Literary studies: general books

Dante's Divine Comedy is one of those classics more often cited than read. This is a shame because, in addition...  Read More >>

How women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary landscape of modern Britain Amid the austerities...  Read More >>

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.  Read More >>

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet...  Read More >>

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference guide designed to teach writers...  Read More >>

Explore creative approaches for teaching literature that interlace pressing social issues—climate challenges, political...  Read More >>

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'The Sound of the Past' collects nine essays on the topic of Modernism and its relationship to past histories, literatures,...  Read More >>

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This volume aims to explore and highlight aspects of the work of Roman elegiac poet Sulpicia. Topics include Sulpicia's...  Read More >>

The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos...  Read More >>

A moving, intimate portrait of the Enlightenment philosophers as they faced the end of their lives and their historical...  Read More >>

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This is a collection of seminal papers by the late Michael Frede on an important period in philosophical history,...  Read More >>

In Monstrosity, Alienation and Impossibility of Communication in J. M. Coetzee's Novels, readers embark on a profound...  Read More >>

Nature's ability to satisfy deep human needs is familiar to anyone who has hiked up a mountain, canoed a river,...  Read More >>

This is the first book to cover the evolution and scope of Aldous Huxley’s socio-political ideas in a concise and...  Read More >>

This book examines the works of American writers in Paris and explores the evolving interactions between these writers...  Read More >>

Organized thematically, the chapters compare these authors’ novels in relation to the dehumanised body, bodies of...  Read More >>

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This book encounters the figure of the royal woman in the early modern period and explores how she enables and complicates...  Read More >>

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