Literature: history & criticism books

An examination of interrelatedness, influence, and intention in the works of Martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Whether through medical encyclopedias, daily-use almanacs, or novels and anecdotes, readers pursued knowledge of...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, The Passive surveys a wide range of different constructions, which have all been termed...  Read More >>

In this uplifting picture book, a young Black girl’s identities converge at the Women’s March, helping her find...  Read More >>

This book investigates new ways in which writers and artists of early modern Spain conceived of space through the...  Read More >>

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West Africa. Printed books did not reach West Africa...  Read More >>

This book presents the first extensive English study and translation of the poetry of Jahan Malek Khatun, a fourteenth-century...  Read More >>

Introduces a new way of understanding influence, reception, and adaptation via the work of Italy’s most famous modern...  Read More >>

Documenting senses of life and practices of refusal hidden at the edges of Black literature and thought.  Read More >>

The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland's past and future Ireland was Britain's first colony and its first...  Read More >>

Sneaking into Print explores how early printing technology shaped a distinct ""narrative culture"" in Spain.  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to...  Read More >>

The authoritative guide to the singular career and artistic legacy of one of America's most celebrated playwrights,...  Read More >>

Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, this book shows how the contest between...  Read More >>

This open access book offers an array of educational perspectives aimed at fostering inclusive, multicultural, critical,...  Read More >>

The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland's past and future Ireland was Britain's first colony and its first...  Read More >>

Breaks new ground in the study of world literature by analysing the genesis of this concept in the context of early...  Read More >>

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the great monuments of modern literature-admired, imitated, and...  Read More >>

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the great monuments of modern literature-admired, imitated, and...  Read More >>

This book addresses the issue of migration to and from Ireland since the 17th-18th century and examines the dynamics...  Read More >>

This book uses the latest techniques in textual analysis to reveal the influence of a community of English playwrights...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Putting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture,...  Read More >>

""Forced by Circumstance gathers foundational essays by, and interviews with, Norma Alarcon, noted scholar of Chicana/o,...  Read More >>