Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Death to the Fascist InsectLiterary Nonfiction. California Interest. African & African American Studies. Political Theory. Crime. Edited by John Brian King. DEATH TO THE FASCIST INSECT is a compilation of the writings and transcribed recordings of the Symbionese Liberation Army (1973-75), a radical left-wing group based in the...
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DC Comics: Super-Villains: The Complete Visual HistoryDiscover the origins, secrets, and nefarious schemes of the most powerful and corrupt villains in the DC Universe in this lavishly illustrated visual history. As any comics fan knows, a Super Hero is nothing without a worthy foe to battle. For every Batman there...
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Daoism, Dandyism, and Political CorrectnessArgues that Daoism and dandyism, linked by likeminded philosophies of "carefree wandering," deconstruct the puritanism and political correctness sought by Confucianism, Victorianism, and contemporary neoliberal culture.Author: Thorsten Botz-BornsteinPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 03/02/2024Pages: 232Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dISBN:...
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Crazy Like a Fox: The Classic Comedy CollectionA beloved classic returns: S. J. Perelman's own selection of the very best of his hilarious stories and sketches Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joshua Cohen (The Netanyahus) reintroduces America's zaniest humorist to a new generation of readers When asked about himself the writer Sidney Joseph...
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Cormac McCarthy: An American ApocalypseThis definitive assessment of Cormac McCarthy's novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence, and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Elegantly written and deeply engaged...
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Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition)Author: Tom ShippeyPublisher: Uppsala BooksPublished: 02/25/2024Pages: 440Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.13dISBN: 9781961361140This title is not returnable
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A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis StevensonA portrait of the fascinating, unusual and fruitful creative partnership between Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson The romance between Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson was an unlikely Victorian love story: he was an ambitious but drifting college-educated writer from a prominent family in Scotland;...
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Avant-Garde Post-: Radical Poetics After the Soviet UnionThe remarkable story of seven contemporary Russian-language poets whose experimental work anchors a thriving dissident artistic movement opposed to both Putin's regime and Western liberalism. What does leftist art look like in the wake of state socialism? In recent years, Russian-language avant-garde poetry has...
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A to Zoo: 26 Teachable Animal TalesAuthor: Joe ConroyPublisher: Joe Conroy Publishing, LLCPublished: 03/18/2024Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.30dISBN: 9781960684264This title is not returnable
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A Tale of Two Titties: A Writer's Guide to Conquering the Most Sexist Tropes in Literary HistoryFrom the brilliantly funny (and rightfully furious) creator of the viral Men Write Women Twitter accountLet's face it, women's representation in literature really sucks. And that's mostly because of the male authors who write female characters like they're nothing more than playthings in their...
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Arthurian Matters of Britain: Celtic, Christian, IslamicArthurian Matters of Britain explores a world inspired by the Celtic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, and arrives at new interpretations of the old stories, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the legends of the Grail. Mahmoud Shelton returns here to his roots...
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Animal You'll Surely Become: Extended EditionLiterary Nonfiction. Poetry. Memoir. A daughter's book, a book that exposes the unwitting hurt parents can inflict on their children, it makes sense that many pieces here are inspired by fairy tales. Imagine Red Riding Hood, a woman in her late twenties or early...
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And Rachel Stole the Idols: The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Women's WritingA feminist study of the beginnings of modern Hebrew women's writing. Pointing to an early instance in Hebrew literary history, And Rachel Stole the Idols takes its title from a biblical episode in which a daughter seizes control of a paternal spiritual legacy and...
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Africanfuturism: African Imaginings of Other Times, Spaces, and WorldsIn the past few decades, Western studies of Afrofuturism have grown to encompass examples deriving from multiple sites across the diaspora, as well as from the African continent. However, an increasing number of Africans and Africanists have voiced their concerns about grouping African work...
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Смерть Вазир-МухтараЮ́рий Никола́евич (Насо́нович) Тыня́нов (6 октября 1894, Режица, Витебская губерния, ныне Резекне в Латвии - 20 декабря 1943, Москва) - русский советский прозаик, драматург, сценарист, переводчик, литературовед и критик, представитель русского формализма. По свидетельствам, приводимым в мемуарной литературе, Тынянов писал рассказы и стихи, начиная...
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The Poems of Nakahara ChuyaBorn in 1907 Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and colourful of Japan's early modern poets. A bohemian romantic, his death at the early age of thirty, coupled with the delicacy of his imagery, have led to him being compared to the...
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Yi Kwang-Su and Modern Literature: MujongYi Kwang-su (1892-1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. When the serialization of Mujông (The Heartless) began in 1917, it was an immediate sensation, and it occupies a prominent place in the Korean literary canon. The Heartless is the story of...
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Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American CanonContemporary fiction has never been less contemporary. Midcentury writers tended to set their works in their own moment, but for the last several decades critical acclaim and attention have fixated on historical fiction. This shift is particularly dramatic for writers of color. Even as...
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Women in Contemporary Latin American Novels: Psychoanalysis and Gendered ViolenceExamines literature from a wide range of countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto RicoSpeaks not only to literary studies but also to gender studies and cultural studiesProvides an important account of how and why gendered violence occursAuthor: Beatriz L. BoteroPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublished:...
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'Wit's Wild Dancing Light': Reading the Poems of Alexander PopeWit's Wild Dancing Light acts as a highly useful entry point for readers who are encountering Pope for the first time and also contains much illuminating material for those who are already familiar with his poetry.-Dr Ian Calvert, University of BristolThe book is a...
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