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 Tempest
William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare
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The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
R. A. Gilbert
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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
Jessica Harrison
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Come On In!
Charles Bukowski
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New Maps of Hell
Kingsley Amis
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The Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 3
Philip Gourevitch
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Shakespeare His Life and Works
Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding
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Selected Prose
Charles Lamb
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Histories Volume 1
William Shakespeare
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Peacock and Vine
A S Byatt
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The Paris Review Interviews: Vol. 4
Philip Gourevitch
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TL;DR Shakespeare
SparkNotes
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Collected Prose
Paul Celan
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Shakespeare
Peter Ackroyd
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She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies
John O'Keeffe, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Henry Fielding, George Colman
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Ways Of Escape
Graham Greene
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Mind of an Outlaw
Norman Mailer
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Bagombo Snuff Box
Kurt Vonnegut
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Kingdom of Olives and Ash
Michael Chabon
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At Home with the Brontes
Ann Dinsdale
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Comparative Literature
Ben Hutchinson
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
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Maus Now
Hillary Chute, Art Spiegelman
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Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
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Henry IV, Part 2: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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All's Well that Ends Well: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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King John: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Henry VI Part Three: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Timon of Athens: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Major Works
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The Bronte Myth
Lucasta Miller
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Selected Poems
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Damaged Goods
Oliver Shah
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The Sacred Wood
T. S. Eliot
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Selected Essays
T. S. Eliot
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Introducing Modernism
Chris Rodrigues
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Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Jenny Uglow
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Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
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Notes of a Son and Brother
Henry James
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How To Travel With A Salmon
Umberto Eco
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Love's Labour's Lost: The Oxford Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
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Selected Writings
Gérard de Nerval
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Small Wonder
Barbara Kingsolver
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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.