Theory in Literary Theory & Criticism & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

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Craft in the Real World

Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping

by Matthew Salesses ...

Narrated by Matthew Salesses ...

Unabridged

5 hours 56 min

This national bestseller is "a significant contribution to discussions of the art of fiction and a necessary challenge to received views about whose stories are told, how they are told and for whom they are intended" (Laila Lalami, The New York Times Book Review).The traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call craft is informed by their cultural ... Read more

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This national bestseller is "a significant contribution to discussions of the art of fiction and a necessary challenge to received views about whose stories are told, how they are told and for whom they are intended" (Laila Lalami, The New York Times Book Review).The traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call craft is informed by their cultural
... Read more
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Stroller

Object Lessons

by Amanda Parrish Morgan ...

Narrated by Rachel Handshaw ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Bloomsbury presents Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan, read by Rachel Handshaw.The Best Books of 2022, The New YorkerObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan, read by Rachel Handshaw.The Best Books of 2022, The New YorkerObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the
... Read more
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Vilters leksikon over børnebandeord

by Lars Henriksen, Anders Larson ...

Narrated by Mathias Elmose ...

Unabridged

2 hours 17 min

Børn bander, og det er helt okay. Faktisk er det sundt at sætte trumf på følelserne indimellem, men det lyder forfærdeligt. Især i ørerne på de voksne, så hvad kan man gøre? Vilters Leksikon over børnebandeord viser en ny og sjov måde at bande på, hvor ingen bliver sure.I denne bog finder man 50 børnebandeord, der føles lige så gode at sige som voksenbandeord, men som lyder meget pænere. Man ... Read more

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Børn bander, og det er helt okay. Faktisk er det sundt at sætte trumf på følelserne indimellem, men det lyder forfærdeligt. Især i ørerne på de voksne, så hvad kan man gøre? Vilters Leksikon over børnebandeord viser en ny og sjov måde at bande på, hvor ingen bliver sure.I denne bog finder man 50 børnebandeord, der føles lige så gode at sige som voksenbandeord, men som lyder meget pænere. Man
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Snack

Object Lessons

by Eurie Dahn ...

Narrated by Megan Gage ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home ... Read more

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the hierarchy of foods, snacks are deemed trivial – perhaps even childish – especially in contrast to meals, which are seen as substantial and necessary. The multiple aisles devoted to sweet and savory treats in supermarkets, and the availability of snacks even at places like home
... Read more
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The Frenchmen

Or, My Life in Theory

by Emily Eakin ...

Narrated by Emily Eakin ...

Unabridged

15 hours

**“A marvelous book. It’s gossipy and personal and completely fascinating...cafe gossip with the footnotes left in.”— New York Times“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas...this will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” —Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly PossibleFrom leading critic and essayist Emily Eakin, a stylish personal history of French theory and its ... Read more

$37.00 CAD

**“A marvelous book. It’s gossipy and personal and completely fascinating...cafe gossip with the footnotes left in.”— New York Times“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas...this will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” —Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly PossibleFrom leading critic and essayist Emily Eakin, a stylish personal history of French theory and its
... Read more
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Suppose a Sentence

by Brian Dillon ...

Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

Unabridged

6 hours 2 min

A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year.In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays ... Read more

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A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year.In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays
... Read more
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The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Simon Callow ...

Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

The classic of eternal youth.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of ... Read more

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The classic of eternal youth.'How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!'Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of
... Read more
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by Peter Firth ...

Abridged

2 hours 49 min

Tess, the young and lovely heroine of Hardy’s classic tale, knows instinctively that the path she is choosing is the wrong one. But, a child of her times, what can she do but follow the dictates of her family?Against the lovely background of the English countryside, Thomas Hardy sets his tale of seduction and betrayal as Tess, his beautiful heroine, speeds to her destruction.Lusted after by one ... Read more

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Tess, the young and lovely heroine of Hardy’s classic tale, knows instinctively that the path she is choosing is the wrong one. But, a child of her times, what can she do but follow the dictates of her family?Against the lovely background of the English countryside, Thomas Hardy sets his tale of seduction and betrayal as Tess, his beautiful heroine, speeds to her destruction.Lusted after by one
... Read more
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Radical Sacrifice

by Terry Eagleton ...

Narrated by Roger Clark ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood ... Read more

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The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood
... Read more
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Gita Bodh

by Mahatma Gandhi ...

Narrated by Rajesh Kava ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો. ... Read more

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આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો.
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GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 11 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

7 min

The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure. ... Read more

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The GDP is today more a political tool than a statistical one. In episode 11 of The Book Club, Amit Varma recommends 'GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History" by Diane Coyle, a perfect primer on the origin and drawbacks of this controversial measure.
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Introduction to Literary Theory: A Clear, Jargon‑Light Guide to the Major Schools and How to Actually Use Them When You Read

by Christopher Lane ...

Narrated by Christopher Lane ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Master literary criticism and conquer dense academic texts with this accessible guide to reading comprehension. Perfect for students commuting to campus or lifelong learners craving focused intellectual growth, this audio companion breaks down complex humanities concepts into bite-sized, practical lessons.Transform the anxiety of writing essays and preparing for seminars into confident, ... Read more

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Master literary criticism and conquer dense academic texts with this accessible guide to reading comprehension. Perfect for students commuting to campus or lifelong learners craving focused intellectual growth, this audio companion breaks down complex humanities concepts into bite-sized, practical lessons.Transform the anxiety of writing essays and preparing for seminars into confident,
... Read more
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Waste

Object Lessons

by Dr. Brian Thill ...

Narrated by Kevin Shen ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 31 min

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was, or will be. All that is needed is time or a change of sentiment or circumstance. Waste is not merely the field ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was, or will be. All that is needed is time or a change of sentiment or circumstance. Waste is not merely the field
... Read more
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In Service of the Republic

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

14 min

Economic policy sounds boring – but it affects all our lives. In episode 4 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'In Service of the Republic', a masterful book by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah that distills decades of experience of shaping public policy. In their book, Kelkar and Shah write not about how to make policy, but about how to think about policy, in clear lucid prose that makes its ... Read more

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Economic policy sounds boring – but it affects all our lives. In episode 4 of The Book Club, Amit Varma raves about 'In Service of the Republic', a masterful book by Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah that distills decades of experience of shaping public policy. In their book, Kelkar and Shah write not about how to make policy, but about how to think about policy, in clear lucid prose that makes its
... Read more
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Beginning theory

An introduction to literary and cultural theory: Fourth edition

by Peter Barry ...

Narrated by Lucy Scott ...

Series series Beginnings
Unabridged

13 hours 25 min

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions ... Read more

$42.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer readers the best single-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists and technical language is lucidly and expertly unravelled. Unlike many books which assume certain positions
... Read more
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On the Inconvenience of Other People

by Lauren Berlant ...

Narrated by April Doty ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

In On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, ... Read more

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In On the Inconvenience of Other People, Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine,
... Read more
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Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World

by Simon Callow ...

Narrated by Simon Callow ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

A short life of Dickens which celebrates the impact of the theatre on his life and workAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from ... Read more

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A short life of Dickens which celebrates the impact of the theatre on his life and workAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central importance of the theatre to the life of the greatest storyteller in the English language.From his early years as a child entertainer in Portsmouth to his reluctant retirement from
... Read more
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Taco

Object Lessons

by Prof. Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado ...

Narrated by Michel Issa Rubio ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Taco by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, read by Michel Issa RubioObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of
... Read more
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Twitter and Tear Gas

by Amit Varma ...

Narrated by Amit Varma ...

Series Audiobook 12 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
Unabridged

12 min

What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade. ... Read more

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What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade.
... Read more
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Limits of Critique, The

by Rita Felski ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic’s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure—but also definite limits.Felski argues ... Read more

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Why must critics unmask and demystify literary works? Why do they believe that language is always withholding some truth, that the critic’s task is to reveal the unsaid or repressed? In this book, Rita Felski examines critique, the dominant form of interpretation in literary studies, and situates it as but one method among many, a method with strong allure—but also definite limits.Felski argues
... Read more
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The Romantic Manifesto

A Philosophy of Literature

by Ayn Rand ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less ... Read more

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In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned collection of essays, Ayn Rand throws new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again, Rand demonstrates her bold originality and her refusal to let popular catchphrases and conventional ideas define her sense of the truth.In her ethics AynRand extolled the virtue of selfishness—and in her theory of art she was no less
... Read more
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Semicolon

The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

by Cecelia Watson ...

Narrated by Pam Ward ...

Unabridged

3 hours 47 min

A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation ... Read more

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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In Semicolon, Cecelia Watson charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation
... Read more
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Earth

Object Lessons

by Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Profsesor Linda T. Elkins-Tanton ...

Narrated by Mack Gordon, Rachel Handshaw ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

Bloomsbury presents Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, read by Rachel Handshaw and Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,” ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Earth by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, read by Rachel Handshaw and Mack Gordon.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In Earth, a planetary scientist and a literary humanist explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space. As a “blue marble,” “a blue pale dot,”
... Read more
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Against Progress

by Slavoj Žižek ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Series series Žižek's Essays
Unabridged

4 hours 13 min

To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in ... Read more

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To define 'progress' is to lay claim to the future. Seminal thinker Slavoj Žižek turns essayist to interrogate the competing visions which form the horizons of human possibility and ask: Can things, which have never seemed worse, get better? What would a better world be? And how, when we are constantly besieged by doomers, degrowthers and disorienting relativisms can we make any headway at all in
... Read more

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