Literature: history & criticism books

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The Letter of the Law in J. E. Casely Hayford's West Africa

The Letter of the Law in J. E. Casely Hayford's West...

Author: Jeanne-Marie Jackson
ISBN: 9780691271002
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The first book devoted to the the career of anglophone West Africa's most important early twentieth-century statesman...  Read More >>

No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC

No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington,...

Author: Brian Gilmore
ISBN: 9781647126551
Format: Paperback
$55.99

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

No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC

No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington,...

Author: Brian Gilmore
ISBN: 9781647126544
Format: Hardback
$166.00

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Bloke of All Ages: Persepectives on Bloke Modisane

Bloke of All Ages: Persepectives on Bloke Modisane

Author: Bloke Modisane ,  Siyabonga Njica
ISBN: 9781776149759
Format: Paperback
$74.80

Bloke of All Ages offers refreshing new insights into the works of one of South Africa’s most important literary,...  Read More >>

Putting Age in its Place: Long-Term Residential Care in Contemporary Film and Fiction

Putting Age in its Place: Long-Term Residential Care...

Author: Ulla Kriebernegg
ISBN: 9783837664126
Format: Paperback
$90.95

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Literature of the 1920s: Writers Among the Ruins: Volume 3

Literature of the 1920s: Writers Among the Ruins: Volume...

Author: Chris Baldick (Professor of English, Goldsmiths University of London) ,  Randall Stevenson
ISBN: 9780748627318
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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

The Edinburgh Companion to Nonsense

The Edinburgh Companion to Nonsense

Author: Anna Barton (Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature, University of Sheffield) ,  James Williams (Lecturer in English, University of York)
ISBN: 9781399557382
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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

The Cut Up

The Cut Up

Author: Louise Welsh
ISBN: 9781838859879
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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

How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World and Why We Need Them

How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World...

Author: Dai George
ISBN: 9781399408318
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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The Cut Up

The Cut Up

Author: Louise Welsh
ISBN: 9781838859862
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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

William Godwin: A Biographical Study

William Godwin: A Biographical Study

Author: George Woodcock
ISBN: 9780921689485
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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

The World of Leonard Cohen

The World of Leonard Cohen

Author: David R. Shumway (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781009350594
Format: Hardback
$69.86

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

A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC: Volume 1, The Theatre Festivals of Athens: Documents with Translation and Commentary

A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300...

Author: Eric Csapo (University of Warwick) ,  Peter Wilson (University of Sydney)
ISBN: 9780521765527
Format: Hardback
$439.87

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

Plays 1676–1678: Volume 2, Plays 1676–1678

Plays 1676–1678: Volume 2, Plays 1676–1678

Author: Aphra Behn ,  Claire Bowditch (Loughborough University)
ISBN: 9781108471060
Format: Hardback
$310.50

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

Five Economies of World Literature

Five Economies of World Literature

Author: Sandor Hites (HUN-REN Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies)
ISBN: 9781009654937
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Breaks new ground in the study of world literature by analysing the genesis of this concept in the context of early...  Read More >>

Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story

Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story...

Author: John Yorke
ISBN: 9780241631089
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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

Tiger, Tom & Tinkle: Creative Collaborations With Judith Kerr, Philippa Pearce and Kathleen Hale

Tiger, Tom & Tinkle: Creative Collaborations With Judith...

Author: David Wood
ISBN: 9781835743508
Format: Paperback
$28.44

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

Return

Return

Author: Raharimanana Raharimanana ,  Allison M. Charette
ISBN: 9781803094953
Format: Hardback
$44.95

A powerful testament to writing as an act of beauty and rebellion that speaks truth and condemns violent legacies...  Read More >>

Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms

Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms

Author: Jessica Brantley
ISBN: 9781512828665
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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