Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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The Myths That Made America: An Introduction to American StudiesThis essential introduction to American Studies examines the core foundational myths which the nation is based upon and which still determine discussions of US-American identities today. These myths include the myth of discovery, the Pocahontas myth, the myth of the Promised Land, the myth...
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The Little Book of Fantastic FourThey debuted in Fantastic Four No. 1 in November 1961, and have gone on to be iconic not only as a team, but as individuals. Reed "Mister Fantastic" Richards, Sue "Invisible Girl" Storm, Johnny "Human Torch" Storm, and Ben "The Thing" Grimm are all...
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Slam, Une Poetique: de Grand Corps Malade a BoutchouEn parallele a la cantologie, une slamologie restait a ecrire. Specialiste du sujet, Camille Vorger presente avec clarte et vivacite cet Objet Poetique Non Identifie qu'est le slam, mouvement emergent qui renouvele la poesie orale, l'ancrant sur la scene, et la centrant sur la...
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Etapes Majeures de L EnAuthor: Francoise DoltoPublisher: Gallimard EducationPublished: 08/01/1998Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.30w x 0.70dISBN: 9782070404339Language: French
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The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture WarsA NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION "...[A]ffectingly personal, achingly earnest, and something close to necessary." --Vogue "Personal, convincing, unflinching." --Tablet From an author who's been called "one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny, and intellectually rigorous writers...
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Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern FantasyMagdalen College, where C.S. Lewis taught in Oxford, was an appropriate site for the "Informing the Inklings" conference hosted by the George MacDonald Society. Participants explored how MacDonald and fellow literary figures such as S.T. Coleridge, Lewis Carroll, Charles Kingsley, and Andrew Lang paved...
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47 Ronin"A story of honor and bloody revenge." The legend of the 47 ronin is one of the most popular and best known stories about the samurai in Japan. It is often referred to as the country's "national legend" and is the most revered example...
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Tremblay: Les Belles SoeursThis play takes a crate of gift stamps, a Montreal kitchen, and 15 women, and mixing fast-moving dialogue, monologue and chorus, produces a critique of "women's place", Quebec society, and modern consumerism.Author: Michel TremblayPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublished: 02/24/2000Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.56h x...
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Anne of Green Gables & Anne of AvonleaWhen the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables, their farm in Canada, they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne, red-headed, pugnacious and incurably romantic, causes chaos at Green Gables and...
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Resist Everything Except Temptation: The Anarchist Philosophy of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde is remembered as a wit and a dandy, as a gay martyr, and as a brilliant writer, but his philosophical depth and political radicalism are often forgotten. Resist Everything Except Temptation locates Wilde in the tradition of left-wing anarchism, and argues that...
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To the River: A Journey Beneath the SurfaceOver sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through...
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The War Poems of Wilfred Owen'Orpheus, the pagan saint of poets, went through hell and came back singing. In twentieth-century mythology, the singer wears a steel helmet and makes his descent down some profound dull tunnel in the stinking mud of the Western Front. For most readers of English...
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Letting Go Is All We Have To Hold Onto: Humor For Humans (Large Print)"Mind-bending jokes for that highly-intelligent nephew, that sensitive uncle, or that perplexed parent"."Sixteen chapters of all-original modern Zen koans.""An 'iconoclassic' for all ages!""The people's guide to paradox.""Hegelian humor for Orwellian times!""An ideal gift for people who don't read books!!"--(This is the full-size large-print version....
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Cymbeline: A Play by William ShakespeareCymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by: William Shakespeare. set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline.Author: William ShakespearePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 07/29/2018Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize:...
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Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones"The role of the critic," Daniel Mendelsohn writes, "is to mediate intelligently and stylishly between a work and its audience; to educate and edify in an engaging and, preferably, entertaining way." His latest collection exemplifies the range, depth, and erudition that have made him...
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Raymond Carver's What We Talk about When We Talk about Love: BookmarkedA haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one's way through the dark, Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature. In his entry in the...
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Attending OthersBecoming a doctor requires years of formal education, but one learns the practice of medicine only through direct encounters with the fragile others called "patients." Pediatrician Brian Volck recounts his own education in the mysteries of suffering bodies, powerful words, and natural beauty. It's...
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J. D. Salinger: The Last Interview: And Other ConversationsFrom the moment J. D. Salinger published The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, he was stalked by besotted fans, would-be biographers, and pushy journalists. In this collection of rare and revealing encounters with the elusive literary giant, Salinger discusses--sometimes willingly, sometimes grudgingly--what that...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: From Lemons to Lemonade: 101 Positive, Practical, and Powerful Stories about Making the Best of a Bad SituationFrom lemons to lemonade; from heartbreak to happiness; from victim to victorious. Have you ever wondered how other people overcome their challenges and move forward with such a positive attitude? You'll meet 101 inspiring people in these pages, role models who share revealing personal...
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Prose Poetry and the City"In this fascinating book, Donna Stonecipher doubles down on the development of prose poetry and the city. Tactically, her sweeping, complex yet meticulous essay engages Baudelaire's sudden--or is it sudden?--incursion from the constraints of verse into the 'roominess' of prose, 'paragraphs of place, '...
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