Literature: history & criticism books

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Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Author: Thomas Mann ,  Ritchie Robertson (Emeritus Schwarz-Taylor Professor of German, Emeritus Schwarz-Taylor Professor of German, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198867722
Format: Paperback
$27.95

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

Poetry and Politics in the Play Sir Thomas More

Poetry and Politics in the Play Sir Thomas More

Author: L. Joseph Hebert, Jr.
ISBN: 9780813240176
Format: Hardback
$157.00

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

The American Scene

The American Scene

Author: Henry James ,  Peter Collister
ISBN: 9781108454933
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama: Volume 1, Art

The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama:...

Author: Henry James ,  Peter Collister
ISBN: 9781316505687
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama: Volume 2, Drama

The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama:...

Author: Henry James ,  Peter Collister
ISBN: 9781316505694
Format: Paperback
$77.60

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Gothic Poland and British Fiction, c. 1790–1830

Gothic Poland and British Fiction, c. 1790–1830

Author: Jakub Lipski (Kazimierz Wielki University)
ISBN: 9781009548212
Format: Hardback
$142.31

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

Antigone

Antigone

Author: Sophocles ,  Elizabeth Wyckoff
ISBN: 9780226844657
Format: Paperback
$19.95

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

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists...

Author: Kristin Bluemel
ISBN: 9781517914776
Format: Paperback
$54.99

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

The Horror Theory Reader

The Horror Theory Reader

Author: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9781517917821
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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Into the Loop: An Ethnography of Compulsive Repetition

Into the Loop: An Ethnography of Compulsive Repetition...

Author: Samuele Collu
ISBN: 9781478032946
Format: Paperback
$64.90

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

The Life of Herod the Great

Author: Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 9780008732745
Format: Paperback
$22.99

'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

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You A Better...

Author: Gary Alan McBride
ISBN: 9798999659811
Format: Paperback
$92.37

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

The Atlas Comics Library No. 8: Snafu

The Atlas Comics Library No. 8: Snafu

Author: Stan Lee ,  John Severin
ISBN: 9798875001086
Format: Hardback
$65.95

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

Into the Weeds

Into the Weeds

Author: Lydia Davis
ISBN: 9780300279740
Format: Hardback
$26.95

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The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics

The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics...

Author: Jan Baetens ,  Hugo Frey
ISBN: 9781477332504
Format: Hardback
$127.00

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Illusive Materialisms: The Pleasures of Femininity in Eighteenth-Century France

Illusive Materialisms: The Pleasures of Femininity in...

Author: Natania Meeker
ISBN: 9781531512569
Format: Hardback
$289.00

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Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative

Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary...

Author: Daniel Stein
ISBN: 9781496860590
Format: Paperback
$60.50

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

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists...

Author: Kristin Bluemel
ISBN: 9781517914769
Format: Hardback
$270.00

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

The Horror Theory Reader

The Horror Theory Reader

Author: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9781517917814
Format: Hardback
$270.00

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Sulpicia: A Woman's Voice from Ancient Rome

Sulpicia: A Woman's Voice from Ancient Rome

Author: Giulio Celotto (University of Virginia) ,  Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University)
ISBN: 9780198972662
Format: Hardback
$199.95

This volume aims to explore and highlight aspects of the work of Roman elegiac poet Sulpicia. Topics include Sulpicia's...  Read More >>

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