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1	Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing more books like this by Laurie G Kirszner add to wishlist This volume provides an introduction to literature; it contains a broad selection of literature - from the contemporary to the canonical, the serious to the humorous, and the poignant to the whimsical. It now includes a contemporary selection of stories, works by Gish Jen, Andrea Barret and Rick Bass as well as old favorites by Joyce, Hemingway, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
2	Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice more books like this by Charles E Bressler add to wishlist This introduction to literary theory and criticism, its historical development and the variety of theoretical positions or schools of criticism, is designed to help students take conscious, informed and intelligent choices concerning their own methods of literary interpretation. The text places literary theory and criticism in historical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by Jonathan Culler add to wishlist What is Literary Theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceived to be impenetrable. It offers insights into theories about the nature of ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Culture & Imperialism more books like this by Professor Edward W Said add to wishlist From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, this is an account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. While many historians and commentators have analyzed the phenomenon of the imperial power wielded by Britain (and France) in the 19th century, this book analyzes its impact on the culture of the ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
5	How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read more books like this by Pierre Bayard add to wishlist In this provocative, witty book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Bayard argues that non-reading can be just as useful an act as reading. He states that the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book, but the one who understands the book's place in culture. see all copies from $2.74! new only from $4.79! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Writing about Literature: A Portable Guide more books like this by Janet E Gardner add to wishlist "Writing about Literature "introduces strategies for reading literature, explains the writing process and common writing assignments for literature courses, provides instruction in writing about fiction, poetry, and drama, and includes coverage of writing a research paper and of literary criticism and theory. This volume in Bedford/St. Martin's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.64!
7	Exploring Literature: Writing and Arguing about Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay more books like this by Frank Madden add to wishlist Culturally rich and diverse literature, comprehensive coverage of the writing process, and strong coverage of arguing about literature describe this anthology. The first five chapters are dedicated to writing and arguing about literature followed by an anthology organized around five themes: Family and Friends; Innocence and Experience; Women ... see all copies from $3.19! new only from $62.98! \| SVS
8	Literary Theory: An Introduction more books like this by Terry Eagleton add to wishlist Noted literary critic Terry Eagleton presents an undergraduate-level overview of his discipline. The first essay, "The Rise of English", places English in a historical context. Other chapters explain such topics as reader-response theories, structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis and literature, and politics and literature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection more books like this by Isaac Asimov add to wishlist This is a collection of short stories, essays, and articles written by science fiction grandmaster Asimov, include the 1992 Hugo Award winner, "Gold". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Literary Theory: An Anthology more books like this by Julie Rivkin (Editor), Michael Ryan (Editor) add to wishlist "Literary Theory: An Anthology" is a unique combination of the classic statements in criticism and the new theories that have revolutionized literary study in the past several decades. This unprecedented collection will be an invaluable reference tool for students interested in acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of the most recent developments in ... see all copies from $26.49! new only from $45.83! \| SVS
11 view cover	Texts and Contexts: Writing about Literature with Critical Theory more books like this by Steve Lynn add to wishlist This book helps students analyze and write about literature through the introduction of contemporary critical theories. Step-by-step applications of a particular theory give clear, practical examples of what other texts only cover in the abstract. A wealth of writing strategies, examples, and practice materials enable students to understand the ... see all copies from $30.05! new only from $30.05! \| SVS
12 view cover	Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse more books like this by Mary Oliver, Mary Cliver add to wishlist With a poet's ear and a poet's grace of expression, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Mary Oliver shows what makes a metrical poem work--and enables readers, as only she can, to "enter the thudding deeps and the rippling shallows of sound-pleasure and rhythm-pleasure that intensify both the poem's narrative and its ideas". see all copies from $2.89! new only from $6.50! \| first editions
13 view cover	Critical Theory Since Plato more books like this by Hazard Adams add to wishlist This outstanding anthology traces major critical statements from classic theorists like Plato to the contemporary. This standard historical textbook in the field focuses on important individual thinkers, and not particular schools of thought or isms. Current selections bring the anthology into contemporary times and show students how critical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $43.95! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work more books like this by Louise M Rosenblatt add to wishlist Louise M. Rosenblatt's award-winning work continues increasingly to be read in a wide range of academic fields--literary criticism, reading theory, aesthetics, composition, rhetoric, speech communication, and education. Her view of the reading transaction as a unique event involving reader and text at a particular time under particular ... see all copies from $4.55! new only from $21.60! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory more books like this by Toril Moi add to wishlist Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, this classic study nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches. With a new afterword in this edition, Sexual/Textual Politics is a brilliantly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.78! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts more books like this by David Lodge add to wishlist The articles which David Lodge wrote for "The Independent on Sunday" for 50 weeks in 1991 and 1992 have been revised and expanded for this book. The art of fiction is considered under a range of headings, such as "The Intrusive Author", "Suspense", "The Epistolary Novel", "Time-shift", "The Sense of Place" and "Symbolism". Each topic is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Art of Writing: Lu Chi's Wen Fu more books like this by Lu Chi, Sam Hamill (Translator), Ji Lu add to wishlist Though written in AD 302, this classic Chinese text, a guide to the literary arts, is hauntingly pertinent to writers today. Hamill's translation, a revision of his 1991 edition, renders the elegance of the original with clarity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.94! \| SVS
18 view cover	An Introduction to Literature Criticism and Theory more books like this by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle add to wishlist Praise for An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Sparkling, enthusiastic, and admirably well-informed' - HeleneCixous 'By far the best introduction we have, bar none. This unmatched book is for everyone: from those beginning literary study, through advanced students, and up to teachers; even those who, like me, have been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Classical Literary Criticism more books like this by D A Russell (Editor), Michael Winterbottom (Editor) add to wishlist This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle's Poetics, Longinus' On Sublimity, Horace's Art of Poetry, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Based on the highly praised Ancient Literary Criticism (OUP, 1972), it contains a new introduction and explanatory notes, and will be of enormous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	Reading Lessons: An Introduction to Theory more books like this by Scott Carpenter add to wishlist For undergraduate literature and literary theory courses as well as advanced courses in humanities programs. This text introduces students to the ways literary theory can enhance their reading. Drawing on popular examples from literature, film, advertising, television, and other media, this book invites students to read in ways that are both ... see all copies from $17.01! new only from $37.97!
21 view cover	The Performing Self: Compositions and Decompositions in the Languages of Contemporary Life more books like this by Richard Poirier add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Writing Was Everything more books like this by Alfred Kazin add to wishlist A blend of autobiography, history, and criticism that moves from New York in the 1930s to wartime England, to the postwar South. "Writing Was Everything" emerges as a reaffirmation of literature in an age of deconstruction and critical dogma. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Contexts for Criticism more books like this by Donald Keesey (Editor) add to wishlist This revised edition describes the major forms of literary criticism, including historical criticism, formal criticism, reader-response criticism, mimetic criticism and structural criticism. It then applies these to three literary works: Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Chopin's "The Awakening" and Keats's "Ode to a Grecian Urn". Concise introductions to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $73.38! \| SVS
24 view cover	A Practical Introduction to Literary Study more books like this by James S Brown, Scott Yarbrough add to wishlist A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY is a brief guide designed for any literature course. Written to be useful and accessible, this text focuses on critical reading with a concentration on the literary canon. The text also introduces you to the tools, terms, and methods you need for discussing literature and incorporating critical thinking ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $38.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Language of Life more books like this by Bill Moyers add to wishlist A series of conversations with a cross-section of poets from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Their comments about their work, their lives, and their creativity are provocative and inspiring, filled with vitality and surprising insights. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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