Literary studies: general books

The Sultan's Sex Potions by Nasr al-Dn al-Ts, a 13th-century scientific text, explores aphrodisiacs, sexual practices...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

This Element engages Shakespeare's thought-experiment: how does one navigate the 'theatre of the world'? It examines...  Read More >>

This study argues early African American literature constitutes an abiding repository of modern democratic thought...  Read More >>

Alice Wickenden uses Hans Sloane's remarkable collection – the founding core of the British Library and British...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

First study of the poetry written after impressionism. It has a wide interdisciplinary range across the fields of...  Read More >>

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Arguing for the irresistible allure of real and forged Syrian goods for English consumers in the Middle Ages, E....  Read More >>

This is a book about the archival worlds of literature and computing, and the myriad of relations that have existed...  Read More >>

Structuring the Cosmos in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica offers a comprehensive reading of a Latin epic from the...  Read More >>

Music as Classical Reception investigates the enduring importance of music in classical reception, adopting the...  Read More >>

This examination of thirty-two ghost stories by twenty-one Victorian women writers defines a new genre, feminist...  Read More >>

With critical commentary by L.M. Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre, Schooled with Briars reprints six of Montgomery's...  Read More >>

A strategic reconstruction of modern German thought from the standpoint of aesthetic theory. Focusing on seminal...  Read More >>

From Griffin to Axolotl examines the resurgence of the medieval bestiary genre in contemporary Hispanic literature....  Read More >>

A guide for today's classrooms, this collection from leading James Joyce scholars explores innovative pedagogical...  Read More >>

A practical and essential resource for instructors of undergraduate and graduate creative writing courses, this...  Read More >>

This book analyses the treatment of the emotions in liberal writing in Britain over the long nineteenth century,...  Read More >>

Exploring diverse texts amid climate change, pandemics, and struggles over rights, the essays offer innovative approaches...  Read More >>

The book examines the distinction between revision and rewriting in Early New English literature, analysing over...  Read More >>

With critical commentary by L.M. Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre, Schooled with Briars reprints six of Montgomery's...  Read More >>

A guide for today's classrooms, this collection from leading James Joyce scholars explores innovative pedagogical...  Read More >>

Jungian Shakespeare is an original work of Jungian literary criticism, examining the psychological expression within...  Read More >>

Cervantes, Technology, and the Novel studies Don Quixote in the context of early modern mechanics, technological...  Read More >>