Literary Criticism
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Reasons and Feelings: Writing for the Humanities Now
$22.50 Add to cartThis book of practical writing and publishing advice celebrates the creative, community-building pleasures of humanist expertise.
Humanities experts today are embattled. In a world of crises undermin- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Mesle, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0226843629
- Language: English
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Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives
$29.95 Add to cartA celebration of books and a love story to the written word that reveals how books help us connect with other readers through shared stories.
As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using bo- Author: Mangan, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100446
- Language: English
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Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon
$32.00 Add to cartNobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Beloved, Toni Morrison, investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious
In- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0593802748
- Language: English
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Pericles: Prince of Tyre
$14.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with sc- Series: Pelican Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0140714693
- Language: English
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Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
$19.95 Add to cartThe winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his process for writing comedy without going insane.
Philosophers may debate the meaning o- Author: Kalan, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0226829928
- Language: English
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Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present
$29.95 Add to cartA gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.
In this ground-breaking book, two leading experts provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present. Owen Davies a- Author: Davies, Owen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1526180383
- Language: English
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
$22.95 Add to cart“Erudite, wide-ranging, and slyly humorous.”
One of the great novelists and public intellectuals of our time gives a master class on the philosophy of fiction. Umberto Eco was fond of p
—The Atlantic- Series: Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 067430246X
- Language: English
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We Have Only This Life to Live: The Selected Essays of Jean-Paul Sartre, 1939-1975
$29.95 Add to cartJean-Paul Sartre was a man of staggering gifts, whose accomplishments as philosopher, novelist, playwright, biographer, and activist still command attention and inspire debate. Sartre’s restless intel… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Sartre, Jean-Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1590174933
- Language: English
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Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared: The Collected Letters of Jack Spicer
$40.00 Add to cartCollected correspondence showcases the dazzling intelligence of an iconic American writer
The more than 300 letters collected in Even Strange Ghosts Can Be Shared are a crucial component of Jack Spicer
- Author: Spicer, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0819501905
- Language: English
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Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Science Fiction Legends
$17.95 Add to cartIn these highly-candid radio interviews, more than fifty legendary, larger-than-life personalities trade anecdotes about the Golden Age of science fiction. Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, … [more below]
- Author: Wolinsky, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1616964421
- Language: English
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Vampires & the Shadow World: An Anthology of Classic Poetry & Stories
$10.99 Add to cartA captivating collection of dark poetry and prose, perfect for fans of gothic romantasy and twisted tales.
Dive into the shadowy depths of Vampires & the Shadow World, a mesmerizing collection of cla- Author: Thorne, Aurora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0753735628
- Language: English
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One More Page: A Sticker Book for Book Lovers!
$16.00 Add to cartShow off your love for books with this amazing collection of book-themed stickers, perfect for decorating your reading accessories like e-readers, journals, water bottles, phones, and more–with over … [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Katie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1507224222
- Language: English
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The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s
$14.95 Add to cartExplore the Stories Behind the Legends
The team that defined a generation-and reshaped a universe. The Avengers was the comic book of the 1970s. From Civil Rights to the Women’s Liberation Movement, b- Series: Marvel Age of Comics
- Author: Cornell, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765131800
- Language: English
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The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of the Magic Mountain
$28.00 Add to cartThe arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos
Like many writers of his generation, Thomas Mann (1875-1955) welcomed the outbreak- Author: Jensen, Morten Høi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0300233744
- Language: English
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Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar: Charts and Observations of Natural Phenomena
$35.00 Add to cartAn immersive, beautifully illustrated revelation of Henry David Thoreau’s final project–a monthly almanac of natural phenomena.
In the last years of his life, Henry David Thoreau created something new
- Author: Case, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1571311599
- Language: English
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When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing
$25.00 Add to cartA quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France’s leading feminist public intellectuals
In 2021, the award-winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to sta… [more below]- Author: Lafon, Lola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0300275889
- Language: English
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One Aladdin Two Lamps
$28.00 Add to cart“Enchanting, unexpected and razor-sharp. Jeanette Winterson and Shahrazad are the perfect co-pilots to take us into new worlds on the wings of old stories.”—Kamila Shamsie, award-winning author of Ho
- Author: Winterson, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 080216711X
- Language: English
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The World in Books: A Year of Reading–Wisely
$21.00 Add to cartA bestselling historian takes readers on an intellectual and cultural adventure, offering a carefully curated guide to great, short nonfiction works by some of the world’s most influential writers–fr… [more below]
- Series: Great Short Books
- Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1668015609
- Language: English
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George Eliot: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
George Eliot pushed the boundaries of fiction and of Victorian society. She was an extraordinary woman whose unconventional life meant that she wa- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Atkinson, Juliette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0198864329
- Language: English
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The Gate
$16.95 Read moreAn NYRB Classics Original
A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of havi- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Soseki, Natsume
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 04 2012
- ISBN10: 1590175875
- Language: English
