Literature: history & criticism books

Explores the impact of modernist literature and art on the writing and thought of Jacques Lacan, emphasizing the...  Read More >>

Drawing upon the theories of memory studies, this book challenges the historical authenticity of colonialism that...  Read More >>

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A transatlantic study of Hispanic literary modernism’s use of prophetic discourse as an attempt to counter modern...  Read More >>

Explores how Russian literature kindled the American imagination in the 20th century, told through case studies...  Read More >>

Why do some creations flourish while others fade into obscurity? In Fame or Oblivion? the author makes a provocative...  Read More >>

Analysing the evolution of the myth of the Amazons that has survived in our imagination for millenia.  Read More >>

Cheney explores the literary trope of Elysium from ancient Greek poetry to the English Renaissance, with attention...  Read More >>

There is an undeniable mental health crisis on campuses these days. More students are anxious, depressed, drinking,...  Read More >>

There is an undeniable mental health crisis on campuses these days. More students are anxious, depressed, drinking,...  Read More >>

The mythological heritage of India, preserved across millennia in its sacred texts and oral traditions, is a magnificent...  Read More >>

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

A stunning gift edition of the indispensable and comprehensive handbook to the rich history of the symbol of the...  Read More >>

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of...  Read More >>

Heavily illustrated guide to career books for girls  Read More >>

A collection of short stories, essays and pen portraits by the renowned Mexican writer Chloe Aridjis.  Read More >>

Hildegard of Bingen’s understandings of the womb from natural philosophy (in her medical work Cause et Cure) and...  Read More >>

Approaches Italian American literature from new critical perspectives and explores contemporary and understudied...  Read More >>

Explores the connection between Jean-Luc Nancy's political works on community and his works on art and literature,...  Read More >>

Considers how a series of poets reimagined the possibilities of ""O"" as a gesture of apostrophe and, even more...  Read More >>

People living in the nineteenth-century United States saw shocking upheavals in both the economy and in ideas of...  Read More >>

A ochenta años de su obtención del Premio Nobel de Literatura, el afantasmado verso que sirve de título a este volumen...  Read More >>

Annie S. Swan was a Scottish writer during the Victorian era. Swan is best known for romantic novels for young women...  Read More >>

A new literary history that places women writers at the center of poetic theory and practice in English literature...  Read More >>

Back in the 1960s a little girl of nine wrote a book of short stories about Narnia. Now a celebrated adult writer...  Read More >>