Doing Things with Texts
Title | Doing Things with Texts PDF eBook |
Author | Meyer Howard Abrams |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780393307474 |
"One of the most respected literary scholars alive, . . . Abrams stands for understanding and conciliation, calling for a kind of humanism that can embrace the good in all literary theories." --Washington Post
Anatomy of Criticism
Title | Anatomy of Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | Northrop Frye |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2002-03 |
Genre | Criticism |
ISBN | 9780141187099 |
Key Terms in Literary Theory
Title | Key Terms in Literary Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Klages |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2012-03-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0826442676 |
Guide to key terms in literary theory - designed to make difficult terms, concepts and theorists accessible and understandable.
An Essay on Criticism
Title | An Essay on Criticism PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Pope |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1711 |
Genre | California |
ISBN |
An Essay on Criticism ...
Title | An Essay on Criticism ... PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Pope |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1711 |
Genre | Criticism |
ISBN |
Essays in Self-criticism
Title | Essays in Self-criticism PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Althusser |
Publisher | London : NLB ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
On Seamus Heaney
Title | On Seamus Heaney PDF eBook |
Author | Roy Foster |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2020-08-25 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0691211477 |
A vivid and original account of one of Ireland’s greatest poets by an acclaimed Irish historian and literary biographer The most important Irish poet of the postwar era, Seamus Heaney rose to prominence as his native Northern Ireland descended into sectarian violence. A national figure at a time when nationality was deeply contested, Heaney also won international acclaim, culminating in the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. In On Seamus Heaney, leading Irish historian and literary critic R. F. Foster gives an incisive and eloquent account of the poet and his work against the background of a changing Ireland. Drawing on unpublished drafts and correspondence, Foster provides illuminating and personal interpretations of Heaney’s work. Though a deeply charismatic figure, Heaney refused to don the mantle of public spokesperson, and Foster identifies a deliberate evasiveness and creative ambiguity in his poetry. In this, and in Heaney’s evocation of a disappearing rural Ireland haunted by political violence, Foster finds parallels with the other towering figure of Irish poetry, W. B. Yeats. Foster also discusses Heaney’s cosmopolitanism, his support for dissident poets abroad, and his increasing focus in his later work on death and spiritual transcendence. Above all, Foster examines how Heaney created an extraordinary connection with an exceptionally wide readership, giving him an authority and power unique among contemporary writers. Combining a vivid account of Heaney’s life and a compelling reading of his entire oeuvre, On Seamus Heaney extends our understanding of the man as it enriches our appreciation of his poetry.