Literary Criticsm Books

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Poetics Poetics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 30,083 ratings — published -335
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Walking the Invisible Walking the Invisible (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.88 — 299 ratings — published
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On Great Writing (On the Sublime) (Hackett Classics) On Great Writing (On the Sublime) (Hackett Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,086 ratings — published 1
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The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,472 ratings — published 1970
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Literary Criticism: A Short History Literary Criticism: A Short History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.68 — 19 ratings — published 1957
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English Literary Criticism: The Medieval Phase English Literary Criticism: The Medieval Phase (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
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An Experiment in Criticism An Experiment in Criticism (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,387 ratings — published 1961
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The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism The Prison-House of Language: A Critical Account of Structuralism and Russian Formalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.07 — 136 ratings — published
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Arte poética Arte poética (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.62 — 809 ratings — published -19
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English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2011
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Proust, le dossier Proust, le dossier (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1983
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Le démon de la théorie: Littérature et sens commun Le démon de la théorie: Littérature et sens commun (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.72 — 407 ratings — published 1998
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Fiction and Diction Fiction and Diction (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.89 — 79 ratings — published 1991
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The Scholemaster The Scholemaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.42 — 19 ratings — published 1568
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Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,017 ratings — published 2002
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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.12 — 291 ratings — published 1936
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20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,558 ratings — published 1993
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Castelvetro's theory of poetry Castelvetro's theory of poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2013
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,006 ratings — published 1981
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The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.92 — 814 ratings — published 1967
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Literary Criticism In The Age Of Johnson Literary Criticism In The Age Of Johnson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Essays Literary and Critical. (with an Introd. by G.K. Chesterton] Essays Literary and Critical. (with an Introd. by G.K. Chesterton] (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2010
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Tratado de versificação Tratado de versificação (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1905
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Machado de Assis: Estudo comparativo de literatura brasileira Machado de Assis: Estudo comparativo de literatura brasileira (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1992
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Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1725 Critical Essays of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1725 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
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The Rise of English Literary History The Rise of English Literary History (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1941
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The Art of Persuasion in Ancient Greece The Art of Persuasion in Ancient Greece (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.43 — 7 ratings — published 1963
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Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Volume II: In Search of the Divine Center Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Volume II: In Search of the Divine Center (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.56 — 70 ratings — published 1943
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Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Volume III: The Conflict of Cultural Ideals in the Age of Plato Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, Volume III: The Conflict of Cultural Ideals in the Age of Plato (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.41 — 51 ratings — published 1944
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From Classic to Romantic: premises of taste in eighteenth-century England From Classic to Romantic: premises of taste in eighteenth-century England (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 1946
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Eliot in perspective;: A symposium Eliot in perspective;: A symposium (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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English Poetic Theory 1825-1865 English Poetic Theory 1825-1865 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1967
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Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.17 — 6 ratings — published 1975
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Arts and Their Interrelations Arts and Their Interrelations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1969
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Blake and Modern Literature Blake and Modern Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2006
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Philosophies of Beauty from Socrates to Robert Bridges: Being the Source of Aesthetic Theory Philosophies of Beauty from Socrates to Robert Bridges: Being the Source of Aesthetic Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1976
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A history of esthetics, A history of esthetics, (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published 1967
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The Arts and the Art of Criticism The Arts and the Art of Criticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1940
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William Blake (Rereading Literature) William Blake (Rereading Literature)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1985
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The divine science;: The aesthetic of some representative seventeenth-century English poets The divine science;: The aesthetic of some representative seventeenth-century English poets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 1973
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In Defence of Rhetoric In Defence of Rhetoric (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.07 — 29 ratings — published 1988
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Analysis of the poetic text Analysis of the poetic text (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 4.00 — 13 ratings — published 1975
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Modern Book of Esthetics Modern Book of Esthetics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.38 — 8 ratings — published 1973
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Formalism and Marxism Formalism and Marxism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as literary-criticsm)
avg rating 3.63 — 41 ratings — published 1979
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Adam Kirsch
“Difficulty is not, of course, a reason to reject or ignore a poem. Especially in reading the poetry of the twentieth century, one often willingly assents to Allen Tate’s statement that “poetry . . . demands both in its writing and in its reading all the intellectual power that we have.” There is a distinction, however, between the difficulty of obscurity and the difficulty of complexity. The latter emerges naturally from any attempt to capture a new feeling or idea for poetry. But with Graham, as with so many self-consciously modernist poets, the difficulty seems to fall into the first category. Her poems are obscure because they seem unfinished, because they reside in the privacy of the poet’s mind and not in the public realm where poet and reader discuss things in common. As long as Graham asks the reader to fill in her blanks and solve for her x’s, she has not realized poetry’s greatest and most enduring possibilities.”
Adam Kirsch, The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry