Literature: history & criticism books

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding...  Read More >>

This volume contains a generous selection of the short fiction Thomas Mann published in the years 1897 to 1912,...  Read More >>

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work. Includes unpublished...  Read More >>

Analyses how border violence is perpetuated and sanctioned by private corporations as well as the US and Mexican...  Read More >>

This book reveals how modernist artists across Europe and the United States turned to trees and wooden materials...  Read More >>

A tender, funny, probing new play by renowned American playwright Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play)...  Read More >>

Book VII is a pivotal book in Herodotus' Histories. It brings together many of the work's themes and contains the...  Read More >>

Combining sound studies and contemporary philosophy, this study reveals the ethical potency of the sound of the...  Read More >>

Drawing on archival, published, and literary sources, Dayton Lekner tells the story of the Hundred Flowers campaign...  Read More >>

Exploring Romantic-period works as open-ended collections of discrete book parts, prints, watercolours, manuscripts,...  Read More >>

The idea underlying this Element is that a historical text is a translation of past events. Translating His-stories...  Read More >>

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

Race Class identifies two competing aesthetics, the 'recognitional' and the 'redistributive,' that developed in...  Read More >>

Employing theoretical lenses of implicit theology and secular spirituality, this book blurs the boundaries between...  Read More >>

This book explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginning of the twenty-first...  Read More >>

В своей книге Гейл Роджерс реконструирует межкультурные связи двух ключевых модернистских движений — британского...  Read More >>

The first collection to provide an overview of the well-known psychoanalytic theory of the death drive in literary...  Read More >>

An accessible introduction to the Roman tragedy Hercules on Oeta with chapters on its contexts, key themes and reception....  Read More >>

This book explores the nature and wide-ranging impact of the work of Jean-François Ducis, the first adaptor of Hamlet...  Read More >>

This encyclopedia examines famous and influential depictions of angels, demons, and demigods in film, television,...  Read More >>

Suddenly, A Man depicts the radical perspective of Azriel Pierce, a trans neutral author wedged between the cisbinary...  Read More >>

""Film Tamasha (Literary Essays)"" is a compelling collection of twelve insightful and critical essays exploring...  Read More >>

Volume 38 of a continuing academic journal dedicated to research in the field of early drama and theatrical studies....  Read More >>

Dante's Divine Comedy is one of those classics more often cited than read. This is a shame because, in addition...  Read More >>

Authors C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien have captured the imagination of millions of readers across languages and...  Read More >>