Literature: history & criticism books

First published in 1977, The Function of the Fool explores the fool's role in literature and society. Stuart Evans'...  Read More >>

If you re looking for literary theory, jargon, or safe distance, put this book back on the shelf now. The Heart...  Read More >>

This book uses digital and statistical methods to extend our knowledge and understanding of Jehan de Saint‑Quentin’s authorship,...  Read More >>

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An exploration of the philosophical dimensions of translation, celebrating it as a practice that preserves and proliferates...  Read More >>

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Nagisa Natsunagi was enjoying her daily routine with her two best friends, finally living out her dream of being...  Read More >>

Dublin: A Writer's City can be imagined as a map of one of the world's great literary cities, taking the reader,...  Read More >>

This book is the perfect starting point for those who want to read their way through New Orleans, for it orchestrates...  Read More >>

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A tender and darkly comic play about family, illness, and cowboys — and how to remain standing when everything you...  Read More >>

From their acclaimed biographer, a final, powerful book about how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James forged resilience...  Read More >>

The National Book Award-winning writer’s intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction  Read More >>

From the author of dying in the scarecrow's arms, new poems powered by the twin musical engines of punk and Hip-Hop....  Read More >>

Now in paperback, with a new preface and clear, reader-friendly annotations that unlock Crane's landmark poem.  Read More >>

Traces the connection between poetic content and form in the contradictory logic of determination that permeates...  Read More >>

A delightful account of the seasons in a North Fork cottage and its garden, in a domestic idyll of hardy plants...  Read More >>

Environmental Entanglements explores a long history of ecological thought in African literature and film. Beginning...  Read More >>

These newly translated stories chart the making of a literary provocateur, one experiment and ethical dilemma at...  Read More >>

A bracing feminist chronicle of the history of the West told through seven texts, exposing where our most virulent...  Read More >>

In recent decades, individualistic and secular ways of participating in the world have grown pervasive in Western...  Read More >>

A variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London  Read More >>

A serene beach. The classroom of an elite private school. The still nights in an upscale residential neighborhood....  Read More >>