Literature: history & criticism books

A narrative sequence of lyric poems reimagining Joan of Arc as a framework for queer identity, transformation, and...  Read More >>

Using samples taken from translations of Thucydides' influential History of the Peloponnesian War, the book argues...  Read More >>

The perfect gift for the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fan, The Complete Sherlock Holmes is an elegant edition boasting...  Read More >>

Around 1700, England saw a heated public debate about the soul's immortality. Two unlikely figures--a lawyer and...  Read More >>

The 1810s are often overlooked as a transitional time between Romantic and Victorian literature and culture. The...  Read More >>

Using samples taken from translations of Thucydides' influential History of the Peloponnesian War, the book argues...  Read More >>

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An authoritative perspective on the evolution and politics of theater performance in and beyond India. In Centrestage,...  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

In her heartrending sixth collection of poetry, Anne Marie Macari communes with a brother decades gone and calls...  Read More >>

Common sense is supposed to be so obvious it can go without saying. And yet, it has been hard to pin down, partly...  Read More >>

Perhaps Greece's most important poet, Yannis Ritsos follows such eminent predecessors as Cavafy, Sikelianos, and...  Read More >>

A landmark book-the first complete publication of Langston Hughes's translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen...  Read More >>

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In What's in a name?, historian Susan Amussen traces William Shakespeare's life through early modern England to...  Read More >>

Understanding the source of our current political and social malaise through our emotional responses to it  Read More >>

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Common sense is supposed to be so obvious it can go without saying. And yet, it has been hard to pin down, partly...  Read More >>

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Comic Belles Lettres presents a significant rethinking of standard categories in scholarship on antebellum American...  Read More >>

From Sarajevo to Tunisia to Rome, these five plays trace the invisible scars of exile, where memory and identity...  Read More >>

A meticulously curated reference aid streamlines the exploration of vital contemporary literature through rigorous...  Read More >>

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Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian...  Read More >>

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