Literary Criticism audiobooks

Gods, Heroes & Monsters

By: Mark Daniels

Narrated by: Mike Cooper

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the dawn of communication, humankind has looked around itself and used myths and legends to make sense of the world. Imaginative tales of goddesses, heroes, villains and beasts bring understanding to the biggest questions in life: Who made the world? What happens when we die? Where did we come from? How should we live our lives? Gods,... Read more

Everybody Behaves Badly

By: Lesley M. M. Blume

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

“Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white.” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
 
“An essential book . . . a page-turner. Blume combines the best aspects of critic, biographer and storyteller . . .... Read more

Poetics

By: Aristotle & S. H. Butcher - translator

Narrated by: Daniel Dorse

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Delve into the timeless principles of storytelling and drama with "Poetics" by Aristotle, now available as a captivating audiobook. In this seminal work, Aristotle explores the fundamentals of literature, offering invaluable insights into the art of crafting compelling narratives and engaging characters.Listeners will be enthralled by... Read more

Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Jeff Moon

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover timeless wisdom and inspiration with "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke, now available as an enriching audiobook. In this collection of letters, Rilke offers heartfelt advice and profound insights to a young aspiring poet, guiding them on their journey of creativity, self-discovery, and personal growth.Through eloquent... Read more

Author Paul Levinson Discusses Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media

By: Paul Levinson

Narrated by: Paul Levinson

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the following keynote address given at Baylor University, author Paul Levinson discusses Canadian philosopher and academic Marshall McLuhan's seminal book, "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man," which proposed that the media--not the content that they carry-- affects the society in which it plays a role and, thus, should be the focus... Read more

Caras de la historia I (Ensayista liberal 2)

By: Enrique Krauze

Narrated by: Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Length: 16 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Segundo volumen de la colección de seis tomos llamada "Ensayista liberal", donde confluirán diversos textos inéditos con retratos, perfiles, ensayos y entrevistas del historiador Enrique Krauze. Segundo volumen de la nueva colección "Ensayista Liberal". Enrique Krauze es una figura fundamental en los círculosintelectuales mexicanos, como... Read more

Tam kapsamlı İngilizce kursu

By: Başak Yılmaz & Andrew Stevenson

Narrated by: Efe Özgün

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

İngilizce kursu #1!
Yüzde yüz mükemmel sonuç!
Uzun zamandır Birleşik Krallık’a seyahat etmeyi hayal ediyor musunuz? Kırmızı çift katlı bir otobüsle Londra’nın merkezinden geçmek mi, gerçek bir İngiliz çay partisine katılmak mı, saatinizi Big Ben ile senkronize etmek ya da hatta belki de kraliyet ailesinin bir üyesini görmek mi istiyorsunuz? Yoksa... Read more

El Versero

By: Juan Sasturain

Narrated by: unknown

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Durante cuarenta años pero de a ratos, de a tirones -en cierto modo oportunista poeta dominguero- fui escribiendo los poemas que se enfilan detrás o debajo del rótulo general de El versero. El título tiene, entre muchas otras, una doble y consciente significación. Se sabe: versero es, en el habla popular, el que hace el verso, el que utiliza... Read more

The True Story of Ah Q

By: Lu Xun

Narrated by: Yunjian, Yunfeng, Yunxi, Yunye, Xiaomo & Xiaoxiao

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In the early twentieth century, as China grappled with the challenges of modernity, Lu Xun emerged as a pivotal figure in Chinese literature. He shifted the focus from ornate aristocratic writing to plain, expressive narratives that resonated with the masses. His celebrated short stories, including “The True Story of Ah Q,” captured the essence... Read more

A Poetry Handbook

By: Mary Oliver

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

“Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that’s what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook.”—Los Angeles TimesFrom the beloved, legendary poet, the ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry.With... Read more

The Black Box

By: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its manufactured divisions.”
— Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste

“This is a... Read more

Facing Down the Furies

By: Edith Hall

Narrated by: Edith Hall

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces,... Read more

Mit Wavinsky um die Welt

By: Christina Schmidt

Narrated by: Pascal Nagel

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Stell dir vor, du gehst mit Wavinsky, einem neugierigen Wesen vom Zwergplaneten Proxima Centauri b, auf große Entdeckungsreise. Zusammen mit den jungen Abenteurern Alex und Clara begibst du dich auf eine spannende Reise nach Hawaii. Entdeckt gemeinsam die Wunder dieser Inseln: exotische Tiere, aktive Vulkane und Strände mit schwarzem Sand.... Read more

Woke

By: Esther Bockwyt

Narrated by: Matthias Ernst Holzmann

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Was als linke Identitätspolitik einst progressiv gedacht war, hat längst die Schwelle zu einer militanten Ideologie überschritten, analysiert die Psychologin Esther Bockwyt. Auf Basis einer pauschalen Einteilung von Menschen in Opfergruppen und Privilegierte wird abgeleitet, wer was wann sagen oder tun darf. So kritisch wie ausgewogen und vor... Read more

What is Love?

By: Neera Kankara

Narrated by: Mridweeka

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love... Read more

Märchenzauber

By: Stefan

Narrated by: Stefan

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Willkommen in einer magischen Welt, erschaffen aus den schillernden Gedanken junger Träumer! "Märchenzauber" ist ein faszinierendes Märchenbuch, dessen Geschichten direkt aus den kreativen Köpfen von Kindern stammen. Durch die transformative Kraft künstlicher Intelligenz wurden diese magischen Fantasien in lebendige Märchen übersetzt, die nicht... Read more

Le Suicide français

By: Éric Zemmour

Narrated by: Frédéric Fournier

Length: 20 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

« La France se couche. La France se meurt.La France avait pris l’habitude depuis le XVIIe siècle et, plus encore, depuis la Révolution française, d’imposer ses idées, ses foucades mêmes, sa vision du monde et sa langue, à un univers pâmé devant tant de merveilles.Non seulement elle n’y parvient plus, mais elle se voit contrainte d’ingurgiter des... Read more

Le Colonel Chabert

By: Honoré de Balzac

Narrated by: Philippe LEBEAU

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Hyacinthe Chabert, colonel de l'armée impériale de Napoléon Ier, a été déclaré mort lors de la bataille d'Eylau en 1807.Sa veuve Rose Chapotel, ancienne fille de joie, hérite de sa fortune, puis se remarie avec le comte Ferraud, aristocrate émigré qui ambitionne une carrière politique.Mais en 1817, dix ans après son décès officiel, Chabert... Read more

Sotto l'Antartide

By: Gianluca Lamberti & Umberto Visani

Narrated by: Federico Angelo Capra

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Sotto l'Antartide" vuole essere un viaggio intrigante nel continente più remoto della Terra. Gli autori ci conducono attraverso secoli di esplorazioni, miti antichi e misteri, sollevando interrogativi sulla storia nascosta sotto le distese di ghiaccio. Il testo esamina le leggende di civiltà perdute, le missioni ufficiali e segrete naziste, le... Read more

Eugénie Grandet

By: Honoré de Balzac

Narrated by: Philippe LEBEAU

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Dans la ville de Saumur vit modestement la famille Grandet : le père Félix Grandet ex-tonnelier devenu richissime après de fructueuses spéculations, son épouse, sa fille Eugénie et Nanon la servante. Ces trois femmes subissent au quotidien son avarice sordide, ses colères de despote. Dans la ville, les beaux partis se disputent l’hypothétique... Read more

From Mammies to Militants

By: Trudier Harris

Narrated by: Diana Blue

Length: 8 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition to Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Black writers, some of whom worked as maids themselves, have manipulated the stereotype in a strategic way as a figure to comment on Black-white relations or to dramatize the conflicts of the Black protagonists. In fact, the characters themselves, like real-life... Read more

Ganorexia - Abridged

By: Iñaki Segurola

Narrated by: Iñaki Beraetxe

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

«Ez dago ondo idazterik. Barkatu: aurreneko pertsonan esango dut: nik ez daukat ondo idazterik. Uneoro sentitzen dut, jasaten dut. Bakarren batek esan izan du nik ondo idazten dudala. Eskertzen diot, baina ez dut uste hola denik. Nik idazten dut era batean. Estilo batekin, estilo jakin batekin. Beste batzuek ez daukate estilorik. Sinetsarazi... Read more

Échos de l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo : Poèmes d'une Terre en Guerre Perpétuelle.

By: Marien-Edgard Ngbali BEMI

Narrated by: DORE

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Découvrez un voyage poétique saisissant à travers les échos déchirants de l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo avec le recueil "Échos de l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo : Poèmes d'une Terre en Guerre Perpétuelle". À travers 13 chapitres captivants, plongez dans les profondeurs de cette région marquée par un conflit... Read more

Run!

By: Ken Yeager, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Dave Cavallaro

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Run! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance.Having lived and breathed queer activism for almost 40 years, Ken Yeager is uniquely positioned to tell the story of how this happened. The strategies he used and... Read more