Literature: history & criticism books

Speculative Anthropology: A Literary History of Contamination explores the 'intersection' between anthropology and...  Read More >>

The Mabinogion Setis a book about the most famous of medieval Welsh stories: the Four Branches of the Mabinogi....  Read More >>

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining...  Read More >>

Reimagine our relationship with the natural world through the Welsh poetic tradition. At a time of biodiversity...  Read More >>

'¿Invisibles? Trans-identidades en la España contemporánea' analiza la experiencia, corporeidad, identidad y representación...  Read More >>

A major new biography that reveals how politics profoundly shaped Joyce's life, thought and writings The young...  Read More >>

This book investigates the ethical and aesthetic implications of modern Persian narratives.  Read More >>

A collection of fourteen stories interweaving the lives of three generations in the remote town of Neptune, Vermont....  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed...  Read More >>

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1492: a year that captivated the world. Columbus's ""discovery"" of a new continent is widely remembered for revealing...  Read More >>

Using samples taken from translations of Thucydides' influential History of the Peloponnesian War, the book argues...  Read More >>

Alicia was always proud of her wicked tongue, until she accidentally unleashed it on Duke. She may not be sure of...  Read More >>

A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who...  Read More >>

Explores how American Literature has represented the sound and spirit of popular music From the birth of rhythm...  Read More >>

This book is the first monograph devoted entirely to English dialect literature published between the sixteenth...  Read More >>

A fascinating study into the world of translation and Shakespeare from the award-winning translator Daniel Hahn...  Read More >>

‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ La...  Read More >>

A luminous hybrid collection of short fiction, essay and memoir from literary giant Margaret Drabble  Read More >>

Deluxe slipcased edition of this previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son,...  Read More >>

This open access book offers a groundbreaking exploration of how iconicity: language's resemblance to its referents—is...  Read More >>

A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who...  Read More >>

A dynamic re-imagining of Ibsen's classic play A Doll's House by Anya Reiss  Read More >>

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