Literature: history & criticism books

Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

An erudite exploration of transgressive language from the Renaissance by one of Europe's greatest living philosophers....  Read More >>

The Sultan's Sex Potions by Nasr al-Dn al-Ts, a 13th-century scientific text, explores aphrodisiacs, sexual practices...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

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This Element engages Shakespeare's thought-experiment: how does one navigate the 'theatre of the world'? It examines...  Read More >>

Structuring the Cosmos in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica offers a comprehensive reading of a Latin epic from the...  Read More >>

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This is a book about the archival worlds of literature and computing, and the myriad of relations that have existed...  Read More >>

Alice Wickenden uses Hans Sloane's remarkable collection – the founding core of the British Library and British...  Read More >>

Written for literary and animal studies scholars, this book shows how animal illnesses influence our cultures and...  Read More >>

Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed analysis of important work in queer and trans studies over the past thirty years. It centers...  Read More >>

First study of the poetry written after impressionism. It has a wide interdisciplinary range across the fields of...  Read More >>

In this book, the leading Brazilian cultural theorist Flora Süssekind analyses the turbulent recent history of Brazil....  Read More >>

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The very first book-length study of theatre censorship in France between the end of the Ancien Régime and the Restoration....  Read More >>

Music as Classical Reception investigates the enduring importance of music in classical reception, adopting the...  Read More >>

Arguing for the irresistible allure of real and forged Syrian goods for English consumers in the Middle Ages, E....  Read More >>

Quintus Ennius (239–169 BCE) was Latin literature's extraordinary founding father: he composed in a striking array...  Read More >>

From Griffin to Axolotl examines the resurgence of the medieval bestiary genre in contemporary Hispanic literature....  Read More >>

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With critical commentary by L.M. Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre, Schooled with Briars reprints six of Montgomery's...  Read More >>

A comprehensive collection of translated sources on the wars and world of Alexander's successors Successors to...  Read More >>

The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is a long-running journal that publishes research complementary to the...  Read More >>