Literary studies: general books

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

An erudite exploration of transgressive language from the Renaissance by one of Europe's greatest living philosophers....  Read More >>

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 >>

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 >>

First study of the poetry written after impressionism. It has a wide interdisciplinary range across the fields of...  Read More >>

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Music as Classical Reception investigates the enduring importance of music in classical reception, adopting the...  Read More >>

Arguing for the irresistible allure of real and forged Syrian goods for English consumers in the Middle Ages, E....  Read More >>

From Griffin to Axolotl examines the resurgence of the medieval bestiary genre in contemporary Hispanic literature....  Read More >>

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With critical commentary by L.M. Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre, Schooled with Briars reprints six of Montgomery's...  Read More >>

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This book analyses the treatment of the emotions in liberal writing in Britain over the long nineteenth century,...  Read More >>

The book examines the distinction between revision and rewriting in Early New English literature, analysing over...  Read More >>

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Jungian Shakespeare is an original work of Jungian literary criticism, examining the psychological expression within...  Read More >>

Klassenzugehörigkeiten spielen für die Verortung des Einzelnen in der gesellschaftlichen Realität, aber auch für...  Read More >>

Cervantes, Technology, and the Novel studies Don Quixote in the context of early modern mechanics, technological...  Read More >>

The multifaceted, cubist, and comprehensive perspective of Forty-Three Ways of Looking at Hemingway appears on the...  Read More >>