Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Revolutionary Poetics: The Rhetoric of the Black Arts MovementIn Revolutionary Poetics, Sarah RudeWalker details the specific ways that the Black Arts Movement (BAM) achieved its revolutionary goals through rhetorical poetics--in what forms, to what audiences, and to what effect. BAM has had far-reaching influence, particularly in developments in positive conceptions of Blackness,...
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Finders: Justice, Faith, and Identity in Irish Crime FictionSome of the most iconic, hard-boiled Irish detectives in fiction insist that they are not detectives at all. Hailing from a region with a cultural history of mistrust in the criminal justice system, Irish crime writers resist many of the stereotypical devices of the...
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My Manga Collection: That Time I Read So Much Manga That I Needed This Tracker to Record Everything, from the God-Tier Volumes to Trash FavRate and record your favorite manga as well as track your progress and make notes with this must-have journal perfect for manga readers everywhere. Calling all manga readers: this book is just for you! My Manga Collection is a tracker and reading journal created...
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Legacy of the Goddess: Heroines, Warriors and Witches from World Mythology to Folktales and Fairy TalesIt is often assumed that the female characters found in popular folk and fairy tales are little more than inconsequential stereotypes--mostly serving as hapless victims in need of rescue, boring one-dimensional princesses, or egotistical and conniving villains. This book presents more fully-realized portraits of...
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Novem Portis (Deluxe Edition): Necronomicon Revelations, Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows and Crossing to the AbyssThis special 10th Anniversary oversized hardcover Deluxe Edition commemorates completion of the "Necronomicon Shadows" cycle of 'Mardukite Core' material in 2012 and is sure to become a prized addition to your personal library.A refreshingly coherent revelation for our times, illuminating long-lost remnants of primordial...
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The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking about RaceAs we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare...
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George MacDonald: Divine Carelessness and Fairytale LevityThe Scottish poet, author, and Christian minister George MacDonald is widely known as an inspiration for the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Lewis Carroll, among others. Nineteenth century photographs of MacDonald present a forbidding visage, embodying Victorian-era solemnity. Yet...
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WorldWorld--Ana Luísa Amaral's second collection with New Directions--offers a new exhilarating set of poems that convey wonder, bemusement, and an ever-deepening appreciation of life. Weaving the thread that connects the poem to life, World speaks of our immense human perplexity in the face of...
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Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American ComicsSome comics fans view the industry's Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex...
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Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in NatureEncompassing identity, inspiration, ancestry, and stewardship, the essays and poems by leading Black women and nonbinary scientists in Been Outside explore how experiences in the natural world and life sciences shape the self. These writers and researchers contemplate the moments that sparked their love...
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The Tragedy at CambriaThe Tragedy at Cambria, a three-act play written in rhyming iambic pentameter, tells a story of love, deception, and power. In the medieval kingdom of Cambria, aging King John faces a grave decision. His forebearers created extremely strict laws regarding unwed pregnancy, and now...
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Appalachian Ecocriticism and the Paradox of PlaceEcocriticism and Appalachian studies continue to grow and thrive in academia, as they expand on their foundational works to move in new and exciting directions. When researching these areas separately, there is a wealth of information. However, when researching Appalachian ecocriticism specifically, the lack...
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your HeadMarvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel's dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel...
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Feud in the Icelandic SagaFeud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society-the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict-is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the...
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Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2D Ed.A significant expansion of the critically acclaimed first edition, Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed., carries the story of the Kanter family's series of comics-style adaptations of literary masterpieces from 1941 into the 21st century. This book features additional material on the 70-year...
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The Rabbit Between UsOne morning as they parted, Victor Menza's daughter handed him a bunny postcard. This gift made him wonder why rabbits had been their symbol of visitation: "How did this kind of creature become such a powerful way of feeling your presence?" Through philosophy, history,...
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Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent MillayThe first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's private, intimate diaries, providing "a candid self-portrait of the 'bad girl of American letters'" (Kirkus Reviews) "Provides an occasion to revisit not just [Millay's] improbable life but also her sometimes revelatory work."--Abigail Deutsch, Wall Street Journal...
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The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the StateThe American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate, highlighting the careers of Elizabeth Bishop,...
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Ruin and Resilience: Southern Literature and the EnvironmentIn Ruin and Resilience, Daniel Spoth confronts why the environmental stories told about the U.S. South curve inevitably toward distressing plotlines. Examining more than a dozen works of postbellum literature and cinema, Spoth's analysis winds from John Muir's walking journey across the war-torn South,...
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Tragic Encounters: Pushkin and European RomanticismLiterary scholars largely agree that the Romantic period altered the definition of tragedy, but they have confined their analyses to Western European authors. Maksim Hanukai introduces a new, illuminating figure to this narrative, arguing that Russia's national poet, Alexander Pushkin, can be understood as...
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