Literature: history & criticism books

This transdisciplinary study expands on theories of theatricality beyond performance studies and into poetry, media...  Read More >>

Olive Schreiner's From Man to Man (first published in 1926 and now re-edited after the discovery of an original...  Read More >>

Tells the story of the metronome and our strong reactions to its relentless tick.  Read More >>

Following the critically acclaimed Beginning and Middle, End is the final play in David Eldridge’s trilogy exploring...  Read More >>

What does democracy sound like when it's shouted through a distortion pedal? In 1975, Spain emerged from the long...  Read More >>

Using a case study, this Element explores the criticism and creativity generated by eighteenth-century periodicals...  Read More >>

The winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his...  Read More >>

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What happened to homosexuality in the transition from gay to queer? Inversion examines the cultural and political...  Read More >>

The winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his...  Read More >>

Historians and literary historians alike recognize David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829-1830)...  Read More >>

Offers a close look at the collaboration of the Czechoslovak avant-garde with print technicians to produce radical...  Read More >>

Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s Signals of Being: A Play in Three Acts stages a captivating dramatic interpretation of a country...  Read More >>

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A history of Shakespeare's play in performance, from John Dryden's Restoration adaptation to the rediscovery of...  Read More >>

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Being a kid is full of things that don’t make sense, Elise. We’re born into something that started ages ago and...  Read More >>

This book presents a comprehensive collection of Piero Gobetti's writings in English, featuring over thirty articles...  Read More >>

This book explores how our physical experiences shape our understanding of health, disease, and illness, revealing...  Read More >>

Covering the post-independence era to World War II, Gender Battles uncovers Latin American women writers and activists'...  Read More >>

Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s Signals of Being: A Play in Three Acts stages a captivating dramatic interpretation of a country...  Read More >>

Leave the world behind and join some of the greatest children’s writers on a journey through human imagination in...  Read More >>

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Explores interactive media through alternate realities, digital fiction, and gaming ideologies. It examines play...  Read More >>

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