Literary Criticism from 64 Books

Fine condition hardcover, clean and unmarked. The novels of David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Safran Foer are increasingly regarded as representing a new trend, an 'aesthetic sea change' in contemporary American literature. 'Post-postmodernism' and 'New Sincerity' are just two of the labels that have been attached to this trend. But what do these labels mean? What characterizes and… Read more about this item

Fine condition hardcover in like dustjacket with faint shelf wear, clean and unmarked, 256 pp. Between the mid-1830s and the late 1850s, authors such as Hannah Lee, Catharine Sedgwick, Eliza Follen, Maria McIntosh, and Maria Cummins wrote dozens of novels and stories depicting the effects of financial panic on the home and proposing solutions to economic… Read more about this item

Good condition softcover, lightly creased spine, well-rubbed covers and corners, name stamp on fore-edge and first page, underlinings and written notes on several pages, 331 pp. Essays by Albert J. Guerard and Claire Rosenfield.

VG- condition softcover with creases to front cover and corners of pages, uncreased spine, clean and unmarked, 260 pp. Best known as the author of the acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), Alabama native James Still is one of the most critically acclaimed writers of Appalachian literature. This compilation of scholarly essays (new and reprinted from hard-to-find sources) exploring… Read more about this item

Near fine condition hardcover, clean and unmarked, 174 pp.

Near fine condition hardcover no dustjacket, clean and unmarked, 296 pp.

VG- condition quarto softcover, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with b&w photos and maps, 101 pp.