Literary Criticism
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
$21.00 Add to cartWhy are we so fascinated with Jane Austen’s novels? Why is Austen so universally beloved? The essayists in this volume offer their thoughts on the delightful puzzle of Austen’s popularity. Classic and… [more below]
- Author: Carson, Susannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0812980018
- Language: English
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The Portable Greek Reader
$26.00 Add to cartIt is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden’s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a pe… [more below]
- Series: Portable Library
- Author: Auden, W. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: August 25 1977
- ISBN10: 0140150390
- Language: English
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The Second Common Reader: The Virginia Woolf Library Annotated Edition
$20.99 Add to cartHere, in twenty-six essays, Woolf writes of English literature in its various forms, including the poetry of Donne; the novels of Defoe, Sterne, Meredith, and Hardy; Lord Chesterfield’s letters and De… [more below]
- Series: Virginia Woolf Library
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 13 2003
- ISBN10: 0156028166
- Language: English
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The Siege of Krishnapur
$18.95 Add to cartWinner of the Booker Prize. An insightful and thrilling novel about the British Empire in India during the Great Mutiny of 1857, as seen through the eyes of a young, love-struck idealist.
India, 1857- Series: Empire Trilogy
- Author: Farrell, J. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 01 2004
- ISBN10: 159017092X
- Language: English
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Selected Prose of T.S. Eliot
$22.99 Add to cartThe Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot, edited by Professor Frank Kermode, gathers work from Eliot’s unrivalled career as a literary and social critic. These thirty-one essays-categorized as “essays in gen
- Author: Eliot, T. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0156806541
- Language: English
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War and the Iliad
$16.95 Add to cartWar and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer’s art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and deat… [more below]
- Author: Weil, Simone
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 31 2005
- ISBN10: 1590171454
- Language: English
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The Mystery of Perception: A Conversation with Lynne Tillman
$16.95 Add to cartCandid and instantly engaging, this will be the go-to introduction to Lynne Tillman for readers everywhere and is a must have for any fan. A breakthrough for the legendary underground icon, who speaks… [more below]
- Author: Lewandowski, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1648230938
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom
$13.99 Add to cart‘I was at one of those periods in youth–vacant, without any particular love object–when, like a lover seeing his beloved in all things, we desire, we seek, we see Beauty everywhere.’
In the Shadow o- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Proust, Marcel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: June 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0192845675
- Language: English
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The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems
$26.00 Add to cartA comprehensive selection of one of our most beloved poet’s rich and significant body of work alongside a gathering of “brilliant, deeply pleasurable” new poems (Booklist).
- Author: Hirsch, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 20 2011
- ISBN10: 0375710035
- Language: English
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The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary
$29.95 Add to cartDuring the 1660s, Samuel Pepys kept a secret diary full of intimate details and political scandal. Had the contents been revealed, they could have destroyed his marriage, ended his career, and seen hi… [more below]
- Author: Loveman, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: April 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1009554115
- Language: English
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Mean Dads for a Better America: The Generous Rewards of an Old-Fashioned Childhood
$15.99 Add to cartAs a comedian and conservative thinker, whip-smart funny Tom Shillue grounds his ideas about our current culture and political climate in stories from his childhood — a portrait of growing up in 197
- Author: Shillue, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 09 2021
- ISBN10: 006265618X
- Language: English
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Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as PRAXIS
$43.43 Add to cartThe Jamaican writer and cultural theorist Sylvia Wynter is best known for her diverse writings that pull together insights from theories in history, literature, science, and black studies, to explore … [more below]
- Author: McKittrick, Katherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0822358344
- Language: English
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The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property
$43.43 Add to cartIn The Politics of Collecting, Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and colonialism situated the rise of US museum collections and conceptual art forms. Investigating historical legal and property… [more below]
- Author: Kim, Eunsong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1478030488
- Language: English
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Celtic Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook
$16.99 Add to cartDiscover the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters from Celtic mythology with this beautiful book that captures the ancient stories and tales that captivated the Celts.
Prepare to be entertained as yo- Series: World Mythology and Folklore
- Author: Hegarty, Sorcha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1507223889
- Language: English
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Erosion: American Environments and the Anxiety of Disappearance
$41.93 Add to cartIn Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment. Examining ca… [more below]
- Author: Caison, Gina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: November 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1478031166
- Language: English
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Giving an Account of Oneself: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, with a New Preface by the Author
$29.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to lead a moral life?
In their first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice–one responsive to the need for critic- Author: Butler, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1531509975
- Language: English
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Into the Weeds
$20.00 Add to cartAn illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis
When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her unc- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Davis, Lydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279744
- Language: English
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
$34.95 Add to cartA refreshing approach to the life and work of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
In the Future of Yesterday delves into Stefan Zweig’s considerable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Je- Author: Görner, Rüdiger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1914979109
- Language: English
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Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature
$18.00 Add to cartA love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry.
For twenty-five years, Becky Siegel Spratford has worked as a librarian in Reader Advisory- Author: Siegel Spratford, Becky
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1668205092
- Language: English
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How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity
$44.93 Add to cart“Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly.” So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce’s urgent provocation and poignant meditation on madness in black radical art. Bruce theori… [more below]
- Series: Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study
- Author: Bruce, La Marr Jurelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1478010878
- Language: English
