Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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El ProcesoEl proceso (t tulo original alem n: Der Prozess) es una novela inacabada de Franz Kafka, publicada de manera p stuma en 1925 por Max Brod, bas ndose en el manuscrito inconcluso de Kafka. En el relato, Josef K. es arrestado una ma ana...
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Singing for Nothing: Selected Nonfiction as Literary Memoir"It turns out Wally Swist is a skilled essayist and reviewer as well as a celebrated poet and a decidedly eclectic reader. Singing for Nothing (the title alone says something about the condition of poetry) is a refined review of the work of both...
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 EditionThis unabridged edition of Leaves of Grass presents the original 1855 versions and limited formatting of Whitman's most famous poems, including "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "There Was a Child Went Forth."Author: Walt WhitmanPublisher: Chump ChangePublished: 04/04/1855Pages: 46Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Crossovers Expanded, Volume 2From the mid-Twentieth Century, when a shadowy vigilante teamed up with Nick Carter; Hawkman worked with Sherlock Holmes; an avenging hero battled Dr. Karl Walden and Countess Lilya Zarov alongside the Domino Lady; the Nyctalope, Sal Paradise, Dean Moriarty, and Frank Reade's granddaughter fought...
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Books Before PrintThis beautifully illustrated book provides an accessible introduction to the medieval manuscript and what it can tell us about the world in which it was made and used. Captured in the materiality of manuscripts are the data enabling us to make sense of the...
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Names of the LionAn English translation of the late tenth century Arabic lexicographer Ibn Khalawayh's list of names of lions. This unique collection engages an ancient scholarly practice of documenting with precision and clarity. Larsen's lively introduction, notes, and the 400 epithets are an engrossing work of...
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Mania: The Story of the Outraged & Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural RevolutionBy the time Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer to death on the banks of the Hudson River in August 1944, it was clear that the hard-partying teenage companion to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs might need to reevaluate his...
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In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American HeroWhen Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of...
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Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love ItIn Queers Dig Time Lords, editors Sigrid Ellis (Chicks Dig Comics) and Michael Damian Thomas (Apex Magazine) bring together essays by award-winning writers to celebrate the phenomenon that is Doctor Who, in the tradition of the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords. Tanya Huff...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Great Health: Use Your Mind to Promote Your Own Healing and WellnessChicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Great Health! will help readers use positive thinking to improve their health with its inspirational stories and useful medical information. The mind-body connection is powerful. Our brains are our most trusted ally in improving our physical...
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The Hesse-Mann Letters: The Correspondence of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann 1910-1955"Both Mann and Hesse were charged with ... energy. Mann, the resident of cities (particularly his beloved Munich) poured his uncertainty and his corrosive insights into his great first novel, Buddenbrooks, which was published in 1901 and sold an astonishing one million copies. The...
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Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter SeriesLaurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex--and it gets deeper, richer...
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Anti - Woke: Selected Essays by Brendan O'NeillIn this selection of essays, celebrated columnist and editor Brendan O'Neill takes a cudgel to identity politics. From woke white people to the tyranny of transgenderism, from Islamo-censorship to the fashionability of mental illness, O'Neill takes aim at it all. He puts the case...
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Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. ButlerLuminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the Science Fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour. Original essays and letters sourced and curated for this collection explore Butler's depiction of power relationships, her...
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An Analysis of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and SlowThinking, 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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An Analysis of Soren Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto DeathS ren Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death is widely recognized as one of the most significant and influential works of Christian philosophy written in the nineteenth century. One of the cornerstones of Kierkegaard's reputation as a writer and thinker, the book is also a...
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An Analysis of Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and StalinA flagbearer for the increasingly fashionable genre of "transnational history," Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands is, first and foremost, a stunning example of the critical thinking skill of evaluation. Snyder's linguistic precocity allows him to cite evidence in 10 languages, putting fresh twists on the familiar...
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In the Dark RoomBoldly combining the highly personal with the brilliantly scholarly, In the Dark Room explores the question of how memory works emotionally and culturally. It is narrated through the prism of the author's experience of losing both his parents, his mother when he was sixteen,...
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In a Sound WorldWorks by the polymathic French author Victor Segalen, including a previously untranslated essay, a novel, and a libretto.Victor Segalen (1878-1919) had one of France's most curious literary careers, applying his imagination to musicology, ethnography, exploration, medicine, synesthetics, Chinese history, and the occult. This collection...
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