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Literary Studies


Literary Studies Books

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
Literary Theory: An Introduction
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
How Fiction Works
Orientalism
Aspects of the Novel
Anatomy of Criticism
The Metamorphosis
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Poetics
Hamlet
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De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JatcheWolf Cut by Anna JourneyHow to Moth by Hailey LeithauserVaudeville's Wildflower by James P. Gregory Jr.Broken Houses by Chelsea Rathburn
LSU Press Fall 2026
37 books — 2 voters
Drawing the Line by Lucy Shelton CaswellComics and the Body by Eszter SzépComics & Media by Hillary L. ChuteUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudComics and Language by Hannah Miodrag
Studies in Comics and Cartoons
34 books — 3 voters

Freedom Dreams by Robin D.G. KelleyDomination and the Arts of Resistance by James C. ScottCaliban and the Witch by Silvia FedericiDirect Action by David GraeberA Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
Joyful Militancy | Towards a Holistic Radical Left
37 books — 3 voters
The Sage Stone Prophecy by N.S. WikarskiA Day Dead Old by Carmen MartucciThe House of Gourmet by Monique GliozziAngel of Death by Brian O'HareDeath of an Officer by Mark Ellis
Detective Fiction: The Theory
76 books — 23 voters

Quotes Tagged “Literary Studies”

Stephen Fry
“ Literary studies were no more than a series of autopsies performed by heartless technicians. Worse than autopsies: biopsies. Vivisection. Even movies, which I love more than anything, more than life itself, they even do it with movies these days. ”
― Stephen Fry, Making History
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Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Assim, logo que nosso pensamento encontrou palavras, ele já deixa de ser algo íntimo, algo sério no nível mais profundo. Quando ele começa a existir para os outros, para de viver em nós, da mesma maneira que o filho se separa da mãe quando passa a ter sua existência própria. ”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, A Arte de Escrever
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Videos Tagged “Literary Studies”

American Studies at JGU: Oliver Scheiding
American Studies at JGU: Oliver Scheiding
A Little History of Literature introduced by John Sutherland
A Little History of Literature introduced by John Sutherland
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