Literature: history & criticism books

This book addresses the increasing social, scientific and, above all, artistic discussion of soil(s) in current...  Read More >>

Mehrdeutiges Erzählen in audiovisuellen Medienformaten ist bislang nur unzureichend erschlossen. Zwar liefert die...  Read More >>

'The most perceptive piece of writing on Peter Pan I've yet read, not merely in terms of content and deep speculation...  Read More >>

Die Einführung behandelt die von den vier augusteischen Dichtern Gallus, Tibull, Properz und Ovid gewählte Sonderform...  Read More >>

Der römische Dichter Martial, Klassiker des antiken Epigramms, wurde bis in die 1980er Jahre nicht literaturwissenschaftlich...  Read More >>

Die griechischen Romane des Chariton, Xenophon von Ephesos, Achilleus Tatios, Longos und Heliodor sowie die römischen...  Read More >>

Im Gegensatz zu den Neuphilologien zeigte die Altphilologie bis in die jüngste Zeit wenig Interesse an den griechischen...  Read More >>

Helen Taylor cuts through the taboo of voluntary childlessness in this timely, intimate and groundbreaking exploration...  Read More >>

As if nothing could fall: Essays on monuments takes us through distant vistas and past worlds, monolithic structures...  Read More >>

This book examines Jack Kerouac’s search for authenticity in postwar America. Through experimental prose, spiritual...  Read More >>

When considering the radical change in weather from sunny beaches with pleasant ocean waves to violent hurricanes...  Read More >>

First ACT Shakespeare is a book about the bard - but one like no other. It is aimed primarily at young and keen...  Read More >>

Intellectual history linking philosophy to National Socialism, focusing on Irrationalism. Lukasc's insightful analysis...  Read More >>

Lukas is a thinker and critic widely appreciated in cultural and literary studies of the twentieth century. This...  Read More >>

Examines the reasons why the Folio came into being in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death, and how the now...  Read More >>

Reframing debates surrounding long narratives to explore their impact, this book develops a critical vocabulary...  Read More >>

Welcome to Jaja’s! Written by award-winning playwright Jocelyn Bioh, this new comedy takes us into a bustling Harlem...  Read More >>

Oliver James went viral on TikTok after he shared five simple words: “What's up? I can't read.” Thus began a journey...  Read More >>

Hemingway’s Spanish Table takes you on a culinary journey through Spain with 60 authentic recipes inspired by Hemingway’s...  Read More >>

Beginning with its central insight--that the life of literature is in fact a double life, a life shared between...  Read More >>

A rethinking of the evolution of the British novel that departs from dominant narratives and argues for an importantly...  Read More >>

This fourth volume of The Collected Works of Charles and Mary Lamb contains Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia,...  Read More >>

In a forest where every step is familiar, Sára searches for mushrooms—but what she unearths instead are the long-buried...  Read More >>

HINENI is not a performance. It is a rite. Rooted in Jewish tradition and feminist ritual practice, HINENI:...  Read More >>

Justin Mann analyzes the work of Octavia E. Butler, Colson Whitehead, Janelle Monáe, and other Black writers, musicians,...  Read More >>