Literary Criticism

Arthur Wing Pinero, Playwright

by Hamilton Fyfe • Read by LibriVox Volunteers

A discussion about the life and works of the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. The perfect accompaniment to the plays by Pinero available here …

The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche • Read by Jim Locke • 2.8★

In this famous early work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, he investigates the artistic characteristics of Apollonian (reason) and…

Ein Vade mecum für den Hrn. Sam. Gotth. Lange

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing • Read by Marilianus • 5★

Lessings Kritik an der Horazübersetzung des seinerzeit bekannten Pastors Lange ist unerbittlich und von fast brutaler Genauigkeit. Aus …

Cabos sueltos

by Julio Cejador y Frauca and Julio Cejador Y Frauca • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.4★

Publicada en 1907 y dedicada a su “querido discípulo” Ortega y Gasset, esta colección de ensayos consiste en “articulejos” pub…

Portraits of Russian Poets

by Ilya Ehrenburg • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.6★

«Портреты русских поэтов»: Ахматова, Бальмонт, Балтрушайтис, Блок, Брюсов, Белый, Волошин, Есенин, Иванов, Мандельштам, Маяковск…

The Mystics of Islam

by Reynold A. Nicholson • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.3★

Exploring Islamic mysticism, specifically Sufism, this book aims to provide an introduction to this difficult subject. Delving into the myst…

Силуэты русских писателей

by Yuly Aykhenvald • Read by Mark Chulsky • 4.9★

Бесконечно преданный русской литературе, Юлий Айхенвальд видел писателя как уникальную личность и не признавал литературных школ и течений. …

Русско-еврейская литература

by Vasily Lvov-Rogachevsky • Read by Mark Chulsky • 4.8★

Overview of Jewish themes in the Russian-language literature from the early 19th to the early 20th century.Обзор еврейской литературы на рус…

Through the Literature

by Boris Eikhenbaum • Read by Mark Chulsky • 2★

Collection of literary studies and articles about writers and their styles by a prominent Russian literary scholar and historian of literatu…

Über die Iphigenie auf Tauris

by Friedrich Schiller • Read by redaer • 1.7★

Dieser dritte Band der Goethischen Werke … In griechischer Form, deren er sich ganz zu bemächtigen gewußt hat, die er bis zur h&o…

Über Matthissons Gedichte

by Friedrich Schiller • Read by redaer • 0.9★

Wenn man unter Poesie überhaupt die Kunst versteht, „uns durch einen freien Effekt unserer produktiven Einbildungskraft in bestimmte Em…

Hombres célebres

by Victor Hugo • Read by Lu • 4.1★

Víctor Hugo hace un análisis en forma de notas críticas a la obra y las figuras de Voltaire, Lord Byron y Walter Scott.…

Medieval English Literature

by Willliam Paton Ker • Read by Christine Rottger

I have very little doubt in my own mind that why so many young men despise and even deride knowledge is because knowledge has been presented…