Literary studies: general books

Contends that the great myth of Edgar Allan Poe has damaged both the reader's understanding of Poe's corpus and...  Read More >>

Is Shakespeare a philosophical playwright or not? T S Eliot suggests he is not, a point of view which this work...  Read More >>

Bringing together a broad range of case studies written by a team of international scholars, this Concise Companion...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length, interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between animals and the rational...  Read More >>

The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler...  Read More >>

This book explores how hand-constructed minicomics are made, how they circulate and are stored in readers’ homes,...  Read More >>

This monograph examines Irish narratives produced in Argentina between 1900 and 1994, bringing critical attention...  Read More >>

This volume provides an analysis of the constitution of the idea of furor poeticus (poetic frenzy), the conception...  Read More >>

This radical new work of cultural history is not concerned with the effeminacy of Shakespeare the man, but with...  Read More >>

Provides both scholars and interested readers the context necessary to understand how Allen Ginsberg's life and...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length, interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between animals and the rational...  Read More >>

This book is for scholars and students of Latin American and Caribbean literature, and for a general audience familiar...  Read More >>

The Element adopts a historical approach to explore the psychological functioning of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler...  Read More >>

This is the only stand-alone edition of Dryden's prose available; it presents texts central to Dryden's career,...  Read More >>

This radical new work of cultural history is not concerned with the effeminacy of Shakespeare the man, but with...  Read More >>

This book examines the history of goblins from the Middle Ages to the present. It shows that goblins—whether interpreted...  Read More >>

A visionary reckoning with prophecy, possession, and the grammar of liberation A bold, experimental intervention...  Read More >>

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This book explores the eighteenth-century concept of “mentorship” in literary works, founded on voluntary, reciprocal...  Read More >>

This book meticulously analyzes Cruiskeen Lawn, a popular column published in The Irish Times by Irish writer Myles...  Read More >>

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A collection of new translations of short stories by Bengali poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)....  Read More >>

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African provides an unequalled portrait of the everyday life of a Black...  Read More >>

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