Literary studies: general books

Considers the emotional and relational implications of portrait photographs for three modernist writers  Read More >>

Discusses the ways in which post-independence novels and films understand the relationship between subjectivity...  Read More >>

Argues that J. M. Coetzee's works constitute a form of late modernism that situates life at the heart of questions...  Read More >>

Contends that the twentieth century novel's approach to character fundamentally shifted in response to contemporaneous...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive two-volume study of Mina Loy's relationship to the human body and soul  Read More >>

This is the story of Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed, an exploration of when and where ancient myths become metonymic...  Read More >>

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

Advances our understanding of the literary legacy of contemporary ecological crises to investigate the interfaces...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive, groundbreaking two-volume study of Loy's relationship to the human body and soul.  Read More >>

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This book provides an analysis of female Swahili novelists from a feminist perspective, highlighting their contributions...  Read More >>

This book explores representations of Amazonian Indigenous peoples in contemporary cultural texts.  Read More >>

This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval and early modern women across Western...  Read More >>

The go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories...  Read More >>

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

ABOUT THE BOOK This book has an absolute lack of literary and academic value but it can be a diamond for those...  Read More >>

Develops a new approach to the politics of reproduction in literature and film.  Read More >>

A scholarly edition of William Barnes's Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect as published in the Dorset County...  Read More >>

Situates the works, legend and reception of the Renaissance poet and politician John Milton within the network of...  Read More >>

Studies literary and cinematic representations of sex work in Cambodia and Vietnam to rethink claims about the 'truth'...  Read More >>

A queer, postcolonial reading of twentieth-century Irish women's writing.  Read More >>

A variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London  Read More >>

This volume in offers a definitive account of newspaper and periodical press activity across Britain and Ireland...  Read More >>

A remarkable collection of Lyn Hejinian's previously uncollected early poems from 1963 to 1983  Read More >>

Offers a new understanding of doubt in Montaigne's Essais and early modern intellectual culture  Read More >>