Literary Criticism
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Teaching Twelfth Night and Othello: Shakespeare Set Free
$19.99 Add to cartThe Folger Shakespeare Library, the nation’s most important center for Shakespeare study and scholarship, is also the center for Shakespeare education. At the Library’s Teaching Shakespeare Institute,… [more below]
- Series: Folger Shakespeare Library
- Author: O’Brien, Peggy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0743288513
- Language: English
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Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture
$21.99 Read more- Series: Scene History
- Author: Duncombe, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 164841589X
- Language: English
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen
$21.99 Add to cart“Bordo’s sharp reading of Boleyniana and her clear affection for this proud, unusual woman make this an entertaining, provocative read.”–Boston Globe
Part biography, part cultural history, The Creati- Author: Bordo, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0547834381
- Language: English
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Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer
$38.00 Add to cartA collection of private correspondence from one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical voices
The Jamaican-born, queer author Claude McKay (1890-1948) was a central figure of the Harl- Author: McKay, Claude
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300276478
- Language: English
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano
$28.00 Add to cartA biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines
“Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome, of vividl- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300256582
- Language: English
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What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Essential Questions Answered
$20.00 Add to cart“An Austen lover’s greatest wish is for more of her novels. This intimate guide to the world of her books in the next best thing.” –The Atlantic
Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, W- Author: Mullan, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1526693941
- Language: English
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The Father: Poems
$20.00 Add to cartA searing sequence of poems about a daughter’s vision of a father’s illness and death–by the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called “a poet for these times, a powerful woman w… [more below]
- Author: Olds, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 21 1992
- ISBN10: 0679740023
- Language: English
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Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In
$29.95 Add to cartA new edition of a major work of literary and cultural criticism restores C. L. R. James’s reflections about Moby Dick and political persecution.
Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist, an- Author: James, C. L. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1684582792
- Language: English
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You’re Telling My Kids They Can’t Read This Book?: Our Hundred-Year Children’s-Literature Revolution and How We’ll Keep Fighting to Support Our Famili
$14.00 Add to cartPASSIONATELY FIGHTING BOOK-BANNING AND CENSORSHIP: HOW & WHY
In this timely broadside against censorship, Laties weaves together stories from his fifty years as a bookseller, activist, and parent, whil
- Author: Laties, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798990844858
- Language: English
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The Bibliophile Oracle Deck: A 52-Card Deck and Guidebook for Book Lovers
$22.00 Add to cartAn oracle deck for every book lover, this fun and playful 52-card deck with instructional booklet will help you set an intention for your day, find your way when you feel lost, or spark creativity as … [more below]
- Author: Smith, Lindsey
- Binding:
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0593797337
- Language: English
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Shakespeare Box Set
$15.95 Add to cartTo paraphrase the Bard, though they be but little, they are fierce… A pocket-sized box set of three 3″ hardcover Bard books, the perfect gift for your favorite Shakespeare enthusiast.
Behold a delu- Series: Rp Minis
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 680
- Publish Date: March 29 2016
- ISBN10: 0762459433
- Language: English
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Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
$30.00 Add to cartA Next Big Idea Club “Must Read” for August 2025!
We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe.
Extreme heat, fires, floods, and storms are transforming our planet. Yet instead of s
- Author: Scranton, Roy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1503640035
- Language: English
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Anthony Trollope: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery 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- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Birch, Dinah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192845624
- Language: English
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Honey for a Woman’s Heart: Growing Your World Through Reading Great Books
$16.99 Add to cartVibrates with encouragement for women who want to explore and enjoy the world of books Gladys Hunt, long-time advocate of reading and author of the cherished Honey for a Child’s Heart, has written thi
- Author: Hunt, Gladys
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 07 2002
- ISBN10: 0310238463
- Language: English
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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian. Placi- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192897802
- Language: English
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The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan
$29.99 Add to cartThe difficulty of Jacques Lacan’s thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this difficulty to provide a clear, jargon-free approach to understanding it. The book … [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature (Hardcover)
- Author: McGowan, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: July 31 2025
- ISBN10: 100930075X
- Language: English
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Why Poetry
$18.00 Add to cartAn impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder
In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Ma
- Author: Zapruder, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 0062343084
- Language: English
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Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and His Books
$22.00 Add to cartA compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library
“[A] fascinating new study.”–Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street Journal In this engaging life of the twentieth century’s- Author: Roberts, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281137
- Language: English
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Dead and Alive: Essays
$30.00 Add to cartA profound and unparalleled literary voice, Zadie Smith returns with a resounding collection of essays
In this eagerly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to be- Author: Smith, Zadie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0593834682
- Language: English
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Jorge Luis Borges: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartJorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) is one of the most influential literary figures of the twentieth century. His short stories, poems, essays, and translations explore Argentine mythology, mysticism, phil… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0197761380
- Language: English
