Literary studies: general books

A reading of Blanchot's idea of the disaster in relation to contemporary fiction of the United Kingdom and Ireland...  Read More >>

Uncovers the central and leading roles of women in the development of organised consumer activism in the UK and...  Read More >>

Offers a literary and cultural critique of the concept of true feeling, using affect theory to analyze post-war...  Read More >>

Innovatively bringing together scholars of various nationalities and communities, The Resonance of Joseph Conrad...  Read More >>

L'opera di Giovanni Comisso (1895-1969) è contraddistinta nel suo insieme da un forte ascendente autobiografico....  Read More >>

A new literary history that places women writers at the center of poetic theory and practice in English literature...  Read More >>

Kafka’s Jewish background, interests, and readings, and their relevance for his writings, are still largely viewed...  Read More >>

In fully acknowledging these important brighter aspects, we can see Hardy’s complex poetry as balancing an acute...  Read More >>

This book offers case studies from throughout literature to reveal cowardice as a more complex and interesting phenomenon...  Read More >>

American Dantes provides fresh perspectives on Dante's reception and cultural impact in the United States over the...  Read More >>

Understanding Jonathan Swift’ s medical and literary life The Dean Disordered bridges biography and literary...  Read More >>

Acting Heightened Text: The Basics offers a foundational understanding of heightened text in drama, fused with a...  Read More >>

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This volume focuses on the multifaceted meaning of wind and its various attributions. Wind is certainly more than...  Read More >>

Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

Originally published in Italian in 1965, A Test of Powers was immediately seen as one of the central texts of Italian...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on narrative engagement within the theory of storyworld possible selves, a framework for the...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, Fact in Fiction states that literature does not ‘reflect’ or ‘arise from’ society but is...  Read More >>

First published in 1916, The Textual Tradition of Chaucer’s Troilus compares the best unprinted manuscripts of Chaucer’s...  Read More >>

First published in 1979, Virginia Woolf is an original critical study of where the author considers Virginia Woolf’s...  Read More >>

A critical examination of the environmental movement and the Latinx voices that are shifting how to think about...  Read More >>

First published in 1949, New Light on Pope is a collection of new poems by one of the greatest poets; new facts...  Read More >>

First published in 1983, English Literature in History examines how an economic theory of society was developed...  Read More >>

Western imaginations of ""Back East"" rewrote America's cultural identity, shaping myths and realities alike Just...  Read More >>

This volume examines scholarly perspectives on eco-imaginaries, focusing in particular on how eco-catastrophes have...  Read More >>