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This is a free, online wikibook, so it is continually being updated and refined. According to the authors, "Traditional... see more
Copied from the introduction to the site: After reading Heart of Darkness, you (the student) may feel that the meaning of... see more
In this fascinating collection of essays Harvard Emeritus Professor Karl S. Guthke examines the ways in which, for... see more
This collection of essays from world-renowned scholar Hans Walter Gabler contains writings from a decade and a half of... see more
This course introduces the practice and theory of literary criticism. The seminar focuses on topics such as the history... see more
A collection of internet resouces which provide background data on rhetorical and critical theorists. Includes cultural... see more
"The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can... see more
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational... see more
How does one writer use another writer's work? Does it matter if one author has been dead 300 years? What difference does... see more
This seminar offers a course of readings in lyric poetry. It aims to enhance the student's capacity to understand the... see more
California State University, San Marcos has compiled a list of resources used for their LTWR 115: Critical Thinking,... see more
This book is a history of love and the challenge love offers to the laws and customs of its times and places, as told... see more
Topic: The English sense of humor. This course examines English literature across genre and historical periods. It is... see more
In this collection of essays written over the last decade, Adams moves from the initial statement about his reading of... see more
Global exploration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries radically changed Western science, orienting philosophies... see more
Global exploration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries radically changed Western science, orienting philosophies... see more
How does one writer use another writer's work? Does it matter if one author has been dead 300 years? What difference does... see more
How do literature, philosophy, film and other arts respond to the profound changes in world view and lifestyle that mark... see more
In this seminar we'll read individual poems closely within a set of questions about the moral and political position of... see more
Alienation, overcrowding, sensory overload, homelessness, criminality, violence, loneliness, sprawl, blight. How have the... see more
How do literature, philosophy, film and other arts respond to the profound changes in world view and lifestyle that mark... see more
This course introduces the practice and theory of literary criticism. The seminar focuses on topics such as the history... see more
"THERE CAN BE NO DENYING that critical theory has now begun to affect undergraduate and graduate education in various... see more
The vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. To help remedy the average reader’s... see more