Literary Criticism
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Omnicide II: Mania, Doom, and the Future-In-Deception
$29.95 Read moreAn infernal catalogue of manic visionaries, inspired by the poetry of the Middle East.
In a new work in which conceptual elaboration, storytelling, and poetics are fused in the infernal heat of the de- Author: Mohaghegh, Jason Bahbak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1733628169
- Language: English
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Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works
$13.95 Add to cartAlexander Pushkin’s dramatic work displays a scintillating variety of forms, from the historical to the metaphysical and folkloric. After Boris Godunov, they evolved into Pushkin’s own unique, condens… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Pushkin, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2009
- ISBN10: 0199554048
- Language: English
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The Quarter: Stories
$14.95 Read moreMeet the people of Cairo’s Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambl… [more below]
- Author: Mahfouz, Naguib
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 0863563759
- Language: English
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The Limit of the Useful
$34.95 Read moreThe first English-language translation of an essential, early work key to understanding the French philosopher’s later thought.
In the decade prior to the publication of Inner Experience (L’exp?ience- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047330
- Language: English
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Literary Landscapes: Paris
$28.99 Read moreFrom Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.
The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous liter
- Series: Literary Landscapes
- Author: Bliss, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0008588996
- Language: English
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Annotation
$15.95 Read moreAn introduction to annotation as a genre–a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication–and its significance in scholarship and everyday life.
Annotation–the addition of a note to a t- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Kalir, Remi H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0262539926
- Language: English
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
$28.99 Read moreThe classic guide, now available in a hardcover edition–a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make yo
- Author: Foster, Thomas C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0062696858
- Language: English
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The Portable Henry Rollins
$22.00 Read moreHenry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year… [more below]
- Author: Rollins, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 10 1998
- ISBN10: 0375750002
- Language: English
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Seven Types of Ambiguity
$16.95 Read moreRevised twice since it first appeared, it has remained one of the most widely read and quoted works of literary analysis. Ambiguity, according to Empson, includes “any verbal nuance, however slight, w… [more below]
- Author: Empson, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 17 1966
- ISBN10: 081120037X
- Language: English
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Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay
$24.00 Read moreThe first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s private, intimate diaries, providing “a candid self-portrait of the ‘bad girl of American letters'” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Provides an occasion to revisit- Author: Millay, Edna St Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271131
- Language: English
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On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age
$40.00 Read moreA sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia
“Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book histor- Author: Holsinger, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300260210
- Language: English
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The Strangers’ House: Writing Northern Ireland
$30.00 Read moreA penetrating study and celebration of Northern Irish literature–telling the region’s story through the extraordinary novels and poetry produced by decades of conflict.
Northern Ireland is one hundr- Author: Poots, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 153870157X
- Language: English
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird
$58.33 Read moreThe definitive biography of a pivotal figure in American literary history
A major poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to garner international recogniti- Author: Jarrett, Gene Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0691150524
- Language: English
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Clive Barker’s Dark Worlds: The Art and History of Clive Barker
$50.00 Read moreA deep dive into the creative world and personal archive of the master of horror Clive Barker, from Hellraiser and Candyman to today.
“I’ve seen the future of horror . . . and his name is Clive Barker- Author: Phil and Sarah Stokes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1419758462
- Language: English
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Reading the Stars: Astrology for Book Lovers
$19.99 Read moreAn original and entertaining mash-up of literature and astrology for book lovers and star watchers alike.
Astrology continues to be a popular trend–people are looking to the stars, the moon, and the- Author: Book Riot
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 141975887X
- Language: English
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My Emily Dickinson
$15.95 Read moreFor Wallace Stevens, “Poetry is the scholar’s art.” Susan Howe–taking the poet-scholar-critics Charles Olson, H.D., and William Carlos Williams (among others) as her guides–embodies that art in her
- Author: Howe, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0811216837
- Language: English
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South to South: Writing South Asia in the American South
$29.95 Read moreThis anthology of eight short stories and eight narrative essays depicts diverse facets of the South Asian experience in the American South. Some of them relate to the proverbial longing for what the … [more below]
- Author: Aryal, Khem K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: April 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1680032968
- Language: English
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Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England
$18.95 Read more“Outstanding.” – The Sunday Times
“Beautifully written.” The Times
“Superbly adroit.” The Spectator
“Excellent.” BBC History Magazine
The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading- Author: Parker, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1350383406
- Language: English
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Dove Descending: A Journey Into T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
$16.95 Read moreThroughout the world, many consider T.S. Eliot to be the most important and influential poet of the 20th century, and Four Quartets to be his finest poem and greatest literary achievement. Dove Descen… [more below]
- Series: Sapienta Classics
- Author: Howard, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 02 2006
- ISBN10: 1586170406
- Language: English
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Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
$18.00 Add to cart“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation’s history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and i… [more below]
- Author: Jacobs, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1984878425
- Language: English
