Search Results: Literary Criticism from Great Northern Books

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. La Guardia shows "how Stevens developed a special version of American pragmatism and is the singular heir to the Emerson-James tradition." lncludes bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. Second printing. Very Good +/very good +. In this book, Baker "seeks to lay the groundwork for a new genre in Afro-American literary criticism and theory." [from publisher] lncludes black & white photographs, bibliographical references, and index. A clean unmarked copy.

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. New/new. Rowlandson, a New England Congregationalist minister's wife, was held captive by the Algonquin Indians in 1676. Several years after she was ransomed and living among the British again she wrote a narrative of the captivity. Breitwieser argues that this narrative undercuts the Puritan values Rowlandson attempted to uphold." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First printing. This book presents a selection of sixty-five poems from across Frost's writing career with Tim Kendall detailed account of each poem. Includes a bibliography and index. Slight wear to the bottom of the spine of the dustjacket and cover, else a clean, unmarked copy.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Black Metafiction examines the tradition of self-consciousness in African American literature. It points to the shortcomings of theories of metafiction founded on studies of Anglo-American literature." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Includes the following essays: Chaucer and His Age -- Religion -- Chaucer -- The Fifteenth century -- The Author and His Public -- Fifteenth-Century Verse -- Fifteenth-Century Prose. Also includes chronological tables, bibliographical references, and index. Fading to spine of dustjacket, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Welsh treats the city of Dickens both as historical reality and as metaphor that provides a context for values and purposes expressed by the English novel. " [from jacket]. Includes bibliographic references, index, and illustrations. Ab clean unmarked copy.

New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. An alphabetical guide offers biographies of authors, coverage of major topics, and brief introductions to individual novels." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean, unmarked copy.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. A collection of essays that "explore the representation of human consciousness in fiction in light of recent investigations in the sciences," [from publisher], from the noted British novelist and critic. Includes Lodge's Richard Ellmann Lectures, bibliographical references, and index. Slight sunning to dustjacket spine, else a clean, unmarked copy.

Orlando: University of Central Florida, 2002:Fall. First edition thus. Periodical. Very Good +. A nine page interview, with Lorrie Moore, conducted by Dana Kantrowitz and Chris Rohner. A clean unmarked copy.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. First printing. Edited by Mark W. Estrin. Includes chronology, bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Looks at political and critical attacks on literature, suggests that traditional literature is no longer useful to our technological society, and argues that a new concept of literature is needed." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press , 1980. Second printing. Hardcover. New/new. Wagner illuminates Dos Passos' work with fresh readings and new interpretations." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean unmarked copy.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Robinson argues that the detective genre's lineage lies in experimental works on the margins of what we recognize as classical detective fiction today." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. Pictorial cover, no dustjacket, as issued. A clean unmarked copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Contents: Hardy.--James.--Shaw.--Conrad.--Kipling.--Yeats.--Joyce.--Lawrence. Also includes chronological tables, bibliographical references, and index. A tight, clean, unmarked copy.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Novy considers the contributions of women novelists in shaping and responding to Shakespeare's cultural presence." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Contains the following four essays: Medieval Drama -- The Carol and Fifteenth-Century Lyric -- Popular Narrative Poetry and the Ballad -- Malory. Includes bibliographical references and index. Slight edgewear and fading to spine of dustjacket, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. Readers' Subscription Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Includes the following essays: The Background : Social ; The Ethos -- Defoe to 1710 -- Swift to 1709 -- Essayists and Controversialists : Steele ; Swift, Defoe, Arbuthnot ; Addison -- Poetry : Introductory ; Some Forms ; Some Poets -- Pope to 1725 -- The Drama -- The Philosophers -- Critics and Aestheticians -- Letters, Memoirs, Travel; Historians and Antiquaries -- Defoe, 1715-1731 : The Miscellaneous Writer ; Defoe and the Novel -- Swift, 1715-1745 : The Irish Patriot ; Gulliver's Travels ; The Final Phase: Poetry -- Poetry, 1720-1740 : Thomson ; Scientific Verse ; Various Trends -- Pope, 1725-1744. Also includes chronological tables, bibliographical references, and index. Small smudge on spine of dustjacket, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Includes the following essays: The Literary Scene in 1815 -- Byron -- Shelley -- Keats -- Clare and the Minor Poets -- The Waverley Romances -- Peacock -- John Galt and the Minor Writers of Prose Fiction -- Hazlitt -- Lamb -- De Quincey -- Miscellaneous Prose -- History, Biography and Autobiography -- Interest in Foreign Literature and in Earlier English Literature -- The Literary Scene in 1832. Also includes chronological tables, bibliographical references, and index. Fading to spine of dustjacket, slight edgewear, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Continuum, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Review copy with publisher material laid in. "An essential source book and guide to erotic literature - the joyfully erotic, ancient and modern - as opposed to the merely pornographic." [from publisher] Includes essays, author directory, glossary, bibliographical references, and index. Slight creasing to front panel of book jacket, else a clean, unmarked copy.