Literary Criticism - General

American Literature by Mildred Cabell Watkins is a comprehensive guide to the literary history of the United States. The book covers the major literary movements and writers from the colonial period to the present day, including the Puritan writers, the Romantics, the Realists, the...

Roundup of Western Literature: An Anthology for Young Readers is a collection of classic works of literature from the Western genre, curated by Oren Arnold. The book is intended for young readers and includes stories and poems from some of the most famous Western...

Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887) was the son of the engineer Robert Stevenson, and father of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Like his brothers David and Alan, he became a lighthouse designer, being responsible for over thirty examples around Scotland. Throughout his career he was interested...

The Routledge Companion to Jane Austen provides wide-ranging coverage of Jane Austen's works, reception, and legacy, with chapters that draw on the latest literary research and theory.Author: Cheryl A. WilsonISBN-10: 1032013273ISBN-13: 9781032013275Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2024Pages: 602Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.34lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.25d

"On the Art of Writing Fiction" offers a timeless exploration into the techniques and considerations behind crafting compelling narratives. This collection of literary essays delves into the heart of fiction writing, providing invaluable insights into the craft. Explore a range of perspectives on storytelling,...

A poetic work by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, telling the story of a young woman's journey of self-discovery and artistic expression. Touches on themes of social justice, gender roles, and the role of art in society.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

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,...

Hermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini.Author: Carlo Luigi GolinoISBN-10: 0837189985ISBN-13: 9780837189987Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/1977Pages: 252Format:...

If we believe that the most engaging people have eclectic interests, then Donald Hall is incontrovertibly our most engaging man of letters. Prize-winning poet, teacher, essayist, children's book writer, Hall here reflects on some of the things he holds most dear: his family home...

This essay collection grew out of a Hofstra University conference on the life, works, and influence of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the eighteenth-century German playwright, critic, and philosopher who essentially established a new national literature in Germany during the Enlightenment. The volume is divided into...

Product information not available.Author: Benjamin Shearer,Barbara ShearerISBN-10: 0313235112ISBN-13: 9780313235115Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/1983Pages: 574Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.22lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d

Product information not available.Author: Margaret Eustella Fau,Gabriel Garcia Marquez,UnknownISBN-10: 031322224XISBN-13: 9780313222245Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/1980Pages: 198Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

Product information not available.Author: Alan R. Eager,LsiISBN-10: 0313223432ISBN-13: 9780313223433Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/1980Pages: 502Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.26lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.13d

Though writer's block creates personal havoc and disastrous social consequences, it is not usually viewed as a mental disorder. Here is an in-depth study, a foundation for the development of a treatment approach more sensitive and precise than any currently available.Author: Martin KantorISBN-10: 0275949052ISBN-13:...

Scholars and artists revisit a hugely influential essay by Rosalind Krauss and map the interactions between art and architecture over the last thirty-five years.Expansion, convergence, adjacency, projection, rapport, and intersection are a few of the terms used to redraw the boundaries between art and...

The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major series that charts one of the most venerable book cultures in Europe, from the earliest manuscript compilations to the flourishing book industries of the late twentieth century. For the first time, it offers a...

The Victorian period gave rise to revelatory new approaches to art instruction. A growing investment in standardized education, the rise of exhibition culture, and an expanding body of literature devoted to the teaching of art all contributed to very public and sometimes contentious debates...

Sarah Roger investigates Jorge Luis Borges's development as an author in light of Franz Kafka's influence, and in consideration of Borges's relationship with his father, Jorge Guillermo Borges (Borges père, a failed author). Borges believed that much of Kafka's writing derived from his personal...

Author: Steve EdingtonISBN-10: 1698720211ISBN-13: 9781698720210Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2025Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d

At a time of accelerating planetary crisis, this bold and beautiful work asks: how do we reauthor what it means to be human? Drawing on the work of prominent figures such as Aldous Huxley, Donna Haraway, and Virginia Woolf, the book explores poetic prose...

This volume engages with migrant deaths from a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective, raising questions beyond representation or visibility. From counting the anonymous dead to being accountable for their erasure, how is the community of the living affected, and what is the ethical and political...

This group biography follows the four Ashurst sisters, contemporaries of Queen Victoria, who rebelled against the limitations of their era to become influential activists. Raised by progressive parents in a London household with few boundaries between private life and public engagement, Eliza, Caroline, Matilda,...

This peer-reviewed international handbook focuses on memory studies in the Nordic countries. It is a multi-disciplinary and transnational work that explores and maps characteristics and applications of the fast-growing field of memory studies in the Nordic region and in relation to the global context....

As a poetic drama, The Stone Ship transports readers on a lifetime's voyage of discovery. Jerome, an amnesiac, wonders how he became a monastic porter at Cloistergarth. His search for the lost years becomes a deep well from which all the fragments of his...

Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five...

An off-hand speculation by ex-pat and professor, David Moran, sends his celebrated historian colleague, Graham Guade, on an investigation that peels back American use of, and protection for, Japanese doctors who committed unspeakable medical experiments in WWII. The inquiry into the legacy of those...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1904 Edition.Author: J. Norman LockyerISBN-10: 1498013228ISBN-13: 9781498013222Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.Author: Llewellyn GeorgeISBN-10: 1494040670ISBN-13: 9781494040673Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d

Out of her intimate knowledge of the region and after intensive study of contemporary newspapers, the author discusses the first twenty-five years of Twain's life, showing in convincing detail the cultural resources of his region and proving that the Originally published in 1934.A UNC...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have...

""Here And There In Yucatan: Miscellanies"" is a book written by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon and first published in 1889. The book is a collection of essays and articles on the author's travels and experiences in Yucatan, Mexico, during the late 19th century. Le...

A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton, demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop in the centuries after his deathAuthor: Rob Iliffe,Milo Keynes,Rebekah HiggittISBN-10: 1138752517ISBN-13: 9781138752511Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2005Pages: 464Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

A collection of the many biographies of scientist Isaac Newton, demonstrating the ways in which his reputation continued to develop in the centuries after his deathAuthor: Rob Iliffe,Milo Keynes,Rebekah HiggittISBN-10: 1138752509ISBN-13: 9781138752504Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2005Pages: 460Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

"Provence" may perhaps be described as the crystallisation of the main idea running through the Great Trade Route, which we published a year ago. Of that book Mr A.G. McDonnell wrote in the Observer: "It is an Indictment, a Philipic....I know of no books...

Contemplating Shostakovich marks an important new stage in the understanding of Shostakovich and his working environment. Each chapter covers aspects of the composer's output in the context of his life and cultural milieu. The contributions uncover 'outside' stimuli behind Shostakovich's works, allowing the reader...

Michael S. D. Hooper reverses the recent trend of regarding Tennessee Williams as fundamentally a social writer following the discovery, publication and/or performance of plays from both ends of his career - the 'proletarian' apprentice years of Candles to the Sun and Not About...

A Complete Guide to Literary Analysis and Theory offers an accessible introduction to all the current approaches to literary analysis. Ranging from stylistics and historicism to post-humanism and new materialism, it also includes chapters on media studies and screen studies.The Guide is designed for...

"The Craft of Fiction" by Percy Lubbock delves into the heart of narrative technique, exploring the intricacies of character development and point of view in fiction. This seminal work of literary criticism examines how authors construct compelling stories, offering a deep dive into the...

Experience the beauty and elegance of Japanese poetry in this timeless masterpiece of translation and scholarship. In this book, acclaimed writer and scholar Basil Hall Chamberlain offers a comprehensive introduction to the history and culture of Japanese poetry, along with exquisite translations of many...

This collection of poems and translations by Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835-1861) contains both original works and his translations of poetry from a range of languages and historical periods. The poems reflect the intellectual and artistic interests of the era, while Worsley's translations are testament...

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,...

This big, beautiful anthology of short fiction is for readers, writers, and anyone curious about the mysterious processes of literary minds. All contributors have been recent faculty members of the prestigious Warren Wilson Low Residency Program, including such literary favorites as Margot Livesey, Charles...

Nearly all of Laurence's works from Africa and Canada are critiqued in this volume. The essays highlight Laurence's innovative narrative styles, showing how her combinations of oral literary forms and unique shifts in tense and point of view help her achieve vivid character portrayals....

The first reference work in any language devoted to Russian women writers, this dictionary systematically covers, in detail, the lives of 448 women who wrote from the period of Catherine the Great to the present. Despite their significant achievements, women writers are generally missing...