Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Odysseus: A Verse TragedyOdysseus: A Verse Tragedy, by Nikos Kazantzakis, Nobel Prize nominee and author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, is a dramatic, modern retelling of story of the return of the Ancient Greek warrior-king. It is a prequel to Nikos Kazantzakis's...
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Before PhotographyRecent years have seen a wealth of new scholarship on the history of photography, cinema, digital media, and video games, yet less attention has been devoted to earlier forms of visual culture. The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic proliferation of new technologies, devices, and...
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Classical Scholarship and Its HistoryIt is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical scholarship. His remarkable combination of interests in the sociology of scholars and scholarship, in the...
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L'esthétique populisteLe roman populiste, mouvement littéraire de l'entre-deux-guerres, est souvent considéré comme un phénomène éphémère de l'histoire littéraire. Si l'on relit les romans du groupe formé autour du romancier Léon Lemonnier dans leur contexte historique, il apparaît toutefois que ce courant résume parfaitement l'imaginaire et...
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Identities, Ethnicities and Gender in AntiquityThe question of 'identity' arises for any individual or ethnic group when they come into contact with a stranger or another people. Such contact results in the self-conscious identification of ways of life, customs, traditions, and other forms of society as one's own specific...
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Giovenale, >SatiraJuvenal's Satire 9, though often considered among its author's most successful, has not infrequently been censored or condemned for its 'obscene' subject matter. The present work constitutes the first extensive and independent commentary devoted to this composition. The author studies the degradation of the...
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Gender Bonds, Gender BindsWhile Gender Studies has made its mark on literary studies, much scholarship on the German Middle Ages is largely inaccessible to the Anglo-American audience. With gender at its core as a category of analysis, "Gender Bonds, Gender Binds"uniquely opens up medieval German material to...
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Mushaira: Riwayat, Saqafat aur Tijarat: Riwayat,Mushaira is a poetic symposium. It is an event where poets gather to perform their poetries. A mushaira is part of the Culture of North India, Pakistan and all over world, But there has been no serious discussion on 'Mushaira' so far. Thousands of...
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Ye Lauh-e-Mazaar to Meri Hai (Memoir)Ashar Najmi had been very close to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. Faruqi had played a pivotal role in success of Najmi's Esbaat, an Urdu literary quarterly launched from Mumbai in 2008. Faruqi not only guided but also morally supported Najmi in this venture, which seemed...
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125 entries of loving youThe new edition of 125 entries of loving you contains the stages of grief, loneliness, power and independence one may have within their lives, due to the trouble of love. It contains my journey through heartbreak and self-love through the breakup that corrupted me...
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Demystifying Bilingualism: How Metaphor Guides Research Towards MythificationThis book analyses changing views on bilingualism in Cognitive Psychology and explores their socio-cultural embeddedness. It offers a new, innovative perspective on the debate on possible cognitive (dis)advantages in bilinguals, arguing that it is biased by popular "language myths", which often manifest themselves in...
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Favorite PoemsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Dead Reckonings No. 32 (Fall 2022)Table of ContentsCan You Dig It? ........... Daniel PietersenAmara Thornton and Katy Soar, ed., Strange Relics: Stories of Archeology and the Supernatural, 1895-1954. A Newly Arrived Triumph ........... Géza A. G. ReillyAttila Verse, translated by Luca Karafiáth. The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales. June Ruins...
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Layamon's BrutLayamon's Brut, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole book has been...
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The Laughter of Slim MaloneThe Laughter of Slim Malone, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole...
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Talking to Strangers: Selected Essays, Prefaces, and Other Writings, 1967-2017Talking to Strangers is a freshly curated collection of prose, spanning fifty years of work and including famous as well as never-before-published early writings, from 2018 Man Booker Prize-finalist Paul Auster. Beginning with a short philosophical meditation written when he was twenty and concluding...
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The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy LifeIn The Wisdom of the Shire, Noble Smith sheds a light on the life-changing ideas tucked away inside the classic works of J.R.R. Tolkien and his most beloved creation--the stouthearted Hobbits. The Wisdom of the Shire draws important lessons from The Lord of the...
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Write That EulogyWrite That Eulogy offers an antidote to the tired traditional telling of eulogies. This book is for anyone who is considering writing their life story, or someone else's, so it is told faithfully and with creative flair at their funeral. Whether you're an experienced...
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The New LandThe New Land has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future...
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable FamilyThe Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format...
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