18 books like The educated imagination

What to read after The educated imagination — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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 Literary Theory, Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Literary criticism William Wordsworth · 1905 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy with this book.

Shadows Numberless Adam Fieled · 2005 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Light 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

Disturb the Universe Adam Fieled · 2005 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Light "In "*Disturb the Universe: The Collected Essays of Adam Fieled*", we see a young poet wrestling with old problems: how to move forward and conserve simultaneously, how to form coherent judgments regarding what will endure and what will not, how to, as Eliot wrote in *Four Quartets*, purify the dialect of the tribe. These essays are bold stabs in search of new directions, which push the envelope… Shares Literary Theory, Literary Criticism

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

Essays Matthew Arnold · 1865 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Criticism, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Critical Writing On Adam Fieled Philly Free School · 2006 · 7p · ≈ 14m · Light *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

Routledge Revivals

Routledge Revivals A. J. Arberry · 2016 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literary Criticism, History and criticism with this book.

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

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.

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

The name of the mother Marie Maclean · 1994 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this original and highly accomplished study, Marie Maclean studies the writings of social rebels and explores the relationship between their personal narratives and illegitimacy. The case studies which Maclean examines fall into four groups: those which stress alternative family structures and 'female genealogies'; those which pair female illegitimacy and revolution; those which question the… Shares Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Literature

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, Literature

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 Criticism, History and criticism, Philosophy, Literature

An Experiment in Criticism C. S. Lewis · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "Professor Lewis believed that literature exists above all for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He doubted the use of strictly evaluative criticism, especially its condemnations. Literary criticism is traditionally employed in judging books, and 'bad taste' is thought of as a taste for bad books. Professor Lewis' experiment consists in… Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism

Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary China

Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary China Yamin Hu · 2020 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Modern rhetorical criticism Roderick P. Hart · 1990 · ★ 3.7 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the analysis of public rhetoric, Modern Rhetorical Criticism teaches readers how to examine and interpret rhetorical situations, ideas, arguments, structure, and style. The text covers a wide range of critical techniques, from cultural and dramatistic analysis to feminist and Marxist approaches. A wealth of original criticism demonstrates how to… Shares Criticism, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, Literature

Abinger harvest E. M. Forster · 1936 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares History and criticism, Literature with this book.

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