Literary Criticism - Page 14

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

'[An] astonishing book' Sunday TimesWhat do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian v...

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Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living

Henry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Tho...

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Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age

*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize*In late eighteenth-century London, a group of extraordinar...

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The Singer of Tales

First published in 1960, Albert B. Lord’s The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the d...

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The Cambridge Companion to Plutarch

Plutarch is one of the most prolific and important writers from antiquity. His Parallel Lives contin...

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Osip Mandelstam: A Biography

This is the first full-scale biography of Osip Mandelstam to combine an analysis of his poetry with...

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The Call of the Tribe: Essays

In The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that have shaped the way he thinks...

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The Novel Cure: An A to Z of Literary Remedies

When read at the right moment, a novel can change your life. Bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susa...

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Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter

A noted literary scholar traverses the Russian canon, exploring how realists, idealists, and revolut...

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Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis: Reading through Pandemic Times

What does it mean to read Greek tragedy in a pandemic, a global crisis? How can Greek tragedy addres...

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Class War: A Literary History

A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart th...

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Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination

Through a close reading of the lives and works of some of the greatest intellectuals of recent times...

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A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre 1945-2020

John le Carré was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to re...

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Don't Forget to Live: Goethe and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises

The esteemed French philosopher Pierre Hadot’s final work, now available in English.With a foreword...

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