Literary studies: general books

Introduces the imagination of Xu Zhuodai (1880-1958), a comic dynamo who made Shanghai laugh through the tumultuous...  Read More >>

Nicole M. Morris Johnson analyzes the intertwined relationship between movement and writing in the works of Zora...  Read More >>

This book takes a literary geographical approach to the study of folklore, exploring the complex relationships between...  Read More >>

Always Under Siege presents a remarkable and harrowing account of life in dark times that describes and embodies...  Read More >>

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Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian...  Read More >>

Unprinted redefines reading in early modern Iberia through a critical discussion of manuscript culture, material...  Read More >>

Lyric Temporalities explores how lyric a form of poetry often concerned with an insistently present experience...  Read More >>

Whether you're a lifelong book lover or a curious traveller, this guide is the perfect companion to discovering...  Read More >>

Nicole M. Morris Johnson analyzes the intertwined relationship between movement and writing in the works of Zora...  Read More >>

The volume contains 22 chapters, comprising analyses of representative cases of literary experimentation in Poland,...  Read More >>

The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies in global contexts, addressing...  Read More >>

This book clarifies methodological concepts in translation studies and explores interdisciplinary approaches from...  Read More >>

This book situates Tilney’s intelligence manual in the emerging genre that developed around intelligence gathering...  Read More >>

'Recovering Lost Voices' explores what recovery work looks like in the twenty-first century and why its continued...  Read More >>

A new translation into English by G. J. Racz of José Hernández's long narrative poems The Gaucho Martín Fierro and...  Read More >>

George Orwell: His Life and Legacy by Robert Colls is an intellectual biography which offers an original account...  Read More >>

Considering poetry, narrative, and performances from diverse oral societies and the earliest scribal cultures, Ethics...  Read More >>

Part of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ann Radcliffe, this volume presents the first fully annotated edition...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary volume asserts the ongoing and changing role of religion in Irish culture. Offering new perspectives...  Read More >>

This book offers a reading of Montaigne's Essais through the prism of visual art, chiefly the notion of 'design'...  Read More >>

This is the first in-depth study exploring the theatrical afterlives of nineteenth-century women novelists--including...  Read More >>

Considering poetry, narrative, and performances from diverse oral societies and the earliest scribal cultures, Ethics...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on classical Chinese literature. Using literary sociology, it...  Read More >>

This book offers a panoramic review of the translation and academic study of Chinese classics spanning philosophy,...  Read More >>