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Criticism

Criticism is the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or someone in a sometimes negative, sometimes intelligible, (or articulate) way.

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Criticism Books

Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Literary Theory: An Introduction
Ways of Seeing
Anatomy of Criticism
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
A Room of One’s Own
Orientalism
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Mythologies
How Fiction Works
Poetics
Aspects of the Novel
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
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The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
Works of Literary Criticism
463 books — 107 voters
Caste by Isabel WilkersonHappiness Becomes You by Tina TurnerOverground Railroad by Candacy A. TaylorOur Time Is Now by Stacey AbramsWandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins
2020 Nonfiction Books by African-Americans
110 books — 35 voters

What Comes After Farce by Hal FosterPotential History by Ariella Aïsha AzoulayWhat Art Is by Arthur C. DantoWhat Is Art? by Leo TolstoyArt by Clive Bell
Art Philosophy Books
97 books — 6 voters
"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity" by Jason ColavitoItalian Horror Films of the 1960s by Lawrence McCallumWar On Critics by Theodore L. ShawResonating Reflex A Critical Investigation Of The Physical An... by John RuddA Contract with God and Other Stories of Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner
'Critic'
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Sim One by Tom AhernBig Book of Unique Names for Characters by Aimard R.MaknedaFiction à la Carte by Paska D.The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela AckermanBook Title Bible by Scott Lorenz
Writing
38 books — 15 voters
Shamanism by Manvir SinghA Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather E. HeyingRace Marxism by James LindsayCynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Decoding the Gurus Podcast
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Quotes Tagged “Criticism”

Susan Sontag
“ Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. ”
― Susan Sontag
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James Fenimore Cooper
“ History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. ”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans
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Belmont Book Buddies A reading club situated in Belmont CA that assigns a monthly book and meets once on the first We…more
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Bumble's Writing Hi there! Here's where ill share my writing for constructive criticism and ideas…more
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A place to share quotes and leave remarks on essays or journal articles you’re reading.
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More fun to read than most psychoanalysts' writing and still as clear as doing the NY Time's cro…more
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