Literature: history & criticism books

Das Athenäum - Jahrbuch der Friedrich Schlegel-Gesellschaft versteht sich als Organ der Schlegel-Philologie sowie...  Read More >>

Economies of Feeling offers an innovative analysis of the economic passions and sentiments that structure seminal...  Read More >>

""Dew on the Grass"": The Poetics of Inbetweenness in Chekhov is the first comprehensive and systematic study to...  Read More >>

The essays in this book explore the myriad ways in which forests figure in nineteenth century Russian culture. Associated...  Read More >>

This volume offers a detailed analysis of the literary careers of the three leading representatives of Russian village...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging study of empire, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, Russia's Rome: Imperial Visions,...  Read More >>

In stark contrast to the widespread preoccupation with the wartime looting of priceless works of art, Boena Shallcross...  Read More >>

In fin-de-siecle and early revolutionary Russia, a group of self-educated workers produced a large body of poetry...  Read More >>

Music from a Speeding Train explores the uniquely Jewish space created by Jewish authors working within the limitations...  Read More >>

Nora Helmer's struggle for identity in 1870s Norway sparks a fight for family and self in a society limiting women's...  Read More >>

Υπάρχει ένας τόπος που δεν τον δείχνουν οι χάρτες, γιατί δεν βρίσκεται μακριά. Είναι ο τόπος που κατοικεί η αλήθεια...  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 >>

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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 >>

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