Literature: history & criticism books

Inspired by the story of Anglo-Indian screen legend Merle Oberon, Tanika Gupta's Hedda is a bold new version of...  Read More >>

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Ever felt stumped for a film to watch with your family? Would you like to discover films from countries you've...  Read More >>

A go-to guide to help undergraduates navigate their way through university Shakespeare, examining 16 key plays....  Read More >>

This selection of short, engaging essays examines and explains key terms that Jane Austen repeatedly drew on in...  Read More >>

This Element argues that the Klementia bears witness to a rich, dynamic, and Sophistic context in which reflections...  Read More >>

This book revises the view of printed ephemera as a trivial or disposable by giving a history of its role in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. It addresses the relationship...  Read More >>

Using an ecocritical lens to broaden the scope of Hemingway studies, this book unpacks Hemingway’s unique perspective...  Read More >>

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The first book in any language that collects scholarly essays on Kierkegaard’s beautiful and vital Lily Discourses....  Read More >>

Bethany Easton explores Beatles Real Person Fiction (BRPF) as a significant element of 21st-century Beatles fandom...  Read More >>

In this significant contribution to aesthetic philosophy from one of the foremost writers on American poetry, Charles...  Read More >>

This volume explores the significance of schadenfreude in Greek literature and culture from the archaic period to...  Read More >>

This volume offers an investigation of Martial's engagement with Roman epigraphic habits and proposes a new interpretation...  Read More >>

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""In 1930, Hanah manages livestock on a Jewish commune in Soviet Crimea. After marrying a visiting artist, she moves...  Read More >>

""Island Ablaze and Other Stories is a collection of thirteen short stories dealing with the relationship between...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length study of the poetry and journal writings ofGillian Clarke in their entirety; it is...  Read More >>

A concise overview of the longest-running author in Marvel Comics history  Read More >>

This book examines dramatic dialogue in English-language theatre, tracing verbal invention across four centuries...  Read More >>

A tender, wrenching, and comic novel that follows two twin boys from infancy to the cusp of adulthood. Twin A...  Read More >>

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. The theme for Volume 78 is 'Shakespeare's...  Read More >>