Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 books

Follows Mark Twain's last lecture tour as he wound his way through the British Empire in 1895-1896. Deftly blending...  Read More >>

Provides a literary exploration of Mark Twain's writings on crime in the American West and its intersection with...  Read More >>

Analysing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens argues that Argentine scientific...  Read More >>

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Sensation novels are considered as the link between the Gothic genre and detective fiction. Del Grazia provides...  Read More >>

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Analysing a wide variety of late-nineteenth-century sources, Sex, Skulls, and Citizens argues that Argentine scientific...  Read More >>

BreakingFree from Death examines the lives and choices thatTolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, and Meyerhold must have faced...  Read More >>

Titles examined include: The Irish Magazine, and Monthly Asylum for Neglected Biography and The Irish Farmers’ Journal,...  Read More >>

Traces the impact of Herodotus' Histories in historical writing and an array of real-world contexts during a momentous...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length study of the thought and literary achievement of Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867)....  Read More >>

BreakingFree from Death examines the lives and choices thatTolstoy, Chekhov, Bunin, and Meyerhold must have faced...  Read More >>

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its representations of medieval Japanese tales and...  Read More >>

Auf dem Hintergrund der in der Forschung bislang eher vernachlässigten politischen Entwicklung in Südwestdeutschland,...  Read More >>

From the recent spate of equine deaths on racetracks to protests demanding the removal of mounted Confederate soldier...  Read More >>

From the recent spate of equine deaths on racetracks to protests demanding the removal of mounted Confederate soldier...  Read More >>

Because the category of 'late style' is extremely common in literary studies, it is often used uncritically. This...  Read More >>

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This book examines the many ways in which anger and indignation shape authorial intentions and determine the products...  Read More >>

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This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary...  Read More >>

This book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between...  Read More >>

This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare’s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for...  Read More >>

This book examines the topic of excess in modern Irish writing in terms of mysticism, materialism, myth and language....  Read More >>

Exploring Irish fiction, poetry, and drama through the lens of nationalism, diaspora, and the catastrophes of famine...  Read More >>