Literary Criticism audiobooks

مسرحية حسام الدين الأندلسي

By: مصطفى صادق الرافعي

Narrated by: محمد براء حمزة

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

أحد إبداعات أديب العربية وأمير البيان الأستاذ مصطفى صادق الرافعي التي غابت عن القاريء الكريم لما يزيد عن قرن من الزمان، فقد كتبها -رحمه الله- في نهاية القرن التاسع عشر الميلادي أي في شبابه الأول، ونشر آخر طبعاتها منتصف العقد الأول من القرن العشرين. . وظلت هذه المسرحية -أو الرواية كما كانت تُسمَّى في ذلك الوقت- في طي النسيان حتى وصلت إليها يدُ... Read more

على السفود

By: مصطفى صادق الرافعي

Narrated by: حمدي التايه

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

عباس محمود العقاد: على السََّفُّود كتاب في النقد التحليلي بقلم إمام من أئمة الأدب العربي وأغلب الظن أنه "مصطفى صادق الرافعي".. هو في الأصل عبارة عن مجموعة من المقالات نشرت في مجلة العصور بين شهري يوليو (تموز) 1929م، ويناير (كانون الثاني) 1930. جُمعت هذه المقالات في هذا الكتاب لتلقي الضوء على أسلوب من أساليب النقد الأدبي. تناول هذا الكتاب الكاتب... Read more

سیرة الغائب

By: شكري المبخوت

Narrated by: هايدي عبدالرحمن

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

روى الـــروائي التونسي شكري المبخوت في كتـــابه "سيرة الغائب، سيرة الآتي... السيرة الذاتية في كتاب "الأيام" لطه حسين" أن نص "الأيام" مخاتل، يستعصي على التصنيف ما بين الرواية والسيرة الذاتية. ويضيف أن طه حسين خلق نصه من معدن التردد واللبس؛ فلا هو من جهة جنسه الأدبي رواية تقرّ فتطمئن إليها نفسك، ولا هو سيرة ذاتية أوفت شروط هذا الفن حقها؛ تردد... Read more

هُوتْ مارُوك

By: یاسین عدنان

Narrated by: حمدي التايه

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

بعد ثلاثة عناوين قصصية، يُرسِّخ الشاعر والإعلامي المغربي ياسين عدنان قدميه في أرض السرد بإصدار روايته الأولى (هوت ماروك). روايةٌ عن المغرب وتحوّلاته. عن مراكش (الحاضرة / البستان) وما تتعرّض له من ترييفٍ واغتيالٍ للأشجار. عن الجامعة وحراكها الطّلابي. عن مضارب الإنترنت وقُطّاع طرُقها الرقمية. عن أحوال الناس وطبائع البشر. عن السياسة والصحافة. عن... Read more

Rascha und die Tür zum Himmel (Ungekürzt)

By: Julia Willmann

Narrated by: Christoph Maria Herbst

Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"Rafael!", rief Mama. "Ima hat angerufen. Du kannst hin, wenn du magst. Es klang irgendwie wichtig." "Au ja", rief ich zurück. Und schon war ich draußen. Um Ima zu sehen, brauchte ich zum Glück ja nur rausflitzen aus unserem Haus, rechtsrum, linksrum, geradeaus, hoch, wieder runter, um die Ecke und so weiter. Im Linoleumflur war wie immer nichts... Read more

U R Ananthamurthy

By: T S Gopal

Narrated by: Pranav Iyengar

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

ಹೆಸರಾಂತ ಬರಹಗಾರರು, ಜ್ಞಾನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತರಾದ, ಯು ಆರ್ ಅನಾಥಮೂರ್ತಿ ಅವರ ಕಿರು ಜೀವನಚರಿತ್ರೆ. Read more

Craft in the Real World

By: Matthew Salesses

Narrated by: Matthew Salesses

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

This national bestseller is "a significant contribution to discussions of the art of fiction and a necessary challenge to received views about whose stories are told, how they are told and for whom they are intended" (Laila Lalami, The New York Times Book Review).

The traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind;... Read more

Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare & SparkNotes

Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Jonathan Davis, Imani Jade Powers,...

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

SparkNotes Audio presents … No Fear Shakespeare audio recordings! Listen to full cast performances of Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!

Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare. These audiobook editions make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.

Each No Fear Shakespeare audio recording audio... Read more

The Hedgehog and the Fox

By: Isaiah Berlin

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This compelling audiobook narrated by Peter Kenny presents Isaiah Berlin's acclaimed essay on Tolstoy and historical understanding"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo... Read more

Ravindranath Tagore

By: Ja Na Tejasri

Narrated by: Srihari M K

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

ಕವಿ, ಬರಹಗಾರ, ನಾಟಕಕಾರ, ದಾರ್ಶನಿಕ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸುಧಾರಕ ಮತ್ತು ವರ್ಣಚಿತ್ರಕಾರರಾಗಿದ್ದ ರವೀಂದ್ರನಾಥ ಟ್ಯಾಗೋರ್ ಅವರ ಕಿರು ಜೀವನಚರಿತ್ರೆ. Read more

The Myths and Legends Of Ancient China

By: HENRY ROMANO

Narrated by: Bill Shanks

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The concept of dualism is well illustrated by the Chinese pantheon. Whether as the result of the co-operation of the yin and the yang or of the final dissolution of P’an Ku, human beings came into existence. To the primitive mind the body and its shadow, an object and its reflection in water, real life and dream life, sensibility and... Read more

Creation Myths and Legends of the Indigenous People of Alaska

By: NORAH ROMNEY

Narrated by: Rosie Dunjay

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

LONG, long ago, in the days of the animal people, Raven-at-the-head-of-Nass became angry. He said, "Let rain pour down all over the world. Let people die of starvation." At once, it became so stormy people could not get food, so they began to starve. Their canoes were also broken up, their houses fell in upon them, and they suffered very much.... Read more

Literary Pursuits

By: Sarah Dillon & Corin Throsby

Narrated by: Sarah Dillon & Corin Throsby

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Literary detectives Sarah Dillon and Corin Throsby investigate the stories behind the stories of nine great novels

In this engrossing series, Drs Sarah Dillon and Corin Throsby set off on a quest to discover how some of our most famous, best-loved books were written. What was happening in the author's lives, and how did that influence the process... Read more

Macht's gut, Ihr Trottel!

By: Christiane Hagn

Narrated by: Lea Fleck

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Als die lebenslustige Christiane nach Australien und Indonesien reist, hat sie nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Nichts wie weg, um endlich den Liebeskummer zu überwinden, der sie hartnäckig plagt. Auf einer kleinen Insel Sumatras beginnt sie einen romantischen Urlaubsflirt – mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen. Christiane verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in den... Read more

La Reine Margot

By: Alexandre Dumas

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 17 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world’s greatest and best-loved storytellers. Read more

Training for Catastrophe

By: Lindsay Thomas

Narrated by: Karen Peakes

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Why would the normally buttoned-down national security state imagine lurid future scenarios like a zombie apocalypse? In Training for Catastrophe, author Lindsay Thomas shows how our security regime reimagines plausibility to focus on unlikely and even unreal events rather than probable ones. With an in-depth focus on preparedness (a pivotal,... Read more

Colonel Jim Corbett

By: K. R. Pandey

Narrated by: Dharmendra Gohil

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

'जिम' कॉर्बेट का जन्म 25 जुलाई, 1875 को नैनीताल में हुआ था। उन्हें ब्रिटेन में शिकारी, प्रकृतिविद्, लेखक और जीव-संरक्षणवादी के रूप में जाना जाता है; लेकिन भारत में वह इन सभी से ज्यादा नरभक्षी बाघों और तेंदुओं के शिकारी के रूप में जाने जाते हैं। 18 साल के होते-होते जिम ने पढ़ाई छोड़ दी। उन्हें बिहार के मोकामा घाट, बंगाल और नॉर्थ-वेस्टर्न रेलवे... Read more

The Epic Creation Myths of Indigenous America

By: NORAH ROMNEY

Narrated by: Po Shai An Kia

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The mythologies of the Indigenous Americans are infinitely richer in creative and deluge myths than those of any other group in the two hemispheres. Tales which deal with the origin of man are exceedingly frequent and exhibit every phase of the type of creative story. Although many of these are similar to European and Asiatic myths of the same... Read more

The World of Bob Dylan

By: Sean Latham

Narrated by: Kerry Shale, John Chancer, Barbara Barnes, Ian ...

Length: 15 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Bob Dylan is a singular figure defined by a lifetime of creative invention that has helped transform music, literature, pop culture, and even politics. This book provides a lively, accessible look at his art and music as seen by leading rock and pop critics and music scholars. The chapters are carefully integrated so that readers can take quick... Read more

Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman

By: Tabitha Kenlon

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

As long as people have been writing books, authors have been using them to create misrepresentations of women. From medieval reality show-style wife tests to twenty-first century dating guides based on two-hundred-year-old novels, Conduct Books and the History of the Ideal Woman takes readers on a guided tour of advice on what women should and... Read more

Nothing Personal

By: James Baldwin

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers.

Available for the first time in a stand-alone edition, Nothing Personal is Baldwin’s deep probe into the American condition. Considering the Black... Read more

De grootste historische raadsels

By: Alles over historia

Narrated by: Jeroen Kramer

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

De Bijbel staat vol namen van allang vergeten mensen en verhalen over bloedige veldslagen, rampen en helden die zichzelf opofferen. Maar is dat allemaal pure fantasie, of liggen er werkelijke gebeurtenissen aan ten grondslag? Hoe zit het met koning Arthur? Was hij de eerste koning van Engeland of een mythische figuur die de oorlogvoerende... Read more

An Experiment in Criticism

By: C. S. Lewis

Narrated by: Richard Elwood

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that 'good reading', like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the... Read more

Vida, pasión y muerte de Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)

By: Ian Gibson

Narrated by: Josep Lluis Gil

Length: 30 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

El hispanista Ian Gibson, nos ofrece la más completa y enriquecida biografía del poeta. Con ella, afirma el autor, "Reivindico a un Lorca comprometido con todos los que sufren, con los rechazados, los marginados, los perseguidos, los avergonzados, los que no encajan. Al Lorca revolucionario que en realidad fue. Al Lorca consciente de que iban... Read more