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Literary Criticism offers a concise overview of literary studies in the English-speaking world from the early twentieth century to the present. Joseph North steps back from the usual tangle of figures, schools, and movements in order to analyze the intellectual paradigms that underpinned them. The result is a radically new account of the discipline’s development, together with a trenchant argument about where its political future lies.People in today’s literature departments often assume that their work is politically progressive, especially when compared with the work of early- and mid-twentieth-century critics. North’s view is less cheering. For when understood in relation to the longer arc of the discipline, the current historicist and contextualist mode in literary studies represents a step to the Right. Since the global turn to neoliberalism in the late 1970s, all the major movements within literary studies have been diagnostic rather than interventionist in character: scholars have developed sophisticated techniques for analyzing culture, but they have retreated from systematic attempts to transform it. In this respect, the political potential of current literary scholarship compares poorly with that of earlier critical modes, which, for all their faults, at least had a programmatic commitment to cultural change.Yet neoliberalism is now in crisis―a crisis that presents opportunities as well as dangers. North argues that the creation of a genuinely interventionist criticism is one of the central tasks facing those on the Left of the discipline today.

This sleeveless tank top is a novel twist on a classic, blending fashion with a splash of literary charm. It’s made from a soft jersey viscose-elastane blend, ensuring both comfort and a flattering fit. The front showcases a unique script pattern, evoking the look of a page from a book, while the back offers a simple white canvas, both creating a piece that’s as conversational as it is stylish. Perfect for book lovers and style enthusiasts alike, it's a versatile choice that can be dressed up or down. Gentle machine wash. Turn garment inside out. Cold water. Mild detergent. Iron on reverse side. Do not tumble dry. Do not bleach.

Conjure up your own creative genius at this imaginatively whimsical, yet quite practical writing desk that speaks volumes of your love of the literary arts. Unlock the heart of creativity to help you focus and express the thoughts you never knew you had by welcoming a beautiful space to call your own. Features the names of Mark Twain, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens are emblazoned on the top and sides of this work of furniture art. Crafted of wood and adorned with an absolute eloquence of hand-painted faux gilding, this writing space boasts tons of storage with 10 useful shelves behind the books and 5 pull-out drawers. You won't find this amazing desk anywhere else except at Design Toscano! Simple assembly required. 50"Wx20"Dx34"H. 177 lbs. Color: Multi-Colored.

Take Your Students' Reading Comprehension Skills To New Levels! Use these wands to take students from basic recall and recognition to complex analysis and reasoning of literary text. Each wand has a question on one side and a task on the other. Includes four color-coded sets of wands that range from low to high complexity. 32 Laminated Chipboard Wands: Size: 2" x 7" each 165374 Question And Task Wands For Literary Text text-dependent questions higher order higher order comprehension analysis literature response to reading prompts recall strategic thinking extended thinking Depth of Knowledge reading read comprehension reading comprehension scaffolded differentiated language language arts english language arts reading skills comprehension skills ELA question answer question and answer literary literature 165374 Question And Task Wands For Literary Text text-dependent questions higher order higher order comprehension analysis literature response to reading prompts recall strategic thinking extended thinking Depth of Knowledge reading read comprehension reading comprehension scaffolded differentiated language language arts english language arts reading skills comprehension skills ELA question answer question and answer literary literature

Alfred Hitchcock Mystery is a literary publication focusing on mystery, crime fiction and suspense stories. Continuously in print since 1956, the magazine features every subgenre of mystery fiction. Each issue contains short mystery fiction stories, book reviews, a mysterious photo contest, and a puzzle. You will receive 6 physical issues, in a year, each of which counts as a double issue. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Subscription, 12 Issues, Literary Magazine Subscriptions magazines.com

Bookmarks is a literary magazine that makes it easy to decide what to read next. Each issue presents a selection of new and classics works based on the editorial team's preferences and reader reviews. This colorful, unstuffy guide to the world of literature helps readers find new book. Bookmarks Magazine Subscription, 6 Issues, Literary Magazine Subscriptions magazines.com

Traveling the globe for inspiration, our designers brought their ideas to life in this unique and custom garden statue. The creative process begins with a sculpture produced in clay, then is cast in metal and finished by skilled artisans. Capture the charming antics of our animal friends with this timeless decor sculpture. Material: Aluminum.

A multifaceted seven-part structure of the Book of Isaiah draws on events from Israel's past to systematically develop an apocalyptic message and Hebrew messianic theology.When subjected to several literary analyses simultaneously - structural, rhetorical, and typological - the Book of Isaiah discloses secrets that have lain dormant for millennia.

The 20th century has been marked both by belief and unbelief. While attendance at church has declined dramatically, the lives of many leaders have been influenced and inspired by Christianity. Joseph Pearce explores the world of some writers in the English language who have believed. Most of those included converted to Roman Catholicism and some to Anglicanism. The list includes Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Graham Greene, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, T.S. Eliot and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Chapters discuss the imagery, characterization, setting, and themes found in Richard Wright's powerful novel detailing the treatment of blacks within a predominantly white society.

From Jane Austen to Voltaire, Anne Lamott to Dorothy Parker, A Literary Address Book celebrates some of the worlds most beloved authors and their thoughts on friendship, correspondence, and writing. The definitive address book for anyone with a love for great writers.

Addressing texts produced by writers who lived through the Civil War and wrote about it before the end of Reconstruction, this collection explores the literary cultures of that unsettled moment when memory of the war had yet to be overwritten by later impulses of reunion, reconciliation, or Lost Cause revisionism. The Civil War reshaped existing literary cultures or enabled new ones. Ensembles of discourses, conventions, and practices, these cultures offered fresh ways of engaging a host of givens about American character and values that the war called into question.The volume’s contributors look at how literary cultures of the 1860s and 1870s engaged concepts of nation, violence, liberty, citizenship, community, and identity. At the same time, the essayists analyze the cultures themselves, which included Euroamerican and African American vernacular oral, manuscript (journals and letters), and print (newspapers, magazines, or books) cultures; overlapping discourses of politics, protest, domesticity, and sentiment; unsettled literary nationalism and emergent literary regionalism; and vernacular and elite aesthetic traditions.These essays point to the variety of literary voices that were speaking out in the war’s immediate aftermath and help us understand what those voices were saying and how it was received.

In September 1666 the Great Fire destroyed four-fifths of the ancient commercial City of London. All that had been familiar, settled, known, was suddenly swept away, and Londoners faced an emptiness that was not only physical but also historical, social, financial, and conceptual. In this study Cynthia Wall reads the literature of Restoration and early-eighteenth-century London in the context of other texts such as sermons, royal proclamations, maps, and topographies, and shows how literature attempts to reinvest the city with "modern" meaning and create new spaces for new genres.

LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO surveys, in photographs and incisive commentary, the literary greats and eccentric dreamers who lived in or left their mark on the city. Here is the full sweep of its literary history, from the California Indian oral tradition and the brawling frontier, thought the insurgent counterculture, to today's continuing San Francisco renaissance. The authors distill the essence of San Francisco's literary life and its relation to the larger American scene. CONTENTS: Intro * Part One: Beginnings (Costanoan Indians through 1910) * Part Two: The 20th Century * Afterword

· A critically acclaimed memoirist: McMurtry’s nonfiction works, including his most recent memoir, Books , have received rave reviews from readers and critics alike. In this follow-up to Books , McMurtry explores the trials and triumphs of being a writer. .· Writing from the other side of the fence: Recounting moments from his earliest inkling of a future career to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stamford to his success as a published author, Literary Life will be cherished by McMurtry fans and aspiring writers alike. Including literary anecdotes and gossip, and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself, the book will provide rare insight into the mind of a brilliant, intensely private writer. .

Robert Darnton introduces us to the shadowy world of pirate publishers, garret scribblers, under-the-cloak book peddlers, smugglers, and police spies that composed the literary underground of the Enlightenment.Here are the ambitious writers who crowded into Paris seeking fame and fortune within the Republic of Letters, but who instead sank into the miserable world of Grub Street―victims of a closed world of protection and privilege. Venting their frustrations in an illicit literature of vitriolic pamphlets, libelles, and chroniques scandaleuses, these “Rousseaus of the gutter” desecrated everything sacred in the social order of the Old Regime. Here too are the workers who printed their writings and the clandestine booksellers who distributed them.While censorship, a monopolistic guild, and the police contained the visible publishing industry within the limits of official orthodoxies, a prolific literary underworld disseminated a vast illegal literature that conveyed a seditious ideology to readers everywhere in France. Covering their traces in order to survive, the creators of this eighteenth-century counterculture have virtually disappeared from history. By drawing on an ingenious selection of previously hidden sources, such as police ledgers and publishers’ records, Robert Darnton reveals for the first time the fascinating story of that forgotten underworld.The activities of the underground bear on a broad range of issues in history and literature, and they directly concern the problem of uncovering the ideological origins of the French Revolution. This engaging book illuminates those issues and provides a fresh view of publishing history that will inform and delight the general reader.

This volume offers a comprehensive account of modern literary criticism, presenting the field as part of an ongoing historical and intellectual tradition. Featuring thirty-nine specially commissioned chapters from an international team of esteemed contributors, it fills a large gap in the market by combining the accessibility of single-authored selections with a wide range of critical perspectives. The volume is divided into four parts. Part One covers the key philosophical and aesthetic origins of literary theory, while Part Two discusses the foundational movements and thinkers in the first half of the twentieth century. Part Three offers introductory overviews of the most important movements and thinkers in modern literary theory, and Part Four looks at emergent trends and future directions.

Literary Landscapes is for readers, writers, romantics, and lovers of all things literary, but above all, it will be a source of special pleasure to the tourist of Great Britain and Ireland. Walk alongside Jane Austen or one of her characters on the streets of Bath, or wend your way along the River Liffey in Dublin with James Joyce's Leopold Bloom. Take a rowboat ride with Lewis Carroll on the Thames just as he and Alice Liddell once did, inspiring the much beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In Wales, the poetry of Dylan Thomas will accompany you as you explore the Uplands of Swansea and see the places he knew as a boy and young man. The estimated length of the walks and their difficulty level are provided. Detailed maps throughout

This book is an attempt at a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the many strands of Leavis's work, emphasising the basic unity of his ideas. The literary criticism needs to be understood in the context of his wider social concerns, and so this study begins with a discussion of his views on society and culture, explaining his critique of modern civilisation and the importance he attributed to the values of the cultural tradition and to the educated public who are the effective embodiment of those values. From here, Professor Bilan moves on to consider the basic ideas informing Leavis's criticism of both poetry and the novel. Attention is drawn to the kind of criteria that Leavis employed in his writings and, in particular, to the sense in which they can be described as 'moral'. Professor Bilan shows that Leavis's preoccupations persisted and evolved, and that the principle underlying them is not, as if often thought to be the case, a moral one, but rather a religious one, which is clarified in the closing argument of the book.

In addition to The Lord of the Rings, students learn about the ancient epics, Beowulf, the Arthurian stories, over 120 literary terms and much more. Also includes over 600 vocabulary words, a wide range of suggested writing assignments, and all tests and quizzes. Designed as a self-directed study for students in grades 7-12 but great for groups as well! Includes full-color illustrations by famed Tolkien artist John Howe, conceptual artist for the films.