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  • Comic Drama

    The European Heritage

    Edición de W. D. Howarth ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
    Ever since comedies were first performed in the ancient world, the definition of the term ‘comedy’ has been debated by both playwrights and critics. Originally published in 1978, this volume does not attempt a precise definition, but reviews the various interpretations that have been put forward through the ages, taking as evidence important theoretical writings as well as the plays themselves, ... Leer más

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  • The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

    de Chris Baldick ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, schools of ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Romanticism

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism throughout Europe and the Americas, and examines various types of Romantic literature, music, painting, religion, and philosophy. Focusing on ... Leer más

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  • The Western Canon

    The Books and School of the Ages

    de Harold Bloom ...
    The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller.NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDHarold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a "heroically brave, formidably learned" defense of the great works of literature that comprise the traditional Western ... Leer más

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  • A History of English Literature

    Traversing the Centuries

    A History of English Literature: Traversing the Centuries provides a comprehensive outline of the course of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. In its fourteen chapters, the book covers all major literary periods with inclusive analyses of the political, social and intellectual developments which inevitably contribute to and influence literature in both overt and ... Leer más

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  • ABC of Reading

    de Ezra Pound ...
    Ezra Pound’s classic book about the meaning of literature, with a new introduction by Michael Dirda.This important work, first published in 1934, is a concise statement of Pound’s aesthetic theory. It is a primer for the reader who wants to maintain an active, critical mind and become increasingly sensitive to the beauty and inspiration of the world’s best literature. With characteristic vigor and ... Leer más

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  • European Literary History

    An Introduction

    Edición de Maarten De Pourcq, Sophie Levie ...
    This clear and engaging book offers readers an introduction to European Literary History from antiquity through to the present day. Each chapter discusses a short extract from a literary text, whilst including a close reading and a longer essay examining other key texts of the period and their place within European Literature. Offering a view of Europe as an evolving cultural space and examining ... Leer más

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  • Selected Essays

    1917–1932

    de T. S. Eliot ...
    37 essays in an expanded edition of the author's major volume of criticism.What defines the relationship between the poet and the past, and what is the true function of criticism?The Impersonal Theory of Poetry: Eliot’s argument that poetry is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from personality, separating the artist who creates from the man who suffers.The Objective Correlative: His ... Leer más

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  • Pleasing Myself

    From Beowulf to Philip Roth

    de Frank Kermode ...
    Sir Frank Kermode is acknowledged as one of the greatest critics of our time, renowned for the wit humanity and good sense of his writing. Pleasing Myself brings together the very best of his shorter pieces, on topics ranging from Donne and Yeats to modern art and money. ... Leer más

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  • The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose

    de Oscar Wilde ...
    Selection includes The Portrait of Mr W.H., Wilde's defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from 'Intentions' (1891): 'The Decay of Lying, 'Pen, Pencil, Poison', and 'The Critic as Artist'.Wilde is familiar to us as the ironic critic behind the social comedies, as the creator of the beautiful and doomed Dorian Gray, as the flamboyant aesthete and the demonised homosexual. This volume ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Pieces of My Mind

    Essays and Criticism 1958–2002

    de Frank Kermode ...
    A career-spanning collection of thought-provoking analyses from the renowned literary critic.Sir Frank Kermode has been writing peerless literary criticism for more than a half-century. Pieces of My Mind includes his own choice of his major essays since 1958, beginning with his extraordinary study of "Poet and Dancer Before Diaghilev" and ending with a marvelous consideration of Shakespeare's ... Leer más

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  • The History of Theatre

    de David Timson ...
    This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day. It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays, the great Shakespearean period, Molière and Racine in France, Goethe in Germany, through the nineteenth century and the main movements in the twentieth century. It is written by David Timson, the British actor and director who features ... Leer más

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