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Literary Studies


Literary Studies Books

Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
Literary Theory: An Introduction
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
How Fiction Works
Anatomy of Criticism
The Metamorphosis
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Aspects of the Novel
Orientalism
Lectures on Literature
Poetics
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The Poetics of Murder by Glenn W. MostHow to Write a Mystery by Lee ChildAngel of Death by Brian O'HareCritical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction by Carl RollysonGardening Can Be Murder by Marta McDowell
Detective Fiction: The Theory
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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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