Literary studies: general books

The most comprehensive and detailed history of Latin literature from the second to the seventh centuries, which...  Read More >>

This volume presents a newly edited text of Euripides' Electra with a scene-by-scene and line-by-line commentary....  Read More >>

This scholarly monograph explores the published eyewitness testimonies, poetry and literature surrounding the 1986...  Read More >>

northern viewpoint is most often the default, while the south—the far southern latitudes occupied by Australia,...  Read More >>

The Innocent Midwest explores how the Midwest came to symbolize innocence in American culture. Through literature...  Read More >>

This volume examines Catullus' invective and homoerotic verse and the carmina maiora or 'longer poems', alongside...  Read More >>

Contesting Translation honors Professor Mona Baker with eleven chapters exploring translation across contexts and...  Read More >>

Mark Twain's life as told by more than 200 contemporaries including Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles...  Read More >>

Contesting Translation honors Professor Mona Baker with eleven chapters exploring translation across contexts and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1992, Le Bel Inconnu edited and with an introduction by Karen Fresco, presents on facing...  Read More >>

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The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe's most influential carceral institutions,...  Read More >>

Mark Twain's life as told by more than 200 contemporaries including Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles...  Read More >>

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This book explores a unique and under-researched chapter in German-Jewish cultural history: the engagement of German-speaking...  Read More >>

A collection of essays on Zadie Smith's oeuvre to date, which proposes to investigate Smith's works from different...  Read More >>

Can revolution unfold in chapters? Seriality has long shaped how we read, think, and act; Peter Hitchcock explores...  Read More >>

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This Element adopts a holistic approach to the processing of colours in language and literature, weaving together...  Read More >>

This book is for an international audience concerned about environmental crisis. It shows how writers across the...  Read More >>

Developing an innovative model for climate change mitigation and adaptation, this book translates feminist theory...  Read More >>

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