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James Joyce Reincarnated: The WordGuru, Glen Kealey    by Don A Lashomb
Price: Free! 29900 words. Language: English. Published on April 10, 2012. Essay » Literature.

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In Canada there lives a most interesting man whose creativity, radical use of language, strange themes and wide range of thought are comparable only to James Joyce in his late period. But what is the difference and the value of Joyce having been a playful, literary author rather than a serious, deadpan guru? This study investigates.
D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study    by Anais Nin
Price: $3.99 USD. 27160 words. Language: English. Published by Sky Blue Press  on March 3, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Literary criticism.

Anais Nin's first book, published in 1932 by Edward Titus in Paris, was a critical examination of the work of controversial British author D. H. Lawrence. Of all the books written about Lawrence, his widow Frieda said this one "was the best." Nin was inspired to do the book after Lawrence had been villified by puritanical critics.
Multi-Dimensional Life    by Moyra Caldecott
Price: $5.99 USD. 69790 words. Language: English. Published by Mushroom Publishing on February 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography.

Moyra Caldecott reveals the many levels of her own life as a writer and the extraordinary events and experiences that have inspired her life and writing.
Прочтение Light №2    by prochtenie
Price: $0.99 USD. 38150 words. Language: Russian. Published by Dimitry Borovikov on May 10, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary criticism.

Электронная версия журнала «Прочтение» — попытка сделать журнал нового типа: в виде электронной книги. При этом сохраняются некоторые особенности журнальной структуры.
Is It Real?: Postmodernist Fiction, Realism, and the Representation of Reality    by Linda Darling 
Price: $2.99 USD. 21300 words. Language: English. Agented by MC Publishing  on March 20, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary criticism.

This eloquent introduction to postmodernism explores how post-war British fiction reinvents and re-evaluates the literary conventions of Realism. By focusing on the modes postmodern Bristish novelists approach the relations between past and present, the elusiveness of history, and the distortions of memory, the author shows how Realism is extended to portray multiple realities.
Estudos de Literatura Portuguesa    by José Barbosa Machado
Price: $4.00 USD. 64430 words. Language: Portuguese. Published by Jose Barbosa Machado  on May 13, 2010. Fiction » Literature » Literary criticism.

A obra contém estudos sobre os escritores Raul Brandão, Vergílio Ferreira, José Cardoso Pires, José Saramago e João Aguiar.
The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings    by Michael W. Perry
Price: $0.99 USD. 91520 words. Language: English. Published on November 29, 2008. Fiction » Literature » Literary criticism.

In a 1960 letter, J. R. R. Tolkien referred to The Lord of the Rings when he wrote, “The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in The House of the Wolfings or The Roots of the Mountains.” With a foreword and introduction, this is the text of that classic tale.