Literature: history & criticism books

""This book analyzes physical disability in sixteenth-century and seventeenth-century English plays by Shakespeare,...  Read More >>

Focusing on the poetry and poetics of four pivotal authors, this book examines how experimental approaches to poetic...  Read More >>

Takes stock of the extraordinary range of book-based adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, comprising reimaginings,...  Read More >>

An exploration of the relationships between American rurality, conceptions of wellness and civic “fitness,” and...  Read More >>

An examination of vernacular authors' expression of religious experience and theology through metaphors of food...  Read More >>

An analysis of haiku-related poetic forms that traces their histories and analyzes current trends, while arguing...  Read More >>

An examination of how artists use comics to challenge dominant portrayals and reclaim narrative control, positioning...  Read More >>

A close look into systemic violence against women in French society through various forms of rebellion, both real...  Read More >>

An examination of evolving ideas about British citizenship in Romantic fiction in the proto-bureaucratic conditions...  Read More >>

Looking at experimental disability poetry, this book shows how poets from the 1960s to the present develop disability-informed...  Read More >>

During the 21st century, the collective hero has emerged as the defining archetype in media, reflecting shifts in...  Read More >>

The Mabinogion Setis a book about the most famous of medieval Welsh stories: the Four Branches of the Mabinogi....  Read More >>

Offers a unique perspective to medieval femininity and spirituality through the lens of trauma present within The...  Read More >>

A study of four plays by Tony Kushner that are most political and pertinent for our time  Read More >>

Introducing the Medieval Bear examines how medieval people represented bears across virtually every written source...  Read More >>

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining...  Read More >>

An essential volume for bibliophiles and collectors- a complete list of all available Penguin Classics, in a clothbound...  Read More >>

Welcome to Brian Bilston's ‘writing masterclass': a collection of more than 100 poems woven into a charming and...  Read More >>

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Please Please Me is the electrifying story of The Beatles’ meteoric rise and the hidden struggles of their beloved...  Read More >>

'¿Invisibles? Trans-identidades en la España contemporánea' analiza la experiencia, corporeidad, identidad y representación...  Read More >>

Women and Resistance in the Annals of Tacitus explores how Tacitus often represents a Roman woman's relationship...  Read More >>

Glimmering meditations on time, memory, imprisonment, human connection, life and death by the preeminent Italian...  Read More >>

More than twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disappearance of Marxism as a (supposed) state...  Read More >>

The voices of Jewish women have always been here. Now they are heard. Kol Isha: The Women Speak is a ritual...  Read More >>