Literary studies: general books

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The Amazonian “Other”: Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Cultural Texts

The Amazonian “Other”: Representations of Indigenous...

Author: Aleksandra Wierucka
ISBN: 9781032776729
Format: Hardback
$105.00

This book explores representations of Amazonian Indigenous peoples in contemporary cultural texts.  Read More >>

The Portrayal of Breastfeeding in Literature

The Portrayal of Breastfeeding in Literature

Author: B.J. Woodstein
ISBN: 9781839993091
Format: Paperback
$50.00

Analyses the depiction of breastfeeding in literature, what it tells us about how women are perceived in our society...  Read More >>

A Comparative Reading of Pan-Africanism and Afropolitanism: Come Back Babar

A Comparative Reading of Pan-Africanism and Afropolitanism:...

Author: Andrew Nyongesa (Murang'A University Of Technology) ,  John Mugubi
ISBN: 9781032772226
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is response to the recent surge of formidable voices that consistently demean and attempt to reverse the...  Read More >>

Japan and Japonisme in Late Nineteenth Century Literature

Japan and Japonisme in Late Nineteenth Century Literature...

Author: Naomi Charlotte Fukuzawa
ISBN: 9781032545950
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the transnational phenomenon of Japonisme in the exoticist and ‘auto-exoticist’ literature of...  Read More >>

Alexander von Humboldt: Politischer Versuch über die Insel Kuba

Alexander von Humboldt: Politischer Versuch über die...

Author: Vera Kutzinski ,  Ingo Schwarz
ISBN: 9783662686041
Format: Hardback
$105.57

Alexander von Humboldts Essay über Kuba, der auf Französisch verfasste „Essai politique sur l’île de Cuba“ (1825-1826),...  Read More >>

Pragmatism, Law, and Literature

Pragmatism, Law, and Literature

Author: David Kenny (Trinity College Dublin)
ISBN: 9781032377964
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book uses literary examples makes the case for understanding law and the legal system through the lens of philosophical...  Read More >>

Victorian Verse: The Poetics of Everyday Life

Victorian Verse: The Poetics of Everyday Life

Author: Lee Behlman ,  Olivia Loksing Moy
ISBN: 9783031296987
Format: Paperback
$369.57

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The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Early Modern Spanish Literature and Culture

The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Early Modern...

Author: Rodrigo Cacho Casal (Cambridge University, UK) ,  Caroline Egan (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781032187143
Format: Paperback
$94.99

The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Early Modern Spanish Literature and Culture introduces the intellectual...  Read More >>

The Proustian Mind

The Proustian Mind

Author: Anna Elsner (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) ,  Thomas Stern (University College, London, UK)
ISBN: 9781032385143
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The Proustian Mind is an outstanding reference source to the rich philosophical range of Proust’s work and the first...  Read More >>

The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading

The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading

Author: Sam Leith
ISBN: 9780861548187
Format: Hardback
$77.63

A panoramic and poignant history of children’s literature  Read More >>

Representations of Health, Illness, and Repair in the Works of Louisa May Alcott

Representations of Health, Illness, and Repair in the...

Author: Michaela Keck
ISBN: 9781666922646
Format: Hardback
$180.00

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The Poetics of Plants in Spanish American Literature

The Poetics of Plants in Spanish American Literature...

Author: Lesley Wylie
ISBN: 9780822967316
Format: Paperback
$92.40

The First Thorough Examination of the Enduring Significance of Plants in Spanish American Literature and Culture...  Read More >>

The Prime of Life

The Prime of Life

Author: Peter Green ,  Simone de Beauvoir
ISBN: 9780241705391
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The second volume in Simone de Beauvoir's autobiography. In it she continues the story of her life from the age...  Read More >>

London

London

Author: Tanya Dalziell
ISBN: 9780522879032
Format: Paperback
$30.00

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Invented Skins: Epidermal Readings in Brazilian Art and Literature

Invented Skins: Epidermal Readings in Brazilian Art...

Author: Eduardo Jorge De Oliveira
ISBN: 9783035806229
Format: Paperback
$62.10

A wide-ranging exploration of skin in text, images, and cultural memory.   Skin is unique to each individual....  Read More >>

Lucretian Receptions in Prose

Lucretian Receptions in Prose

Author: George Kazantzidis
ISBN: 9783111443669
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This volume looks into the De Rerum Natura's reception in prose writers, including Cicero, Celsus, Seneca the Younger,...  Read More >>

Early Greek Epic Fragments III: Epics on Herakles and Theseus: Panyassis’ ›Herakleia‹ and the ›Theseis‹

Early Greek Epic Fragments III: Epics on Herakles and...

Author: Christos Tsagalis
ISBN: 9783111447278
Format: Hardback
$348.45

This volume is a full-scale edition with commentary on the archaic epic poems Herakleia by Panyassis of Halikarnassos...  Read More >>

The Greek Words in Persius’ Literary Programme

The Greek Words in Persius’ Literary Programme

Author: Spyridon Tzounakas
ISBN: 9783111501338
Format: Hardback
$319.41

This book explores the role of Greek words in Persius' literary programme and the artful ways they serve his polemics...  Read More >>

Juan de Segovia and the Qur’an: Converting the Muslims in Fifteenth-Century Europe

Juan de Segovia and the Qur’an: Converting the Muslims...

Author: Davide Scotto
ISBN: 9783111438382
Format: Hardback
$348.45

In 1456, with the help of the Muslim faqīh Y�a Gidelli, Juan de Segovia accomplished a trilingual Qur'an (Castilian,...  Read More >>

Plays of Gods and Men

Plays of Gods and Men

Author: Lord Dunsany ,  Lin Carter
ISBN: 9781587156366
Format: Paperback
$46.20

Contains four of Lord Dunsany's fantasy plays: The Tents of the Arabs, The Laughter of the Gods, The Queen's...  Read More >>

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