Literary studies: general books

The original essays in this collection extend the reach and relevance of Judith H. Anderson’s scholarship. The distinguished...  Read More >>

Intended for readers interested in urban studies, comparative literature, and the ways in which the built environment...  Read More >>

This volume examines the interplay of democracy, secrecy, and transparency in contemporary English literature. Drawing...  Read More >>

Shaping British Romantic Literature in Context examines the diverse range of Romantic literature produced during...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

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A lively guide for educators reinterpreting an ancient epic through modern lenses. It examines memorable figures...  Read More >>

This volume explores Plutarch's On the Malice of Herodotus within the traditions of Greek literary and rhetorical...  Read More >>

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The Future is Fiction is the first cultural history of the idea that people have an obligation to protect the world...  Read More >>

Explores the history of legal theatricality from antiquity to the eighteenth-century. It recovers a long tradition...  Read More >>

Adapting The Tempest: Explorations in Ecophenomenology examines five female-authored novelizations of The Tempest,...  Read More >>

An exploration of the relationships between American rurality, conceptions of wellness and civic “fitness,” and...  Read More >>

An examination of vernacular authors' expression of religious experience and theology through metaphors of food...  Read More >>

An analysis of haiku-related poetic forms that traces their histories and analyzes current trends, while arguing...  Read More >>

A close look into systemic violence against women in French society through various forms of rebellion, both real...  Read More >>

An examination of evolving ideas about British citizenship in Romantic fiction in the proto-bureaucratic conditions...  Read More >>

""This book analyzes physical disability in sixteenth-century and seventeenth-century English plays by Shakespeare,...  Read More >>

The Mabinogion Setis a book about the most famous of medieval Welsh stories: the Four Branches of the Mabinogi....  Read More >>

Offers a unique perspective to medieval femininity and spirituality through the lens of trauma present within The...  Read More >>

A study of four plays by Tony Kushner that are most political and pertinent for our time  Read More >>

Since the Middle Ages, bearshave mostfrequentlybeen seenas objects. For many centuries, Europeans regarded bears...  Read More >>

Focusing on the poetry and poetics of four pivotal authors, this book examines how experimental approaches to poetic...  Read More >>