Literary reference works books

This is the first comprehensive history of Haitian literature published in the English language. It offers crucial...  Read More >>

Examines a rich selection of Spanish fantastic literature to illustrate how the language of the supernatural expresses...  Read More >>

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Latin American literature has depicted warrior woman and trans warrior characters in armed conflicts but literary...  Read More >>

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Examines a rich selection of Spanish fantastic literature to illustrate how the language of the supernatural expresses...  Read More >>

Latin American literature has depicted warrior woman and trans warrior characters in armed conflicts but literary...  Read More >>

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Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason? What is Hecuba to Hamlet? Is the mechanicals’ staging of the Pyramus...  Read More >>

Modernism cannot be reduced to a rejection of established norms. This book spotlights Russian modernist poets’ and...  Read More >>

Presents a range of studies that highlight historical and emerging ways that Irish literature and culture have crossed...  Read More >>

Among the most celebrated American poets of the past half century, Adrienne Rich was the recipient of awards ranging...  Read More >>

The South is often perceived as a haunted place in its region’s literature, one that is strange, deviant, or “queer.”...  Read More >>

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In today’s cultural and political climate of relative LGBTQ+ inclusion, this book provides a literary history that...  Read More >>

Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes,...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated, full colour book giving insight into the inspirations behind Terry Pratchett's Discworld...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. The theme for Volume 77 is 'Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village, and She Stoops to Conquer number among the greatest literary works...  Read More >>

A new edition of this groundbreaking exploration of Cormac McCarthy’s literary archive, which identifies over 150...  Read More >>

An annotated scholarly edition of the weekly columns Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the most prominent American feminist...  Read More >>

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Examines over a hundred China mysteries—many describing and analyzing social and economic changes at the center...  Read More >>

Drawing on Indigenous studies and critiques of settler colonialism, as well as new materialist approaches that illustrate...  Read More >>