Literature: history & criticism books

An experiment in criticism that explores Henry James's late works through the lens of minimalism. Henry James's...  Read More >>

A popular novelist and literary blogger answers those who claim the classics are toodifficult, too problematic,...  Read More >>

James Wright (1927–80) was considered one of the major poets of his era, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, even...  Read More >>

This book offers a fresh reading of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, showing how the Cuban writer reimagined literary...  Read More >>

From Sarajevo to Tunisia to Rome, these five plays trace the invisible scars of exile, where memory and identity...  Read More >>

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Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure...  Read More >>

Bringing together nineteen essays from leading specialists in poetics and American music, this collection offers...  Read More >>

At the end of World War II, a demon-summoning ritual drastically altered the face of the earth. Now, a hundred years...  Read More >>

In a rigid postwar institution where friendships burn bright and...  Read More >>

As past and future blur, this work from Alexander Kluge reveals the emotional and intellectual currents that drive...  Read More >>

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The 1810s are often overlooked as a transitional time between Romantic and Victorian literature and culture. The...  Read More >>

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Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Geschichte der althoch- und altniederdeutschen Literatur"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

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Perhaps Greece's most important poet, Yannis Ritsos follows such eminent predecessors as Cavafy, Sikelianos, and...  Read More >>

An authoritative perspective on the evolution and politics of theater performance in and beyond India. In Centrestage,...  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

When asked if being a woman had a negative impact on her ability to succeed as a writer, Argentine poet Alejandra...  Read More >>

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This critical play anthology brings together twenty-three plays by seventeen playwrights from the Frontera/Borderlands...  Read More >>