Literature: history & criticism books

A surprising look at how American writers envision a more equitable healthcare system In the United States,...  Read More >>

Set against the backdrop of escalating environmental collapse, this novel is a timely exploration of the terrifying...  Read More >>

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries...  Read More >>

Hyakunin’shu: Reading the Hundred Poets in Late Edo Japan explores the ""popular literary literacy"" of the Japanese...  Read More >>

A transformative lens revealing the historical racial context that profoundly influenced European fairy tales. Engaging...  Read More >>

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A collection of essays that examines literature in seven languages from across the Islamic world and explores the...  Read More >>

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Das Kempowski-Jahrbuch versammelt nicht nur aktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zu jeweils einem bestimmten Thema, sondern...  Read More >>

Jews, women, and animals have been notoriously considered in Western thought as antithetical to the “civilized,” and...  Read More >>

Showing how poetry and art articulate forms of life beyond settler colonialism.  Read More >>

How collaboration between creators, editors, artists, and fans drives the creation, evolution, and enduring impact...  Read More >>

Reading Better States traces the persistence of desires for the postcolonial state in an era of environmental harms...  Read More >>

A collection of works by one of twentieth-century Morocco’s greatest writers Appearing for the first time in...  Read More >>

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From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection...  Read More >>

Haunted shorelines, oppressively expansive beaches, and the crumbling edgelands around coastal cliffs have been...  Read More >>

The book explores how Catholicism operates in Seamus Heaney's poetry at the level of a felt sense. It is written...  Read More >>

Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays, this open access...  Read More >>