Literary studies: general books

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Feeling Like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism

Feeling Like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism
Author: Matthew Thomas Miller ISBN: 9780520426344 Format: Paperback	$57.95
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing... Read More >>

Mezukak Shivatayim: Studies in Jewish Life and Literature in Honor of Bernard Septimus

Mezukak Shivatayim: Studies in Jewish Life and Literature...
Author: Edward Breuer , Elisha Russ-Fishbane ISBN: 9780674303324 Format: Hardback	$113.95
The essays in Mezukak Shivatayim pay tribute to Bernard Septimus’s writing and teaching, covering rabbinic culture,... Read More >>

Eyes of the Sky

Eyes of the Sky
Author: Kyle Shernuk , Syaman Rapongan ISBN: 9780231211703 Format: Hardback	$165.95
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Writings on Translation

Writings on Translation
Author: Abdessalam Benabdelali , Marouane Zakhir ISBN: 9781803095103 Format: Hardback	$190.95
An exploration of the philosophical dimensions of translation, celebrating it as a practice that preserves and proliferates... Read More >>

Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It

Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the...
Author: Emily Hauser ISBN: 9781804992791 Format: Paperback	$29.99
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Utopia

Utopia
Author: Duncan Bell (Professor of Political Thought and International Relations, Professor of Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge) , Douglas Mao (Russ Family Professor in the Humanities, English Department, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities, English Department, Johns Hopkins University) ISBN: 9780198922872 Format: Paperback	$44.95
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New Orleans: A Writer's City

New Orleans: A Writer's City
Author: T. R. Johnson (Tulane University, Louisiana) ISBN: 9781009060301 Format: Paperback	$41.37
This book is the perfect starting point for those who want to read their way through New Orleans, for it orchestrates... Read More >>

Literature and Cultural Identity during the Korean War: Comparing North and South Korean Writing

Literature and Cultural Identity during the Korean War:...
Author: Jerome de Wit (University of Tübingen, Germany) ISBN: 9781350106529 Format: Hardback	$170.00
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The Epic Poetry of Mazisi Kunene: African Literature, Aesthetic, and Transatlantic Formulation

The Epic Poetry of Mazisi Kunene: African Literature,...
Author: Prof. or Dr. Dike Okoro (Harris Stowe State University, USA) ISBN: 9781501398896 Format: Hardback	$180.00
An interrogation of the poetry of Mazisi Kunene that places his work in the context of African literature and the... Read More >>

A Narratological Commentary on Herodotus' Histories

A Narratological Commentary on Herodotus' Histories...
Author: Irene J. F. de Jong (Universiteit van Amsterdam) ISBN: 9781108470988 Format: Hardback	$388.12
This commentary offers a close reading of one of the most famous ancient texts, Herodotus' Histories. It focuses... Read More >>

Irony, Agency and the Global Imaginary in Post-2000 Nigerian and Kenyan Literature

Irony, Agency and the Global Imaginary in Post-2000...
Author: Dr. Penny Cartwright (University of Oxford, UK) , Professor or Dr. Abimbola Adelakun (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ISBN: 9798765109717 Format: Hardback	$180.00
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Arab Nationalism, Decolonization and the Making of a Transregional Literature

Arab Nationalism, Decolonization and the Making of a...
Author: Anne-Marie McManus (Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin) ISBN: 9781009575294 Format: Hardback	$245.81
Demonstrates the formative influence of Arab nationalist thought on Arabic literature since decolonization. It is... Read More >>

José Basílio da Gama's Brazilian Goldmines

José Basílio da Gama's Brazilian Goldmines
Author: Leni Ribeiro Leite (University of Kentucky, USA) , Dreykon Fernandes Nascimento (Independent Scholar, Brazil) ISBN: 9781350458185 Format: Hardback	$180.00
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Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural

Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural
Author: Dorka Tamás (Royal Holloway, University of London) ISBN: 9781009575515 Format: Hardback	$245.81
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Epicurus’ Human Beings: Beyond Person and Self

Epicurus’ Human Beings: Beyond Person and Self
Author: Solmeng-Jonas Hirschi (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna) ISBN: 9780192874962 Format: Hardback	$246.95
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The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present

The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present...
Author: Christian R. Gelder (Macquarie University, Sydney) ISBN: 9781009710213 Format: Hardback	$245.81
This book will appeal to scholars in literary studies and the history and philosophy of science, offering a new... Read More >>

Utopia

Utopia
Author: Duncan Bell (Professor of Political Thought and International Relations, Professor of Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge) , Douglas Mao (Russ Family Professor in the Humanities, English Department, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities, English Department, Johns Hopkins University) ISBN: 9780198922889 Format: Hardback	$218.95
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Charismatic Nations: A Cultural History of Nationalism in Europe from 1800 to the Present

Charismatic Nations: A Cultural History of Nationalism...
Author: Joep Leerssen (University of Amsterdam) ISBN: 9781009667159 Format: Hardback	$103.50
This gripping history offers a unique understanding of the pervasive influence of nationalism in both politics and... Read More >>

Antiquity Made Present in Reformation England: Classical Translation and the Politics of Counsel, 1530–1580

Antiquity Made Present in Reformation England: Classical...
Author: Fred Schurink (University of Manchester) ISBN: 9781009647656 Format: Hardback	$245.81
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Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives

Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William...
Author: Robert D. Richardson , Megan Marshall ISBN: 9780691224329 Format: Paperback	$29.99
From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience... Read More >>

Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time

Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time
Author: Paul Maher, Jr. ISBN: 9781493089741 Format: Paperback	$51.99
Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized... Read More >>

Commentary on Plotinus

Commentary on Plotinus
Author: Marsilio Ficino , Stephen Gersh ISBN: 9780674303218 Format: Hardback	$61.95
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Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women

Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About...
Author: Sarah Ruden ISBN: 9781324075905 Format: Hardback	$49.95
A bracing feminist chronicle of the history of the West told through seven texts, exposing where our most virulent... Read More >>

Aristotle and Black Drama: A Theater of Civil Disobedience

Aristotle and Black Drama: A Theater of Civil Disobedience...
Author: Patrice D. Rankine ISBN: 9781602584532 Format: Paperback	$104.00
Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body... Read More >>

Katherine Mansfield and London

Katherine Mansfield and London
Author: Aime Gasston , Gerri Kimber ISBN: 9781399539173 Format: Paperback	$44.99
A variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London Read More >>

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