Literary studies: general books

A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight—with a feminist focus—into the often overlooked...  Read More >>

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Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage...  Read More >>

Covering literature, visual media and popular culture, this book explores how the Gothic is consistently used to...  Read More >>

A Salon-in-Exile explores the translation of the salon from France to England in the late-17th century via the first...  Read More >>

Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African,...  Read More >>

Uses case studies from 20th-century German literature and theory to explore the material, social, economic, and...  Read More >>

The book argues that Ian McDonald’s globalized science fiction functions as a complex, hybrid fusion of magic realism...  Read More >>

This book uncovers how knowledge was transmitted and transformed in 18th-century Britain, using digital tools to...  Read More >>

How mobility and its impediment serve as frameworks for expressions of political dissent in cultural production...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive study of the Goncourt brothers' etchings, including never-before published images of their...  Read More >>

A monograph on the rich and complex history of postcolonial literature from the Caucasus and Central Asia, examining...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright, composer and screenwriter Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage...  Read More >>

This book explores the preoccupation with 'unwanted' sound in interwar Britain. It contends that the extreme decibel...  Read More >>

Examines the role of the body in Indigenous-language religious texts from colonial Latin America Words Made Flesh...  Read More >>

A collection of interdisciplinary critical essays examining the political and aesthetic practices of Martinican...  Read More >>

""Explores how twenty-first century Nigerian novels engage with Christianity as a locally rooted aspect of postcolonial...  Read More >>

From a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art  Read More >>

In The Classroom and the Crowd, Al Filreis reflects on his decades of experience as a founder of participatory literary...  Read More >>

Investigating the origins of theatre in archaic Rome Theatre was an integral part of Roman civic, religious and...  Read More >>

Tracing the influence and impact of Plato's Timaeus-and its major themes, creation and beauty-through the centuries...  Read More >>

""Explores how twenty-first century Nigerian novels engage with Christianity as a locally rooted aspect of postcolonial...  Read More >>

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