Literature: history & criticism books

How to live together? This volume investigates this question by examining Roland Barthes's concept of idiorrhythmy,...  Read More >>

A moving account of art and caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss  Read More >>

Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the twentieth century, yet he endured a life...  Read More >>

Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the twentieth century, yet he endured a life...  Read More >>

At the heart of Tolkienian fantasy is ""recovery,"" a ""cleaning of the windows"" of our perception that we may...  Read More >>

At the heart of Tolkienian fantasy is ""recovery,"" a ""cleaning of the windows"" of our perception that we may...  Read More >>

In the late twentieth century, artists were on the front lines of the culture wars. Leaders of the Christian Right...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore provides a wide-ranging survey of the oral traditions of...  Read More >>

Resistance through writing  Read More >>

Au XXe siècle, les guerres mondiales bouleversent le monde, déclenchant des révolutions sociales, politiques et...  Read More >>

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""Moving from the divinatory rituals of the ancient world to Freud and Lacan, from Homer and Augustine to Edgar...  Read More >>

The tragic conscience of modern China's most revered critic-translator is portrayed in this biography. Discoveries...  Read More >>

A reconsideration of the Haitian Revolution and its valorization by non-Haitian writers  Read More >>

“The only consistent thing about Margery Kempe and her Book is that they both seem fated to be made and remade,...  Read More >>

This book links human rights law and literary studies, analysing dystopian novels through the Universal Declaration...  Read More >>

L'Empire invisible propose une exploration fascinante et exhaustive de la vie, de l'oeuvre littéraire et de l'influence...  Read More >>

In this volume S. T. Joshi continues his incisive analysis of the leading authors of weird fiction, from the nineteenth...  Read More >>

What if the same moment, one cut across the cheek, were told by Dickens, Hemingway? This inventive collection brings...  Read More >>

With watchful eyes, this book invites a deeper look at nature's sights. From spider webs shining with dew in the...  Read More >>

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These developments are presented in France and the Spanish-speaking world, while also considering Germany and England:...  Read More >>

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