Sidebar

Categories

Featured Products

Fourth Wing
Fourth Wing
"The most brutally addictive fantasy I've read in a decade!" --#1 NYT bestselling author Tracy Wolff"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end. Brutal games, grumpy dragons, complex characters, sizzling sexual tension, magic, and war...a fantasy like you've never read before."...
$60.37 SGD
$60.37 SGD
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by Grann, David
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The...
$60.39 SGD
$60.39 SGD
Maame by George, Jessica
Maame
"An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward, joyous, a little...
$56.35 SGD
$56.35 SGD
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Ortega-Medina, Orlando
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent Rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with...
$44.17 SGD
$44.17 SGD
Divine Rivals by Ross, Rebecca
Divine Rivals
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to...
$38.22 SGD
$38.22 SGD
Big Swiss by Beagin, Jen
Big Swiss
"Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last...
$34.22 SGD
$34.22 SGD

Literary Criticism

Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.

Filter
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 50
  • Featured
  • Best selling
  • Alphabetically, A-Z
  • Alphabetically, Z-A
  • Price, low to high
  • Price, high to low
  • Date, old to new
  • Date, new to old
Sort

Sort by:

  • Featured
  • Best selling
  • Alphabetically, A-Z
  • Alphabetically, Z-A
  • Price, low to high
  • Price, high to low
  • Date, old to new
  • Date, new to old
  • Amalia by Mármol, José
    Amalia
    Amalia is one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but...
    $105.14 SGD
    $105.14 SGD
  • 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by Sutherland, John
    50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know
    In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and examples from both classic and popular works. From postmodernism to postcolonialism, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, 50 Literature Ideas...
    $26.16 SGD
    $26.16 SGD
  • Xerography Debt #53 by Breier, Davida G.
    Xerography Debt #53
    Author: Davida G. BreierPublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 02/11/2023Pages: 59Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsISBN: 9781621066965
    $9.95 SGD
    $9.95 SGD
    Notify me
    Notify me
  • Where Not to Be Born by Fathy, Safaa
    Where Not to Be Born
    A new English translation representing Safaa Fathy's wide-ranging, richly allusive, and cinematically-inflected poetic practice.WHERE NOT TO BE BORN by Safaa Fathy, translated from Arabic by Rawad Z. Wehbe, is a selection of poetry that encapsulates Fathy's cinematographic and philosophical renderings, tenderly celebrating humanity's capacity...
    $55.37 SGD
    $55.37 SGD
    Notify me
    Notify me
  • Vergil S Aeneid by Vergil
    Vergil S Aeneid
    "This translation with its admirable projection of the various moods throughout the poem can be recommended to both classicist and non-classicist." --The Classical World"Of all the editions of the Aeneid in English, [this] volume should be of special interest to the teacher--as well as...
    $67.10 SGD
    $67.10 SGD
  • Vastarien: A Literary Journal vol. 7 issue 0 by Padgett, Jon
    Vastarien: A Literary Journal vol. 7 issue 0
    Author: Jon Padgett, Richard GavinPublisher: Grimscribe PressPublished: 01/05/2024Pages: 228Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48dISBN: 9798218352646
    $40.26 SGD
    $40.26 SGD
  • Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992 by Stosuy, Brandon
    Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992
    Among The Village Voices 25 Favorite Books of 2006Winner of the 2007 AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show in the Trade Illustrated Book Design category. Sometime after Andy Warhol's heyday but before Soho became a tourist trap, a group of poets, punk rockers, guerilla...
    $111.56 SGD
    $111.56 SGD
  • The Sound of Writing by Cannon, Christopher
    The Sound of Writing
    An interdisciplinary exploration of how writers have conveyed sound through text.Edited by Christopher Cannon and Steven Justice, The Sound of Writing explores the devices and techniques that writers have used to represent sound and how they have changed over time. Contributors consider how writing...
    $175.12 SGD
    $175.12 SGD
  • The Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Rousseau, Jean Jacques
    The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
    Born on June 28, 1712, in Geneva, the French philosopher, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent and definitive minds of the Enlightenment. Self-taught, Rousseau dabbled in many fields, keeping journals of his interests in science, mathematics, music, astronomy, botany,...
    $29.49 SGD
    $29.49 SGD
  • The Precarious Writing of Ann Quin by Williams, Nonia
    The Precarious Writing of Ann Quin
    Ann Quin's innovative, versatile oeuvre made a vital contribution to 1960s and '70s British experimental writing. While contemporaries praised her vivid and energetic prose, a sustained and in-depth study of Quin has so far been absent from scholarly reassessment of this literary era. As...
    $350.60 SGD
    $350.60 SGD
  • The Philosopheras Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth by Egginton, William
    The Philosopheras Desire: Psychoanalysis, Interpretation, and Truth
    This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. It argues against certain trends of thought that claim we should do without interpretation by demonstrating that interpretation, as described by psychoanalysis, is already a fundamental aspect of all human experience....
    $58.73 SGD
    $58.73 SGD
  • The Other Synaesthesia by Bernstein, Susan
    The Other Synaesthesia
    Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy and literature.Author: Susan BernsteinPublisher: State University of New York PressPublished: 01/02/2024Pages: 146Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34dISBN: 9781438493619This title is not returnable
    $101.83 SGD
    $101.83 SGD
  • The Lives of the Poets: A Selection by Johnson, Samuel
    The Lives of the Poets: A Selection
    Here is a substantial selection of Samuel Johnson's magisterial and unforgettable portraits of the lives of the English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally covering the lives of 52 poets, with the primary focus on Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope, Johnson's Lives...
    $50.21 SGD
    $50.21 SGD
    Notify me
    Notify me
  • The Fractured Voice: Silence and Power in Imperial Roman Literature by Koenig, Amy A.
    The Fractured Voice: Silence and Power in Imperial Roman Literature
    Imperial Rome privileged the elite male citizen as one of sound mind and body, superior in all ways to women, noncitizens, and nonhumans. One of the markers of his superiority was the power of his voice, both literal (in terms of oratory and the...
    $335.32 SGD
    $335.32 SGD
  • The Cambridge History of European Romantic Literature by Vincent, Patrick
    The Cambridge History of European Romantic Literature
    This wide-ranging new history of European Romantic Literature presents a pan-European phenomenon which transcended national borders and contributed to a new sense of European cultural identity across the continent. Conceived in the same spirit as Madame de Staël's cultural and political agenda at a...
    $494.03 SGD
    $494.03 SGD
  • Textes Sacres D Afrique by Collectifs, Gall
    Textes Sacres D Afrique
    Author: Gall CollectifsPublisher: Gallimard EducationPublished: 05/01/2011Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 7.11h x 4.30w x 0.68dISBN: 9782070441372Language: FrenchThis title is only available via back order
    $60.28 SGD
    $60.28 SGD
    Notify me
    Notify me
  • Strangers to Ourselves by Kristeva, Julia
    Strangers to Ourselves
    This book is concerned with the notion of the stranger--the foreigner, outsider, or alien in a country and society not their own--as well as the notion of strangeness within the self, a person's deep sense of being, as distinct from outside appearance and their...
    $80.52 SGD
    $80.52 SGD
  • Sagittae Angelorum by Bellusci, David C.
    Sagittae Angelorum
    Sagittae Angelorum, ""arrows of angels,"" offers a collection of literary works in poetry, short stories, and drama by four innovative authors--Jeremy Joosten, Joelle Joosten, Dominic Nootebos, and Lucas Smith. Jeremy Joosten engages his readers by creating narratives with animal and nature metaphors. The reader/listener...
    $28.17 SGD
    $28.17 SGD
  • Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
    Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
    Omar Khayyam was a Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. although best known in the West for his verse he is better known in his homeland as a man of science. Outside Iran and Persian speaking countries, Khayyam has had an impact on...
    $22.64 SGD
    $22.64 SGD
  • Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession by Monson, Ander
    Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession
    In his first memoir, Ander Monson guides listeners through a scene-by-scene exploration of the 1987 film Predator, which he has watched 146 times. Some fighters might not have time to bleed, but Monson has the patience to consider their adventure, one frame at a...
    $36.88 SGD
    $36.88 SGD
    Notify me
    Notify me

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.

FAQ's

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.

Popular Search Terms

literary criticism books | criticism literature | literary theory books | books on literary theory | literary analysis books | critical analysis books | in-depth literary analysis | exploring literary criticism | feminist literary criticism books | Marxist literary criticism books | postcolonial literary criticism books | structuralist literary criticism books | postmodern literary criticism books

Recently Viewed Products