Category: Literary Criticism

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No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami

Diana Souhami | No Modernism Without Lesbians | The extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place – Paris, Between the Wars – fostered the birth of the Modernist m

Posted in Literary Criticism Poetry

The Drowned Girl Now Rises by Martha Courtot

Martha Courtot | The Drowned Girl Now Rises | ‘This creative project, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, contains original poetry, pr

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Black Interest Literary Criticism

The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni | The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni | For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Yea

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The Prosaïc Soul of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni | The Prosaïc Soul of Nikki Giovanni | For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Yea

Posted in Literary Criticism

Reading the Romance by Janice A. Radway

Janice A. Radway | Reading the Romance | Originally published in 1984, Reading The Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing’s most

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Literary Criticism

Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative by Mary Burger; Gail Scott; Camille Roy; Robert Gluck

Mary Burger; Gail Scott; Camille Roy; Robert Gluck | Biting the Error: Writers Explore Narrative | What is the best way to tell a story? In this anthology, the first-ever collection of essays by innovative, cutting-edge writers on the theme of narra

Posted in Literary Criticism

Reading the Romance by Janice A. Radway

Janice A. Radway | Reading the Romance | Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing’s most

Posted in Canadian Eh Literary Criticism

Lesbian Images by Jane Rule

Jane Rule | Lesbian Images | The author’s attitude toward lesbian experience as measured against images by other women writers, such as Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and May Sarto

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Award Winner LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

Skin by Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison | Skin | Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature is a collection of essays written by award-winning author Dorothy Allison. Published in 1994, the book c

Posted in Literary Criticism Pulp

Over My Dead Body by Lee Server

Lee Server | Over My Dead Body | The American paperback went through a brief but gloriously subversive era during the 1940s and ’50s when publishers wooed post-World War II veterans w