Literature: history & criticism books

Atene and the Prophecy of Atlantis by Al Nika Atlantis - a city of marble rings, golden temples, and boundless ambition....  Read More >>

Highlights the underexplored connection between New Wave American science fiction and Asian religions, such as Taoism,...  Read More >>

This illuminating book demonstrates how in the 20th century Shakespeare and his plays were subjected to a sustained...  Read More >>

Joe Orton's biting 1960s satire about social and sexual hypocrisy  Read More >>

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Using an Ecogothic approach, Wolves, Woods and Wilderness offers a new conceptual framework in literary criticism...  Read More >>

A monumental, kaleidoscopic portrait of masculinity from the nineteenth century to the present day written by Award-winning...  Read More >>

Este libro recoge una veintena de estudios realizados por prestigiosos investigadores de todo el mundo en torno...  Read More >>

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A heart-pounding thriller set in Lanark in 1934 by Martin Travers.  Read More >>

A comprehensive history and analysis of the Soviet illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings published between...  Read More >>

A comparative study of the political-literary scenes between 1928-1968 in Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, and Belgrade...  Read More >>

Shedding light on a relatively neglected yet demonstrably crucial concern for dramatists in Elizabethan and Jacobean...  Read More >>

Through a close reading of Charles Anthon’s personal notes, this book studies the persistence of the American Revolutionary...  Read More >>

Explores and illuminates Stanley Cavell's profound impact on our understanding of literary modernism.  Read More >>

সংস্কৃতি-বিদ্যার পরিসরে যাঁদের আমরা বাঙালি 'ভদ্রলোক' বলে থাকি, বাংলা সাহিত্যের জগৎ মোটামুটি তাঁদের হাতেই গড়ে উঠেছে।...  Read More >>

This volume investigates the patterns of audience response across various genres of Greek and Latin literature,...  Read More >>

Unmasking The Humourist is a groundbreaking literary investigation that solves one of Colonial America's greatest...  Read More >>

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

Welcome to our exciting book series dedicated to helping you master the art of reading and pronouncing Chinese through...  Read More >>

Contributed articles presented at the Seminar, Nietzsche: Philologist, Philosopher, and Cultural Critics held at...  Read More >>

Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month comes another brilliant bilingual poetry collection by Achy Obejas--a meditation...  Read More >>

Interweaving canonical nineteenth-century authors with Black and Indigenous thinkers who transformed their work,...  Read More >>

Yanbing Er reveals how a literary mode of enchantment fundamentally transforms feminist theory and praxis, imagining...  Read More >>

I Jonathan Kief follows the triangular flow of texts linking North Korea, South Korea, and Japan from 1945 until...  Read More >>