Literary Criticism
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Selected Amazon Reviews
$32.95 Add to cartA book-length selection from Kevin Killian’s legendary corpus of more than two thousand product reviews posted on Amazon.com.
An enchanting roll of duct tape. Love Actually on Blu-ray Disc. The Toaste
- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Killian, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1635902185
- Language: English
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Greatest Short Stories of Dostoevsky
$5.99 Add to cartExplore Fyodor Dostoevsky’s world in the Greatest Stories of Dostoevsky, a captivating collection of timeless tales delving into human complexities. From the poignant beauty of unrequited love in Wh… [more below]
- Author: Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 9358567023
- Language: English
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Poetry as Enchantment: And Other Essays
$21.95 Read more“Gioia joins W. H. Auden, Randall Jarrell, and D. H. Lawrence in embracing criticism that is insightfully intellectual and surprisingly personal . . . Always a canny discussant of contemporary poetics
- Author: Gioia, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1589881958
- Language: English
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Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church
$26.99 Add to cartHave you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?
Poetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusin- Author: Van Engen, Abram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0802883605
- Language: English
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Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art
$19.95 Add to cartA timely and urgent inquiry by one of global literature’s leading lights
In this concisely argued and illuminating book, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine takes the subject of po- Series: Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-In-Residence Lectures
- Author: Alameddine, Rabih
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0813952514
- Language: English
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Classic Literature Made Simple: Fifty Great Books in a Nutshell
$17.95 Add to cartIt has been said, quite correctly, that we write as well as we read. It can also be said that we think as well as we read. Since reading well is so important, it is good to get into the habit of read
- Author: Pearce, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1621647226
- Language: English
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Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn about Human Nature from Shakespeare’s Great Plays
$28.95 Add to cartWilliam Shakespeare has undergone psychological analyses ever since Freud diagnosed Hamlet with an Oedipus complex. But now, two psychologists propose to turn the tables by telling how Shakespeare him
- Author: Zimbardo, Philip G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889602
- Language: English
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Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically
$22.99 Add to cartWhat makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? In Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens, acclaimed poet and teacher Paisley Rekdal demonstrates how to observe the building blocks of a poem–including
- Author: Rekdal, Paisley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0393881989
- Language: English
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Educated Imagination
$15.95 Add to cart“What good is the study of literature? Does it help us think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?” Written in the relaxed and frequently humorous sty
- Series: CBC Massey Lectures
- Author: Frye, Northrop
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0887845983
- Language: English
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The Bible Reexamined: Eve Is a Hero, Mary Is Not a Virgin, Jesus Is Not the Way
$19.95 Add to cart- Author: Tremba, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: November 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798218550936
- Language: English
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Rosamond Lehmann in Vegas
$20.00 Add to cartIn this new anthology of his columns for The Believer, Nick Hornby delves into the latest escapades from his reading life. Spanning the magazine’s Las Vegas era, these consistently hilarious dispatche… [more below]
- Author: Hornby, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1952119987
- Language: English
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Bedside Companion for Book Lovers: An Anthology of Literary Delights for Every Night of the Year
$29.95 Read moreA glorious treasury of literary curiosities for every night of the year.
Bedside Companion for Book Lovers contains an eclectic mix of fact and fiction, letters, diaries, essays and dedications, all s- Author: McMorland Hunter, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1849947694
- Language: English
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Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses
$38.99 Add to cartA TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER
‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’
Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-rea
- Author: Byrne, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0008322252
- Language: English
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Slavic Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Add to cartA brand new beautiful edition. Discover the ancient roots of the people from Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, Croatia and the many Slavic nations in Eastern Europe today.
The ancient roots of the Slav- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Jirincová, Barbora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1804176184
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Path: A Revolutionary Guide to Womens Empowerment and Sovereignty
$18.99 Add to cartA fascinating exploration of the Divided Woman, the key to understanding why women cannot take a hero’s journey. Every woman battles being a Divided Woman, whether she is a stay-at-home mom or a high-… [more below]
- Author: Simmons, Stacey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1401993524
- Language: English
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Mysticism
$18.95 Add to cartA probing, inspiring exploration of mysticism not as religious practice but as a mode of experience and way of life by one of the most provocative philosophical thinkers of our time.
Why mysticism? It- Author: Critchley, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1681378248
- Language: English
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A River Dies of Thirst
$20.00 Add to cartThis remarkable collection of poems, meditations, fragments, and journal entries was Mahmoud Darwish’s last volume to come out in Arabic. This River is at once lyrical and philosophical, questioning a… [more below]
- Author: Darwish, Mahmoud
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 153
- Publish Date: August 25 2009
- ISBN10: 0981955711
- Language: English
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The Interpretation of Dreams
$13.95 Read more‘Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source’
Artemidorus’ The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interp- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Artemidorus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0198797958
- Language: English
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Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
$27.00 Add to cart- Author: Stein, Gertrude
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: March 17 1990
- ISBN10: 0679724648
- Language: English
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Screams from the Balcony
$25.00 Add to cartScreams from the Balcony is a collection of letters chronicling Charles Bukowski’s life as he tries to get published and work at a postal office, all while drinking and gambling.
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0876859147
- Language: English
