Literature: history & criticism books

Offers a dedicated and detailed theorization and genre study of the ""bonkbuster,"" a phenomenally popular genre...  Read More >>

Based on 25 contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States, this book...  Read More >>

A survey of indigenous Judaism in colonial Algeria from a Halachic perspective, looking at the transition from Muslim-Ottoman...  Read More >>

The first book-length study of fictions of radical life extension, this book recovers a major but as-yet unrecognized...  Read More >>

Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection shows how transformative the study of rhythm can be across the humanities...  Read More >>

A one-of-a-kind overview of the lasting impact of mimetic theory and the extent of its interdisciplinary applications,...  Read More >>

An exploration of classical reception through dance, considering the particular role of Martha Graham’s collaborations...  Read More >>

Offering a new introduction to an important yet overlooked group of 20th century American poets, this book re-examines...  Read More >>

An examination of the ethical and social assumptions of Zora Neale Hurston’s aesthetics and feminist visions, this...  Read More >>

This collection demonstrates how to achieve more comprehensive scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, connecting Tolkien...  Read More >>

Examines the practice of literary declamation in German literature and its place alongside print culture in the...  Read More >>

A goldmine of treasures grant access into this twentieth century modernist poet's extraordinary work. Includes unpublished...  Read More >>

Como constructo biopolítico, erigido frente a la idea de orden, de normatividad social, política, económica, jurídica,...  Read More >>

'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

The first great 'resistance' drama - and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.  Read More >>

Magic! Some people love magicians. They don't want to know the secrets; they revel in the mystery! Other people...  Read More >>

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet...  Read More >>

Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin, 1870.  Read More >>

This new edition includes a foreword by critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith, as well as an exclusive...  Read More >>

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference guide designed to teach writers...  Read More >>

An exploration of the ethico-aesthetic genre in the Sinophone world  Read More >>

Based on ethnographic observations of more than two hundred hours of Systemic couples therapy and written in an...  Read More >>

'The Sound of the Past' collects nine essays on the topic of Modernism and its relationship to past histories, literatures,...  Read More >>

This volume aims to explore and highlight aspects of the work of Roman elegiac poet Sulpicia. Topics include Sulpicia's...  Read More >>

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