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  • 21st-Century British Gothic: The Monstrous, Spectral, and Uncanny in Contemporary Fiction by Horton, Emily
    21st-Century British Gothic: The Monstrous, Spectral, and Uncanny in Contemporary Fiction
    In this innovative re-casting of the genre and its received canon, Emily Horton explores fictional investments in the Gothic within contemporary British literature, revealing how such concepts as the monstrous, spectral and uncanny work to illuminate the insecure, uneven and precarious experience of 21st-century...
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  • Gothic Dreams and Nightmares by Davison, Carol
    Gothic Dreams and Nightmares
    This interdisciplinary text combines an attention to socio-historical and cultural contexts with a rigorous close reading of literary, artistic, and televisual works, both classic and lesser known. It investigates how the Gothic and the concepts of dreams and nightmares have intersected from the mid-eighteenth...
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  • X-Ray by Lobdell, Nicole
    X-Ray
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. X-rays are powerful. Moving through objects undetected, revealing the body as a tryptic of skin, tissue, and bone. X-rays gave rise to a transparent world and the...
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  • Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic by Domouzi, Andriana
    Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic
    This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic, including their reception in later literature and culture. Contributors look at how Hesiod, Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Moschus, Ovid and Valerius Flaccus have elaborated on...
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  • Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Wheatley, Phillis
    Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
    WE whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the POEMS specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa... -from the...
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  • The History of Russian Literature on Film by Korneeva, Marina
    The History of Russian Literature on Film
    Unlike most previous studies of literature and film, which tend to privilege particular authors, texts, or literary periods, David Gillespie and Marina Korneeva consider the multiple functions of filmed Russian literature as a cinematic subject in its own right-one reflecting the specific political and...
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  • Commentary on Daniel by Burdette D. Min, Dallas
    Commentary on Daniel
    One objective of this book is to set forth the genuiness or authenticity of the Book of Daniel. This volume is composed of twenty-five in-depth studies designed to strengthen and encourage Christians in their daily walk with God and with one another. Chapters 1-3...
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  • The New Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction by Patt, Avinoam
    The New Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction
    An innovative anthology of pieces that have either won or been considered for the Edward Lewis Wallant Award on the occasion of the award's fiftieth anniversary. The Edward Lewis Wallant Award was founded by the family of Dr. Irving and Fran Waltman in 1963...
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  • Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?: The Best of Politically Incorrect by Maher, Bill
    Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?: The Best of Politically Incorrect
    WITH BILL MAHER, ITS NEVER POLITICS AS USUAL Conservatives know what they want and they never forget it. Except for the time Reagan went to the Vietnam Memorial and shouted, Gorbachev, tear down this wall Heidi Fleiss and Dr. Kevorkian are] two visionaries of...
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  • Worlds Built to Fall Apart: Versions of Philip K. Dick by Lapoujade, David
    Worlds Built to Fall Apart: Versions of Philip K. Dick
    Philosophically analyzing the work of one of the twentieth century's most popular, and peculiar, science fiction authors Despite his enduring popularity, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)--whose short stories and novels were adapted into or influenced many major films and television shows, including Blade Runner, Total...
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  • Training Exercises by Danny, Hayward
    Training Exercises
    'Organized violence committed on ordinary speech' is therapy for those who don't believe in literature as value. Training Exercises is an unpacking of that dictum: seven short essays, letters, reports and anti-biographies written to overcome the feeling of resistance to the defacement of what...
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  • Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Ecology, World-Culture by Deckard, Sharae
    Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Ecology, World-Culture
    Tracking Capital introduces new ways to understand the entanglement of cultural forms and practices in economic, social, and ecological crises and struggles. Building on the fundamental insights of world-systems analysis, the book offers readers a series of rubrics, keywords, and concepts-such as zemiperiphery, registration,...
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  • The Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson by Amato, Andy
    The Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson
    What is the "tragic imagination"? And what role does it play in the works of William Shakespeare and Ralph Waldo Emerson? Explaining the tragic imagination as a creative faculty employed to answer the perennial Riddle of the Sphinx - a theory of the world...
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  • The Sarashina Diary: A Woman's Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader's Edition) by Sugawara No Takasue No Musume, Sugawara
    The Sarashina Diary: A Woman's Life in Eleventh-Century Japan (Reader's Edition)
    A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundation, the mature woman skillfully created an autobiography that...
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  • The Origins of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics: A Study of the Shijing and the Mao School of Confucian Exegesis by Svensson Ekstr?m, Martin
    The Origins of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics: A Study of the Shijing and the Mao School of Confucian Exegesis
    The Shijing ("Canon of Odes") is China's oldest poetry collection, traditionally considered to have been edited by Confucius himself. Despite their enormous importance for Confucianism and Chinese civilization, the 305 odes have for millennia also puzzled readers. Why did the Sage include in the...
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  • The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell by Aiello, K. J.
    The Monster and the Mirror: Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell
    Revelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate care Growing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy, where monsters were not what they seemed...
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  • The Librarian's Atlas: The Shape of Knowledge in Early Modern Spain by Kimmel, Seth
    The Librarian's Atlas: The Shape of Knowledge in Early Modern Spain
    A history of early modern libraries and the imperial desire for total knowledge. Medieval scholars imagined the library as a microcosm of the world, but as novel early modern ways of managing information facilitated empire in both the New and Old Worlds, the world...
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  • The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych: Ecstasies and Elegies by Antonych [1909-1937], Bohdan Ihor
    The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych: Ecstasies and Elegies
    Lemko-Ukrainian poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-37) is not as well-known as Slavic modernist poets Mandelstam, Pasternak, and Milosz, or their Western European counterparts Eliot, Rilke, and Lorca, but he unquestionably should be. Sometimes compared to Walt Whitman and Dylan Thomas, Antonych, who described himself...
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  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Franklin, Benjamin
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in...
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  • Still Life at Eighty: A Memoir by Delbanco, Nicholas
    Still Life at Eighty: A Memoir
    ABOUT THE BOOK Novelist, critic, essayist, screenwriter, teacher, traveler, and art aficionado, Nicholas Delbanco has here compiled a mosaic of his life as he glances backwards and forwards from the vantage point of his eightieth year. Each home relocation with its inevitable remodeling becomes...
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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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