Literature: history & criticism books

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

A cultural and social critique of early-twentieth-century America, addressing issues of race, ethnicity, class and...  Read More >>

Henry James was a leading commentator on the art of his time. Readers of this complete collection of his nonfictional...  Read More >>

Henry James is a highly readable commentator on the theatre and performance practices of his time. Readers of this...  Read More >>

This book shows how novels and films set in the near future can shed light both on our failures of imagination before...  Read More >>

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

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

Akhbaar ki BaateiN (Tales from the Press) is a compelling anthology of nine literary essays exploring the world...  Read More >>

A journey of discovery as the author, Matthew Mills Stevenson, affectionately known as the Cycling Historian, investigates...  Read More >>

Petit-fils du patriarche Oula Kouiyéhi, l'illustre ancêtre de l'histoire de la fondation de Bangolo, Doué Pascal,...  Read More >>

ଭାଗବତ ହେଉଛି ଭାବର ବିଷୟ । ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାବେ ଏପରି କୌଣସି ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ନାହିଁ ଯେ ଭାଗବତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣିନାହିଁ । ଶିକ୍ଷିତ ଅଶିକ୍ଷିତ ନିର୍ବିଶେଷରେ...  Read More >>

Based on 25 contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States, this book...  Read More >>

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

Untertitel: Anbei - Vokabelhilfen, Übungsaufgaben, Background Information. Der Autor geht von seinen langjährigen...  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 Includes unpublished...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 >>