Literature: history & criticism books

Deluxe slipcased edition of this previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son,...  Read More >>

Explores Bengal’s political, social, and cultural history through Rabindranath Tagore’s music and ideas. Using critical...  Read More >>

Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus (1947) recounts the life of a solitary composer, Adrian Leverkühn, whose personal and...  Read More >>

If ever a play had something to say about the art of statesmanship, that play is Sir Thomas More. Its origins and...  Read More >>

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

A cultural and social critique of early-twentieth-century America, addressing issues of race, ethnicity, class and...  Read More >>

Henry James was a leading commentator on the art of his time. Readers of this complete collection of his nonfictional...  Read More >>

Henry James is a highly readable commentator on the theatre and performance practices of his time. Readers of this...  Read More >>

This book shows how novels and films set in the near future can shed light both on our failures of imagination before...  Read More >>

Combining sound studies and contemporary philosophy, this study reveals the ethical potency of the sound of the...  Read More >>

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

Based on ethnographic observations of more than two hundred hours of Systemic couples therapy and written in an...  Read More >>

'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference book that breaks into simple...  Read More >>

One of the few surviving plays by Sophocles, and one of the most frequently performed of classical Greek dramas...  Read More >>

How women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary landscape of modern Britain Amid the austerities...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses...  Read More >>

Marvel in a Mad mode! The complete 1955 Snafu magazine collected for the first time, featuring satire by John and...  Read More >>

A revelation of the powerful circuit between Black history and modern comics by African American creators  Read More >>

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference guide designed to teach writers...  Read More >>

The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos...  Read More >>

The author reflects upon her own creative process, attempting to answer the question, ""Why do you write?""  Read More >>

A moving, intimate portrait of the Enlightenment philosophers as they faced the end of their lives and their historical...  Read More >>

How the classic aesthetic of 1960s pulp comics influenced art, culture, and politics.  Read More >>

Examining a strain of feminine speculative thought that resonates with contemporary efforts to recenter pleasure....  Read More >>