18 books like Disturb the Universe

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Shadows Numberless Adam Fieled · 2005 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Moderate Shadows Numberless: Four Collections Of Critical Material by Adam Fieled encompasses two centuries of poetry and literature. Portions have appeared in Jacket Magazine, The Argotist Online, Tears in the Fence, and elsewhere. [1]: https://archive.org/stream/shadowsNumberlessFourCollectionsOfCriticalMaterialByAdamFieled/ShadowsNumberless#page/n0/mode/2up Shares: Literary Theory, Literary Criticism

Critical Writing On Adam Fieled Philly Free School · 2006 · 7p · ≈ 14m · Moderate Critical Writing On Adam Fieled collects critical pieces on the work of American writer Adam Fieled, composed and published between 2006 and 2012 in venues like moria poetry and Galatea Resurrects, by poet/critics Jeffrey Side, Laura Goldstein, Steve Halle, Stacy Blair, and more. Shares: Literary Theory, Literary Criticism

The educated imagination Northrop Frye · 1963 · ★ 4.1 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Moderate In the 1962 Massey Lectures, Northrop Frye writes: "What good is the study of literature? Does it help us to think more clearly or feel more sensitively or live a better life than we would without it? What is the function of the teacher and scholar or the person who calls himself, as I do, a literary critic? What difference does the study of literature make in our social or political or… Shares: Literary Theory, Literary Criticism

How to read literature like a professor Thomas C. Foster · 2002 · ★ 3.6 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface—a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character—and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you.In this practical… Shares: Literary Theory, Literary Criticism

Selected Letters of Caroline Norton Ross Belson · 2019 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

The oriental tale in England in the eighteenth century Martha Pike Conant · 1908 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Originally published in 1906, this book examines the oriental tale in England, meaning it considers all the oriental and pseudo-oriental fiction that appeared in English, whether written in English or translater from the French. The highlights fall upon the Arabian Nights, Dr. Johnson's Rasselas, Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, and Beckford's Vathek, and the presnet volume aims to depict… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Changing my mind Zadie Smith · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith's nonfiction over the past decade.Zadie Smith brings to her essays all of the curiosity, intellectual rigor, and sharp humor that have attracted so many readers to her fiction, and the result is a collection that is nothing short of extraordinary.Split into four sections—"Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling"—Changing My Mind invites readers to witness… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

William Shakespeare Brian Vickers · 2002 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Works of Thomas de Quincey Grevel Lindop · 2001 · 3024p · ≈ 100h · Moderate Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material. Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Works of Patrick Branwell Brontë Victor A. Neufeldt · 2015 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This volume, first published in 1999, contains all of Patrick Branwell Brontë’s known writings, excluding his letters, from 1837 to 1848. This title primarily covers and depicts the end of the Angrian conflict, Branwell’s abandonment of the Angrian saga, and his attempts to establish himself as a published poet and a man of letters. All of the texts in this edition are based on Neufeldt’s own… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Ann Radcliffe Romanticism And The Gothic Dale Townshend · 2014 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "This book offers unique and fresh perspectives upon the literary productions of one of the most highly remunerated and widely admired authors of the Romantic period, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823). While drawing upon, consolidating and enriching the critical impulses reflected in Radcliffe scholarship to date, this collection of essays, composed by a range of renowned scholars of the Romantic period,… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

The Joyce paradox Arnold Goldman · 1966 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate First published in 1966. By pursuing a group of cognate themes, the author relates major critical approaches to the fiction of James Joyce. One of the major issues explored is that of the existence of ‘symbols’ in his fiction, and of the quality of Joyce’s feelings shown through an examination of the extent of his human sympathies. This title will be of interest to students of literature. Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Ted Hughes Terry Gifford · 1981 · ★ 3.6 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This innovative casebook introduces readers to wide-ranging critical dialogue about the work of Ted Hughes, one of the most popular and influential British poets of the twentieth century. In twelve new essays, international authorities on Hughes examine and debate his work, shedding new light on familiar texts. Split into two parts, the first half of this book examines Hughes's work through… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Stemming the torrent Gesa Stedman · 2002 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In this new study, Gesa Stedman mines the vein of emotion in Victorian writing to unearth new insights into the ways literature responded to the dramatic social and political changes then taking place." "Through an examination of the history of key Victorian emotion words, the major topics that dominate the discourses on emotions in this era, and the central fictional and non-fictional 'paradigm… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Edinburgh History of Reading Mary Hammond · 2020 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Subversive Readers explores the strategies used by readers to question authority, challenge convention, resist oppression, assert their independence and imagine a better world. This kind of insurgent reading may be found everywhere: in revolutionary France and Nazi Germany, in Eastern Europe under Communism and in Australian and Iranian prisons, among eighteenth-century women reading history and… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Arthurian Revival Debra Mancoff · 2014 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Discrete inquiries into 15 forms of the Arthurian legends produced over the last century explore how they have altered the tradition. They consider works from the US and Europe, and those aimed at popular and elite audiences. The overall conclusion is that the "Arthurian revival" is an ongoing event, and has become multivalent, multinational, and multimedia. Originally published in 1992. Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

A preface to Wordsworth John Arthur Purkis · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth's life and cultural background and their effect on his work, and examines his verse, from the earliest school poems to… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

Middle English literature George Kane · 1951 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Originally published in 1951 Middle English Literature applies methods of literary evaluation to certain Middle English works. Arguing that previous literary criticism has largely focused on the commentary of their historical, social, philological and religious content, the book suggests that it has led to a thinking that Middle English literature is without artistic value and therefore cannot be… Shares: Literary Criticism, English literature

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