Category: Literary Criticism

Criticism: Major Statements, 4th Edition

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's : September 1999

Seller ID: 79035

ISBN-13: 9780312137458

This enduring anthology is the only one to encompass the historic sweep of literary criticism -- from Plato to the present -- in a compact and affordable format.
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German Writings Before and After 1945: E. Junger, W. Koeppen, I. Keun, A. Lernet-Holenia, G. von Rez (German Library)

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Continuum : August 2002

Seller ID: 64498

ISBN-13: 9780826414069

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This unique collection, concentrating on the years 1938-48, includes the following authors and works: --Ernst Jnnger, From The First Paris Diary and The Second Paris Diary--Irmgard Keun, From After Midnight--Wolfgang Koeppen, From Death in Rome--Alexander Lernet-Holenia, From Mars in Aries--Gregor von Rezzori, L winger's Room--Ernst von Salomon, From The Questionnaire--Arno Schmidt, Scenes from the Life of a Faun
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Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers)

Price: $9.95

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press : June 2001

Seller ID: 2563

ISBN-13: 9780776604466

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today. Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections brings together twelve distinguished scholars, critics, and writers to illuminate Laurence's achievement, focusing on the various dimensions of her career and corpus.
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Richard III: A Critical Reader (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides)

Price: $39.95

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare : December 2013

Seller ID: 68218

ISBN-13: 9781441168252

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Charting the ruthless rise and fall of the villainous king, Richard III remains one of Shakespeare's most enduringly discussed and oft-performed plays. Assembled by leading scholars, this guide provides a comprehensive survey of major issues in the contemporary study of the play. Throughout the book survey chapters explore such issues as the play's critical reception from Dr Johnson to postmodern readings in the 21st century; the performance history of the play, from Shakespeare's day to more recent stagings by Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen; key themes in current scholarship, from disabili...
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Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, 1983

Price: $9.95

Publisher: NCROL : December 1983

Seller ID: 70268

ISBN-13: 9780801416354

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Peter Ackroyd: The Collection: Journalism, Reviews, Essays, Short Stories, Lectures

By: Ackroyd, Peter

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Random House UK : August 2002

Seller ID: 4333

ISBN-13: 9780099428947

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. This book offers a selection of these entertaining pieces, along with a selection of his Time reviews. It also contains a number of Ackroyd's lectures.
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Modern Drama

By: Bell, John Thomas

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc. : January 1995

Seller ID: 68201

ISBN-13: 9780155020948

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

FORMALISM & MARXISM PB (New Accents Series)

By: Bennett, Tony

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Other : December 1990

Seller ID: 68284

ISBN-13: 9780416708806

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic

By: Brecht, Bertolt

Price: $5.50

Publisher: A&C Black : September 2003

Seller ID: 68249

ISBN-13: 9780413388001

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writings charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades, demonstrating how his theories changed and evolved.
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Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (2nd Edition)

By: Bressler, Charles E.

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div : January 1999

Seller ID: 68272

ISBN-13: 9780138974220

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Literary criticism is designed as a supplemental text for introduction to literature courses. It introduces students to literary criticism and theory. It can also be used in literary criticism or literary theory courses.
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A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Concise Edition and Reassessment

By: Brown, John Russell

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Red Globe Press : November 2006

Seller ID: 68267

ISBN-13: 9780230007550

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

This guide helps students navigate A.C. Bradley's classic text, while providing an important commentary on the value of Bradley's approach and how it can be adapted to present-day interests. John Russell Brown highlights the advantages of understanding Bradley's methods and provides major insights for any student of Shakespeare.
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John Donne's Poetry; Authoritative Texts Criticism

By: Clements, Arthur L.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Norton : 1966

Seller ID: 38001

ISBN: 281BQL1001976

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Tempest (Coles Notes)

By: Coles Notes Staff

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Coles Publishing : January 1998

Seller ID: 35473

ISBN-13: 9780774038010

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Coles Shakespeare a Midsummer Night's Dream Notes

By: Coles Notes Staff; Shakespeare, William

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Coles Publishing : January 1998

Seller ID: 35475

ISBN-13: 9780774032179

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Secret Sharer (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)

By: Conrad, Joseph

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's : March 1997

Seller ID: 67562

ISBN-13: 9780312112240

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative "Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism" series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, prin...
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Restoration Drama

By: Cunningham, John E.

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Evans Brothers

Seller ID: 51524

ISBN: 281BQL1002650

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Bound to Please

By: Dirda, Michael

Price: $14.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : December 2004

Seller ID: 37696

ISBN-13: 9780393057577

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Among the most enjoyable of literary critics, Michael Dirda combines erudition with enthusiasm, a taste for the outre and the forgotten, and a playful, understated wit. Like George Orwell or Gore Vidal, Dirda delights in popular genres, such as the detective novel and the ghost story, without neglecting the deeper satisfactions of sometimes-overlooked classics. This new work features scores of Dirda's most engaging essays, never previously collected in book form, all intended to introduce readers to wonderful writers, from the anecdotal Herodotus and James Boswell to the sensuous Colette and S...
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Sense and Nonsensibility: Lampoons of Learning and Literature

By: Douglas, Lawrence, George, Alexander

Price: $7.25

Publisher: Touchstone : August 2004

Seller ID: 22924

ISBN-13: 9780743260480

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Two widely published humor columnists and "bad boys" of academia take their wit and wisdom to dazzling new lows in this irreverent send-up of highbrow literary culture. At last, the thinking person's take on the life of the mind in today's increasingly mindless age. Sense and Nonsensibility pokes fun at everyone from spoof-proof scholars to pompous professors; from anal-retentive authors to plagiarizing poets; from snake-oil therapists to bestselling illiterati. This singular collection by Professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together their most popular pieces, along with ma...
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