Literature: history & criticism books

The Oxford Critical Guide to Tacitus presents eighteen chapters surveying individual works and books by Tacitus....  Read More >>

The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection...  Read More >>

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""Die neue Religion"" ist der Titel eines Bildstreifens aus 40 eigenhandigen Federzeichnungen Herman Grimms (1828-1901)....  Read More >>

The new series provides lucidly illustrated introductions to classical texts of the German Middle Ages. Students...  Read More >>

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This book studies Conrad’s literary works in relation to Polish literature, Polish reception of his oeuvre, and...  Read More >>

Identifies literature as a site of sonic invention and reconfiguration, contributing a range of terms, models, and...  Read More >>

This book presents an annotated translation alongside a multifaceted analysis exploring beard symbolism, interpretations...  Read More >>

Tells the story of how 19th-century American writers re-envisioned science and religion in the age of German naturalist-explorer...  Read More >>

Explores the afterlives of one Romantic poem – a poem meant to be sung – across time, cultures, media, and contexts,...  Read More >>

Using a radical and inclusive definition of the genre, this collection explores musicians' autobiographies as articulated...  Read More >>

Beginning with the assumption that social practices form the basis of collective identity, this book examines the...  Read More >>

This book explores the work of performance artist Regina José Galindo, emphasizing the power of her art as a tool...  Read More >>

Opening up the cosmos of an entire continent - New perspectives on Africa This lavishly illustrated volume approaches...  Read More >>

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The Fire Within Her is not just a book-it's a voice. What happens when women from different parts of the world...  Read More >>

In Communities of Care, Talia Schaffer explores Victorian fictional representations of care communities, small voluntary...  Read More >>

An exploration of agonistic memory used by institutions and civil society to manage conflicted memories in disputed...  Read More >>

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""Virginia Woolf's classic extended essay, first published in 1929, arguing for a world in which women can fully...  Read More >>

The new edition of this comprehensive collection of primary documents illuminates the Vikings and their era, while...  Read More >>

This book describes Ayuo Takahashi’s growing up during the socially turbulent 1960s in New York City. The book will...  Read More >>

""River is time in water; as it came, still so it flows, yet never is the same."" -Barten Holyday A river can be...  Read More >>