Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of ManyAuthor: Thomas P. HillmanPublisher: Kent State University PressPublished: 12/19/2023Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781606354711
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Piers Plowman by William Langland: A New Annotated Edition of the C-TextWilliam Langland's poem stands at the centre of the study of ideological conflict, social change and religious ideas in the later fourteenth century. It is a poem that vividly encapsulates the great issues and debates of the day and acts as a commentary on...
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged BirdThe definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recognition in the wake of emancipation. In this definitive biography, the first full-scale life of...
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Nature PoemsOver 100 poems about Britain's nature in a beautifully illustrated book to treasure forever The poems include timeless classics by Shakespeare, Shelley, Wordsworth, Thomas Hardy and Ted Hughes. And there's the best of today's poets too, including Carol Anne Duffy, Simon Armitage and Jean...
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Measure for MeasureRead & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure". Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. This story's main themes are the conflicts between corruption...
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Leaving Other People Alone: Diaspora, Zionism, and Palestine in Contemporary Jewish FictionLeaving Other People Alone reads contemporary North American Jewish fiction about Israel/Palestine through an anti-Zionist lens. Aaron Kreuter argues that since Jewish diasporic fiction played a major role in establishing the centroperipheral relationship between Israel and the diaspora, it therefore also has the potential...
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I Woke Up Black What My Eyes Have Seen, My Ears Have Heard, and My Heart Has Felt"I Woke Up Black" by Marvin Michael O'Bryant is a story inspired by real-life experiences. It follows the life of Marvin, who has witnessed decades of depression, poverty, and a lack of motivation in a nation struggling with love and respect. Despite these challenges,...
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In the House of Tom Bombadil"Some of the best insights ever made about J.R.R. Tolkien's invented world or, frankly, about 20th-century literature.... Here is a book of intense wisdom and penetrating thought." Bradley J. Birzer, author of J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth What is Tom Bombadil doing in...
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In Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American Dog LiteratureA grand anthology that celebrates the many sterling virtues of the canine speciesDogs have lived with humans for thousands of years as working partners. By the nineteenth century their role expanded to companions. American dog literature reflects this gradual but dramatic shift that continues...
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Guanzi: Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from Early ChinaNamed for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d. 645 B.C.), the Guanzi is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings still in existence. With this volume, W. Allyn Rickett completes the first full translation of the Guanzi into English....
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Essential Voices: A Covid-19 AnthologyA collection of creative writing and art about COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic by people from vulnerable populations. Bringing together artwork, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, Essential Voices shares the perspectives of people from vulnerable populations as they were affected by COVID-19...
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Ear Training: Literary Essays"These pieces reflect Pritchard's abiding joy in literature, especially poetry ... Included here are insightful appreciations of Anthony Trollope, Anthony Powell, and a sublime reading of Philip Larkin. His essay on Elizabeth Bishop will have poetry lovers reaching for volumes of her work. Pritchard...
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Dostoyevsky in the Face of Death: Or Language Haunted by SexJulia Kristeva has been both attracted and repelled by Dostoyevsky since her youth. In this extraordinary book, by turns poetic and intensely personal, she brings her unique critical sensibility to bear on the tormented and visionary Russian author. Kristeva ranges widely across Dostoyevsky's novels...
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Deterrence Under Uncertainty:: Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear WarfareFor decades, films such as WarGames and The Terminator have warned that the combination of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons might be a recipe for an apocalypse. Might these prophecies of doom become reality in coming decades? Using insights from computer science, Deterrence under...
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Daoist Master Changchun's Journey to the West: To the Court of Chinggis Qan and BackThe Hsu-Tang Library presents authoritative and eminently readable translations of classical Chinese literature, in bilingual editions, ranging across three millennia and the entire Sinitic world. In the early years of the Mongol empire, the Quanzhen Daoist master Qiu Chuji (1148-1227, religious name Changchun) made...
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Cuestiones Candentes: Una Mirada Crítica a la Realidad Actual, Desde El Feminism O Hasta El Cambio Climático / Burning QuestionsRECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW Y EN SU PODCAST READ WITH JENNA Una brillante colección de ensayos que abarca desde la deuda pública hasta la naturaleza de la ciencia ficción y la crisis climática. La galardonada y...
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Complete Poems of Frances E.W. HarperFrances Harper was renowned in her lifetime not only as an activist who rallied on behalf of blacks, women, and the poor, but as a pioneer of the tradition of 'protest' literature, whose immense popularity did much to develop an audience for poetry in...
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Cli-Fi and Class: Socioeconomic Justice in Contemporary American Climate FictionSince its emergence in the late twentieth century, climate fiction-or cli-fi-has concerned itself as much with economic injustice and popular revolt as with rising seas and soaring temperatures. Indeed, with its insistent focus on redressing social disparities, cli-fi might reasonably be classified as a...
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City Scripts: Narratives of Postindustrial Urban FuturesStorytelling shapes how we view our cities, legitimizing histories, future plans, and understandings of the urban. City Scripts responds to calls by literary theorists to engage a new kind of narrative analysis that recalibrates close reading and interpretation to the multiple ways in which...
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Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur SCCarmine Infantino is the artistic and publishing visionary whose mark on the comic book industry pushed conventional boundaries. As a penciler and cover artist, he was a major force in defining the Silver Age of comics, co-creating the modern Flash and resuscitating the Batman...
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