Literature: history & criticism books

The Poetic Edda Decoded guides you through one of the most complex mythological texts ever written - poem by poem,...  Read More >>

Bayard, le célèbre chevalier sans peur et sans reproche, peut-il encore présenter quelque intérêt auprès des scientifiques...  Read More >>

Book Introduction (in English): This book on Hindi Grammar - Parts of Speech (Shabd Bhed) has been carefully designed...  Read More >>

《几个人的蒙特贝尔后街》是一部聚焦海外华人现实生活与情感困境的都市小说。故事以加拿大蒙特贝尔一条普通后街为背景，通过几个年轻人的人生轨迹，展开一段关于爱情、欲望、选择与自我认知的复杂叙事。 女主小夏从中国来到加拿大，在平凡的工作与生活中，逐渐卷入一段充满诱惑与挣扎的情感关系。在现实与理想的夹缝中，她经历爱情的迷失、心理的崩塌与自我重建的过程。与此同时，围绕她身边的几个人--不同身份、不同经历的移民个体，也在异国他乡的孤独与欲望中寻找各自的出口。...  Read More >>

Deluxe slipcased edition of this previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son,...  Read More >>

This open access book offers a groundbreaking exploration of how iconicity: language's resemblance to its referents—is...  Read More >>

A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who...  Read More >>

‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ La...  Read More >>

A luminous hybrid collection of short fiction, essay and memoir from literary giant Margaret Drabble  Read More >>

A fascinating study into the world of translation and Shakespeare from the award-winning translator Daniel Hahn...  Read More >>

A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry  Read More >>

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This 10-year anniversary edition of Bernice L. McFadden's NAACP Image Award-winning classic explores the Holocaust...  Read More >>

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Recent news images of disastrous floods, fires and earthquakes vividly show we live in an unstable world. This book...  Read More >>

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Zen poems of everyday awakening. A fresh translation of short poems by the Japanese Zen poet Ryokan that reads...  Read More >>

Combining extensive research into sexual violence with the author's personal experiences as a feminist activist,...  Read More >>

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A collection of essays on Zadie Smith's oeuvre to date, which proposes to investigate Smith's works from different...  Read More >>

The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe's most influential carceral institutions,...  Read More >>

This book explores a unique and under-researched chapter in German-Jewish cultural history: the engagement of German-speaking...  Read More >>

An elegant biography of a prescient author whose novels portray Black women's experiences across the African diaspora...  Read More >>

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This book explores the development and features of Malawian poetry of resistance, which arguably began with the...  Read More >>