Literary Criticism
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Dead and Alive: Essays
$32.00 Add to cartA profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays
In the past two decades, few writers have been able to master the craft and art of the essay in t- Author: Smith, Zadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 564
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217168989
- Language: English
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Jane Austen for Every Day of the Year: A Charming Collection of Wit & Wisdom
$16.99 Add to cartMarking the 250th anniversary of Janes Austen’s birth – a collection of quotes, quips and most-loved passages from her works and letters for every day of the year.
Jane Austen for Every Day of the Yea- Author: Richardson, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0753735601
- Language: English
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Quentin Blake’s Fantastic Journeys
$19.99 Add to cartSavor the work of the well-loved and lauded illustrator Quentin Blake in this keepsake collection of fun, quirky drawings that will delight both longtime devotees and emerging young fans.
A chef in m- Author: Blake, Quentin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1536245089
- Language: English
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Disinherited Mind: Essays in Modern German Literature and Thought
$18.99 Add to cartSince first publication in 1952, The Disinherited Mind has been in continuous demand, recognized as a work whose significance extends far beyond the subject of German letters. The noted critic and poe… [more below]
- Author: Heller, Erich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 19 1975
- ISBN10: 0156261006
- Language: English
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The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation: Essays on Nurturing a Passion for Reading
$30.00 Add to cartInspired by Robert Macfarlane and curated by Jennie Orchard, an anthology of essays about the joys of giving books to children and young people, from some of the world’s most beloved writers.
Remember
- Author: Orchard, Jennie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1964992125
- Language: English
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Philip Roth: Stung by Life
$28.00 Add to cartA landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life
In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Phili- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Zipperstein, Steven J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0300251556
- Language: English
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Worlds of Wonder: Celebrating the Great Classics of Children’s Literature
$29.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years
From Little Women to Harry Potter, chi- Author: Hahn, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0691274630
- Language: English
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: A New Translation
$18.99 Add to cartMore than a century after its composition, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus–Wittgenstein’s first masterwork, and the only book he published during his lifetime–endures as the definitive modern text on… [more below]
- Author: Wittgenstein, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 132409690X
- Language: English
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Swifterature: A Love Story: English Literature and Taylor Swift
$29.95 Add to cartA daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift.
Swifterature captures a uni- Author: McCausland, Elly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1639369899
- Language: English
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Taco
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City n- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Prado, Ignacio M. Sánchez
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765135624
- Language: English
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The Book Lover’s Journal
$14.99 Add to cart“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.” – Annie Dillard
If you’re
Document your reading journey with this illustrated journal, packed with helpful prompts and inspiring quotes.- Author: Forster, Felicity
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 139885039X
- Language: English
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The Personal Heresy: A Controversy
$16.99 Add to cartA repackaged edition of the revered author’s set of dueling critical essays with fellow scholar E. M. W. Tillyard in which they debate the role of an author’s biography in the critical appraisal of li
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062565621
- Language: English
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Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times
$24.00 Add to cartDrawing on deep passion and personal experience, former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith demystifies the art form that has too often been mischaracterized as “inaccessible,” “irrelevant,” or “intimidat
- Series: A Norton Short
- Author: Smith, Tracy K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324050985
- Language: English
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The Outspoken and the Incendiary: Interviews with Radical Speculative Fiction Writers
$24.95 Add to cartIn-depth, intense, insightful.
For more than a decade, radical science fiction author and activist journalist Terry Bisson interviewed some of the most provocative and outspoken authors of the twentiet
- Author: Bisson, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9798887441214
- Language: English
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Comic Book Apocalypse!: The Death of Pre-Code Comics and Why It Happened, 1940-1955
$59.99 Add to cartFrom 1940 to 1955, American society and culture underwent dramatic changes, including the introduction of the Comics Code in October 1954, which heavily impacted comic books. The Code aimed to moderat… [more below]
- Author: Hogan, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0764369598
- Language: English
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The White Orchard: Selected Interviews, Essays, and Poems
$29.95 Add to cartA poet’s creative process comes to light in this latest book by National Book Award recipient Arthur Sze. Sze has assembled an illuminating selection of seven interviews, three essays, and poems to ex… [more below]
- Author: Sze, Arthur
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0890136904
- Language: English
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Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel
$35.00 Add to cartThe award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, a consummate artist of the twentieth century.
“Is the story fact? Is it fiction? It is what it is,” said- Author: Wilson, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0374613206
- Language: English
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When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever
$30.00 Add to cartA sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the legendary writer John Cheever, as told by his eldest daughter.
The Stories of John Cheev- Author: Cheever, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0374600996
- Language: English
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Before Night Falls: A Memoir
$24.00 Add to cart“Any attempt to reckon with Cuba’s torturous twentieth century will have to take into account Arenas’s monumental work … an essential human testimony, joyful and enraged, a triumph of conscience.” –… [more below]
- Author: Arenas, Reinaldo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140157654
- Language: English
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Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter
$21.95 Add to cartAn Air Mail Editor’s Pick
“[A] masterly panorama of classic Russian literature and its hinterland of ideas.”–Wall Street Journal “Wise and authoritative…As the best R
A Spectator Book of the Year- Author: Morson, Gary Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0674299183
- Language: English
