Literature: history & criticism books

This compelling book offers a fresh and insightful contribution to the interrelated fields of book history and literary...  Read More >>

The first book to focus on the newspapers edited by Frederick Douglass and their impact on Black organizing A robust...  Read More >>

Two New Testament scholars explore the ways the Jesus story has been told and retold from the earliest Gospel writings...  Read More >>

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The Historical Poem takes up Georg Lukács's classic account of the historical novel to tell the forgotten story...  Read More >>

When you pick up the latest Emily Henry novel, or settle in for an evening with the newest volume of your favorite...  Read More >>

Examines US-Mexico borderland representations in horror films, TV series and comics.  Read More >>

Reassesses Cartesian subjectivity as an important critical lens for the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries....  Read More >>

Examines the connections between J. M. Coetzee's work and Hispanic literatures and cultures, especially in the Southern...  Read More >>

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Extends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation,...  Read More >>

The first study to focus on how current aesthetic and methodological shifts in contemporary performance practices...  Read More >>

Postcolonial theory and its bedfellow, decolonial theory, are the most flourishing products of academia in recent...  Read More >>

Leading scholars take stock of McCarthy's final novels, illuminating the arc of his career, influence, and legacy...  Read More >>

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Quixotic Authority reveals how deeply absorbed reading was inextricable from and essential to British women's professional...  Read More >>

Drawing on literature, legal texts, and archival materials from the Italian Renaissance, The Ambassador and the...  Read More >>

Studies Taylor Swift's lyrics in relation to the ""literary,"" expanding the critical discourse surrounding Swift...  Read More >>

Scholarly essays examine the enduring allure of Arthurian legends—from medieval texts to modern adaptations across...  Read More >>

Galicia as a Literary Idea explores the relationship of Jewish tradition and modernity in literary works by Joseph...  Read More >>

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This book explores the fiction of the French writer François Rabelais (d. 1553) and its engagement with the seemingly...  Read More >>