Literary studies: general books

How abolitionists persuaded people of their personal complicity with slavery to advance the cause of freedom Grievous...  Read More >>

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Puts major theories of narrative in dialogue with post-postmodernist theory to present a new pluralist narratological...  Read More >>

This wicked, brilliant fragment defends makeup not as deception but as devotion: a ritual rebellion against decay,...  Read More >>

This book maps the development of autofictional modes from the 18th century to the 21st, setting them against socio-historical...  Read More >>

In a trans-bellum public career of over fifty years, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper fought for abolition, women's...  Read More >>

This book examines murrain, or mass mortalities of cattle, in ways that bridge the gap between animal studies and...  Read More >>

David Glimp reveals how Renaissance England's growing tax system fundamentally reshaped its literature, influencing...  Read More >>

Seeks to clarify the foundational ideals of the Irish Revival and to challenge misunderstandings about its aims...  Read More >>

Der Band nimmt am Beispiel Polens und der DDR die von der Forschung bislang wenig beachtete Fortschreibung der Pitavalgattung...  Read More >>

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This is the first study of travel, or mobility, and the ancient Greek theatre. The essays collected here, by leading...  Read More >>

Wer an Fabeln denkt, denkt oft zuerst die antiken Tierfabeln Äsops. Doch auch in späterer Zeit waren Fabeln allgegenwärtig,...  Read More >>

Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street...  Read More >>

Interest in compromise has recently grown both in public and scholarly debates. However, there is a lack of interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Robert Menasse und Juli Zeh sind politische Autor:innen – aber wie politisch sind ihre Texte? Die Studie versteht...  Read More >>

This book offers an in-depth analysis of Keith Roberts's Pavane and explores why this work was instrumental to the...  Read More >>

With a keen eye on the myths of Oedipus and the Fall, Rudyntsky offers original readings of canonical works in the...  Read More >>

This book revises the view of printed ephemera as a trivial or disposable by giving a history of its role in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

This selection of short, engaging essays examines and explains key terms that Jane Austen repeatedly drew on in...  Read More >>

Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. It addresses the relationship...  Read More >>

This edition presents the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer to a new generation of students and scholars. It provides...  Read More >>

With a keen eye on the myths of Oedipus and the Fall, Rudyntsky offers original readings of canonical works in the...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. The theme for Volume 78 is 'Shakespeare's...  Read More >>