Three Oxford Exemplum Books John of Wales, Breviloquium de Virtutibus Antiquorum Principum Et Philosophorum; Thomas Waleys, Moralitates in Ysaiam; Robert Holcot, Moralitates
Ralph Hanna
Published 2025
400 pages
The most popular literary criticism books of 2025
Literary criticism is writing about books and how they work. Studies of great authors, guides to movements and periods, close readings and essays on reading itself are all here. Useful for students, and rewarding for any reader who wants to go deeper into a favorite work. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.
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The Documented Child Migration, Personhood, and Citizenship in Twenty-First-Century U.S. Latinx Children's Literature
Maya Socolovsky
Published 2025
297 pages
89 Words Followed by Prague, a Disappearing Poem
Milan Kundera
Published 2025
112 pages
Shakespeare, the Sea and the Stage
Peter Womack
Published 2025
208 pages
The Visual Novel Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin, Brigid Brophy
Hilary White
Published 2025
264 pages
A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC
Peter Wilson, Eric Csapo
Published 2025
1036 pages
Southerners Acting Southern On Celebrities and Their Star Personas in the Imagined South
Tison Pugh
Published 2025
276 pages
Negative Empathy in Literature and the Arts
Massimo Fusillo, Stefano Ercolino
Published 2025
224 pages
The Fight for Sola Scriptura Reclaiming the Exclusive Authority of Scripture in the Modern Age
Matthew Cserhati
Published 2025
184 pages
William Faulkner in Holly Springs
Sally Wolff
Published 2025
184 pages
On Translation
Jun Xu
Published 2025
324 pages
Life Writing and Translation Indian Perspectives
Mukul Chaturvedi
Published 2025
348 pages
Bandwidths Reading Across Media with Garrett Stewart
David LaRocca
Published 2025
288 pages
Shakespeare and Brecht A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers
Stephen Unwin
Published 2025
224 pages
Decolonizing Knowledge Looking Back, Moving Forward
Radha D'Souza, Sunera Thobani
Published 2025
296 pages
"That Tongue Be Time" Norma Cole and a Continuous Making
Dale M. Smith
Published 2025
296 pages
The Power of Storytelling Illustrated Profiles of Nine Women Writers Who Shaped a Nation's Character (1760-1860)
Mary Anne Phemister
Published 2025
134 pages
The Gift of Fire Justice Matters
Barbara Gregorich
Published 2025
122 pages
Power and Emotions in Biblical Social Relationships
Amadeusz Citlak
Published 2025
388 pages
Chinese Songs in a French Key How Judith Gautier's Book of Jade Introduced Europe to Chinese Poetry
Pauline Yu
Published 2025
336 pages
Hot Chicks
Rebecca Jade Hammond
Published 2025
96 pages
Abu Nuwas
Joyce Åkesson
Published 2025
439 pages
Reading Oscar Wilde An Introduction
Michael Patrick Gillespie
Published 2025
200 pages
Global King Lear Crisis, Performance, Adaptation
David Schalkwyk, Bi-qi Beatrice Lei, Silvia Bigliazzi, Eric S. Mallin, William R. Rampone, Jr.
Published 2025
248 pages