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10 best books like A Handbook to Literature (William Harmon): The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life, On Poetry And Poets, Brush Up Your Shakespeare!, The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends, The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Literature to 1820 (Volume A), The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics, A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More

The Daily Writer: 366 Meditations To Cultivate A Productive And Meaningful Writing Life
AuthorFred White
ISBN1582975299
Make Writing a Part of Your Daily Routine

It isn't always easy to carve out time to devote meaningful thought and energy to your writing. Hectic schedules, distractions, and creative blocks all too often interrupt the dream - postpone it for another day.

But with 366 provocative entries...
On Poetry And Poets
AuthorT.S. Eliot
ISBN0571089836
My Ph.D advisor Leonard Unger made his career on the first book studying TS Eliot's verse, in 1947, and to the end of his life, as a scholar and wit, he returned to Eliot's subjects, like 17C wits (and Shakespeare) as well as to Eliot himself, in Eliot's Compound Ghost, which strongly influenced my own dissertation,...
Brush Up Your Shakespeare!
AuthorMichael Macrone
ISBN0517189356
A very enlightening book on various Shakespearean quotes that are commonly used today by many individuals without any knowledge, however, as to their origin and true meaning. The author writes in a fun whimsical way yet clearly explaining the definition of the words or phrases. In the back of the book...
The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends
AuthorDavid H. Richter
ISBN0312415206
I absolutely loved this collection of essays. Richter complied a great list from the ancients (Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Plotinus) to Hegel, Sontag, Nietzsche, and the postmodernists (Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson).

A few of the stand-out essays for me are:

Excerpt from Poetics...
The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Literature to 1820 (Volume A)
AuthorNina Baym
ISBN0393978982
I’m done I’m done I’M DONE!!!! **Happy Dance**

Okay had to get that out of the way first. Okay so it is really difficult to rate this book a) because it was a “work” book rather than a “for fun” book but mostly, b) because it is an anthology therefore containing many works for which...
The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics
AuthorW. John Campbell
ISBN1586632043
This useful guide is the key to unlocking the secrets of 100 of the world's most enduring novels, plays, and epic poems. More than simply a collection of tasty plot summaries, The Book of Great Books is a treasure chest of information. Provided with each entry are a thumbnail historical background, the...
A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature
AuthorWilfred L. Guerin
ISBN0195160177
Greatly enlarged and updated, the third edition of this highly successful survey of literary theory and applied criticism offers substantical new chapters on feminist approaches and on structuralism, post-structuralism and deconstruction, and new sections on hermeneutics, dialogics, Marxist...
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
AuthorJoseph Gibaldi
ISBN0873529863
Widely adopted by universities, colleges, and secondary schools, the MLA Handbook gives step-by-step advice on every aspect of writing research papers, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. For over half a century, the MLA Handbook is the guide millions of writers have relied...
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
AuthorJ.A. Cuddon
ISBN0140513639
The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary...
Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Plays, His Poems, His Life and Times, and More
AuthorCharles Boyce
ISBN0385313616
-What famous essayist insisted that Shakespeare's play were unfit for performance?-Which two plays center on the Hundred Years' War?
-In which scene of "Romeo and Juliet" does the nurse report--falsely--that Juliet is dead and thus seal Romeo's tragic fate?
The answers are easily found...
Critical Terms for Literary Study
AuthorFrank Lentricchia
ISBN0226472035
Since its publication in 1990, Critical Terms for Literary Study has become a landmark introduction to the work of literary theory—giving tens of thousands of students an unparalleled encounter with what it means to do theory and criticism. Significantly expanded, this new edition features six...
The Post-Colonial Studies Reader
AuthorBill Ashcroft
ISBN0415096227
Essays Read:

Edward Said - "From Orientalism"
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - "Can the Subaltern Speak? (Abbreviation)"
Tsenay Serequeberhan - "The Critique of Eurocentrism"
Helen Tiffin - "Post-Colonial Literatures and Counter-Discourse"
Frantz Fanon - "National...
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. E: The Victorian Age
AuthorM.H. Abrams
ISBN0393927210
Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible The Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six...
The Bedford Handbook
AuthorDiana Hacker
ISBN0312419333
Built on Diana Hacker's vision and developed with the help of expert composition teachers, the seventh edition of The Bedford Handbook is the indispensable classroom and reference tool it always was -- only better. Now with the strongest coverage of research writing in a full-sized handbook, the...
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
AuthorMargaret Drabble
ISBN0198614535
The first edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Sir Paul Harvey, was published in 1932, and quickly established itself as the standard source of reference for scholars, students, and general readers alike. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, the text was...
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
AuthorRoss C. Murfin
ISBN0312259107
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Anatomy of Criticism
AuthorNorthrop Frye
ISBN0691069999
Striking out at the conception of criticism as restricted to mere opinion or ritual gesture, Northrop Frye wrote this magisterial work proceeding on the assumption that criticism is a structure of thought and knowledge in its own right. Employing examples of world literature from ancient times to...
Common Errors in English Usage
AuthorPaul Brians
ISBN1887902899
I concur with the reviewer on back cover who described this book as "cheerfully useful." I have enjoyed including some of the common usage errors on my blog and will continue, noting Brians's explanations. I can't take credit for his humorous comments and remarks about common errors, but these have...
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
AuthorKathleen Kuiper
ISBN0877790426
To say that I've "read" it is a bit misleading since it's an encyclopedia, but I've had this reference book for many years and it's well-worn with affection. I love literature, but I also have a goofy passion for encyclopedic books.

This literary encyclopedia is kind of old, published in 1995,...
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