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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Scripting Empire
James Procter
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The Light We Carry
Michelle Obama
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In the Mountains Green
Peter Owen Jones
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The Furies
Elizabeth Flock
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Paris 1935
Jean Follain
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Be Like Adam's Son
Fernanda Fischione
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Seepersad Naipaul, Amazing Scenes: Selected Journalism 1928-1953
Seepersad Naipaul
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Sound and Silence
Lianke Yan
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Shakespeare and Wisdom
Unhae Park Langis
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Under the Greenwood Tree
Tracy E K'Meyer
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How to Do Things with Dead People
Alice Dailey
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Shakespeare
Judi Dench
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The Times Lives Behind the Music
Nigel (Ed) Farndale
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Romanticism, Realism and the Lines of Mimesis
Polly Dickson
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What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)
Susan Allen Ford
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Reading Espionage Fiction
Martin Griffin
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Queer Books of Late Victorian Print Culture
Frederick D. King
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Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories
Richard Barlow
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A Short History of Australian Literature
Paul Sharrad
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Barbara Kingsolver's World
Linda Wagner-Martin
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Goodbye to Russia
Sarah Rainsford
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Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930
Kristine Moruzi
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The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading
Jeremy Chow
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Secret Sex
Russell Smith
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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.