Collection: Literary Criticism
Go beyond the story with our Literary Criticism collection your guide to understanding, analysing and appreciating literature on a deeper level.
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Persuasion
Jane Austen
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Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still
Samuel Beckett
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The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen
Penelope Hughes-Hallett
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The Theory of the Novel
Gyorgy Lukacs
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The Double Flame
Octavio Paz
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Desire and the Ascetic Ideal
Edward Upton
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Sidonius: Letters Book 5, Part 1
Giulia Marolla
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Inkface
Miles P. Grier
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Difficult Reading
Jason R. Marley
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Manuscript Poetics
Francesco Marco Aresu
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Virginia Woolf and Classical Music
Emma Sutton
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Signs of Borges
Sylvia Molloy
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Chinese Thought in a Multi-cultural World
YUE Daiyun
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The Sounds of Poetry: a Brief Guide
Robert Pinsky
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Sir Thomas Browne
Gavin Francis
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Ethics in the Arthurian Legend
Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand
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A Literature Without Qualities
Warner B. Berthoff
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200 Years of National Philologies
Christoph Strosetzki
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Gerald O'Donovan: A Life
John F. Ryan
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Critical Luxury Studies
John Armitage
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Byzantine Commentaries on Ancient Greek Texts, 12th–15th Centuries
Baukje van den Berg
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami
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Literary Criticism
These insightful texts unpack the themes, techniques, and cultural impact behind the books we love, from ancient epics to contemporary fiction.
Explore essays, academic studies, and accessible guides on everything from postcolonial theory and feminism to narratology and genre analysis.
Whether you're a student, a scholar, or just a curious reader, you’ll find resources that sharpen your literary lens.
Ideal for book clubs, university courses, or solo deep-dives, our literary criticism books help you read between the lines.