Literature: history & criticism books

Jews, women, and animals have been notoriously considered in Western thought as antithetical to the “civilized,” and...  Read More >>

Designed for students, literary researchers, and library users, this reference guide meticulously indexes notable...  Read More >>

Hyakunin’shu: Reading the Hundred Poets in Late Edo Japan explores the ""popular literary literacy"" of the Japanese...  Read More >>

""This title serves as a field guide for the identification of common edible and poisonous mushrooms of New York...  Read More >>

Discusses the ways in which post-independence novels and films understand the relationship between subjectivity...  Read More >>

Argues that J. M. Coetzee's works constitute a form of late modernism that situates life at the heart of questions...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive two-volume study of Mina Loy's relationship to the human body and soul  Read More >>

This is the story of Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed, an exploration of when and where ancient myths become metonymic...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Jorie Graham Since her first book appeared in 1980,...  Read More >>

Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales How do the stories we tell about Midwestern...  Read More >>

Considers the emotional and relational implications of portrait photographs for three modernist writers  Read More >>

Examines fifteen novels and one testimony written on the topic of dictatorship to illustrate how these Chilean narratives...  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 Includes unpublished...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 >>

Dana Gioia’s characters and verses cry from the depths, their faith tried—and purified—in the furnace of doubt....  Read More >>

""This book examines the writings and experimental film collaborations of William Carlos Williams, Charles Olson,...  Read More >>

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Volume IV of E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead,...  Read More >>

Volume 7 of Reynold A. Nicholson's 8-volume authoritative translation and edition of Rm's magnum opus now reissued...  Read More >>

""Urdu Adab ke Roshan Baab"" gathers thirteen substantial essays that illuminate key moments and figures in Urdu...  Read More >>

Develops a new approach to the politics of reproduction in literature and film.  Read More >>

A transformative lens revealing the historical racial context that profoundly influenced European fairy tales. Engaging...  Read More >>

The diverse forms and structures of graphic narratives discussed in this volume by a range of international scholars...  Read More >>

Detailed historical context, biographies of each writer, and evocative illustrations support this meaningful collection...  Read More >>

A timely look into how fascist ideas permeate contemporary culture well beyond the far right. Presenting a view...  Read More >>