Literary studies: general books

Explores literary representations of 'women's work' to generate new understandings of contemporary working conditions....  Read More >>

The first book-length study to consider Joyce's portrayal of rural Ireland across his oeuvre.  Read More >>

Examines literary manifestations of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanism to reveal cosmopolitanism's relevance for...  Read More >>

The first full study of Clemence Dane's literary criticism for Good Housekeeping.  Read More >>

The first sustained study of visuality in the works of Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin and Brigid Brophy.  Read More >>

This volume of essays reassesses William Hayley’s contribution to the literary and artistic history of the long...  Read More >>

On Goethe contains the full range of Walter Benjamin's reflections on the central figure in modern German culture....  Read More >>

Examines the literary and cultural legacy of the BUMIDOM in France and the French Caribbean.  Read More >>

Demonstrates how contemporary trans narrators reshape current understandings of narrative form and gender identity....  Read More >>

Reconstructs the everyday life of women in the early modern period through the traces they left in the records...  Read More >>

Examining the Romantic literary theme of suicide, this book positions slavery and abolition as central to the Romantic...  Read More >>

The first edited collection dedicated to the historical specifics of Irish shame.  Read More >>

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The first full-length scholarly monograph to scrutinize George Borrow's published prose works, including his modernist...  Read More >>

This book focuses on alternative forms of knowledge production and speculation in nineteenth century US-American...  Read More >>

A luminous reintroduction to one of Scotland s greatest voices rediscover Thomas Carlyle s Essay on Burns, restored...  Read More >>

A luminous revival of a long-forgotten classic this Illustrated History Of Ancient Literature, Oriental And Classical...  Read More >>

Un tesoro largamente perdido de letras espa olas regresa: Cabos Sueltos est de vuelta restaurado, reeditado y renacido...  Read More >>

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Un viaje ricamente restaurado a las ra ces de una lengua que molde un mundo: redescubre los or genes del espa ol...  Read More >>

Una voz redescubierta que remodel un continente ahora restaurada para una nueva audiencia. Prosa Dispersa re ne...  Read More >>

A rare window into the golden shadows of Victorian letters lively, intimate, unforgettable. In Good Company gathers...  Read More >>

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This can take place with regard to important national and local issues of wider significance, or in the establishment...  Read More >>

In Love, Money, Duty, Rachel Adams examines the stories we tell about care, those who do the work, and those who...  Read More >>