LITERARY CRITICISM AND ANALYSIS OF NOVELS AND POETRY

A paper by Chris Vials examining Caldwell's novel and the socio-historic contexts from which it emerged. It features several comparisons with Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind as well as much debate surrounding the realist novel in the 1930s.

A paper by Valerie Spence on the representations of subjectivity in this novel, with an investigation of the theories of British philosopher Peter Dews, and reference to the work of Lacan, Derrida, Merleau-Ponty and others.

Academic Dean and Professor of Sociology at University of Western Ontario Joseph W. Lella provides some reflections on Camus's novel in relation to AIDS.

An essay by Dina Smith exploring parallels between Capote's narrative and the Cinderella story.

A critical analysis of Capote's novel by Mathew M. Cash.

An essay by C. Nelson-McDermott of the poems with some close reading.

An academic essay by Laura Hidalgo Downing of the University of Madrid which approaches Carroll's books from a linguistic perspective. The essay discusses the concepts of reference, deixis and delimitations in regards to both Alice books.

An article by A.S. Byatt about the use of language in the Alice books.

An article by David Wheldon about both books with some close readings.

In this article Laura Green considers the fascination of Carroll's protagonist.

An essay by Brian Finney, a professor at California State University, exploring various themes - such as the nature of fictional narrative - in Carter's penultimate novel.

A paper by Wendy O'Brien, a lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies at Central Queensland University, analyzing various aspects of this novel, in particular the protagonists relationship in regards to Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque rebirth.

An essay by Mine Özyurt Kılıç of Bilkent University discussing the role of the fin de siècle 'New Woman' in Nights at the Circus, with reference to Plato's Phaedrus.

'The Ravished Reader': A very big critical analysis by Marita Kristiansen of the University of Bergen, spread over several chapters.

An essay by Samantha Pentony of Oxford Brookes University exploring how Kristeva's theory of abjection works in relation to the fairy tale and post colonial narrative in Carter's short story and Keri Hulme's novel The Bone People.

A linguistic analysis by Lizzie Knowles of 'The Bloody Chamber' and Frankenstein, with reference to the work of feminist Diane Elam and linguist Michael Halliday.

An essay by Anna Kérchy, a Senior Assistant Professor at the University of Szeged, examining gender issues and the grotesque in Carter's novel; the essay also surveys various critical evaluations.

An academic article by Nicoletta Vallorani discussing the representation of utopian cities in feminist science fiction and Carter's novel.

In this paper Helen Butcher of the University of Chichester focuses on the principal characters and how their relationships influence the dynamics of identity-forming encounters, as well as the narrative's engagement with Hegel's philosophical ideas.

An essay about the stories by Susanne Schmid, focusing on their intertextual aspects, in particular the work of Charles Baudelaire and his relationship with his mistress Jeanne Duval.

An essay by Jamie McCulloch of Fairleigh Dickinson University looking at the literary devices Chabon employs in this novel to convey comedy and tradegy in his picaresque narrative and protagonist; McCulloch also discusses works by Martin Amis, Richard Russo, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Steve Tesich.

A paper by Matthew Graves of the University of Provence which applies a spatial approach to the study of this novel, focusing on the role of maps in its narrative.

An essay by Marion Muirhead examining the protagonist of this novel, Edna Pontellier, and the role of language in the narrative, with reference to Michael Toolan's conversational turbulence model, and Norman Fairclough's Language and Power.

In this essay Sarah Klein explores how Chopin's novel, originally published in 1899, anticipates the modernist traits of much early twentieth-century work.

An essay on the novel with reference to Buddhist ideology.

A chapter from Marilyn R. Chandler's Dwelling in the Text: Houses in American Fiction exploring this work and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".

An essay by Jacqueline Olson Padgett of Trinity College Washington looking at similarities between the Story of the Annunciation and Chopin's text.

An essay by Heather Alumbaugh, an Assistant Professor at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, exploring narrative voice, its relationship to the subject of migration, and the figure of the "narrative coyote" in this novel.

An essay by Ellen McCracken discussing how Cisneros explores issues of ethnic identity, particularly through the nomadic lifestyles of her central characters.

A paper by Nancy Zuercher, an Associate Professor of English at the University of South Dakota, exploring the textual role of community in this novel.

In this essay Alexandra Fitts of the University of Alaska looks at feminine archetypes in this short story collection.

An article by Bridget Keegan of Creighton University. It focuses on several aspects of both the poem and Clare's circumstances at the time of its composition, such as his relationship with popular culture and desire for literary acceptance.

An academic article by David N. Samuelson providing a close examination of several of the technological ideas and themes which dominate Clarke's novel.

An article by John Huntington exploring the theme of unity in Childhood's End with reference to Clarke's notions of progress: technological and evolutionary.

An academic article by Jonathan Dewar of the University of New Brunswick analyzing the allegorical roles of Coetzee's depictions of sex, torture and fetishism in his narrative.

An essay by Tim McIntyre presenting a comparitive analysis of this novel and Nadine Gordimer's July's People, examining in particular issues relating to colonization.

An academic article by Arnd Bohm of Carleton University discussing this novel's eponymous protagonist and the effects of censorship and apartheid.

An essay by Laura Tansley of the University of Glasgow discussing the predicament of this novel's central characters and the influence of Dafoe's Robinson Crusoe and Roxana

An essay by Simone Francescato of the University of Padua, presenting a comparitive analysis of this novel and works by Robert Hayden and John Berryman.

An in-depth review of the novel by James Wood for The New Republic.

An essay by Norman Ravvin arguing that Cohen's novel can be read "as an examination of the role of the Holocaust in contemporary culture".

Essay by Nicole Markotic looking at "the binary opposition of the physical body and its mechanical expression" in Beautiful Losers.

An essay by Clint Burnham examining the postmodern qualities of this poetry collection; includes a definition of postmodernisn as Burnham's views it.

In this essay L. Michelle Baker of The Catholic University of America provides an analysis of both The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Byron's Don Juan.

A scholarly article by Margaret Sonmez of the Middle East Technical University of Turkey investigating Coleridge's application of 'archaisms', literary devices that imbue a work with impressions of the distant past.

An essay by Debra Channick of University of California arguing that in this poem Coleridge provides a coherent exploration of repetition in several forms.

In this essay Anne C. McCarthy assesses the dialogue between knowledge and stupidity in this poem, as well as Coleridge's conception of the sublime.

An academic article by Derek Furr, an Assistant Professor of English in the Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching Program, analyzing this poem and Wordsworth's 'The Triad', especially in relation to their first publication in Charles Heath's Keepsake.

An academic article by Joel Pace of the University of Wisconsin on the impact of this collection on American literary and social reforms. Pace mainly focuses on Wordsworth although there is some discussion of Coleridge's poems.

An essay by William L. Benzon applying recent intellectual developments in cognitive linguistics and other disciplines to an in-depth study of Coleridge's poem.

A paper by Reuven Tsur which evaluates various critical interpretations of the poem, distinguishes between symbol and allegory, 'Negative Capability' and the 'Quest for Certitude', and the nature of "ecstatic states". Tsur also addresses the work of Maud Bodkin, John Beer and others.

In this paper Reuven Tsur presents a close reading with analysis of several excerpts in an exploration of the texture and structure of Kubla Khan.

An academic article by Sharleen Mondal of the University of Washington discussing the roles of several characters, particularly Ezra Jennings, Franklin Blake and Rachel Verinder, as well as issues of gender, sexuality and imperialism.

A paper by Audrey Murfin of Binghamton University examining the influence of the folk tales known in England as The Arabian Nights' Entertainments on the structure of this short story and Elizabeth Gaskell's My Lady Ludlow.

A scholarly article by Stephanie King of Concordia University investigating how Collins characterizes the roles of the fallen man and woman in his narrative.

In this essay Ryan Barnett of the University of Central England explores gender and apocalypse in this novel and George Eliot's The Lifted Veil.

An essay by Catherine Siemann, an Adjunct Assistant Professor, discussing the character of Valeria Macallan, the protagonist of Collins's novel.

An essay by Carole Stone and Fawzia Afzal-Khan examining issues of gender and race in Conrad's famous text, with reference to the work of Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Edward Said and others, as well as an exploration of the novella's structure.

An essay by Jakob Lothe of the University of Oslo looking at narrative and ethics in Conrad's novel and works by Franz Kafka and W.G. Sebald.

An essay by Gareth Rowlands on the plot and themes in Conrad's novel.

An academic essay by Dr Robert Berry of the University of Otago providing a detailed examination of parallel ideology And experience in Conrad's novel and Dostoevsky's Notes From The House Of The Dead.

An essay by Shirley Galloway examining empire, ideology and transformation in this novel and E.M. Forster's A Passage to India.

An academic article by Mark A. Wollaeger of Washington University discussing the influence of Heart of Darkness on later modernist texts.

An essay by David Mulry of Odessa College which examines the social and political climate that informed events in this novel, most notably the Greenwich Bombing of 1894.

An essay by Chang Chih-chen focusing on the revolutionist vision of Conrad's depiction of London at the end of the nineteenth-century.

In this essay Brandon Colas considers this novel as a critique of late Victorian gender roles.

An essay by Nels C. Pearson, an assistant professor at Tennessee State University, assessing various interpretations of this novel.

A paper by Debra Romanick Baldwin, an associate professor at the University of Dallas, discussing the role of comedy in Typhoon and Primo Levi's The Monkey's Wrench. With analysis of several excerpts from both texts.

An academic article by Randall Stevenson of the University of Edinburgh discussing issues of chance and control through an examination of the protagonist's actions and several scenes.

An essay by Stephen Ross, an associate professor at the University of Victoria, looking at the role of fetishization in this novella and Conrad's engagement with ancien régime values.

An academic article by Ian Robinson discussing this novel and various critical responses to it from, among others, F.R. Leavis, E.M. Forster, and Dwight H. Purdy.

A scholarly article by Holger Nüstedt on the role of initiation in Conrad's short story.

An essay by Michele Drouart, a lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University, exploring the role of colonialism in this early Conrad short story.

A paper by Michael Davey of John Carroll University which draws on rhetorical theories of narrative and literary history to illustrate how Cooper determines the nature of his characters and their functions within his novel.

An essay by Jen Camden of the University of Indianapolis looking at the roles of primary and secondary heroines in this novel, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and Ann Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance. Camden focuses in particular on how these women represent competing ideals of national identity and femininity.

A paper by George G. Dekker of Stanford University about the relationship between the rise of tourism and the Romantic novel in this text and Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering.

An essay by James Crane of Loyola University comparing the portrayal of friendship and relationships in this novel and Walter Scott's The Pirate.

An academic article by Michael Hardin of the University of Houston exploring the unusual narrative of Hopscotch and possible ways it could be read and interpreteted.

An academic article by Patricia Novillo-Corvalán of the University of London which assesses the relationship between Cortázar's novel and Joyce's Ulysses.

An academic article by Michael Hardin of Bloomsburg University exploring how this novel, as well as Sylvia Molloy's Certificate of Absence and Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body, challenges binary constructions.

An essay by Andrea Wild of the University of Zurich, discussing the role of intertextuality in Cunningham's novel with its allusions and referencing to the work of Virginia Woolf. It features comparitive analysis of the texts.

In this essay, Ulrike E. Tancke of the University of Trier and Anja Müller-Wood of the University of Mainz, critically assess gender depictions in Cunningham's novel.