Literary Criticism - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 2
The Introduction to Shakespeare Apocrypha - C. F. Tucker Brooke
The Introduction to Shakespeare Apocrypha - C. F. Tucker Brooke
- Author: C. F. Tucker Brooke
- Genre: Literary Criticism
"The ambition of the editor has been to provide an accurate and complete text, with adequate critical and supplementary matter, of all those plays which can, without entire absurdity, be included in the 'doubtfully Shakespearian' class." This...
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) - Van Wyck Brooks
The Ordeal of Mark Twain (Version 2) - Van Wyck Brooks
- Author: Van Wyck Brooks
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Writing & Linguistics
The Ordeal of Mark Twain analyzes the literary progression of Samuel L. Clemens and attributes shortcomings to Clemens' mother and wife. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says, Brooks' work "was a psychological study attempting to show that Twain had...
Life and Writings of Addison - Thomas Babington Macaulay
Life and Writings of Addison - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Political Science
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and Whig politician. Today he is most famous for his contributions, with Richard Steele, to the "The Spectator" magazine. In this essay, Macaulay portrays the life and work of...
Some American Storytellers - Frederic Taber Cooper
Some American Storytellers - Frederic Taber Cooper
- Author: Frederic Taber Cooper
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Literary Criticism
Frederic Taber Cooper, who was an editor and author, provides a superb insight into the works of some of the most popular authors of the turn of the century decade. Excerpt: The subjects of the essays included in this volume differ widely in aim and...
The Bible in Shakspeare - William Burgess
The Bible in Shakspeare - William Burgess
- Author: William Burgess
- Genre: Literary Criticism
A compendium and analysis of similarities between the Bible and passages in Shakespeare's plays and other works, including Biblical references in Shakespeare and parallels between Shakespeare's characters and plots and Biblical characters and plots,...
Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens'' - Merle Devore Johnson
Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens'' - Merle Devore Johnson
- Author: Merle Devore Johnson
- Genre: Literary Criticism
As printed, this book contains an extensive listing of Mark Twain's work. Rather than repeating that listing, this recording simply reflects the bibliographer's entertaining analysis of Twain's books, speeches, letters, anecdotes, and notes. -...
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Philosophy / Early Modern
In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and Dionysian (passion) characteristics in Greek art, specifically in Greek tragedy as it evolved. Then he...
The Age of Elizabeth - Mandell Creighton
The Age of Elizabeth - Mandell Creighton
- Author: Mandell Creighton
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
This short history by the eminent British historian, Mandell Creighton, places Elizabeth and her reign within the context of 16th century European political, religious, and military events. Elizabeth overcomes her two great rivals, King Philip of...
Little Blue Book 646: The Spirit of Brazilian Literature - Isaac Goldberg
Little Blue Book 646: The Spirit of Brazilian Literature - Isaac Goldberg
- Author: Isaac Goldberg
- Genre: Literary Criticism
One of the many Little Blue Books published to make learning available to all. These were short, informative, and inexpensive books that discussed many topics, including biographies, literature, essays, and more. This volume discusses Brazilian...
From Ritual to Romance - Jessie Laidlay Weston
From Ritual to Romance - Jessie Laidlay Weston
- Author: Jessie Laidlay Weston
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Religion
From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie L. Weston. Weston's book is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends and seeks to make connections between the early pagan elements and the later Christian influences. The book's...
English Literature - Geraldine Hodgson
English Literature - Geraldine Hodgson
- Author: Geraldine Hodgson
- Genre: Literary Criticism
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thinking of it as a "dull, horrid thing" which they have to learn in school. I venture to hope that this book...
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays - William Hazlitt
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays - William Hazlitt
- Author: William Hazlitt
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Essays
This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and poetics. In it, 19th-century critic William Hazlitt unveils Shakespeare's genius in creating and infusing...
Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
This is a duet by Michele Fry, reading Ingersoll's essay, and Kay Williams, an authentic Scotsman, reading Burns' poetry. Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire, the...
Henry James At Work - Theodora Bosanquet
Henry James At Work - Theodora Bosanquet
- Author: Theodora Bosanquet
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism
Bosanquet (1880-1961) was secretary or amanuensis to James from 1907 to his death in 1916. She wrote this essay (1924) eight years after his death as part of the series Hogarth Essays by the Hogarth Press. It is a narrative of her experience of his...
Essays Irish and American - John Butler Yeats
Essays Irish and American - John Butler Yeats
- Author: John Butler Yeats
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
From the noted artist and father of the celebrated Irish poet William Butler Yeats comes this short collection of essays on the literary life of their age. Included are two short biographical remembrances of the author. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - Will Durant
Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - Will Durant
- Author: Will Durant
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Criticism / Political Science
In this Little Blue Book Number 512, Will Durant describes François-Marie Arouet, the writer, historian, and philosopher known as Voltaire (1694-1778) as "unprepossessing, ugly, vain, flippant, unscrupulous, even at times dishonest" and "tirelessly...
Greek Literature - Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
Greek Literature - Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
- Author: Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard
- Genre: Literary Criticism / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
"The Greeks were the most intellectual people of the old world. … The study of Greek literature is therefore a proper element in a liberal education. The Greek language, naturally flexible and rich in poetical words, becomes in the hands of the...
