Theory in Literary Theory & Criticism & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

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Literary Theory: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Texts, Movements, and Meaning

by Rachel Hofmann ...

Narrated by Rachel Hofmann ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Turn intimidating academic jargon into accessible literary criticism that transforms your everyday reading experience. Whether you are commuting to an English literature lecture or preparing for a passionate book club debate, this thought-provoking guide makes complex ideas instantly usable. Say goodbye to academic gatekeeping and hello to crystal-clear textual analysis.Perfect for focused study ... Read more

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Turn intimidating academic jargon into accessible literary criticism that transforms your everyday reading experience. Whether you are commuting to an English literature lecture or preparing for a passionate book club debate, this thought-provoking guide makes complex ideas instantly usable. Say goodbye to academic gatekeeping and hello to crystal-clear textual analysis.Perfect for focused study
... Read more
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Biografías breves - Jorge Luis Borges

by Luis Machado, Luis Machado ...

Narrated by Varios narradores ...

Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

Jorge Luis Borges fue, tal vez, el escritor más gravitante de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Más que ningún otro, construyó su imagen a partir de su posición como lector: el mito de la biblioteca paterna, las bibliotecas infinitas de sus ficciones.La literatura borgeana juega todo el tiempo con los contornos de la identidad. No es de extrañar que el hombre detrás de ella nos presente sus propios ... Read more

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Jorge Luis Borges fue, tal vez, el escritor más gravitante de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Más que ningún otro, construyó su imagen a partir de su posición como lector: el mito de la biblioteca paterna, las bibliotecas infinitas de sus ficciones.La literatura borgeana juega todo el tiempo con los contornos de la identidad. No es de extrañar que el hombre detrás de ella nos presente sus propios
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Poetics

by Aristotle ...

Narrated by Nicholas Khan, Roy McMillan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Nicholas Khan, best known for their role in Transformers. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Malcolm Heath, read by Roy McMillan.One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary historyIn his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Nicholas Khan, best known for their role in Transformers. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Malcolm Heath, read by Roy McMillan.One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary historyIn his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the
... Read more
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Blackface

Object Lessons

by Professor Ayanna Thompson ...

Narrated by Rachel Handshaw ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

Bloomsbury presents Blackface by Ayanna Thompson, read by Rachel Handshaw.A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Prose Awards (Media and Cultural Studies category)Why are there so many examples of p... ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Blackface by Ayanna Thompson, read by Rachel Handshaw.A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Prose Awards (Media and Cultural Studies category)Why are there so many examples of p...
... Read more
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The Gutenberg Parenthesis

The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet

by Prof Jeff Jarvis ...

Narrated by Prof Jeff Jarvis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 7 min

Bloomsbury presents The Gutenberg Parenthesis written and read by Jeff Jarvis.PROSE AWARDS MEDIA ADN CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.The age of print is a grand exception in history. For five centuries it fostered what some call print culture – a ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Gutenberg Parenthesis written and read by Jeff Jarvis.PROSE AWARDS MEDIA ADN CULTURAL STUDIES FINALIST 2024The Gutenberg Parenthesis traces the epoch of print from its fateful beginnings to our digital present – and draws out lessons for the age to come.The age of print is a grand exception in history. For five centuries it fostered what some call print culture – a
... Read more
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La estructura ausente

Introducción a la semiótica

by Umberto Eco ...

Narrated by Javier Portugués ...

Unabridged

15 hours 26 min

Una introducción a la semiótica de la mano de su mayor experto: Umberto EcoDespués de Obra abierta, en la que estudiaba los lenguajes experimentales del arte contemporáneo, y de Apocalípticos e integrados, donde abordaba las técnicas y los temas de la comunicación de masas, Umberto Eco analiza aquí las fronteras de la semiótica. Comprender los sistemas de signos obliga a ver los códigos como ... Read more

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Una introducción a la semiótica de la mano de su mayor experto: Umberto EcoDespués de Obra abierta, en la que estudiaba los lenguajes experimentales del arte contemporáneo, y de Apocalípticos e integrados, donde abordaba las técnicas y los temas de la comunicación de masas, Umberto Eco analiza aquí las fronteras de la semiótica. Comprender los sistemas de signos obliga a ver los códigos como
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Driver's License

Object Lessons

by Meredith Castile ...

Narrated by Barbara Barnes ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated
... Read more
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Dust

Object Lessons

by Dr. Michael Marder ...

Narrated by Josh Wichard ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

Bloomsbury presents Dust by Michael Marder, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.No matter how much you fight against it, dust pervades everything. It gathers in even layers, adapting to the contours of things and marking the passage of time. In itself, it is also a gathering place, a random community of what ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Dust by Michael Marder, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.No matter how much you fight against it, dust pervades everything. It gathers in even layers, adapting to the contours of things and marking the passage of time. In itself, it is also a gathering place, a random community of what
... Read more
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Cat

Object Lessons

by Dr. Rebecca van Laer ...

Narrated by Skipper Mari ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

3 hours 6 min

Bloomsbury presents Cat by Rebecca van Laer read by Skipper MariObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Rebecca van Laer and her partner purchase a home and move in with their senior cats, Toby and Gus. Their loved ones see this as a step toward an inevitable future—first comes the house, then a dog, then a child. But what if they are just cat people ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Cat by Rebecca van Laer read by Skipper MariObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Rebecca van Laer and her partner purchase a home and move in with their senior cats, Toby and Gus. Their loved ones see this as a step toward an inevitable future—first comes the house, then a dog, then a child. But what if they are just cat people
... Read more
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Silence

Object Lessons

by John Biguenet ...

Narrated by Adam Sims ...

Series series Object Lessons
Unabridged

2 hours 40 min

Bloomsbury presents Silence by John Biguenet, read by Adam Sims.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist’s final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Silence by John Biguenet, read by Adam Sims.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.What is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist’s final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture
... Read more
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The Cat and the Masked Woman (Oxford World's Classics)

by Colette, Diana Holmes ...

Narrated by Machteld van der Gaag ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

'My little puma! My darling cat! My mountain lion! How will you go on living if we leave each other?'Colette (1873-1954) is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. The Catfirst serialised then published in volume form in 1933) is one of her short novels. This story of a middle-class couple in 1920s Paris follows the familiar romantic structure ... Read more

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'My little puma! My darling cat! My mountain lion! How will you go on living if we leave each other?'Colette (1873-1954) is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. The Catfirst serialised then published in volume form in 1933) is one of her short novels. This story of a middle-class couple in 1920s Paris follows the familiar romantic structure
... 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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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

$14.78 CAD

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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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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Gulliver’s Travels

by Jonathan Swift ...

Narrated by Martin Shaw ...

Abridged

3 hours 9 min

Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the ... Read more

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Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the
... 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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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

$13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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

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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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Ojos herejes

Crónicas sobre la belleza para lectores rebeldes

by Sergio Rodríguez Blanco ...

Narrated by Fabián García ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

En catorce crónicas, que son también ensayos sobre literatura y arte desde o sobre México, Ojos herejes examina los procesos intelectuales de la creación y cuestiona la momentánea fe que nos exige el arte.El itinerario de Sergio Rodríguez Blanco nos recuerda a las mejores páginas de sus dos modelos del viajero intelectual: el José Vasconcelos del Ulises criollo y el Sergio Pitol de El arte de la ... Read more

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En catorce crónicas, que son también ensayos sobre literatura y arte desde o sobre México, Ojos herejes examina los procesos intelectuales de la creación y cuestiona la momentánea fe que nos exige el arte.El itinerario de Sergio Rodríguez Blanco nos recuerda a las mejores páginas de sus dos modelos del viajero intelectual: el José Vasconcelos del Ulises criollo y el Sergio Pitol de El arte de la
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