Literary studies: general books

Offers a compelling new approach to African literatures as a collective memory built over the years by generations...  Read More >>

Using a case study, this Element explores the criticism and creativity generated by eighteenth-century periodicals...  Read More >>

This book outlines the historical development of the prosodic systems of two African literatures, Swahili and Wolof....  Read More >>

This book brings new perspective and insights to the discipline of translation studies at a time when Western theories...  Read More >>

This volume introduces major critical and literary theories to undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is an...  Read More >>

This book examines how writers of the Republican era (1912–1949) came to recognize and respond to “information.”...  Read More >>

This book reveals how modernists turned to the Middle Passage—and, in so doing, upended Western ideas about time...  Read More >>

While British drama of the long eighteenth century remains largely unexamined as registering ecological fears, its...  Read More >>

Revealing how militarized masculinity inextricably intersects with political repression, this book examines the...  Read More >>

Historian and novelist Song WooHye chronicles the life of Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), one of the most beloved and important...  Read More >>

An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact...  Read More >>

Relying on autobiographical documents, this book analyses what Australians read in the 19th century, as well as...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This book investigates ancient texts of culture about Pentheus, providing a detailed analysis of the stylistic and...  Read More >>

Comment aimer à hauteur de vie quand tout va trop vite ? 160 Poèmes & Prières - Aimer au quotidien à l'ère des écrans...  Read More >>

Giving Voice to Exile in Literature aims to provide undergraduate, graduate and professional readers with a nuanced...  Read More >>

Focusing on imagination and self-representation as a key sociocultural force, this book examines the diverse ways...  Read More >>

This volume introduces major critical and literary theories to undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is an...  Read More >>

In narratives of literature and cultural production, hope and despair remain fundamental in exploring our world....  Read More >>

In A New No-Man’s-Land, Esther Whitfield explores a multilingual archive of materials produced both at the US naval...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Four years on from George Floyd’s murder, this volume asks if and how Shakespeare might be relevant—whether in performance,...  Read More >>

 Read More >>