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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The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
William Shakespeare
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Landfall 238
Emma Neale
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Aspects of the Novel
E.M. Forster
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A Room of One’s Own (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Virginia Woolf
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Agatha Christie: Plots, Clues and Misdirections
Sally and Tony Hope
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Writing Down the Vision
Kei Miller
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PARADISE
Alasdair Gray, Dante Alighieri
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Deceived With Kindness
Angelica Garnett
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The Terrible
Yrsa Daley-Ward
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Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830
Cook, Daniel
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No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein
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Selected Essays
George Orwell
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Essays from Essex
Sydney M Williams III
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A Woman’s Battles and Transformations
Édouard Louis
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A Book of Voyages
Patrick O’Brian
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Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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Where the Stress Falls
Susan Sontag
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Less Than One
Joseph Brodsky
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John Clare
John Clare
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Essays and Letters
Friedrich Hölderlin
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On Murder
Thomas De Quincey
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The Doctor's Wife
M.E.Braddon
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Chamber Music
James Joyce
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Spring
Harrison, Melissa
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Why We Love Middle-earth
Shawn E. Marchese, Alan Sisto
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The Oxford Book of Death
D. J. Enright
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First ACT Shakespeare
Robert Pennant Jones
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A Thousand Golden Cities: 2,500 Years of Writing from Afghanistan and its People
Justin Marozzi
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The Wild Ass's Skin
Honoré de Balzac
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The Beggar's Opera and Polly
John Gay
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Ghost Season
Fatin Abbas
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Nemesis, My Friend
Jay Griffiths
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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.