Literature: history & criticism books

HINENI is not a performance. It is a rite. Rooted in Jewish tradition and feminist ritual practice, HINENI:...  Read More >>

Justin Mann analyzes the work of Octavia E. Butler, Colson Whitehead, Janelle Monáe, and other Black writers, musicians,...  Read More >>

Grounds itself in the critical trajectory related to what Sara Ahmed calls affective economies to offer fresh insights...  Read More >>

Putting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture,...  Read More >>

This volume presents acomparison of Welsh writing in English and Catalan writing inSpanish, andanalysesthe work...  Read More >>

""A blend of inquisitive narrative, philosophy, literary theory, and experimental lyricism""-- Provided by publisher....  Read More >>

A resonant new collection from the ""Secrecy Officer of American Poetry"" (J.H. Prynne) ""With its uncanny ability...  Read More >>

Jennifer Moxley's The Midnight Work is a meditation on the fragility of memory and love in the increasingly mediated...  Read More >>

Although numerous essays on Aboriginal archaeology and historical accounts have explored the characteristics of...  Read More >>

""Reading as Method provides a systematic account of the most influential reading methods in literary studies, demonstrated...  Read More >>

Interviews that illuminate a life shaped by jazz, history, and verse  Read More >>

An exploration of how comics illuminate medicine, religion, and identity  Read More >>

Ibsen Apocalypse historicizes the twenty-first century's most audacious theater work to trace the legacies of modernism's...  Read More >>

This book offers the first verse translation of Sedulius’ 5th-century biblical epic, the Carmen paschale, a versification...  Read More >>

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This book explores the eighteenth-century concept of “mentorship” in literary works, founded on voluntary, reciprocal...  Read More >>

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

How the ""Asian girl"" is central to the story of US imperialism and the formation of Asian America Representations...  Read More >>

Beckett and Broadcasting pioneered the study of Beckett and the media in 1976. Originally a doctoral dissertation...  Read More >>

Against an African, African American, and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement's backdrop, this book examines six African...  Read More >>

HINENI is not a performance. It is a rite. Rooted in Jewish tradition and feminist ritual practice, HINENI:...  Read More >>

Virginia Woolf’s beloved classic, with a new foreword.  Read More >>

Braiding together biography and criticism, Adam Plunkett challenges our understanding of Robert Frost’s life and...  Read More >>