Literature: history & criticism books

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Kids Learn to Recognize Chinese Characters (Part 18) - Moderate Level Brain Activities, Discover Reading Simplified Chinese Characters, English and pinyin Edition, Test Series with Easy Lessons, HSK All Levels

Kids Learn to Recognize Chinese Characters (Part 18)...

Author: Sima Xin
ISBN: 9798895541685
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

Kids Learn to Recognize Chinese Characters (Part 19) - Moderate Level Brain Activities, Discover Reading Simplified Chinese Characters, English and pinyin Edition, Test Series with Easy Lessons, HSK All Levels

Kids Learn to Recognize Chinese Characters (Part 19)...

Author: Sima Xin
ISBN: 9798895541692
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

Science Fiction Poetry (Volume 17)- SciFi, Fantasy, and Speculative Poetry, Discover Chronicles of the Sci-fi Stellar Verse, Echoes of the Void, and Nebula Narrative Anthology

Science Fiction Poetry (Volume 17)- SciFi, Fantasy,...

Author: Taylor Beelt Tillerson
ISBN: 9798887233369
Format: Paperback
$105.57

In the infinite expanse between a heartbeat and a supernova, where logic dances with wonder, this book of sci-fi...  Read More >>

What It Means to Be Human: Moral and Existential Questions in British and American Literature

What It Means to Be Human: Moral and Existential Questions...

Author: Taro Maeyashiki
ISBN: 9798898796419
Format: Paperback
$44.85

This book, What It Means to Be Human: Moral and Existential Questions in British and American Literature, is a selective...  Read More >>

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 2. New Scenarios, New Forms, New Themes

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 2. New Scenarios,...

Author: Alessio Aletta
ISBN: 9798881903251
Format: Hardback
$295.68

Volume II of 'Italian Comics in the New Millennium' offers an in-depth exploration of the dynamic transformations...  Read More >>

Modern Language Review (120.4) October 2025

Modern Language Review (120.4) October 2025

Author: Duncan Wheeler
ISBN: 9781839547072
Format: Paperback
$240.24

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Nabokov and the Russian Diaspora: In the Margins of Totalitarianism

Nabokov and the Russian Diaspora: In the Margins of...

Author: Bryan Karetnyk
ISBN: 9783031900174
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book presents a sustained and systematic analysis of the totalitarian topos across Vladimir Nabokov’s life...  Read More >>

The Monstrous Mother: Unexpected Evil in Myth, Literature, and Popular Culture

The Monstrous Mother: Unexpected Evil in Myth, Literature,...

Author: Anna Chiara Corradino ,  Alessandro Grilli
ISBN: 9783031922923
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This wide-ranging topic is explored through a variety of methodological approaches, spanning disciplines from sociology...  Read More >>

Aichinger-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung

Aichinger-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung

Author: Barbara Thums ,  Armin Schäfer
ISBN: 9783662715680
Format: Hardback
$395.97

Wesentliche Bezugspunkte bilden die Verfolgung und Ermordung der jüdischen Familie Aichinger und das Exil der Zwillingsschwester...  Read More >>

Frances Molloy: A Portrait of a Postwar Northern Irish Woman Writer

Frances Molloy: A Portrait of a Postwar Northern Irish...

Author: Jennifer M. Jeffers
ISBN: 9783031995200
Format: Hardback
$316.77

margin-bottom: .0001pt;"">Frances Molloy: The Portrait of a Postwar Northern Irish Woman Writer is the story of...  Read More >>

The Condemned Playground: Essays: 1927-1944

The Condemned Playground: Essays: 1927-1944

Author: Cyril Connolly
ISBN: 9781032599939
Format: Paperback
$72.42

First published in 1945, The Condemned Playground expresses the author’s personal views on art and literature and...  Read More >>

Classic Fairy Tales and Modern Retellings: A Guide for Librarians, Teachers, and Readers

Classic Fairy Tales and Modern Retellings: A Guide for...

Author: Pauline Dewan (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
ISBN: 9798216377917
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Drawing on the popularity of fairy-tale literature and its retellings, this guide provides insightful annotations...  Read More >>

Criticism and Critical Theory: A Machine-generated Overview

Criticism and Critical Theory: A Machine-generated Overview...

Author: Laxman Jogdand
ISBN: 9789819695874
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This volume offers a concise yet comprehensive machine-generated literature review of the multifaceted landscape...  Read More >>

Our Sense of Gratitude: For Christopher Ricks

Our Sense of Gratitude: For Christopher Ricks

Author: Michael Autrey
ISBN: 9798986315973
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This collection honors Christopher Ricks, the eminent textual editor and literary critic and one of the founders...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Harrower

Elizabeth Harrower

Author: Susan Wyndham
ISBN: 9781761170195
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The revealing biography of a leading and enigmatic Australian novelist.  Read More >>

Revisiting the Poetics and Politics of Modernism: The Women of 1922

Revisiting the Poetics and Politics of Modernism: The...

Author: Tamlyn Avery ,  Sascha Morrell
ISBN: 9783031952432
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book revisits women’s literature in 1922, long hailed as the miracle year of literary modernism, a landmark...  Read More >>

International Perspectives on Literature in ELT

International Perspectives on Literature in ELT

Author: Fatma Abubaker ,  Mark Carver
ISBN: 9783031967115
Format: Hardback
$475.17

mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"">This edited book gathers expert scholars and prominent educators from diverse backgrounds...  Read More >>

Choreography of the Poem: Exploring Poetry and Prosody through Dance

Choreography of the Poem: Exploring Poetry and Prosody...

Author: Richard Andrews
ISBN: 9789819692347
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book explores analogies and correspondences between dance and poetry, with an emphasis on how dance and dance...  Read More >>

What Remains: Responses to the Legacy of Christa Wolf

What Remains: Responses to the Legacy of Christa Wolf...

Author: Gerald Fetz ,  Patricia Herminghouse
ISBN: 9781836953678
Format: Paperback
$72.32

Addresses arguably the most important German writer in the period of since World War II until her death in 2011....  Read More >>

Poetization of Illness: A Study of German-language Literature in the 20th Century

Poetization of Illness: A Study of German-language Literature...

Author: Dongyao Liu
ISBN: 9789819508433
Format: Hardback
$448.77

font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"">This book draws on historical sources and current research findings, skillfully...  Read More >>

《人文中国》2025年夏季刊(总第十期)

《人文中国》2025年夏季刊(总第十期)...

Author: 人文中国研究院
ISBN: 9798349667527
Format: Paperback
$52.75

本期《人文中国》所收诸文,皆在纷杂处求诚恳、在沉重处见分寸。我们既关怀思想的纹理,也直面当下生硬的现实,愿为读者提供一种""可实践的清醒"",以人文的姿态来抵抗外界对精神空间的剥夺。 ...  Read More >>

RT Book Review Magazine - 11 (Fall 2025)

RT Book Review Magazine - 11 (Fall 2025)

Author: S Jeyran Main
ISBN: 9781988680941
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Since 2016, Review Tales Magazine has been a beacon for the writing community, celebrating exceptional authors from...  Read More >>

Film Adaptation and the Real: Subjectivity and Cinematic Mediation

Film Adaptation and the Real: Subjectivity and Cinematic...

Author: Dr. Hee-seung Irene Lee (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9798765138380
Format: Hardback
$130.00

Takes a psychoanalytic approach to screen adaptation by examining the role of deep-rooted desire in the persisting...  Read More >>

Contemporary Science Fiction and The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Sacrifice and Narrative Coherence

Contemporary Science Fiction and The Many-Worlds Interpretation...

Author: Jonathan P. Lewis
ISBN: 9781666956863
Format: Hardback
$150.00

This book seeks to create a new means of interrogating the direction in which contemporary science fiction is progressing....  Read More >>

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