Literary studies: general books

The definitive study of the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde after his death, written by Wilde's only grandson  Read More >>

THE SECRET OF THE RICH ISN’T A SECRET AT ALL Hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on personal finance,...  Read More >>

The first and only comprehensive introductory study of Walter Pater's writing, this Companion presents incisive...  Read More >>

Will appeal to all readers interested in the ecological power of literature. Views fiction as a sensing instrument...  Read More >>

Sara S. Poor provides a welcome alternative to an understanding of religious women's agency as resistance or transgression,...  Read More >>

Essays exploring the intersections of politics and theory through medievalism in film, literature, gaming, and political...  Read More >>

This book considers the motives, and ambitions of writing architectural history during the 1900s. In reference to...  Read More >>

An exploration of the philosophical dimensions of translation, celebrating it as a practice that preserves and proliferates...  Read More >>

Diving into their mythic lore and transformation, The Little Book of Unicorns reveals the allure and multidisciplinary...  Read More >>

The Life and Writings of Maria Teresa de S Nogueira examines the life and journalism of Maria Teresa de S Nogueira,...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking comparative study of the weird apocryphal hells found in the vernaculars of medieval Ireland, England,...  Read More >>

This study of Voltairine de Cleyre's transnational anarchism focuses on her work as pedagogue and translator to...  Read More >>

This book examines Australian memoirs of settler belonging written by public intellectuals-writers, historians,...  Read More >>

This book aims to explore the history and evolution of the bildungsroman genre by moving beyond its traditional...  Read More >>

This book is the first to examine understandings and experiences of fatness in early modern Europe (c. 1450-1700),...  Read More >>

In Britain, the parameters of citizenship and its reciprocal relations shifted dramatically during and after the...  Read More >>

The first English translation of Olga A. Smirnitskaya's influential 1994 Russian work on Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse...  Read More >>

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Demonstrates the formative influence of Arab nationalist thought on Arabic literature since decolonization. It is...  Read More >>

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Through an in-depth analysis of wartime essays and literary works, Literature and Cultural Identity during the Korean...  Read More >>

An interrogation of the poetry of Mazisi Kunene that places his work in the context of African literature and the...  Read More >>

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From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience...  Read More >>

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