Criticism & Theory Books


Ulysses (Gabler Edition)Ulysses (Gabler Edition)
Best Price: $11.25
I can offer little in the way of literary criticism that has not been expounded by scholars...
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its MetaphorsIllness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
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Sontag is spot-on in her analysis of metaphors of AIDS: the military metaphors, the latency...
Understanding The Scriptures: A Complete Course On Bible Study (The Didache Series)Understanding The Scriptures: A Complete Course On Bible Study (The Didache Series)
Best Price: $54.99
I love this guy. I watch him on EWTN all the time and he is great. He is the smartest guy...
Metamorphoses: A New Translation by Charles MartinMetamorphoses: A New Translation by Charles Martin
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I was so excited to read this, after hearing the praise for the new translation. It turned out...
The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century AmericaThe Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America
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Fundamentalism whether Christian or Moslem always breaks out the nut cases. So it was with...


Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)
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An excellent text that includes an impressive number of poems as well as useful commentary on...
The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)The Woman in White (Penguin Classics)
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The first 100 pages are the hardest to get through, but once Collins ushers his readers and...
Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and PracticeLiterary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
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The number of user-friendly guides for introductory level literary theory is no more than three...
An Introduction to FictionAn Introduction to Fiction
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the book wasnt in that great of a condition as they claimed it to be.. but it was a decent price.
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series)
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Excellent condition.Excellent translation of Bakhtin whose writing is a Russian take on...


The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary EditionThe River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition
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Lovers of fishing, or Oregon, or life, or the search for life's meaning should love this book....
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise EditionThe Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition
Best Price: $65.00
This second volume of American Literature is quite excellent in it's editing and information....
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume F: The Twentieth Century and AfterThe Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume F: The Twentieth Century and After
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The reason why this got a 4 and not a 5 is because it took so long to get it. I don't mind a...
Animal Farm (Cliffs Notes)Animal Farm (Cliffs Notes)
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This book is wild! It is moooooooving. My daughter needed this book for her class. I had her...
The Odyssey by HomerThe Odyssey by Homer
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This is an absolutely fabulous product, but if you are not used to listening to audio books, I...

The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Volume E: Contemporary Period (1945 to the Present)The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Volume E: Contemporary Period (1945 to the Present)
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This book is outstanding in its usefulness for becoming familiar with recent American...
The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others (Dover Thrift Editions)The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao Tse-Tung, Gandhi and Others (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The reviewer "Scott" argues that the Communist Manifesto is "degrading", and...
Robinson Crusoe (Norton Critical Editions)Robinson Crusoe (Norton Critical Editions)
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If you're interested in a good (and cheap) critical edition of Gulliver's travels, I strongly...
The Metamorphoses of OvidThe Metamorphoses of Ovid
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Lovely cover, pleasant font type, fabulous translation, plenty of space in the margins. Few...
Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics)Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics)
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but the key point here is that you will get an authoritative text, an interesting introduction,...

Western Wind: An Introduction to PoetryWestern Wind: An Introduction to Poetry
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This is a wonderful resource for anyone in love with poetry. Packed with great learning about...
The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary TrendsThe Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends
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I am a new English PhD student struggling to learn the history of critical theory and...
The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other StoriesThe Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
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Tolstoy's brief novella 'Death of Ivan Ilyich' is one of the most compact and brilliant...
The Portable Beat ReaderThe Portable Beat Reader
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this book is like WOW KA-POW a sock in the gut a kick in the butt- on fly jeans that were ...
Sherlock Holmes : The Complete Novels and Stories (Bantam Classic) Volume ISherlock Holmes : The Complete Novels and Stories (Bantam Classic) Volume I
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The text is so small a normal human being can't read it. I was so excited to get this book and...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)
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"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" describes the experiences of a woman who, through no fault...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl: Verse TranslationsSir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl: Verse Translations
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These are absolutely the best translations of the Gawain- (aka Pearl-) poet around. It's...
The New Kings of NonfictionThe New Kings of Nonfiction
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It must have been opposite day when this collection's title was chosen, because by my...
The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Shorter Eleventh EditionThe Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Shorter Eleventh Edition
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We've used this in my english class a lot. Someone is selected to analyze an essay, write about...
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions)The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions)
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is a difficult text, both to translate and to read. I'm not a fan of...

The Art of ReasoningThe Art of Reasoning
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Unlike much of the popular "critical thinking" literature this text has the precise,...
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Critical Studies Guide)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Critical Studies Guide)
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This book is about knowing that some dreams are too far from reach, yet we still always try to...
21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin Series)21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (Aubrey/Maturin Series)
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It was good to see that the author was still working on continuing the outstanding Aubrey -...
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali , Longman African Writers Series (Longman African Classics)Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali , Longman African Writers Series (Longman African Classics)
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This is a great read, and I would encourage anyone who is interested about African oral history,...
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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Too much is made of the content items in this series, as if though they were meant to be the...

Introduction to Literature, An (Second Printing) (15th Edition)Introduction to Literature, An (Second Printing) (15th Edition)
Best Price: $61.10
There's not really much to say other than it's a pretty good book to use for an English class. A...
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth CenturyThe Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
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The classic survey of English literature in a vibrant new edition, with Stephen Greenblatt as...
Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic TemperamentTouched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
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This book was too hard to follow. The author assumes that the reader (me) understands or has a...
Maps and LegendsMaps and Legends
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The work has some unique themes on comedy and other classic topics. A section covers the...
NightwoodNightwood
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Barnes' Magnum opus, "Nightwood" (1936), was her second novel and one of those books...

Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Perennial Classics)Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Perennial Classics)
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According to many critics, Tolstoy (1828 to 1910) is viewed as one of the greatest novelists of...
The Meaning of Night: A ConfessionThe Meaning of Night: A Confession
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This is one of the most unique books I've ever read. Is it because it's a murder mystery? No. ...
Preparing Literature Reviews: Qualitative And Quantitative ApproachesPreparing Literature Reviews: Qualitative And Quantitative Approaches
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If you are writing a doctoral dissertation or a research paper with a literature review, this is...
Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, Updated and Expanded EditionLend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, Updated and Expanded Edition
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Safire's collection is, without exception, the best set of speeches out there today. The only...
Frankenstein (Bantam Classics)Frankenstein (Bantam Classics)
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i read this book right after dracula and well, it's definitely a good read and an edge of your...

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: The Florida Edition (Penguin Classics)The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: The Florida Edition (Penguin Classics)
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this book is kinda boring and confusing. you really have to hang in there to get to the good...
St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics (Norton Critical Editions)St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics (Norton Critical Editions)
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This book is "The Thinner Aquinas," a targeted text specifically focusing on Aquinas's...
Aspects of the NovelAspects of the Novel
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This dissection of the novel and an exploration of its constructs - its 'aspects', is not a book...
Dubliners (Norton Critical Edition)Dubliners (Norton Critical Edition)
Best Price: $8.88
This Norton critical edition of The Dubliners is a helpful teachers aid and discussion guide as...
The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning PoetsThe Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets
Best Price: $8.06
This book is the best I have seen for any beginning poet. Its simply a must have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as HistoryThe Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
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Norman Mailer gave a personal view of that time which included all different intellectual...
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)
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The book I got has an excelent quality. I recomend it to all the people interested in japanese...
Orality and Literacy (New Accents)Orality and Literacy (New Accents)
Best Price: $22.43
Back when I was in college, one of my professors recommended this book to me. Ten years later,...
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading EditionThe Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition
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This piece was in better condition than I expected and I received for much cheaper than what my...
The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Themes in Islamic History)The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Themes in Islamic History)
Best Price: $25.19
Jonathan Berkey's book describes the social and religious development of Islam from its...

Motel of the MysteriesMotel of the Mysteries
Best Price: $7.69
It was recomended by a teacher friend. It's quirky, funny & full of imagination. I have read...
    
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