Literary Criticism
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
$12.95 Add to cartCrossley-Holland–the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts–introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving p… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Crossley-Holland, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538719
- Language: English
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Heroines, New Edition
$17.95 Add to cartA manifesto reclaiming the wives and mistresses of literary modernism that inspired a generation of writers and scholars, reissued after more than a decade.
I am beginning to realize that taking the s- Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
- Author: Zambreno, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902088
- Language: English
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The Limit of the Useful
$34.95 Add to cartThe 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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Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind
$17.00 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
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The Professor’s House
$9.99 Add to cart‘I knew at once I had come upon the city of some extinct civilization, hidden away in this inaccessible mesa for centuries’
The Professor’s House (1925) depicts the mid-life crisis of Godfrey St. Pete- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 08 2026
- ISBN10: 0198861354
- Language: English
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The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom
$30.00 Add to cartA selection of the lively letters between one of the world’s greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired
Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to
- Author: Bloom, Harold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0300283830
- Language: English
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Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions
$44.95 Add to cartIn an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Fu… [more below]
- Author: Jameson, Fredric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 431
- Publish Date: April 17 2007
- ISBN10: 1844675386
- Language: English
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Doctor Faustus
$15.99 Add to cart‘Why must I feel that almost all–no, all–of the devices and conventions used by art are today only fit for parody?’
Adrian Leverk?hn is a composer who, at terrible personal cost, makes the breakthro- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Mann, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 08 2026
- ISBN10: 0198867727
- Language: English
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The Art of the Hobbit
$45.00 Add to cartJ.R.R. Tolkien’s complete artwork for The Hobbit, presented for the first time in this edition.
When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrat- Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0547928254
- Language: English
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No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC
$34.95 Add to cartA history of Black poets in Washington, DC, reveals how they have reflected and transformed American cultural discourse
Washington, DC, has long been home to a dynamic and vibrant African American lite
- Author: Gilmore, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2026
- ISBN10: 164712655X
- Language: English
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River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation
$18.00 Read more“Translation, here, is decolonial feminist work.”– from the Foreword by Fran?ise Verg?.
What are the histories, constraints, and possibilities of language in relation to bodies, origins, land, colonial
- Author: Abbas, Nuzhat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 177525674X
- Language: English
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Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work
$36.00 Add to cartThis comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of one of modern films most celebrated, successful and intriguing auteurs, Christopher Nolan.
‘What is the most resilient parasite?- Series: Iconic Filmmakers
- Author: Nathan, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0711277125
- Language: English
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But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition: 40 Love Stories That Inspired Our Favorite Films
$20.00 Read moreFor film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 40 cinema classics and the enduring love stories that served as their heart-tugging inspiration.
What- Author: Lopez, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 28 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894142296
- Language: English
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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
$18.95 Add to cartIt’s time to diversify your reading list.
This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen kn- Series: Bibliophile
- Author: Harper, Jamise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1797211919
- Language: English
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The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory
$35.00 Read more“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas…this will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” –Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly Possible
From leading critic and essayi- Author: Eakin, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1594206325
- Language: English
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The Odyssey: An Illustrated Guide: A Character-By-Character Guide to the Story of Odysseus
$18.00 Read moreFor almost 3,000 years, the Odyssey has captured imaginations with seafaring adventure, romance, friendships, as well as feats of heroism and of bloody revenge. The tale of Odysseus’ long and eventful… [more below]
- Author: Metzger, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 1507226454
- Language: English
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A Third Commonness: Essays on Poetry, Poetics, and the Natural World
$22.00 Add to cartPulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass explores poetry for what it is: a relationship between people and the land.
In A Third Commonness, US Poet Laureate Robert Hass follows a literary river through time
- Author: Hass, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1556597282
- Language: English
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Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York: From the Suppressed to the Strange
$29.95 Add to cartOffers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law.
Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York offers a fre
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Goldman, Jonathan Ezra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: May 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798855806212
- Language: English
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Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World Through the Women Written Out of It
$20.00 Add to cartWeaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. T- Author: Hauser, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 27 2026
- ISBN10: 022684921X
- Language: English
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Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley’s Lover
$30.00 Add to cartA vibrant account of the remarkable novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, tracing its life over the last century
D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of the best-known and most resonant works of th
- Author: Cuthbertson, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0300266375
- Language: English
