Tag Archives: literary criticism

Adding depth beyond literary criticism of Baker, the sense of playfulness reveals Hallman may perhaps have a serious obsession about Baker. Through it all he teaches the reader to be a better reader, to seek an understanding of an author’s awareness of his own strength and weakness.

'If I could tell my young self something, I'd say that she should not let anything take away her joy in making things out of words – that whatever tends to take away from that deep play and pleasure should be questioned.'

'Anything that deepens your life is of use to a writer. Anything that makes you a bigger person on the inside is of use. Anything that helps you understand other people is of use. And anything that causes you to grieve, love, be sheltering, be upset, and feel joy is of use.'

DeMille's charming prose blends suspense, a crime puzzle solution and a subtle sense of humor.

A Short Autobiography, comprised of personal essays from F. Scott Fitzgerald written over the course of his career, is disappointing.

An academic looks at what Victorians did with books.

Sartre's classic Genet critical biography reissued.

Breezy critical studies of the books that made America.

A collection - culled from the Renaissance to contemporary times - of one hundred sonnets, along with their meanings.

A collection of essays and criticism, re-issued from 1962,serves as a last farewell to J.D. Salinger.