Literary Criticism

An examination of the boundary-stretching use of language by Baudelaire--he argues that he adapts aspects of caricature for use in his poetry. Firs...

Nearly new and unread copy of this look at the varieties and styles of modern Japanese manga, focusing on a variety of leading artists and publishe...

An impressive slim volume from a Stanford English Professor and director of that university's writing program. An appreciation of both the printed ...

Paperback reprint edition (twentieth printing), translated by Richard Howard. Fine paperback, no notable flaws. Trade Paperbackback. ISBN 037452167...

A quite nice copy Morris's exploration of the work of various literary critics. First edition presumed, fine in nearly fine jacket, with just a tou...

First American edition of a colletion of essays and critical pieces from the Nigerian novelist, author of Things Fall Apart, among many others. A f...

Ex-library and w/bookplate to front endpaper. Some wear to boards, spine lettering faded. Pages yellowing, but binding strong, internally clean and...

The author's exploration of how the work of John Updike has affected him. First printing, NF in a VG jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Hardcover, F...

Used, selections include Twain, Waugh, Orwell, Shirley Jackson, and others. Critical essays by Northrop Frye and others. Some wear, bit of a crease...

Fine unread copy of a look at the experience of expatriate wrters in Paris in the post-war years. Includes anecdotes of Richard Wright, James Baldw...

This look at Sartre and Beauvoir's life alleges that many of the key ideas offered by the couple originated with Beauvoir and not Sartre. Very good...

Quite nice copy, near fine in like jacket. Four essays by Wilde, The Critic as Artist; Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Decay of Lying; The Truth of Mas...

Ex-library. Spine lettering somewhat worn, some scuffing to rear cover. Cloth. Garden City Publishing Co, New York, 1932. 000618

First printing of this examination of the literature of late-colonial/postcolonial Africa. Authors examined include Soyinka, Senghor, Ousmane, Davi...

Ex library copy of this look at various Catholic novelists, including G.K. Chesterton. Expected library markings, and bottom of boards edgeworn--bo...

A nice copy of this, apparently the first book-length work on Moore's prose. Draws on new material from the Moore archives, and focuses on her priv...

Very nice copy of the author's collection of essays on authors from Dante and Voltaire to Borges, Sebald, and Rushdie. First U.S. fine in a near fi...

From a well known series of short critical examinations of notable authors, most of them French. This is the first in the series (?crivains par eux...

An examination of the craft of notable black novelists, their approaches to their work and their goals. Includes essays by academics and the novlis...

A look at the locales in which major American works of literature were centered. Includes Frost's New England, Hemingway's Florida, Steinbeck's Cal...

A nice clean copy of Pritchett's in depth examination off Turgenev. First printing, fine in a VG jacket with a bit of shelfwear and a non-trivial c...

Second printing of this examination of portions of early books of the Old Testament. An introductory author about the author, "J", by Bloom, a new ...

Unread, crisp copy of this anthology of pieces by notable science fiction authors. Touches on the influence of science fiction on the larger popula...