Literary reference works books

Offers the first book-length study of the slave narrative as a material artifact. Drawing on a wide range of sources,...  Read More >>

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In A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society....  Read More >>

"In this follow-up volume, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the theme of """"Black is Beautiful,...  Read More >>

This book contains important and useful essays based on the research and analysis of pornography in Urdu literature....  Read More >>

When Americans describe their compatriots, who exactly are they talking about? This is the urgent question that...  Read More >>

This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or...  Read More >>

This book systematically outlines the development of ancient Chinese.  Read More >>

Providing a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, this Companion charts...  Read More >>

Providing a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, this Companion charts...  Read More >>

This extensive new work joins the internationally acclaimed series of bibliographies of Charles Dickens's work edited...  Read More >>

This extensive new work joins the internationally acclaimed series of bibliographies of Charles Dickens's work edited...  Read More >>

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Offers a compelling alternative to the traditional mode of analysing Arabic literature through an encounter between...  Read More >>

Offers a compelling alternative to the traditional mode of analysing Arabic literature through an encounter between...  Read More >>

A fascinating literary overview of London across the centuries, through the beautiful and varied writing it has...  Read More >>

Now revised and expanded for its first paperback publication, The Life of Crime was the winner of four major prizes...  Read More >>

Explores the work of a unique group of playwrights - Puerto Rican dramatists writing in the United States - who...  Read More >>

Explores the work of a unique group of playwrights - Puerto Rican dramatists writing in the United States - who...  Read More >>

The giant of literary theory analyzes the novel: Conrad, James, Atwood, Oe, Mailer, Grass, Grossman, Garcia Márquez,...  Read More >>

Uncovering how poetry refigures Black history to imagine a more just present and future, this volume focuses on...  Read More >>

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Encouraging a deep engagement with works whose personal, political, and cultural insights are specific to South...  Read More >>

Encouraging a deep engagement with works whose personal, political, and cultural insights are specific to South...  Read More >>