Literary studies: general books

A concise overview of the renowned comics creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis Riel,...  Read More >>

In this book, Julia Bolton Holloway makes use of primary materials in documents, manuscripts and stone monuments...  Read More >>

A study of the relationship between literature and the current conditions of national life, We Are All Chile explores...  Read More >>

Explores the complicated legacy and enduring lure of plant life in modern Japanese literature and media. Using critical...  Read More >>

This book examines the novels of Joris-Karl Huysmans, Marcel Proust, Tom McCarthy and Rachel Cusk to reconsider...  Read More >>

This collection investigates the evolution of comics and horror by analysing a range of approaches and traditions....  Read More >>

The first book-length, historical study of invasion-scare and future-war fiction in Britain before and during the...  Read More >>

This book sheds new light on the dramatic works of the American playwright, poet, and lyricist Maxwell Anderson,...  Read More >>

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The appendices present a selection from the original sources, a list of variants from extant proofs, and key passages...  Read More >>

Shakespeare in the Age of Mass Incarceration brings together theatre artists, currently and formerly incarcerated...  Read More >>

This volume investigates how versions of Trojan War narratives written in Greek in the first through fifth centuries...  Read More >>

As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese narratology, this title introduces the cultural fundamentals...  Read More >>

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese narratology, this title investigates the perspective, image,...  Read More >>

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The Linguistic Turn of the English Renaissance: A Lacanian Perspective examines a selection of cultural phenomena...  Read More >>

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A first-of-its-kind handbook outlining best practices and common pitfalls for students and textual scholars interested...  Read More >>

Explores how early modern writers used poetry to fight food insecurity Austerity Measures explores how early modern...  Read More >>

The first critical study to trace the hard-boiled detective inheritance of America's Storyteller  Read More >>

A detailed exploration of the adaptive practices, meanings, and industrial significance of popular superhero blockbusters...  Read More >>

A concise overview of the renowned comics creator behind Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, Louis...  Read More >>

""This book examines Japanese writers and filmmakers who have responded to moments of crisis in Japan's modern period...  Read More >>