Literature: history & criticism books

Learning Chinese can feel like climbing a mountain-every step matters, and each new skill brings you closer to the...  Read More >>

Descend into the realm of Hades-where the dead are judged and eternity is shaped by fate. Discover the myths, realms,...  Read More >>

À partir d'une réflexion pluridisciplinaire, ce volume examine comment la domesticité renvoie à des enjeux de classe,...  Read More >>

The Second Doctor: Chaos and Charm in the TARDIS (Patrick Troughton, 1966-1969) is a masterful deep dive into the...  Read More >>

The Feeling of the Form explores the concept of Einfuehlung - the projection of human feelings and life into inanimate...  Read More >>

""This book tells the story of how Victorians experienced the virtual images created by modern optical media. It...  Read More >>

Journal of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory.  Read More >>

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This book examines the evolution of the female lyric body in Western culture through the figure of Helen of Troy,...  Read More >>

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A major literary biography of America's best-loved nineteenth-century poet, the first in more than fifty years,...  Read More >>

A remarkable debut collection that chronicles the experience of anxiety and anguish in the face of COVID-19. As...  Read More >>

""This book tells the story of how Victorians experienced the virtual images created by modern optical media. It...  Read More >>

The Feeling of the Form explores the concept of Einfuehlung - the projection of human feelings and life into inanimate...  Read More >>

In this profound exploration, the resilience of the American spirit is tested against the rising tide of misinformation...  Read More >>

Learning Chinese characters (汉字 hànzì) often feels like unlocking a secret code-but what if the key was hidden in...  Read More >>

Facts, spin, and the slow death of common sense-served with a scalpel and a smirk. Breaking news has a body count-and...  Read More >>

Every life is a performance of sorts: the face we show the world, the softer one we share with those we trust, and...  Read More >>

Welcome to the 59th issue of Reader's House! With immense pride...  Read More >>

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Meet Pennywise, Pennywise is IT! Stephen King Calendar (in color) this year features stories and trivia with Stephen...  Read More >>

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Using a case study, this Element explores the criticism and creativity generated by eighteenth-century periodicals...  Read More >>

The Guermantes Way is the third volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important...  Read More >>

Published in 1925, The New Negro is an anthology of poems, stories, and essays by Black luminaries of the period,...  Read More >>