Literary studies: general books

Nature's ability to satisfy deep human needs is familiar to anyone who has hiked up a mountain, canoed a river,...  Read More >>

The first edited essay collection of its kind to focus on innovators and innovations in the mass-market press from...  Read More >>

""This book examines the writings and experimental film collaborations of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson,...  Read More >>

Studies the intertwined manner in which Arabic and Turkish literatures took shape as national traditions.  Read More >>

The diverse forms and structures of graphic narratives discussed in this volume by a range of international scholars...  Read More >>

Provides a first-hand account of the revolutionary politics and culture of 1970s Tehran.  Read More >>

""This book examines the writings and experimental film collaborations of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson,...  Read More >>

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work. Includes unpublished...  Read More >>

Japanese writers' engagement with kanshi unveils a journey from the Meiji era's mastery of Literary Sinitic poetry...  Read More >>

Auto/Biography and Reputation Politics brings together for the first time these two research fields to demonstrate...  Read More >>

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Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

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Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

Angela Carter Translator and Translated situates the British writer Angela Carter within a global framework by documenting...  Read More >>

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The Sultan's Sex Potions by Nasr al-Dn al-Ts, a 13th-century scientific text, explores aphrodisiacs, sexual practices...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

This Element engages Shakespeare's thought-experiment: how does one navigate the 'theatre of the world'? It examines...  Read More >>

This study argues early African American literature constitutes an abiding repository of modern democratic thought...  Read More >>

Structuring the Cosmos in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica offers a comprehensive reading of a Latin epic from the...  Read More >>

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This is a book about the archival worlds of literature and computing, and the myriad of relations that have existed...  Read More >>

Alice Wickenden uses Hans Sloane's remarkable collection – the founding core of the British Library and British...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>