuestros estados de nimo y nuestra salud? De qu forma el biblioterapeuta, mediante el libro, su interpretaci n y el di logo al que...
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  • Victorian Hands: The Manual Turn in Nineteenth-Century Body Studies by Capuano, Peter J.
    Victorian Hands: The Manual Turn in Nineteenth-Century Body Studies
    Until recently, the embodied hand has paradoxically escaped the notice of nineteenth-century cultural and literary historians precisely because of its centrality. The essays in Peter J. Capuano and Sue Zemka's new collection, Victorian Hands: The Manual Turn in Nineteenth-Century Body Studies, join an emerging...
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  • Study Guide to Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry by Intelligent Education
    Study Guide to Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
    A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, ranked number 11 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century. As a novel of the mid-twentieth century, Under the...
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  • Study Guide to Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham by Intelligent Education
    Study Guide to Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham
    A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for W Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage, agreed to be Maugham's most noted and most important work. As a bildungsroman of the early 20th century, Of Human Bondage is Maugham's strongly autobiographical story...
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  • Study Guide to Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell by Intelligent Education
    Study Guide to Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, a Pulitzer Prize winner, one of the bestselling novels of all time, and heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel. As a novel of...
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  • Atticus Finch: The Biography by Crespino, Joseph
    Atticus Finch: The Biography
    Who was the real Atticus Finch? A prize-winning historian reveals the man behind the legend The publication of Go Set a Watchman in 2015 forever changed how we think about Atticus Finch. Once seen as a paragon of decency, he was reduced to a...
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  • Seneca: Medea by Slaney, Helen
    Seneca: Medea
    Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical...
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  • Allegory and Ideology by Jameson, Fredric
    Allegory and Ideology
    Fredric Jameson takes on the allegorical form Works do not have meanings, they soak up meanings: a work is a machine for libidinal investments (including the political kind). It is a process that sorts incommensurabilities and registers contradictions (which is not the same as...
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  • The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation by Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I.
    The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
    "BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" --Time"It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century." --David Remnick, The New YorkerThe Nobel Prize winner's towering masterpiece of world literature, the...
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  • Selected Poems by Tsvetaeva, Marina
    Selected Poems
    During the Stalin years Russia had four great poets to voice the feelings of her oppressed people: Pasternak, Akhmatova, Mandelstam and Marina Tsvetayeva. The first two survived the terror, but Mandelstam died in a camp and Tsvetayeva was driven to hang herself in 1941....
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  • River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction by Mackall, Joe
    River Teeth: Twenty Years of Creative Nonfiction
    Winner of the Gold Medal for Anthologies in the 2021 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book AwardsNationally recognized River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative has published a host of new and significant voices in creative nonfiction--including essays, memoir, and literary journalism--since 1999. To celebrate twenty...
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  • So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" by Tracinski, Robert
    So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
    Ayn Rand's masterwork, Atlas Shrugged, is a rich and complex novel with an intricate plot in which dozens of moving parts mesh together and many minor themes are woven in amongst the novel's big philosophical issues. This is a guide to the literary, historical,...
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  • Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler by Stanley, Tarshia
    Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler
    Octavia E. Butler's works of science fiction invite readers to consider the structures of power in society and to ask what it means to be human. Butler addresses social justice issues such as poverty, racism, and violence against women and connects the history of...
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  • Soul of a People: The Wpa Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America by Taylor, David A.
    Soul of a People: The Wpa Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America
    Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John...
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  • Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writers by Decosta-Willis, Miriam
    Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writers
    Daughters of the Diaspora features the creative writing of 20 Hispanophone women of African descent, as well as the interpretive essays of 15 literary critics. The collection is unique in its combination of genres, including poetry, short stories, essays, excerpts from novels and personal...
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  • The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet by Sison, Jose Maria
    The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet
    This book is titled after the world-renowned poem of Jose Maria Sison, "The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet," which celebrates with natural imagery and in a lyrical way the Filipino people's revolutionary struggle for national liberation and democracy against foreign and feudal oppression and...
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  • Speaking Volumes: Ken Nordine's Word Jazz by Stephenson, Gregory Kent
    Speaking Volumes: Ken Nordine's Word Jazz
    Cultural backgrounds to and close readings of the recorded and broadcast works of Ken Nordine. The postwar subcultural contexts of Nordine's experimental recordings. Analyses of individual tracks on extended play recordings, audio tapes and radio broadcasts. Author: Gregory Kent StephensonPublisher: Ober-Limbo VerlagPublished: 08/02/2019Pages: 134Binding...
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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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