Literary Criticism - General

The alleged death of utopian fiction and its eclipsing by dystopia is, Rowan Fortune, cogently argues, grossly exaggerated. Reprising elements of their doctoral thesis on utopian fiction, Fortune provides not only an extensive chronology of utopia, but also gives writers a sense of the...

The book "" Gems in the Smithsonian Institution, has been considered important throughout the human history, and 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....

Patrick White is a giant among the moderns. His massive novels, which chart the lonely paths to truth, challenge orthodox notions about fiction and reality. He has created a wholly new kind of prose to embody his prophetic visions of truth and his fierce...

A Theory of Adaptation explores the continuous development of creative adaptation, and argues that the practice of adapting is central to the story-telling imagination. Linda Hutcheon develops a theory of adaptation through a range of media, from film and opera, to video games, pop...

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite extraordinaire, is unique as Victorian proto-expressionistic painter-poet, who relentlessly sought representation of a tormented personified-self through the communicative relationship between image and word. In this interdisciplinary study is considered the narrative interaction that unifies ideas and forms into a self-expressive...

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A study of the influence of Henry Fielding on the works of Jane Austen. Jo Alyson Parker explores how Fielding and Austen rely on a common comedic vision, employ similar themes and plot structures, and follow a similar trajectory in their careers.Author: Jo Alyson...

Perspectives on the ways in which welfarist ideology has underpinned the teaching, reading and production of literature from the 1930s to the present. The welfare state in Britain established a new level of access to literature as a public good alongside other national resources...

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Mosaic Digest, where our slogan, "Every Story, Every Angle, " comes to life. We are thrilled to embark on this journey with you, exploring the vibrant tapestry of human narratives that span the globe. At Mosaic Digest, we...

Est Vitae Essentia: Homer to Joyce and the Humanity in Epic provides students with an enlightening introduction to the essence and evolution of epic literature. It explores the genre from its earliest examples to modern interpretations, focusing on the human experiences that resonate across...

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Novelist Post, a magazine dedicated to celebrating the brilliance of bestselling, award-winning, and exceptional authors in the realms of novels, romance, and fiction. We are thrilled to introduce this new generation publication, which stands apart from conventional magazines...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anthony Trollope is among the best-loved novelists in the English language. His strongly drawn characters and skilful plots are compelling, while his moral judgements are often subtly challenging. He is an entertainer, but his power to make his...

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose is a carefully curated collection of insightful and thought-provoking excerpts from a wide range of authors, from Shakespeare to Milton to Bacon. This comprehensive volume is a must-read for anyone interested in English literature and...

A translation and analysis of Book 5 of the ancient Greek historian Arrian's major work on Alexander the Great, with a focus on his campaigns in the region of Punjab.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of...

This 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,...

This 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,...

This 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,...

In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is...

Vladimir Nabokov's extraordinary literary career, as a master of Russian and English prose, is unique. Acclaimed in the limited Russian ?migr? world, under the name of Sirin, Nabokov switched to writing in English and settled in America, a refugee from Hitler's Europe. Exile, memory,...

Drawing extensively upon archival resources and manuscript evidence, Wordsworth Before Coleridge rewrites the early history of Wordsworth's intellectual development and thereby overturns a century-old consensus that derives his most important philosophical ideas from Coleridge. Beginning with Wordsworth's mathematical and poetic studies at Hawkshead Grammar...

Gitanjali is a Collection of Peoms by the Bengali Poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Noble Prize for Literature, Largely for the Book.It is part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Its Central Theme is Devotion & motto is I'am here to Sing...

The Routledge Advanced Persian Course: Farsi Shirin Ast 3 aims to help students of higher-level proficiency continue elevating their proficiency level to achieve near-native level. Author: Pouneh Shabani-JadidiISBN-10: 0367367475ISBN-13: 9780367367473Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2019Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.50h x 7.30w x 0.50d

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: ...] Although there is quite a number of reasonable arguments for not welcoming Turkey to the European "family", such as...

Monty Python's Flying Circus aired from 1969 until 1974, but the conclusion of the series did not mark the end of the troupe's creative output. Even before the final original episodes were recorded and broadcast, the six members began work on their first feature-length...

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Offering a multifaceted approach to the Mexican-born director Guillermo del Toro, this volume examines his wide-ranging oeuvre and traces the connections between his Spanish language and English language commercial and art film projects.Author: A. DaviesISBN-10: 1137407832ISBN-13: 9781137407832Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2014Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize:...

Monte Cristo: A Drama, In Five Acts is a play written by Charles Albert Fechter in 1868. The play is based on the classic novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. The story follows the journey of Edmond Dant�����s, a man who...

Lost Coast Review is a quarterly intellectual review which includes short stories, book reviews, film reviews, poetry, art, and commentary.Author: Jonathan SimkinsISBN-10: 0692550976ISBN-13: 9780692550977Publisher: Avignon PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2015Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d

An engaging series of reflections on the literary landscape of our time-from the writings of Roland Barthes to those of Stephen King-Wood explores such issues as the shift of interest from novel to story, the blurring of the line between fiction and criticism, the...

This groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature., shows how the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century poet revolutionized the classical tradition and effectively created the classical genre of sustained, thematically focused, coherent large-scale compositions. Some of...

Reading John through Johannine Lenses demonstrates that the model an interpreter chooses for examining the Gospel of John significantly impacts the resulting interpretation. The Fourth Evangelist uses key words in the prologue in order to guide the reader toward key moments in the gospel....

Assuming the voices of psychoanalyst, scholar, and postmodern polemicist, Julia Kristeva discusses both the conflicts and commonalities among the Greek, Christian, Roman, and contemporary discourses on love, desire, and self. Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of...

Thanks to writers like Mario Puzo, filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, and actors like Al Pacino and James Gandolfini, American and Sicilian Mafia characters are well-known figures in contemporary popular culture. Other powerful organized crime groups appearing in popular media include...

This collection compiles essays by medievalist scholars that examine the variety of ways authors have fictionalized the medieval period while meeting the challenge of creating engaging literature. More significantly, this project seeks to explore the importance of authenticity in these works of medievalism. The...

A sensational success when first published in 1893, the violent hatreds Degeneration roused among younger artists followed the author for the rest of his life. The book pursues a medicalised examination of some of the literary and artistic movements of the period. However, though...

Throne and Altar is a blog, part of the Orthosphere, defending the legitimate authority of God, tradition, fathers, and kings against the diabolical partisans of freedom and equality. Its author, Bonald, is an actual Catholic monarchist who: reviews books on the topics of history,...

Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds investigates the peculiar absence of Islam and Muslims from Shakespeare's canon. While many of Shakespeare's plays were set in the Mediterranean, a geography occupied by Muslim empires and cultures, his work eschews direct engagement with the religion and its people....

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Choice is the defining issue of the twenty-first century. As the #MeToo movement extends its legal, social, and political reach around the world, the topic of consent has come under particular scrutiny. Shakespeare on Consent examines crises of consent on the early modern stage...

The book "" Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...

Bits about Home Matters, is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: The following paper gives an in-depth analysis of Flannery O'Connor's acclaimed short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find....

G.K. Chesterton was born on May 29, 1874 in London. He was known for writing academic commentary, poetry and short stories. His interest in theology and conversion to Catholicism led him to write religious fiction. In 1908, he wrote the novel The Man Who...

Imagining this or that future as a way of generating hope and "hopeful action", far from moving us towards any desired outcome, is simply occluding our eyes from the reality that is right in front of us, daily. Our time is incredibly uncertain and...

Cultural Genealogy explores the popularization in the Renaissance of the still pervasive myth that later cultures are the hereditary descendants of ancient or older cultures. Through examples ranging from Petrarch to Columbus, Maffeo Vegio to the Hapsburgs, Falco shows how the new techne of...

Aristophanes, the acclaimed comic playwright of ancient Athens, observed that producing comedies was the most difficult work of all. Aristophanes wrote tens of plays, but only eleven survived. These plays are usually published in 2 books, but in this edition you will find them...

Summary Alice Walker's Influence on Womanist Theology: A Minority Response by Gladys J. Willis, Ph. D. This short book consists of five chapters. Chapter I, "The Origin of the Idea," introduces the womanist theology idea as having its origin in Alice Walker's definitions of...

A guide to constructing a novel for budding writers by one of Scotland's finest poets. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Frankenstein's Science contextualizes this widely taught novel in contemporary scientific and literary debates, providing new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy, electricity, medicine, teratology, Mesmerism, quackery, and proto-evolutionary biology. The collection will be...