Literature: history & criticism books

Anna Ziegler's remarkable new play: an introduction to another world where ghosts and dreams are as real as anything...  Read More >>

Die Kriminalliteratur macht immer wieder Anleihen beim realen Verbrechen, indem sie entweder vor dem Hintergrund...  Read More >>

The Last Picture is a thought-provoking exploration of empathy, imagination, and collective memory – a play about...  Read More >>

Volksverhalen van de Ngaju-Dayak in Midden-Kalimantan zijn met vertalingen voor het eerst verschenen in 1976. Toen...  Read More >>

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A history of Black poets in Washington, DC, reveals how they have reflected and transformed American cultural discourse...  Read More >>

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This series of ten volumes presents a decade-by-decade account of how literature developed in Britain throughout...  Read More >>

Provides a wide-ranging account of the different disciplinary, critical and theoretical contexts relevant to the...  Read More >>

Establishes Elizabeth von Arnim as an important figure in literary modernism.  Read More >>

An intriguing investigation of how aging, place, and care intersect in the newly emerging genre of the care home...  Read More >>

The first curatorial studies volume to engage with the concept of 'the future'.  Read More >>

Addresses the changing geographical and historical background to Conrad's life as a source for his developing artistic...  Read More >>

The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning...  Read More >>

A timely look into how fascist ideas permeate contemporary culture well beyond the far right. Presenting a view...  Read More >>

How history's most influential and inspiring poets – from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and Frank O'Hara – can...  Read More >>

""Godwin ... was the inspiring intelligence behind the humanist attitudes of the English Romantic poets and Utopian...  Read More >>

A serious, comprehensive, and engaging book for fans, students, scholars, or anyone who wants to know more about...  Read More >>

The first fully comprehensive historical study of the festivals of Dionysus in the city of Athens that hosted performances...  Read More >>

Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>

A heartfelt exploration of David Wood’s collaborations with Judith Kerr, Philippa Pearce, and Kathleen Hale, revealing...  Read More >>

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A masterclass in telling stories - and how they shape our world - from the internationally renowned narrative expert...  Read More >>