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George Bernard Shaw Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "Most people either say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him." -- G. K. C. Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

Wheel of fire: essays in interpretation of Shakespeare's sombre tragedies G. Wilson Knight · 1930 · ★ 3.0 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

The comedy of errors Robert S. Miola · 1997 · 592p · ≈ 19h · Moderate This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's AComedy of Errors. Miola's edited work also features a comprehensive critical history, coupled with a full bibliography and photographs of major productions of the play from around the world. In the collection, there are five previously unpublished essays. The topics covered in these… Shares: Aufsatzsammlung, Literary Criticism

The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVI Robert Browning · 1800 · ★ 4.3 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Nineteen poems by Robert Browning include "My Last Duchess," "Porphyria's Lover," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "Love among the Ruins." Shares: Aufsatzsammlung, Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

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 This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.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: English Authors, Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot Kristian Smidt · 1949 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This title, first published in 1961, explores the general background of attitudes, beliefs and ideas from which Eliot’s works have originated. This study examines the influences of Eliot’s work, and includes Eliot’s personal views as told to the author. The book also looks at technique, structure and imagery of his poetry. This title will be of interest to students of literature. Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

Euripides Erich Segal · 1968 · ★ 3.8 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate TABLE OF CONTENTS: Euripides’ theater of ideas / William arrowsmith -- Euripides and the gods / G. M. A. Grube -- The virtues of Admetus / Anne Pippin Burnett -- On Euripides’ Medea / Eilhard Schlesinger -- The Hippolytus of Euripides / Bernard M. W. Knox -- Watching the Trojan women / Eric A. Havelock -- Why the Trojan women? / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Orestes / Christian Wolff -- Tragedy and… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Sartor resartus Thomas Carlyle · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Sartor Resartus is Thomas Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. Sponsored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it was first printed as a book in Boston in 1836 and immediately became the inspiration for the Transcendental movement. The first London trade edition was published in 1838." "This edition of Sartor Resartus is the first publication of the work that uses all extant versions to create an… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

La casa de Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca · 1973 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Un título de nivel 4 de la serie Leer y aprender de lecturas graduadas. Adaptado para los estudiantes por D. Carpani. Una casa silenciosa, oscura. Calor asfixiante, campanas que doblan, secretos inconfesables. Un espacio cerrado, rígidamente controlado por Bernarda Alba, donde viven sus cinco hijas, las criadas y una madre anciana enajenada por su locura. A pesar de los esfuerzos de Bernarda, la… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

Le rouge et le noir Stendhal · 1830 · ★ 3.9 · 514p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The story of an ambitious youth without birth or fortune in France in the 19th century. Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate One of the great masters of 20th-century art, the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti captured the existential loneliness of modern humanity with his spindly, attenuated figures whose life-like gazes pierce the vastness of space. Uniting more than 250 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphic works, this extensive monograph is an exemplary overview of his oeuvre. The book underscores the… Shares: Aufsatzsammlung, Criticism and interpretation

S.J. Perelman Steven H. Gale · 1985 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate First published in 1992, this book focuses on the oeuvre of S. J. Perelman. Taken together, the essays included serve as an introduction to this important humorist’s work, both in terms of the specific short prose pieces, plays, and films examined and as an overview of his lengthy professional career. They provide insightful and in-depth literary analyses as well. The work encourages a better… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

John Donne Poetry John Donne · 1633 · ★ 4.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Demanding "This new Norton Critical Edition presents a comprehensive collection of Donne's poetry. The texts are divided into sections: "Satires," "Elegies," "Verse Letters to Several Personages," "Songs and Sonnets," and "Divine Poems." They have been scrupulously edited and are from the Westmoreland manuscript where possible - collated against the best exemplars from the most important families of Donne… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Literary criticism William Wordsworth · 1905 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging William Wordsworth, 1770 – 1850, was an English poet most commonly associated with being, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the early figures of British romanticism. Their publication of the volume LYRICAL BALLADS in 1798 often serves as a marker of sorts for when that movement publicly began. As a young artist—already showing signs of being a gifted writer and thinker at St. John’s… Shares: English Authors, Literary Criticism

Shakespeare Survey Allardyce Nicoll · 1933 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "An annual survey of Shakespearian study and production." Shares: Critique et interprétation, Criticism and interpretation

Moments of vision Thomas Hardy · 1889 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging ix, 443 p. ; 23 cm Shares: English Authors, Criticism and interpretation

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: Criticism and interpretation, Literary Criticism

The Poetical Works of John Dryden John Dryden · 1777 · ★ 5.0 · 524p · ≈ 17h · Demanding Oxford edition.The facsimiles are reproductions of title-pages of earlier editions. Shares: English Authors, Criticism and interpretation

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