Literary studies: general books

Irish literary studies has long subordinated the nineteenth century to the experimental triumphs of Irish modernism,...  Read More >>

This collection of essays investigates both the elements that locate Israeli speculative fiction in relation to...  Read More >>

This scholarly monograph explores the published eyewitness testimonies, poetry and literature surrounding the 1986...  Read More >>

northern viewpoint is most often the default, while the south—the far southern latitudes occupied by Australia,...  Read More >>

Izumi Kyōka’s influence on modern literature of the fantastic  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

New Left Comics examines the leftist radicalization in Sweden during the decade immediately succeeding 1968 through...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

This innovative study examines literary censorship in China from 1900 to present. Literature and Censorship in Modern...  Read More >>

From one of our leading biographers and critics comes an exhilarating, landmark new look at Muriel Spark – shortlisted...  Read More >>

This book explores how Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet follows in the footsteps of Dante's revival of Platonic poetry....  Read More >>

This book offers an ambitious reassessment of the post-Petrarchan tradition. Elegantly and lucidly written, it examines...  Read More >>

This volume examines Catullus' invective and homoerotic verse and the carmina maiora or 'longer poems', alongside...  Read More >>

News Machines rewrites the history of nineteenth-century daily newspapers using theories developed for the study...  Read More >>

This book examines the archetypical and best-known neoclassical painter in France from a different perspective,...  Read More >>

Contesting Translation honors Professor Mona Baker with eleven chapters exploring translation across contexts and...  Read More >>

Izumi Kyōka’s influence on modern literature of the fantastic  Read More >>

New Left Comics examines the leftist radicalization in Sweden during the decade immediately succeeding 1968 through...  Read More >>

This book brings into conversation perspectives from the disciplines of history, literary studies, archival studies...  Read More >>

Charting a history of theatrical resistance to environmental exploitation, this study places Australian theatre...  Read More >>

‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ La...  Read More >>

Mark Twain's life as told by more than 200 contemporaries including Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles...  Read More >>