Literary Criticism
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]
$19.43 Add to cartThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a vaudeville show in which three charismatic, wildly ambitious actors attempt to present all thirty-seven of Shakesp
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Long, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493077309
- Language: English
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Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries
$26.00 Read moreSeamus Heaney, Denis Donoghue, William Pritchard, Marilyn Butler, Harold Bloom, and many others have praised Helen Vendler as one of the most attentive readers of poetry. Here, Vendler turns her illum
- Author: Vendler, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: October 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0674066383
- Language: English
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How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks
$20.00 Read moreNicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past.
What is the nature of things?
What is justice? How can I be myself?
How should we treat each o- Author: Nicolson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338166
- Language: English
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A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker: 1925-2025
$50.00 Add to cartEdited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker
Seamus Heaney, Dorothy Parker- Author: New Yorker Magazine Inc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593801938
- Language: English
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You Are the Future: Living the Questions with Rainer Maria Rilke
$24.99 Add to cartFollowing Rilke’s advice to “live the questions,” this book invites us to draw upon his startling insights and often unconventional wisdom to see ourselves as ripening, unfolding, and always becoming.
- Author: Burrows, Mark S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1958972533
- Language: English
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Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift
$16.99 Add to cartGrab your highlighters and favorite red pen and prepare to join professor of “Swifterature” Dr. Elly McCausland as she dives deep into the tortured poetry of Taylor Swift. Going line by line and word … [more below]
- Author: McCausland, Elly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 9798881600815
- Language: English
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Polarizing Dreams: Gangnam and Popular Culture in Globalizing Korea
$45.00 Read moreAnyone genuinely curious about what makes South Korean pop culture tick should look no further than Gangnam. Celebrated in a song by an unlikely K-pop superstar named Psy in 2012, Gangnam is the epice
- Series: Asia Pop!
- Author: Kim, Pil Ho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: December 31 2024
- ISBN10: 082489751X
- Language: English
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The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet
$21.95 Add to cartPROSE AWARDS MEDIA ADN CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024
The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765115862
- Language: English
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Thoreau’s God
$20.00 Add to cartMeditative reflections on the great spiritual seeker’s deeply felt experience of the divine.
Henry David Thoreau’s spiritual life is a riddle. Thoreau’s passionate critique of formal religion is matc- Author: Higgins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0226827305
- Language: English
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Bold, Badass, and Bookish: Women Writers Who Made History
$10.99 Add to cartA homage to feminist icons in the literary world.
The perfect gift for any book lover, this innovative format features a collection of beautifully illustrated book-puns and literary quotes alongside 25
- Series: Book Buddies #2
- Author: Duopress Labs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1955834512
- Language: English
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Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
$20.00 Add to cartChristian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work.
Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, a- Author: Wiman, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338417
- Language: English
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F. Scott Fitzgerald on Writing
$17.99 Add to cartA collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s remarks on his craft, taken from his works and letters to friends and colleagues—an essential trove of advice for aspiring writers.
As F. Scott Fitzgerald famou- Author: Phillips, Larry W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1668070367
- Language: English
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Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World’s Greatest Writer
$36.95 Add to cartThis book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights on the celebrated works of William Shakespeare.
- Author: Freebury-Jones, Darren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1526177323
- Language: English
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Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays
$17.95 Add to cart“Sensitive, searingly intelligent, and beautifully written.” –Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
“This is–for real–a masterwork, one I will return to over and over.” –Joanna Rako- Author: Lipson, Nicole Graev
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1797228560
- Language: English
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The Life of Christina of Markyate
$15.95 Add to cart‘I wish to remain single, for I have made a vow of virginity.’
This is the remarkable story of the twelfth-century recluse Christina, who became prioress of Markyate, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Fanous, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 11 2010
- ISBN10: 199556059
- Language: English
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Telling the Truth as It Comes Up: Selected Talks & Essays 1991-2018
$25.00 Add to cart“Once again, we encounter Notley as one the great interlocutors of the world, a dedicated advocate for what is between and beyond definition.” –Tess Michaelson, Full Stop
Alice Notley, the author of m
- Author: Notley, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987828816
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$14.99 Read moreThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America’s most iconic founding fathers. In this engagi
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 25 2023
- ISBN10: 9358562145
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from the Great Gatsby to the Hat
$19.99 Add to cartThoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest–a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of w
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 006330774X
- Language: English
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River of Books
$13.95 Add to cartA memoir of reading and working with books by the renowned Booklist editor.
With the infectious curiosity of an inveterate bibliophile and the prose of a fine stylist, Donna Seaman charts the course- Author: Seaman, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1734643560
- Language: English
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Gilmore Girls: The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: The Official Guide to All the Books
$22.00 Add to cartWelcome to the ultimate TBR list! With meticulously researched book descriptions and hundreds of guided prompts and reading tips, The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is an officially licensed, one-of-a… [more below]
- Author: Berlin, Erika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0762486643
- Language: English
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