Literary studies: general books

Intertextual readings of David Lynch’s films that reveal him as an artist in conversation with literature and popular...  Read More >>

The first book-length examination of the highly influential television series Xena: Warrior Princess, providing...  Read More >>

Yu Xuanji (c. 843-868) is one of the most interesting poets in premodern Chinese literature, and her approximately...  Read More >>

ulti-generational saga reveals women's resilience and self-determination in the face of war, poverty, infidelity,...  Read More >>

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""Revisiting an almost-forgotten American interracial literary culture that advanced racial pluralism in the decades...  Read More >>

What did it mean to keep a secret in early medieval England? In Bonds of Secrecy, Saltzman argues that this double-edged...  Read More >>

An imaginary museum of the legacies of Chinese female revolutionary martyrs  Read More >>

""Illuminates an Asian American genealogy of queer camp performances that irreverently restages key scenes of historical...  Read More >>

""Queer Lasting asks what contemporary environmentalism's seemingly necessary emphasis on the future has rendered...  Read More >>

A Reading of Propertius’ Elegies is a detailed introduction to and commentary on the elegies of Sextus Propertius,...  Read More >>

In this book, novelist Colm Tibn offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important...  Read More >>

The Prosthetic Arts of Moby-Dick offers the first book-length study of how physical disability shapes one of the...  Read More >>

This volume is dedicated to Professor Hans Renders, director of the Biography Institute of the University of Groningen....  Read More >>

Multi-generational saga reveals women's resilience and self-determination in the face of war, poverty, infidelity,...  Read More >>

Why Are We Hardwired for War? From stone axes to nuclear brinkmanship, violence shaped humanity more than art or...  Read More >>

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""Illuminates an Asian American genealogy of queer camp performances that irreverently restages key scenes of historical...  Read More >>

""Queer Lasting asks what contemporary environmentalism's seemingly necessary emphasis on the future has rendered...  Read More >>

The first volume in English to focus on Latin American serialized print culture, Periodicals in Latin America assembles...  Read More >>

An imaginary museum of the legacies of Chinese female revolutionary martyrs  Read More >>

Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy argues that Chaucer's fictions engage with the most urgent questions of modern political...  Read More >>

An Open Access edition will be available on publication thanks to generous funding from the Arts and Humanities...  Read More >>

Through mapping the entwinement between the turn-of-the-century nativist discourse,  Read More >>

The Dreyfus Affair’s Literary Politics offers a new interpretation of writers’ political engagements in the crisis...  Read More >>