18 books like Literary criticism

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Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initially criticized as the product of Coleridge's opiate-driven descent into illness, more recent critics have given the work far more credit and recognition. The book is the origin of the well-known… Shares Wordsworth, Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy
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Essays Matthew Arnold · 1865 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry, Literature with this book.
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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 Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy
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D.H. Lawrence D. H. Lawrence · 1928 · 30p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A collection of poems on themes of animals, people, celebration and condemnation, and love, by a prolific English poet, novelist, critic, travel writer, playwright, and painter. Shares Criticism, English Authors, Correspondence, History and criticism
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A reader's guide to contemporary literary theory Raman Selden · 1985 · ★ 3.7 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate xii, 244p. : 22cm Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy
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A preface to Wordsworth John Arthur Purkis · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Wordsworth, English Poets, Literary Criticism, Poetry with this book.
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Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot Kristian Smidt · 1949 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Poetry with this book.
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How to read literature like a professor Thomas C. Foster · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 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 Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Literature
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Practical criticism I. A. Richards · 1929 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Practical Criticism, as conceived by Richards, pays attention to very small units of language in short lyric poems in a way that leads directly to the New Critics' emphasis on 'the poem in itself', and their associated rejection of the analysis of any kind of historical or political context. Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry
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The complete poetical works Robert Burns · 1786 · ★ 4.1 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns. Shares English Poets, Correspondence, History and criticism, Poetry
Routledge Revivals
Routledge Revivals A. J. Arberry · 2016 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, History and criticism with this book.
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Meditaciones del Quijote José Ortega y Gasset · 1914 · ★ 2.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 247 pages ; 18 cm Shares Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy, Literature
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The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.
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Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.
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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares Poetry
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Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.
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George Bernard Shaw Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1909 · ★ 3.7 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "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 Literary Criticism, Literature
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Cowper Goldwin Smith · 1800 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares English Poets, English Authors with this book.

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