Literary studies: general books

Taking up four different political themes--human rights, the relation between public and private space, racial justice,...  Read More >>

Edward Prime-Stevenson's Imre: A Memorandum (1906), considered one of the first examples of the 'homosexual' novel,...  Read More >>

Sodom and Gomorrah is the fourth volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important...  Read More >>

Students of creative writing and Modernist literature, and readers already familiar with D.H. Lawrence's works,...  Read More >>

This is the fourth volume of the landmark scholarly edition of William Godwin's letters.  Read More >>

This book explores short fiction by migrant women writers in Canada and the United States from 1980 to 2020, including...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length critical study of Keats's letters. Featuring insightful close readings and developing...  Read More >>

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life.  Read More >>

Emily Wilson reflects on the power of language to evolve our understanding of the past  Read More >>

Take charge of your assignments and become the most successful student you can be Studying For Dummies explains...  Read More >>

What is luck? What is the significance of luck for our ethical and political lives? Could it be the case that luck...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length critical study of Keats's letters. Featuring insightful close readings and developing...  Read More >>

We are in the middle of a vibrant renaissance of queer writing. But LGBTQ+ writers, characters and readers have...  Read More >>

From its recurring appearances in Gothic poetry and prose to the menacing images of Fuseli and Blake, Orianne Smith...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published...  Read More >>

This collection of early work, college writing, newspaper pieces, and stories of life in Florida by Marjorie Kinnan...  Read More >>

Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he...  Read More >>

""I've struck it!"" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. ""And I will give it away - to you. You will...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

A study in the literature of selfhood across time, this book analyzes how the Gnostics, the Romantics, Kierkegaard,...  Read More >>

Archipelagothic: The Gothic in Philippine Culture is an edited volume that brings together essays that examine the...  Read More >>

Examining the African American and white racial binary in contemporary multiracial literature, Molly Littlewood...  Read More >>

Letter writing in the Northumbrian Kingdom offers a pioneering...  Read More >>

Graphic War introduces graphic border poetics to the field of comics, which enables a methodological response to...  Read More >>