Literary Criticism
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A Treasury of Yiddish Stories: Revised and Updated Edition
$32.00 Add to cartFifty-two Yiddish short stories describe life in the shetl and other aspects of the Jewish experience, and include works produced by Jewish writers during the last two centuries.
- Author: Howe, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0140144196
- Language: English
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Exile’s Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s
$20.00 Add to cartThe adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed “the lost generation”, are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Cr… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics
- Author: Cowley, Malcolm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140187766
- Language: English
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Faeries, Sprites & Malevolent Spirits: 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 horror.
Step into the enchanting realm of Faeries Sprites & Malevolent Spirits, where the exquisite- Author: Thorne, Aurora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0753735644
- Language: English
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The Book of Rain
$25.00 Add to cartThe contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by early Arabic ling… [more below]
- Author: Al-Anṣārī, Abū Zayd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798891060364
- Language: English
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Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
$29.00 Add to cartIn this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind.
With her thirtieth birthd- Author: David, Cazzie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1250357632
- Language: English
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Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas about Women
$27.99 Add to cartThe dangerous belief that granting women reproductive freedom poses a threat to “traditional” values is a myth that has long prospered in American politics, playing an especially vicious role in the d
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1324075902
- Language: English
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Early Poems
$18.00 Add to cartBeloved American poet Robert Frost’s first three books, in one collection
This volume presents Frost’s first three books, masterful and innovative collections that contain some of his best-known poems- Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
- Author: Frost, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014118017X
- Language: English
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Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgment
$18.99 Add to cartA landmark of twentieth-century criticism that provided new standards and new techniques for examining literature. “Richards is a master of the psychology of criticism” (Saturday Review). Index.
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- Author: Richards, Ivor a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 22 2000
- ISBN10: 0156736268
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
$11.99 Add to cart‘It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.’
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) proclaims that it is ‘A Trivial Play for Serious People’. In fact, coll- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 12 2025
- ISBN10: 019284802X
- Language: English
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The World of Leonard Cohen
$35.00 Add to cartLeonard Cohen’s artistic career is unique. Most poets and novelists do not become rock stars. No other rock star’s career peaked in their eighth decade as Leonard Cohen’s did. Cohen’s popularity is st… [more below]
- Author: Shumway, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 29 2026
- ISBN10: 1009350595
- Language: English
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
$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: February 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0140714642
- Language: English
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Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on Tiktok
$28.00 Add to cartAs a result of childhood learning disabilities and educational neglect, Oliver James graduated from high school and became one of approximately 45 million functionally illiterate Americans. However, a… [more below]
- Author: James, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1454959401
- Language: English
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Working Days: The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath
$27.00 Add to cartJohn Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath during an astonishing burst of activity between June and October of 1938. Throughout the time he was creating his greatest work, Steinbeck faithfully kept a jo… [more below]
- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0140144579
- Language: English
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How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
$19.00 Add to cartAn “incisive…heartwarming” (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musical theater ma… [more below]
- Author: Schoch, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1668030608
- Language: English
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The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-Bred Women: Spotting Red Flags from Across the Ballroom
$15.00 Add to cartNo one knows red flags like Jane Austen!
Why settle for mediocre dating advice when you can consult the queen of the meet-cute? With The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-Bred Women, you can effortle- Author: Reed, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1250420903
- Language: English
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The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and the Golden Age
$30.00 Add to cart- Author: Curran, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 0008679886
- Language: English
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Great Books for Good Men: Reflections on Literature and Manhood
$17.95 Add to cartOriginally commissioned by Exodus 90, the pioneering men’s app, these brief but stirring reflections by acclaimed writer Joseph Pearce show how great literature–including poetry–can help every Catho
- Author: Pearce, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1621647404
- Language: English
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Inversion: Gay Life After the Homosexual
$24.00 Add to cartWith contributions by Blake Smith, Roger Lancaster, David Moulton, Stephen Adubato, Amir Naaman, Ran Heilbrunn, Pierre d’Alancaisez, Travis Jeppesen, Oliver Davis, Yotam Feldman, and Marcas Lancaster.
- Author: D’Alancaisez, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: November 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1068450703
- Language: English
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Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads and Why It Matters
$28.00 Add to cartWhat happens to human reading when AI bots can do it for us?
Explosive developments in artificial intelligence have awed everyday users with the technology’s ability to draw, do computer coding, and e
- Author: Baron, Naomi S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1503643948
- Language: English
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Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic
$14.95 Add to cartExplore the Stories Behind the Legends
Enter a world where reality bends, and magic reigns supreme. From psychedelic dimensions to counterculture cool, Doctor Strange was unlike anything else in comic- Series: Marvel Age of Comics
- Author: Moore, Stuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765137543
- Language: English
