Criticism & Theory

This is the only anthology to present a full history of Canadian poetry — from the early 1600s through the expansiveness of poetic activity during the 18t...

As a teenager during China’s Cultural Revolution, Ha Jin served as an uneducated soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. Thirty years later, a resident...

Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a profound reexamination of some of criticism's most basi...

An illuminating look at the many forms of poetry’s essential excellence by James Longenbach, a writer with “an ear as subtle and assured as any America...

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared be...

Can Poetry Matter? -- The Dilemma Of The Long Poem -- Notes On The New Formalism -- Strong Counsel (robinson Jeffers) -- The Loneliness Of Weldon Kees -- Th...

Nearly everyone collects something, even those who don’t think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades t...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Now a Major Motion PictureRunning with Scissors is the true story of a b...

Book by Irving, JohnCategories: Literature & Fiction History & CriticismCriticism & Theory

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada's foremost writers--an award-winning novelist, playwright, and short-story writer who began his career as an...

A Dialogue Between Two Shepards, Uttered In A Pastoral Show -- Two Songs For An Accession Day Tilt -- Philisides, The Shepard Good And True -- Sing, Neighbo...

A Comprehensive Survey Of The Significant Literature Of The English-speaking WorldCategories: Test Preparation Study Guides & WorkbooksStudy Guides

Edited By Zachary Leader. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Regional & Cultural...

In A Sweeping Portrayal Of German Life From World War I To The Early 1970's, Böll, Tells The Story Of The Widow Leni Pfeiffer And Her Son Lev Who Have Beco...

Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for...

Originally published in English in 1978, this full-scale examination of the philosophy of metaphor from Aristotle to the present, brings together and discus...

following The Best-selling Triumph Of Kafka On The Shore, Comes A Collection That Generously Expresses Murakami's Mastery. From The Surreal To The Mundane...

The Book Consists Of The Instant Of My Death, A Powerful Short Prose Piece By Blanchot, And An Extended Essay By Derrida That Reads It In The Context Of Que...

A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure, in the classic novel accompanied by ess...

The idea that prompted the conferenee for which many of these papers were written, and that inspired this book, is stated in the Editorial Introduction repr...

The Moral Compass, The Inspiring And Instructive Companion Volume To The Book Of Virtues, Offers Many More Examples Of Good And Bad, Right And Wrong, In Gre...

Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the...

Charles Jackson (1903-1968) achieved international success with his first book, The Lost Weekend (1944), a groundbreaking novel about alcoholism that sold m...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in ...

The English-speaking student translating into German frequently finds it difficult to choose from an English-German dictionary the German word which is corr...

W.h. Auden ; Reconstructed And Edited By Arthur Kirsch. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [363]-389) And Index.Categories: Literature & Fiction Hu...

George Steiner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Reference Words, Language & GrammarLinguistics

Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Be...

The idea for Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told came up between Carol Shields and longtime friend Marjorie Anderson over lunch. It appeared that after d...

Each book includes the complete text of the play, margin notes, and a collection of related readings to make Shakespeare relevant for today's students. Cat...

General Editor, Michael Dobson ; Associate General Editor, Stanley Wells. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 537-539).Categories: Literature & Fict...

The first Latin American to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood's top actors. Born Ramón Samaniego to a prominent Mexican fam...

In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves as major cultural figures in American life. Truman Capote, the enfant ter...

Out, outrageous, provocative, and proud, this comprehensive anthology and library resource reviews 500 of the best of Hollywood's output of gay, bisexual, ...

This Philosophical Critique Of Psychoanalysis Takes Psychoanalysis Seriously But Not As Unchallengeable Dogma. Pt. 1. Under The Rule Of The Reality Principl...

For this new edition, the text has been revised and corrected in accordance with the principles of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye series. Frye's origi...

“No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis,” Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrume...

Tennessee Williams wrote letters to his family, friends, and theatrical contacts as he wrote his plays; with an eye for precise detail;, self-deprecating h...

From their first iconic pairing in 7th Heaven (1927) and in eleven films that followed, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell created an unparalleled cinematic r...

A Collection Of Essays, Most Of Them By Fantasy Writers, On J.r.r. Tolkien And The Influence Of His Work On The Contributors' Own Literary Endeavors. Our Gr...

The Cambridge Companion To Cervantes Offers A Comprehensive Treatment Of Cervantes' Life And Work.Categories: ReferenceWords, Language & Grammar

metaphor Is A Central Concept In Literary Studies, But It Is Also Prevalent In Everyday Language And Speech. Recent Literary Theories Such As Postmodernis...

Gathers two collections of Lennon's drawings, poems, and short stories that make use of wordplay and nonsensical phrasesCategories: Literature & Fiction...

mark Twain's Skeptical Assessment Of Free Will, And Determinism, Religious Belief, And The Nature Of Humanity. He Put Off Publishing It For 25 Years, And Th...

Narrative is an important element in our daily life and the novel is arguably the most popular genre of our times. The theory of narrative or narratology, w...

Irwin Traces The Development Of The Stories Within Stories From Prehistoric India And Pharaonic Egypt To Modern Times, Explores Translations, Additions, Imi...

What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives and the texts we read? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in l...

The two-volume Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Concise Edition provides an attractive alternative to the full six-volume anthology. Though much ...