Theory & Criticism
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The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
Hardback
A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world
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Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
Paperback
A nuanced, passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunderstood writers of the twentieth century
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Imagination: A Manifesto
Paperback
In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future
Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times
Hardback
The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured world
Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
Paperback
In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer and attorney