Literary studies: general books

Monster relics make for good stories. In medieval literature there are moments when a hero brings a monster's head,...  Read More >>

This book develops a new approach to readerly engagement with constellations of characters in the novel. It argues...  Read More >>

Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he...  Read More >>

""I've struck it!"" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. ""And I will give it away - to you. You will...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

This book explores the process, aesthetics, and politics of literary self-translation and transmediation in the...  Read More >>

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Examining the African American and white racial binary in contemporary multiracial literature, Molly Littlewood...  Read More >>

Reconsiders major thinkers and works of German Idealism and their legacy for our own restless times.  Read More >>

The first English translation of Hölderlin's complete correspondence, with a full introduction and notes.  Read More >>

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A collection of works by early modern men writing in women's voices. This anthology gives students and scholars...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

A study in the literature of selfhood across time, this book analyzes how the Gnostics, the Romantics, Kierkegaard,...  Read More >>

Letter writing in the Northumbrian Kingdom offers a pioneering...  Read More >>

This book examines the history of goblins from the Middle Ages to the present. It shows that goblins—whether interpreted...  Read More >>

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Offers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics,...  Read More >>

This book explores short fiction by migrant women writers in Canada and the United States from 1980 to 2020, including...  Read More >>

Literature for the Masses is the first English-language book on popular stories known in Japan alternatively as...  Read More >>

How the master of French realism formulated a new, distinctly modern theory of authenticity and identity Is there...  Read More >>