Literature: history & criticism books

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When Mary Shelley dreamed of a trembling creator and the life he could not love, she gave birth to more than a novel,...  Read More >>

A study of the confluences between liberal white Americans’ trauma, their reverting to hyper-conservative Islamophobia,...  Read More >>

Combines the study of early modern circuits of disease with a focus on care in the context of early modern English...  Read More >>

Focusing on a significant 70-year period as a climactic phase of displacement, the book investigates the role of...  Read More >>

Redefines the theoretical and thematic contents of world literature by considering it in connection with film.  Read More >>

The fourth in a series of books exploring the careers of 28 award-winning contemporary American playwrights, this...  Read More >>

The first study of Anglo-Hispanic exchanges in print culture between the Spanish-American War and the Spanish Civil...  Read More >>

The winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his...  Read More >>

Perhaps the most prolific and exacting reader of his generation, Garrett Stewart's first book of essays — on close...  Read More >>

This book challenges existing and popular understandings of Kwame Nkrumah's ideas and struggles.  Read More >>

i.The book provides an overview of the surviving work of Aeschylus while offering a careful reappraisal of the long-neglected...  Read More >>

Discusses the relations between linguistic structures and the practice of philosophizing—with examples from across...  Read More >>

Adrian Tait argues that late-Victorian stories represent an important but still neglected part of a green literary...  Read More >>

This book showcases the vibrant afterlife of the foundational English author John Bunyan in book illustrations,...  Read More >>

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of scholars to examine works of poetry that engage, question,...  Read More >>

This book examines Mohja Kahf’s use of parody and allusion in E-mails from Scheherazad to deconstruct Orientalist...  Read More >>

With a focus on regions neglected in African Anglophone literature (such as Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia), this book...  Read More >>

Examines how African writers deconstruct normative discourses and use aesthetic forms and narrative techniques to...  Read More >>

Examining the works of science fiction authors such as George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Anthony Burgess, and Samuel...  Read More >>

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Historians and literary historians alike recognize David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829-1830)...  Read More >>

Thomas Manns Kuolema Venetsiassa ist eine tiefgründige Erzählung über Schönheit, Begehren und den unausweichlichen...  Read More >>

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