Literary studies: general books

An exploration of contemporary re-imaginings of 18th-century narratives, culture, ideas and values across film,...  Read More >>

Bringing together intersectional perspectives across disciplines such as the humanities, arts and social sciences,...  Read More >>

Guide to the performance history of Measure for Measure and new critical thinking on the play including its sexual...  Read More >>

First book-length study of ancient Rome’s second-shortest play, with the most intricate plot that survives from...  Read More >>

Going against most accounts of Futurism in England, this book unpacks the profound influence of Italian Futurism’s...  Read More >>

The book examines the profound influence of biblical themes on contemporary poetry written in English through the...  Read More >>

A study of homoerotic desire and friendship and between King James VI & I, Queen Anna and his favourites through...  Read More >>

The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present,...  Read More >>

Beginning with the first concisely concerted assessment in English of the premisses and practice of Realism as viewed...  Read More >>

A collection of 16 essays examining how armed conflict functions as a subject, theme, metaphor, symbol, or plot...  Read More >>

A fresh and timely look at Anglo-German relations in English fiction from the Cold War to Brexit.  Read More >>

This volume presents a new edition and translation into English of Book 17 of Silius Italicus' Punica. Angeliki-Nektaria...  Read More >>

Richly illustrated examination of the relationship between art and literature in English art from Hogarth to Constable....  Read More >>

In this innovative and interdisciplinary book, Thomas Gaubatz offers a fresh approach to understanding the literature...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book shows that women’s songs of the grind mill played a foundational role in the vernacular...  Read More >>

Explores how modernist fiction interrogated the many promises of ubiquitous media connectivity as key to collective...  Read More >>

The most ubiquitous medieval instruction was oral and came from the pulpit. Sermons not only addressed basic Christian...  Read More >>

This book examines the emergence of documentary theatre in Ireland during the 2010s, linking this to a combination...  Read More >>

An open access version of this book is available. Articulate Sounds uncovers the complex relationship between...  Read More >>

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

Covering both traditional and emerging issues and methodologies, The Routledge Companion to Global Women’s Writing...  Read More >>

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Rewriting in Byzantium presents an overview of the various rewriting processes involved...  Read More >>

In this innovative and interdisciplinary book, Thomas Gaubatz offers a fresh approach to understanding the literature...  Read More >>