Literary studies: general books

Explores how Russian literature kindled the American imagination in the 20th century, told through case studies...  Read More >>

Drawing upon the theories of memory studies, this book challenges the historical authenticity of colonialism that...  Read More >>

This book seeks to create a new means of interrogating the direction in which contemporary science fiction is progressing....  Read More >>

Explores the impact of modernist literature and art on the writing and thought of Jacques Lacan, emphasizing the...  Read More >>

This book explores the representation of the first generations of women who studied at Oxford and Cambridge in popular...  Read More >>

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How did a Scorpion become a constellation? Who lifted the Archer into the sky? Which timeless tales gave birth to...  Read More >>

An exploration of new Gothic, old Gothic, and their intersection with the crises of our own times. This text shows...  Read More >>

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American Dantes provides fresh perspectives on Dante's reception and cultural impact in the United States over the...  Read More >>

Understanding Jonathan Swift’ s medical and literary life The Dean Disordered bridges biography and literary...  Read More >>

People living in the nineteenth-century United States saw shocking upheavals in both the economy and in ideas of...  Read More >>

Offers an insider's view of the literary world of the Ottoman sultanate at its heyday, from the 1540s to the 1570s....  Read More >>

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Acting Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a...  Read More >>

This book explores the hidden histories offered by Greco-Roman myths of metamorphosis, and what they can reveal...  Read More >>

This book examines the public perception, scholarly reception, and critical analysis of Japan through translations...  Read More >>

Herodotus' 'History’, is our earliest historical source for Sparta. His work focuses on the later sixth and early...  Read More >>

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Explores Virginia Woolf as a transnational figure, her composite legacy and her impact in various cultural and political...  Read More >>

Providing a collection of E.S. Dallas's work, this volume explores the significance of the Scottish writer’s practical...  Read More >>

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This book provides an overview of the literary genre of Middle English lyrics, anonymous short poems that were composed...  Read More >>

Questions Thomas Moore's association with cultural nationalism by tracing his interest in motion and the transatlantic....  Read More >>